Hello, Let me introduce myself. I am Ante Šušnjar,

manager of the Internet club, and from now on, also a lecturer.

We are now in the classroom where the “PC and Internet Basics” course is taking place.

The Centre of Technical Culture has joined the European campaign called “Get online Week”.

The aim of the campaign “Get Online Week” is to reduce by half the number of people,

i.e. the European citizens who so far have never used the Internet.

We included the course takers in this initiative by registering them via the site “Get Online Week”.

The campaign helps people in making the first step, i.e. breaking the logjam,

allowing them to experience the feeling of using the Internet for the first time,

and this centre, as well as, other centres in Europe, help them do it.

In this way they will become more self-confident when using the Internet.

At present, the campaign includes 70,000 people from across Europe.

At the end of the campaign eighty people out of one hundred from Croatia

will come from the Centre of Technical Culture who joined the campaign.

Which are the other goals of the campaign “Get Online Week”?

The goals are to raise the awareness of people about Internet use, through the media,

get people online, meaning, so to say, that the focus is on the European citizens who are off-line,

who have never used the Internet

and on the promotion and more extensive use of telecentres across Europe.

Who are the people present here today?

The people present today are those who have joined our course.

Among them there are pensioners, unemployed and employed persons,

but until now they have never used the Internet, this is the first time that they use it.

What is your experience with the initiative, is it well accepted in Rijeka, is the response to it good?

At present this initiative is taking place at the Centre of technical culture in Rijeka,

and I would like to take this occasion to invite all the other centres that also have the Internet

or if they are in a position to help these people in another way to log on to the Internet for the first time, to actually do it.

Well, I can say that I am delighted. I am only sorry that I didn’t start earlier.

It was only recently that my children persuaded me and I realise that it is very positive.

So how are you getting on with computers? Can you manage it?

Well I can, I thought it would be much more difficult than it actually is. I can manage it.

What do you like most about computers?

Well, searching, browsing, playing cards.