1996 - European Telework Week

The development of EU actions to stimulate Telework Annex 1
ANNEX 1:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF EU ACTIONS TO STIMULATE
TELEWORK
1989 - 90 Concerns in RACE about regional and rural economic impacts of
advanced communications risks of exclusion ; opportunities for decentralisation.
1990 - 91 Planning exercise for “Opportunities for Rural Areas “ (ORA”);
strategic analysis identifies telework exploration as one key theme:
liaison with DG VI in context of reform of CAP - with focus on
increasing non-Agricultural employment in rural areas: planned
synergy between ORA-RTD and LEADER I structural fund support to
local rural employment initiatives.
1992 - 94 ORA RTD: potential social + psychological impacts (PATRA); the
“Business case” (MITRE); concertation and regional awareness of new
devilment opportunities for Telework (SYNERGY-ECTF).
RACE RTD: generic telework service validation through pilot
applications in major industrial sectors - car manufacturing,
construction, Aerospace, tourism...
1992 - 93 Preparation of Commission’s white paper on Employment, growth +
competitiveness; Internal + external consultation on a wider set of
exploring actions related to telework and social/economic impacts of
advanced communications; Commission Decision on a separate “Call
for proposals” (outside the 3rd FP) - covering:
- Broader employment/competitiveness implications
- Transborder legal, regulatory, organisational issues
- SME networking issues
- Tele-service centre viability/management
- Decentralisation/traffic impact issues
Dec ‘93
June 1994
July 1994
White paper: Telework as a priority in context of the transition to an
information society and greater flexibility in employment
Bangemann report: Telework as a priority in the transition to an
information society - far employment creation, business
competitiveness and traffic/environment management initiatives
Commission adopts Action Plan for transition to an information society.
4 themes:
- enabling re-regulation;
- RTD + Demonstrations
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