INTERREG III B CADSES PROJECT BOOK - Infocooperare

ELISAE-Learning for Improving Access to Information Society for SMEs inthe SEE Areawww.elisa-project.netProject DescriptionParticipation in and access to the knowledge andinformation society is a basic precondition for futuredevelopment of remote and rural areas. In manySouth-Eastern European countries the level of informationand communication technologies (ICT)in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) isvery low. The competitiveness of South-EasternEuropean countries heavily depends on the productiveutilisation of information and communicationtechnologies (ICT) and the improvement ofrelated human skills.The project establishes easy-to-use e-learning-platformsi Raising awareness of the benefits of using ICTTRANSPORT & ITMEASURE 2.2The project aims at improving access to the knowledgeand information society of these SMEsthrough close co-operation of academic and businesscommunities at transnational level, by transferringknow-how from EU best-practice trainingand by developing national training strategies.Emphasis is given to SMEs from rural and peripheralareas in Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republicof Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia as beneficiarycountries. The project targets SMEs in the beneficiarycountries, particularly management and personnel,ICT companies, researchers of Universitiesand National Research and Education networks aswell as policymakers in the field of ICT.in SMEs,i Customisation of a multilingual, highly-interactiveand easy-to-use e-learning-platform meetingthe needs of SMEs,i Creation of customisable multilingual trainingmaterial for improving ICT skills within SMEs,i Pilot implementation of ICT training actions,i Design of SME ICT training strategies for thebeneficiary countries,i Dissemination of the know-how gained by policymakersand interested organisations,i Raising policymakers‘ awareness of the importanceof access to the knowledge and informationsociety for SMEs,i Acceleration of ICT access of SMEs from the beneficiarycountries,i Improvement of business performance via theadoption of e-business practices,i Adoption of e-learning as a training practice,i Improvement of transnational business collaboration,i Establishment of links between academic andbusiness networks at transnational level.EU Regions/Member StatesNon EU Member StatesLead PartnerProject PartnerLead PartnerGreek Research & Technology NetworkProject ManagementAv. Mesogeion 5611527 AthensGREECEContact PersonMr. Ilias HatzakisTel +30 2107 474268Fax +30 2107 474490E-Mail hatzakis@grnet.grProject PartnersAlbaniaAcademy of Sciences of Albania (INIMA), TiranaSME Agency, TiranaAustriaDANUBE, ViennaBulgariaInformation Society Technologies Foundation, SofiaState Agency for ICT (SAITC), Sofia0 200 kmELISA helps to improve access to information technologiesResults and EffectsThe overall objective of improving access to theknowledge and information society will be achievedby the following actions and planned results:DurationStart ....................................................... 10/2005End ......................................................... 12/2007Budget (EUR)Total Budget ....................................1,252,223.28thereof ERDF ......................................677,100.00Former Yugoslav Rep. of MacedoniaUniversity St. Cyril and Methodius, Macedonian Academicand Research Network (MARnet), SkopjeMacedonian Association for Information Technology (MASIT),SkopjeGermanyFree University of Berlin, BerlinGreeceSYSTEMA, AthensSerbiaAssociation for Computing, Informatics, Telecommunications,Automation and Management (JURIT ), BelgradeSloveniaUniversity of Maribor, Maribor82INTERREG III B CADSES / PROJECT BOOK