eWORK 2000 - European Telework Week

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New Ways to Work 2000European TeleworkA workshop in Trento on Friday November 5 th on the theme Il telelavoro nella pubblica amministrazione:flessibilità organizzativa e nuove opportunità di lavoro provided an occasion to consider ways of developinga greater understanding of the concept of telework within the Trentino Alto Adige region and also ofencouraging its development.Seminar on telework development in SardiniaThis meeting, held in Cagliari on Friday November 5 th and Saturday November 6 th , was entitled Potenzialitàdel telelavoro per lo sviluppo socio-economico della Sardegna. The event provided an opportunity tocompare directly the experiences in three countries, in Sweden and Spain as well as in Italy.Events in NaplesMonday November 8 th was open day at Naples Commune’s teleservice centre. This initiative of the Naplesmunicipal authority was one of the 1999 European Telework Awards prize-winners. The day’s programmeincluded a press conference.BPR and Telework conference in PisaPisa University’s Comitato Pari Opportunità (equal opportunities committee) organised a press conference inPisa on Thursday November 4 th , on the theme Business Process Re-engineering and Telework.Press conference, town of MateraThe historic town of Matera in the Basilicata region of Italy (east of Naples) organised a press conference onMonday November 8 th to launch a new development plan, based on the use of ICTs. The town’s mayorAngelo Minieri explained how the town hoped to preserve the architectural and social heritage of the town,which has thousands of years of history but which has suffered from decline in recent years, whilst ensuringthat it was equipped with the necessary infrastructure to attract people back to the old town.Ev@netWomen’s experiences with information and communications technologies were the focus of a series of linkedinitiatives in a number of Italian towns, including Trieste, Venice, Padova, Milan, Verona, Acqui Terme,Florence, Rome and Bari. The events included discussions on women’s experience of telework in both thepublic and private sectors. The Evanet events were supported by Telecom Italia and Telerete Nordest.Other events in ItalyA number of other events took place in Italy in the run-up to European Telework Week. On ThursdayOctober 21 st a conference was held in Milan, with the title Il telelavoro nella pubblica amministrazione: ilmodello della Regione Lombardia (telework in public administrations, the Lombardy model). The Lombardyregional government has been developing a telework programme for its own employees, which has includednegotiating a telework agreement with the trade unions. Twelve members of staff have been working fromhome for three days a week since December 1998. The conference provided an opportunity for the Lombardyregional authority to describe the cost-benefit advantages of this pilot. The authority is also interested in thepossibilities of telecentre working.On Friday and Saturday 29 th -30 th of October a workshop was held in Camerino (Marche region) and inRome, to explore the legal implications of digital signatures and electronic documentation in the context of e-commerce.- 160 -
New Ways to Work 2000European TeleworkFinally in Coppito near L’Aquila (Abruzzo region) a series of training courses on telework and distancelearning got under way. The courses have been designed for public and private sector white-collar employees,trade union representatives, managers, members of HR departments and others.NetherlandsA number of events were planned to take place during European Telework Week in the country. Theyincluded a symposium on flexible work, held in Utrecht on Tuesday November 2 nd , an OnlineLearning conference, held in Amsterdam on Weds/Thurs November 3 rd – 4 th , and a Telework Awardevent in The Hague, also on Thursday November 4 th .IrelandA very successful 7 th national conference was organised by Telework Ireland, held just after the formal end ofEuropean Telework Week in Tullamore, Co Offaly. This two-day event, held on November 11 th and 12 th ,included a range of workshops and expert speakers. Among the speakers was Noel Treacy MD, minister forScience, Technology and Commerce in the Irish government.Two days earlier, on November 9 th , Mr Treacy had also addressed the inaugural meeting of the TeleworkAction Forum, a new body established by the government in response to the recent Report of the NationalAdvisory Council on Teleworking (NACT). The Forum includes representatives from business, trade unions,academia, the government and regional bodies, and also includes individual teleworkers. The Forum is chairedby William Burgess, IBM Country General Manager.9.2 European Telework AwardsCompanies and organisations in Denmark, France, Italy, and Scotland took the prizes at this year's EuropeanTelework Awards ceremony. The voting system for the Awards took into account the views of an expert panelof judges, the votes of the audience listening to each presentation but also, in an innovative use of technology,votes cast previously on-line, via the Internet. The Awards ceremony itself was also web-cast on the Internet.Eighteen of the entries submitted for the Telework Awards were successfully shortlisted, and each of theseentries was able to briefly explain their initiative to the audience at the Awards event. The shortlist includedlarge IT and telecommunications corporates, public administrations, and a number of smaller businesses andcommunity-based ventures.Six European Telework Awards were on offer this year, for the best telework examples in a large organisationand in a small/medium-sized enterprise (SME), the best public initiative, the best initiative supporting thedisadvantaged, the best contribution to public awareness, and the best telework technology or service.Best telework technology or serviceThis category was the first to be awarded. Three initiatives had been shortlisted.British company MITEL, which specialises in network systems for the telecoms sector, demonstrated itsShuttle product, which offers home-based workers the same access to telephony services as their office-basedcolleagues. MITEL's Dave Hardcastle pointed out that his company was itself making use of remote working,with 500 of the employees, or about a third of the workforce, teleworking part-time.- 161 -
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