Prof. Jean BONNIN, President of EDNES WISTCIS coordinator WISTCIS: “New methods of working for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Commonwealth of Independent States” Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium1

WISTCIS: “New methods of working for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Commonwealth of Independent States” Project number: IST Key action: 2 Beginning of the project: November 1, 2000 End of the project: October 31, 2003 Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium2

Goal: WISTCIS project promotes IST Programme and introduces 6 th FP to seven European CIS countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine. Objectives :  Demonstrate IST objectives, opportunities and telematics products to the CIS community  Develop in the participating CIS countries a system of Information Dissemination Centres (IDCs)  Select and adapt to the participating CIS countries telematics tools produced by IST to extend and encourage EU-CIS team work  Encourage submission of new joint EU-CIS project proposals to 5 th and 6 th FPs  Provide training course and supporting literature in Russian language to promote dissemination of 5 th and 6 th FPs to the CIS countries  Adapt Virtual Presence System for collaborative browsing within EU-CIS team work WISTCIS: “New methods of working for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Commonwealth of Independent States” Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium3

Project consortium and management structure Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium 4

Project components Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium5

THANK YOU Prof. Jean BONNIN, President of EDNES Tel.: Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium6

WP3. Conference and Workshops Prof. Alexei GVISHIANI, Vice-president of EDNES WISTCIS supervisor Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium7

Goals and objectives:  Promote IST Programme and 6 th FP to European CIS audience by face-to- face training measures  Provide in-depth demonstrations of IST and other relevant EU telematics products. By that introduce new methods of team work in the participating CIS countries  Encourage submission of new project proposals with participation of the CIS countries  Evaluate current level of EU-CIS teleworking in research, business, education and environment  Establish preliminary collaboration agreements between potential project partners in EU and the CIS countries WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium8

Kick-off conference in Kiev, Ukraine "Teleworking in Research, Medicine and Business", April 19-21, 2001 The audience: 200ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusChinaFranceGeorgia GermanyMoldovaPortugalRussiathe NetherlandsUkraine about 200 participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Portugal, Russia, the Netherlands, Ukraine WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium9

Kick-off Conference structure: Plenary Sessions: Opening session Session 1 “European Commission and its Information Society Technologies Programme. Building new EU-CIS projects for IST” Session 2 “Computer networking and teleworking in CIS countries” Session 3 “Telematics in research and environmental studies” Session 4 “Teleworking in Business and Electronic Commerce” Session 5 “Telemedicine” Closing plenary session and roundtable discussions on EU-CIS collaborationWorkshops: “Telemedicine” “Distance Education” “Ukrainian Research and Academic Network” “WISTCIS Training course on 5 th Framework Programme of the EC by PriceWater- houseCoopers” “WISTCIS Training course on IST Programme by PriceWaterhouseCoopers” Seminars: Seminar on practical teleworking “TELEWORKING 2001” Seminar on Virtual Presence and Collaborative browsing toolkit WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium10

Results of the Kick-off Conference  Seven IST and other relevant EU teleworking projects promoted  Ukrainian IDC focused at telemedicine and distant training launched including WISTCIS Web-site  Teleworking developments in Ukraine and other CIS countries reported and evaluated. Plans of collaboration with potential EU partners agreed  First version of WISTCIS Training Course (by PriceWaterhouseCoopers) and Teleworking Manual (by JC Consultants) evaluated  CoBrow collaborative browsing toolkit evaluated in real-time demonstration with participation of Ulm, Freiberg, Moscow, Kishinev, Minsk, Yerevan and Kiev IDCs  WISTCIS workplan discussed in details and adopted  WISTCIS Newsletter Vol.1 in English and Russian widely disseminated in hard- copies and via WISTCIS Web-sites  Numerous preliminary collaboration agreements were signed between EU and CIS organizations WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium11

Workshop in Kishinev, Moldova "Telematics and Networking support in Environmental and Natural Hazard Research and Monitoring", June 21-22, 2001 The audience: 50ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumFrance Germany, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Russiathe NetherlandsUkraine more than 50 participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, the Netherlands, Ukraine WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium12

Workshop in Moldova structure: Plenary Sessions: Opening session Session 1 “Computer Networking and Telematics Application in CIS Countries” Session 2 “IST Environmental Applications” Special Session “Invited presentations” Session 3 “Telematics Applications in Natural Hazard and Geophysical Studies” Discussion Section “New project opportunities for CIS countries” Closing plenary session and roundtable discussions on EU-CIS collaboration Seminars: Training Course “European Union and the Opportunities for CIS countries” Training Course “EC 5 th Framework Programe Information Socaity Technologies” WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium13

Results of the Workshop in Moldova  Six IST and other relevant European teleworking applications were demonstrated  Teleworking applications for environmental and natural hazards research and monitoring in Moldova-Romania region were introduced and evaluated. Preparation of new project proposal to 6 th FP by German, French, Romanian and Moldovan organizations was launched  WISTCIS collaboration on clustering initiative with TELEBALT, TELESOL, E3WORK and TEAMWORK projects started  WISTCIS collaboration with NATO scientific committee project on computer telecommunication channels development in Moldova-Romania started  Collaboration with Open Partial Agreement on major hazards in Europe started WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium14

Workshop in Baku, Azerbaijan "E-working, Distant Training and Environmental Monitoring: New Opportunities", December 13-14, 2001 The audience: 50Austria, AzerbaijanBelarusFrance, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Russiathe NetherlandsUkraine more than 450 participants from Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, France, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Russia, the Netherlands, Ukraine WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium15

Workshop in Azerbaijan Before opening: more than 450 participants “Distant Training” Session WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium16

Results of the Workshop in Azerbaijan  The first event of such kind in Azerbaijan and the biggest WISTCIS event so far. The workshop attracted more than 450 participants throughout the whole Azerbaijan  Planning session on incorporation of Azerbaijan and Georgia into teleworking system for environmental and natural hazard monitoring  Ten IST and other relevant European teleworking projects were promoted  6 th FP was introduced  Web system of WISTCIS IDCs was demonstrated and evaluated in details. Further plans formulated and agreed  Numerous preliminary agreements between EU and CIS organizations were signed  Azerbaijanean telematics applications projects including ones developed jointly with UNDP, UNESCO and UNIDO were evaluated in connection with WISTCIS content WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium17

IST projects promoted at these meetings: ShopAware EKP: European Knowledge Platform Virtual Presence System EUR-OPA Other European telematics projects promoted: WP3. Conference and Workshops Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium18

WP2. WISTCIS Newsletters Volume 1: Contents published in April 2001 Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium19

WP2. WISTCIS Newsletters Volume 2: Contents published in October 2002 Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium20

THANK YOU Prof. Alexei GVISHIANI, Vice-president of EDNES Tel.: Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium21

Mr. Levon GRIGORIAN, ARMINCO Global Telecommunications WISTCIS Armenian IDC Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium22

WP2. INTERNET IN ARMENIA THE LEVEL OF E-READINESS TO THE DIGITALLY DRIVEN WORLD COMMUNITY /in accordance with the methodology of the Center for International Development at Harvard University/ Stage 1 being the least advanced General cases Stage 4, the most advanced Some cases Network Access1234 Information Infrastructure Internet Availability Internet Affordability Network Speed and Quality Hardware and Software Service and Support Networked Society1234 People and Organizations Online Locally Relevant Content ISTs in Everyday Life ISTs in the Workplace Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium23

INTERNET AVAILABILITY MAJOR ISP’S CAPACITIES,2001 ISPs IN ARMENIA, 2001 ISPsTwo-way channel Downlink channel Arminco ArmenTel (Teleglobe), 2.5Mbps Interpacket 8 Mbps Yerphi, WEB ArmenTel (Teleglobe), 256Kb Direct PC, 1Mbps Infocom ArmenTel (Teleglobe), 256Kb Intarnet ArmenTel (Teleglobe), 64Kb DirectPC, 400Kb ACC ArmenTel (Teleglobe), 192Kb ISPsModem Entry Leased Lines Arminco Yerphi, WEB30200 ACC30 Infocom6050 Netsys6030 WP2. INTERNET IN ARMENIA Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium24

INTERNET AFFORDABILITY /All channels are provided by local company, ArmenTel/ Prices of the Capacity Channels Lease Fees for Dedicated Lines, 2002 Capacity, KbPrice in US$/month % VAT % VAT % VAT % VAT % VAT % VAT Max. Speed (Kb/s)Monthly Fee 19.2 Kbps$ Kbps$ Kbps$ Kbps$ Kbps$ Kbps$ Kbps$ Kbps$30000 WP2. INTERNET IN ARMENIA Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium25

Workshop “NEW METHODS OF WORK FOR BUSINESS AND RESEARCH” Organized by: Arminco Global Telecommunications In cooperation with: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Policy makers and responsible officials Internet providers, Technology suppliers, Telecom operators E-commerce and E-learning organizations Research institutes Businessmen and Entrepreneurs Association of disables WP3. WORKSHOP IN YEREVAN, November, 2002 Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium26

