1. PROMIS e-Resources for SMEs Business Legislation in Europe
Caterina Berbenni-Rehm, Dr.
Chief Executive Officer
FUTUREtec GmbH
Hauptstrasse 188, D Bergisch Gladbach (Germany)
Tel.:
www:

4. The Mission To provide SME’s with tailored business services
in the field of Environment, Health and Safety and Quality (EHS-Q),
with the goal to strengthen their competitive advantage at an affordable price.

5. ASP Subscription Model and Compliance Management System
What is PROMIS
A trademarked, process-oriented, multilingual,
ASP Subscription Model and
Compliance Management System
focused on the fields of Environment, Health and Safety and Quality (EHS-Q)
designed especially for small and medium sized enterprises, to provide easy access to information and services essential for them to comply with the complex legal and social requirements at national and international level

6. Key Problem:
Health and safety (H&S) at work, including environmental and plant safety, are major issues of the European Union. SMEs very often lack the time and manpower to implement these safety requirements themselves and therefore use the support of H&S advisors. These advisors in turn need knowledge about updated laws and safety requirements. The flow of information and the exchange of knowledge is based on conventional means and need to be improved with interactive services.

7. Opportunity:
…to allow SMEs to be prepared for a low cost and high quality services to comply with legal requirements and use the offered services via the internet.

8. PROMIS offers Solutions to…
…ease the access to all relevant information and contents connected with EH&S-Q
sensitive processes;
…assist SMEs with self-analysis and design of an Integrated Quality Management system, suited to their industry sector and size of operation;
…provide company-specific “Roadmaps” and guidelines, to support SMEs controlling their processes up to certification;
…to buy a virtual workplace in which to define their own processes and manage their own company with the on-line assistance of consultants, if and where needed.

9. Environment, H&S, Quality - 5 Levels
Initial top management commitment
Commitment to comply with requirements
Commitment to take action to improve
Commitment to control impacts and improve
Commitment to achieve recognised standard

10. The Services

12. Technology Used Two platforms existing based on:
ORACLE technology 9i and
Open Source LAMP (LINUX, Apache, MySQL, PHP) in connection with some components used .NET technology.
PROMIS is being deployed in Open Source and the delivery channel is Internet.

13. Market Size and Approach
Potential Market: 12,4 Mio European SMEs
Italy (4.5), Germany (3.0), Spain (2.7), UK (2.2)
Marketing Approach:
Indirect: - Associations of SMEs
- Associations of SME Consultants
- Sectoral Associations
Direct: - SMEs (e.g. Construction, Automotive, Tourism, Textile, Chemical, Leather, Food)
- EH&S-Q Consultants & their SMEs

14. Current Status (1)
PROMIS was funded by the European Commission eTEN, former Ten Telecom
PROMIS is ready to be rolled out on a pan-European level
The PROMIS service will be translated, localised (in technology and content) and deployed in 4 territories (DE, IT, UK, ES)

15. Current Status (2) Partners committed to deployment are:
- FUTUREtec GmbH
- Forum of Switzerland
- WEKA Verlag Holding
- COASTAL (eTraining in EH&S )
- CNA, Confederation for CRAFT SMEs
- AIAS, Association of EH&S Consultants
In negotiation:
- IlSole24Ore (Legislation & contents)
- HVBG

16. PROMIS Needs to Harmonization and Standards
On a Technological Level
PROMIS is OSS and we are open to any ICT solution at the service of SMEs
On a Methodological Level
Code of Conducts and Practice for consultants
Rules to assess the quality of Knowledge
Codes of professional ethics in ICT ?
On a Content and Knowledge Management Level
Need to harmonize contents (content providers‘ round tables)
Need to harmonize, as well as increase security to manage individual knowledge
On a Service Level ……………..

18. Thank you for your attention !
Caterina Berbenni-Rehm, Dr.
Chief Executive Officer
FUTUREtec GmbH
Hauptstrasse 188, D Bergisch Gladbach (Cologne)
Tel.:
www: