Education of both young and old: an ongoing project
E-education: Signpost
Schools are an important target group in our fiber roll-out. By the end of 2025, we aim to connect nearly all secondary schools and large elementary schools in Belgium to fiber. We cover part of the connection costs and provide our expertise in Wi-Fi solutions and security to schools. This initiative is part of our partnership with Signpost to support the digital transformation of the Belgian education system. By the end of 2024, 338 schools had already been connected to Proximus’ gigabit network.
MolenGeek: a helping hand for young people
We are a partner of MolenGeek, an organization in Brussels that helps less privileged job seekers with an entrepreneurial mindset to build their careers in the new digital world. Youngsters follow an intensive six-month training course in Coding, Audiovisual, or Digital Marketing.
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Work and Learn
MolenGeek, Proximus and the iKanbi contact centers partnered up for a new joint initiative, WORK and LEARN. Participants work part-time as help desk employees while benefiting from comprehensive ICT training sessions, with the prospect of a permanent job at the end of the program.
Proximus: founding partner of Campus 19, Belgium’s first free coding school
Proximus is a founding partner of Campus 19, an innovative coding school with no tuition, teachers, or diplomas. Learning happens peer-to-peer, with students progressing through gamified challenges at their own pace.
With campuses in Brussels and Antwerp, 19 is a place to learn, collaborate, and grow . It actively encourages job seekers, especially women, to explore this new way of learning.
Each year, Proximus welcomes interns from 19 to work on digital and innovation projects, and several have joined our IT teams full-time.
Technobel offers training for digital professions with innovative learning methods that give meaning to learning. We also assist teachers, job seekers and businesses in realising their professional projects by boosting their digital skills.
The stories created and experienced every day at Technobel are numerous and they are very beautiful.
Recently, a young lady from the hospitality industry retrained as a computer scientist.
After a year's training and a succession of modules, initiation, discovery and perfection, today she specialises in the .NET language and works for a consulting firm.
Besides her technical skills, her transversal competences and her attitude convinced this employer.
These so-called 'soft skills' are part of Technobel's training courses.
Today, 70% of jobseekers who turn to Technobel have a job at the end of their training.
With the other training courses that are put together directly with the companies, 80% of participants succeed in finding a job.
Proximus plays an important role in our training courses and regularly our students are able to work there.
Recently, together with Proximus, we developed a tailor-made training course specifically on networking and cyber security.
After this training, five of our students were given a contract with Proximus SpearIT.
Technobel: filling the skills gap
We are a founder and long-term partner of Technobel, which offers ICT training courses to job seekers as well as information and awareness initiatives for citizens, schools, and professionals. Students can validate their skills through an official certification (Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Huawei, Juniper, etc.).
In 2020, Technobel assisted Proximus to fill the skills gap in our digital society. We developed a unique dual learning track for fiber optic splicers, who build and maintain copper and optical fiber networks. Thanks to Technobel, students acquired a set of skills that make them very desirable on the job market.
In 2023, Technobel will further maintain its place as a benchmark training center in Europe.
Collaboration with research centers and universities
We also work with research centers and universities such as A6K (Charleroi), Howest University of Applied Sciences and VIVES University of Applied Sciences. Together we set up 5G innovation labs, which are also made available to students. These labs support various educational programs, and allow researchers and students to discover, test and build new use cases, with complementary technologies such as IoT, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, Edge computing, etc.
Bednet and ClassContact: online education for ill children
We have a partnership with Bednet and ClassContact, that allows children living with long-term illnesses to continue their education at home or in hospital through videoconferencing solutions. We support these organizations by providing internet connections and financial aid.
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Internet Safe & Fun
Proximus volunteers, trained by Child Focus about safe internet usage, visit schools to teach children about online media (internet training). They teach 5th and 6th graders how to navigate the online world while avoiding common risks such as image rights violations, privacy issues, and cyber-bullying.
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