WP3. WORKSHOP IN YEREVAN, November, 2002 Structure of the Workshop “NEW METHODS OF WORK FOR BUSINESS AND RESEARCH” EUROPEAN VIEW Presentation and discussion of European telework experience for business and research New ways for telework between EU and CIS businesses and research institutions CIS VIEWS New methods of work for business and research in Armenia and other CIS countries Institutional and technical problems and ways of co-operation with EU’s institutions Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium27

WP2. IDC & WEB-SITES Macromedia Flash Hosted on high- speed server Downloadable files Many links Mail form for visitors Language Guide Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium28

Human Voice Pronunciation Alphabet Pronouns Common Phrases General Phrases Sightseeing Language Tele-Guide WP2. IDC & WEB-SITES Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium29

IDC and Training Center Information Dissemination Parliament Members Training Free courses for children Microsoft Training Center in Caucasus Tele-Bridge Yerevan- Moscow-Bishkek WP2. IDC & WEB-SITES Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium30

THANK YOU Mr. Levon GRIGORIAN, ARMINCO Global Telecommunications Tel.: +374(1) Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium31

WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Dr. Alexander BERIOZKO, Mr. Anatoly SOLOVIEV EDNES, Moscow WISTCIS telematics engineers Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium32

Main Web-site: index page WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium33

Main Web-site: sections WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium34

Main Web-site: CoBrow enabled WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium35

Regional Web-sites structure and content foundations Primary sections and features:  Summary and objectives of the project  Mail-form for questions and comments ability of sending q&c via regional Web-site to the corresponding project participant  “Preliminary agreement submission” mail-form ability of preliminary agreements dispatch via local Web-site  Link to IST Web-site  Link exchange scheme WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium36

Regional Web-sites structure and content notion Sections, updated with relevant information:  Project news  State of the art of teleworking in corresponding region: National networks development status schemes, maps, structure, number of nodes, connection speed, etc. State and scientific/educational networks overview Opportunities, offered by commercial providers Internet in cities and at the country-side  “IST activities” section WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium37

Regional Web-sites structure and content notion “IST activities”: WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium38

Ukrainian Web-site: index page WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium39

Ukrainian Web-site: IST projects section Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium40

Belarus Web-site: index page WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium41

Belarus Web-site: “BAS-NET Topology” subsection WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium42

Moldovan Web-site: index page WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium43

Moldovan Web-site: Ongoing IST projects WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium44

Azerbaijan Web-site: index page WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium45

Azerbaijan Web-site: teleworking activities in Azerbaijan General Structure of Academy of Sciences Network WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium46

Russian Web-site: main frame WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium47

Russian Web-site: local network scheme WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium48

Russian Web-site: questions and comments mail-form WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium49

WISTCIS deliverables on the Web All principal WISTCIS deliverables are available at project main Web-site:  Project brochure  Project presentation  Newsletters  Conference/workshop evaluation reports  WISTCIS Teleworking Manual  WISTCIS Training Courses on EU and IST Programme  VPS/CoBrow adaptation for EU-CIS team-work WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium50

WISTCIS deliverables on the Web WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, BelgiumProject review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium51

WP2. WISTCIS on the Web Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, BelgiumProject review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium52

THANK YOU Dr. Alexander BERIOZKO, EDNES, Moscow Tel.: Mr. Anatoly SOLOVIEV, EDNES, Moscow Tel.: Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, BelgiumProject review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium53

Mr. Holger CHRISTEIN, Distributed Systems Dept., University of Ulm, Germany WISTCIS partner Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium54

Overview Contribution to WP 2 (IST Information Dissemination) Contribution to WP 3 (Conferences and Workshops) Contritbution to WP4 (Collaborative Browsing for EU-CIS team work) Outlook Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium55

Contribution to WP 2 (I) web site describing Virtual Presence research oBasics of Presence Awareness  Different Application scenarios (Collaborative Browsing, Web Shops, Friend Finder) oModel for Presence Awareness  Entities  Kinds of Presence Awareness  Kinds of possible Services oTechnical stuff  Description of PAIB service Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium56

Contribution to WP 2 (II) oWISTCIS ohttp://www-vs.informatik.uni-ulm.de/ virtual_presence/ Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium57

Contribution to WP 3 (I) WISTCIS oKishinev, Moldova, June 2001  ‘Basics of Virtual Presence’  Application Scenarios  Model oBaku, Azerbaijan, December 2001  ‘Virtual Presence - Introduction and Application’  How Collaborative Browsing works Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium58

