eWORK 2000 - European Telework Week

New Ways to Work 2000European Teleworkinternationally accepted.Project period: October 1998 – October 2002Contact:European co-ordinator:Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and AutomationSandtorstrasse 22D-39106, Magdeburg, GermanyH. KühnleBjörn SöndgerathTel: +49 391 4090 510 or 712Fax: +49 391 4090 596Email: soendgerath@iff.fhg.deICARE 9000 On-Demand Consulting and Remote Electronic Training for Telematics ApplicationSMEs in Urban and Rural AreasProgrammeICARE 9000 is using advanced telematics tools like videoconferencing to provide technical support for companiesseeking to achieve the ISO9000 certification by using tele-consulting techniques. Some of this consulting support isprovided on-line, for example when an SME has a specific problem in applying the quality control manual, as thisenables rapid expert advice to be offered. The project aims to improve the access of SMEs, particularly in lessfavouredareas, to ISO9000 training courses, the follow-up of information and to offer telematics advice to qualityengineers for whom regular travel to traditional courses is costly and time-consuming.Project period:Contact:TELES AGDoverstr. 2-4D-10587 Berlin, GermanyBirgit HeinzTel.: +49 30 399 28 241Fax: +49 30 399 28 242E-mail: b.heinz@teles.deURL: http://www.teles.deInfoBridge The Bridge from ACTS to the outside world ACTS ProgrammeThe primary objectives of InfoBridge are to provide an information window through which the work of ACTS isvisible to the outside world, as well as to publish accessible summaries of ACTS Projects and Domain results targetedat specific segments of the market (e.g. scientific, technical and policy communities). Furthermore InfoBridgeprovides an electronic information base (Web-based Infospace) as a hub for the information exchange within ACTSand to the outside world.InfoBridge built on the work of the successful ACTS project InfoWin, addressing dissemination activities, which arenot covered by InfoWin (e.g. extending the information window to new geographical regions especially EasternEurope). It continues the base information and service infrastructure after the end of InfoWin to ensure the visibilityof ACTS results in the 5th framework programme.InfoBridge focuses on information generation from projects, information collation and consolidation around specificthematic points, information editing and condensation for specific audiences including the reporting of key events.As InfoBridge builds on the work of the InfoWin project, it uses and extends the services, tools, products andexperiences of InfoWin to reach the objectives of InfoBridge. InfoBridge continues the tasks, which are necessary toensure a successful dissemination of ACTS results focused on key events bridging the gap to the 5th framework. Forall publications the well-known InfoWin label will be used to ensure continuity in the promotion of the ACTSProgramme and its results.Project period: May 1998 – February 2000Contact:RUS – University of Stuttgart(Rechenzentrum Univ. Stuttgart),Allmandring 30D-70550 Stuttgart, GermanyBarbara BurrTel.: +49 711 685 5811Fax: +49 711 678 7626E-mail: burr@rus.uni-stuttgart.deURL: http://www.uk.infowin.orgInformation, Communications and Technology Advisory ServiceLEADER InitiativeSince it was set up in May 1994, the of the Western Isles, Skye & Lochalsh group has created about 100 teleworkingjobs in the Hebrides, in North-West Scotland. One of the main points of this experimental phase was the constitutionof a file of potential "teleworkers": a list of some 500 people, either residents or people wanting to move back to theislands, was drawn up and their skills noted. Since no local company existed in this sector, the LEADER groupcreated a limited liability company, "Lasair Ltd", capable of managing contracts concluded with principals fromanywhere in the world. Through the nature of the work, these teleworking posts constitute an activity with real addedvalue, which goes far beyond simple data entry but involves skills in editing, re-writing, re-reading, computergraphics, etc. An experimental contract in 1996 with the Scottish Health Board further proved that purely"mechanical" data entry was non-profitable because it faced fierce competition from Third World countries. LEADER- 174 -