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• security services (MOMUSYS);
• toolmaking (BOURBON);
• car manufacturing (TEAM, VANTAGE, DIVINE, MULTICUBE);
• aerospace (VANTAGE, MULTICUBE, DIVINE);
• harbour (EIES).
It should be noted that a substantial number of small business networks and groups are
involved in this trial area.
4.2. The ACTS concertation Mechanism: The Telework Chain
When we look to the “telework chain” it is obvious that a lot of the projects within the
trial set appear again. However, the current list of projects within the ACTS Telework
Concertation Chain is based on actual interest expressed by ACTS projects, not on an
academic analysis of possible roles. It is clear that, for a fruitful concertation process the
interest of the participating projects is crucial, in itself.
4.2.1. Objective
The purpose of the chain is to ensure that a variety of technology and service
developments will support the development of telework in a coherent way. Efforts will
be concentrated on the development of policy guidelines and recommendations to
ACTS projects and other (public and private) institutions and bodies representing key
players.
A second goal is to contribute to the preparation of the 5th Framework Programme. A
first step in this is an analysis of all the ACTS projects assessing strengths and
weaknesses in the way the subject is covered within ACTS, with a view on threats and
opportunities arising from “ACTS external” developments regarding telework and new
ways of working.
For this purpose close co-operation with the ACTS trial community is required. Key
issue will be to motivate the other ACTS projects to contribute. Support is needed from
the projects FAIR (joining their questionnaires instead of sending our own) and
INFOWIN (to present our information to other ACTS projects).
In the 2nd Call for ACTS proposals the Task 80 was dedicated to inviting projects to
offer support to the concertation process. Two projects claiming this task, aiming at
supporting the ACTS Telework Concertation Chain, were submitted and accepted by the
evaluators (DIPLOMAT and ETD). It is obvious that the participation of those projects,
when contracted, will influence the work in the chain. Also other 2nd Call projects
might join the chain. A continuous further focus in the objective of the Chain is to be
expected.
4.2.2. Recipients Targeted by the Telework Chain
Professional users, organisations that are looking for possible new ways of work in the
emerging global information society, suppliers wanting to develop products and services
for professional/ business users, and ACTS projects that are addressing user trials in
these sectors.
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