Contribution to WP 3 (II) oOncomming: Yerevan, Armenia, November 2002  Demonstration of new multilingual Collaborative Browsing User Agent Other oFourth International Conference on Distributed Communities on the Web, Sydney, Australia, 3-5 April 2002  Talk about network communities Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium59

Contribution to WP4 (I) Demonstration of CoBrow at WISTCIS kick-off conference and at the two WISTCIS conferences in Deliverable D9 (Implementation of multilingual Collaborative Browsing User Agent) oPAIB (Overview) oCBUA (Detail about Scouting, Multilinguality) Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium60

Contribution to WP4 (II) Adaptation of Collaborative Browsing User Agent for EU-CIS Teamwork finished Collaborative Browsing User Agent available ohttp://hera.wdcb.ru/vpsDemo Properties: oEasy to install oPure Java Server- and Client side (runs at any relevant Operating System) Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium61

Contribution to WP4 (III) oIndependence of specific Web Server oDatabase scheme is easy configurable (changeable without any reprogramming) oMultilingualism including non-Latin character sets oOn-line registration of new users oVicinty Chat and private Chat available Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium62

Contribution to WP4 (Screenshots I) Log-on Registration Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium63

Contribution to WP4 (Screenshots II) Main Window Chat History Chat Field Vicinity Area Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium64

Contribution to WP4 (Screenshots III) Properties Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium65

Contribution to WP4 (Screenshots IV) Help Window Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium66

Outlook Establishing a Network of Excellence in the context of the EU Sixth Framework Programme oTopic: Electronic Presence oNew Services (representing virtual worlds) oNew Tools (CSCW, Friend Finder, E-Shops, Logistic,…) oOverall: Offering ‘close to real’ feeling Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium67

THANK YOU Mr. Holger CHRISTEIN, Distributed Systems Dept., University of Ulm, Germany Tel.: Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium68

Training actions. Conclusions Prof. Jean BONNIN, President of EDNES WISTCIS coordinator Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium69

Training course I (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) Introductory: European Union Introductory: 5 th FP, Information Society Technologies 1.Kick-off conference, Kiev 2.Moldova/ Belarus workshop, Kishinev 3.Azerbaijanean workshop, Baku 4.Armenian workshop, Yerevan History of the European Union Introduction European Union 5 th FP Introduction to 6 th FP Opportunities for CIS Countries Introduction to IST Programme How to submit 5 th FP proposal Preparation of a grant application The grant award and project implementation WISTCIS web-site Training course II (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) Introductory document on teleworking compiled within the framework of project WISTCIS Problem History Generic tools for communication and distance-working Number of teleworkers in Europe in 2000 Obstacles to Growth Issues involved Case studies Introducing teleworking into an organization Are you ready for teleworking? Manual “Teleworking 2001” (JC Consultants) WP5. Training actions Training courses and manual 70

Manual “Teleworking 2001” on the Web (by JC Consultants) WP5. Training actions Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium71

PROBLEMHISTORY GENERIC TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION AND DISTANCE-WORKING NUMBER OF TELEWORKERS IN EUROPE IN 2000 OBSTACLES TO GROWTH ISSUES INVOLVED CASE STUDIES INTRODUCING TELEWORKING INTO AN ORGANISATION ARE YOU READY FOR TELEWORKING? Manual “Teleworking 2001” on the Web (by JC Consultants) WP5. Training actions 72

Lecture on 6 th Framework Programme WP5. Training actions  Contents of FP6  Integrating European Research: Priority Thematic Areas  Integrating European Research: Anticipating S/T Needs  Structuring the ERA and Strengthening the Foundations of ERA  Instruments in FP6  Integrated Projects  Networks of Excellence  Article 169  Financing  Budgets  Timetable  Highlights Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium73

Deliverables: completed Conclusions Project dissemination and use plan and list of the CIS partner institutions Project presentation Newsletter Vol.1 Newsletter Vol.2 Kick-off conference Brochure Workshop Belarus-Moldova Adaptation of CoBrow toolkit for EU-CIS team work Training courses on the EC, 5 th FP, 6 th FP and IST Programme. Manual “Teleworking 2001” Workshop Azerbaijan WP 1: WP 2: WP 3: WP 4: WP 5: Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium74

Deliverables: at the stage of implementation WP6: WP6: Report on IDCs, Information servers and Web-sites March, 2003 WP3: WP3: Workshop Armenia January, 2003 Deliverables: future plans WP2: Newsletter Vol.3 June, 2003 WP3: Workshop Georgia May, 2003 WP3: Outlook conference June, 2003Conclusions Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium75

THANK YOU Prof. Jean BONNIN, President of EDNES Tel.: Project review, 12/11/2002 Brussels, Belgium76