El Punto Vuela La Tejuela de Alcalá la Real gana Premio Nacional del Día de Internet
The Punto Vuela La Tejuela in Alcalá la Real (Jaén), funded by the Junta de Andalucía and managed by the Fundación Los Álamos, has won the National Internet Day 2025 Award in the category of Digital Transformation/Social Action NGO for its initiative ‘From Exclusion to Inclusion: the digital revolution of Álamos’. This award is granted by the #diadeinternet Boost Committee, which recognizes initiatives, individuals, and organizations that have excelled in the use of new technologies. It is a clear recognition of the policy of the Ministry of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue, and Administrative Simplification to offer a universal, public, and free service to promote digitization in every corner of Andalucía, especially in rural areas.
The Minister of the Presidency, Antonio Sanz, highlighted that «this award is a recognition of the work done by the Punto Vuela points to extend digitization to ensure equal opportunities for all Andalusians, regardless of where they live, their age, or their income.»
The Committee has recognized the momentum that the Álamos Association has generated through the Punto Vuela La Tejuela for digital inclusion in vulnerable areas and for people with disabilities. Additionally, it has valued their work in promoting equal opportunities, providing technological training that transforms lives, facilitates access to employment, and promotes social integration, thus reducing the digital divide and demonstrating the impact of technology on local social transformation.
In this edition of the National Internet Day Awards a total of 251 nominations were submitted, receiving over 35,600 online votes in the following categories: Digital Transformation, Personal Branding and Content Creators, Entrepreneurship and Research, and Digital Citizenship. This year, the Digital Citizenship category was introduced, in line with the central theme of Internet Day 2025 ‘For a New Generation of Internet committed to people’, to recognize and reward initiatives that improve citizens’ lives through technologies.
Punto Vuela: connectors and connected
Punto Vuela points are public spaces for learning, connection, dynamism, and work open to residents and visitors of all ages, students, professionals, and small businesses in rural municipalities with less than 20,000 inhabitants and certain less privileged neighborhoods in large cities. This strategic coverage of the territory and its organic functioning as connecting and dynamizing nodes allow it to drive local, regional, and regional projects.
At Punto Vuela points, access is provided to spaces, connections, and equipment for coworking and digital nomads, as well as digital training for all ages, electronic administration services, training in Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies, use of digital tools for health, finances, etc. All of this with personalized support and the necessary accompaniment.
More than 750 centers in the network are state-of-the-art Punto Vuela points following an investment of 22.5 million euros and the transformation of another 340 Punto Vuela points in the eight Andalusian provinces with a budget of 20 million euros has already begun. By the end of 2025, the transformation of 100% of the network will be completed after a total investment of 42.5 million euros, fulfilling the 2021-2025 Strategy for the Digital Revolution of the Villages with the aim of reducing the digital divide and improving connectivity in the community.
