1. TELESOL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “ e-Collaboration@work: EuroasiaOnline'04” KAZAKHSTAN, ALMATY, October 14-15, 2004 Jean-Claude Marot JC Consultants jcmarot@claranet.fr Telebalt and Telesol distance learning resources

2. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Subject of the contribution n To introduce u the online training courses about European programs promoted by TELEBALT IST project u the online and interactive tool for the telework implementation process promoted by TELESOL IST project

3. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Training Course for Baltic States

4. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr The European Union n History of the European Union n Institutions n Main EU Objectives

5. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Main EU objectives n To promote economic and social progress n To assert the identity of the EU on the international scene n To introduce European citizenship n To develop an area of freedom, security and justice n To maintain and build on established EU law

6. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Framework Programs One of the main instruments of EU activity n In the field of research and technological development (RTD) n Open to all legal entities established in the Member and Associate States of the European Union

7. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes n FP5 : 1999 - 2002 n FP6 : 2002 - 2006

8. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Sixth European Community Framework Program

9. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr For more Informations n http://www.cordis.lu/ n http://www.europa.eu.int/ n Website of the lectures : http://www.ednes.org/telebalt

10. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Training Course for telework promotion n An online and interactive tool on the TELESOL website n For the promotion of telework n Target : è public authorities in charge of regional development è various partners of a telework project

11. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Telework : solution or probleme to solve ? n Telework can be a way for the regional development n Telework can be a means of reducing the economic and cultural unbalances of remote areas n But the telework is not only a solution, it is also a problem to solve

12. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Telework implementation process n Interdependent aspects of the problematic n What are the good questions to be asked ? n Strategical n Organisational n Technical n Individual n Economical n Social

13. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr An interactive tool online n Title : « Are you ready to introduce tele work ? » n Tool which include two modules : èA module devoted to the acquisition of basis knowledge on the telework as a new method of work èA module of self aptitude test

14. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr General structure

15. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Course “introduction to telework” n Basic configurations for teleworking n The telework issues n Number of teleworkers in Europe n Methodology n Case study

16. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Course structure

17. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Aptitudes test

18. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Test contents ex. of project manager

19. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Test example 1 n Could telework be an appropriate device for the concerned workplaces ?

20. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Test example 2 n Could telework be an appropriate device for the concerned workplaces ?

21. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Test example 3 n Could telework be an appropriate device for the concerned workplaces ?

22. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr Conclusion Four good questions for a telework project : n does the telework represent a true value- added for the firm ? n does the telework provide a real benefit for the main players involved ? n are they able to recognise and exploit these opportunities ? n is the project quite feasible at a technical and economical level ?

23. © JC Consultants - jcmarot@claranet.fr For more Informations n Telesol web site : THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION