eEurope GoDigital Action 11

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e-Europe - GoDigital Action 11

• ACTION LINE 3 -ICT SKILLS
• Action 11 Launching an SMEs Trainee Programme
• Objective
• ..to help European students to develop
  entrepreneurship, by a trainee programme with
  SMEs. The SMEs will benefit from the students
  expertise and availability for setting up and
  supporting their future e-business system

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e-Europe - GoDigital Action 11

• Benefits for SMEs
• To improve working practices
• Acquire Free and Unbiased Consultancy and
  Assistance
• Acquire potential, knowledgeable, ICT enabled
  employees,
• Become more competitive
• Accelerate technology transfer to SME community
• Benefits for Students
• Accreditation through On-the-job training
• Learn and Develop an entrepreneurial mindset
• Exposure to potential employers
• Better/higher position and career prospects
• Open their own business

Implementation scheme based on KNOWLEDGE
EXCHANGE
Network of e-business Reference Centers
Students
SMEs
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e-Europe - GoDigital Action 11
DIGI-Q IST 2001-38157 Quality Certification and
on-line Confidence in SMEs e-Business Processes
Networks of Universities, Certification Bodies
RTD Centers from EU and NAS Countries
Network of e-business Reference Centers
Students
MBA courses on Quality Certificationand
e-Business processeswith 100 post-graduated
students
SMEs
70 Best Practice pilots with SMEs from EU and NAS
Countries
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DIGI-Q IST-2001-38157 KA 2.1.3Quality and
on-line Confidence in SMEs e-Business Processes

• General objectives
• design and implement ad hoc courses, supported by
  e-learning systems, for training SMEs personnel
  and post-graduated students on SMEs e-business
  processes
• develop project-works throughout the SMEs, with
  the support of the trained people, aimed at
  carrying out a quality certification path of the
  adopted e-business processes
• create new job profiles addressed to the quality
  certification of the e-business processes
  implemented through the SMEs
• Expected results
• deploy advanced training courses (MBA) involving
  at least 100 students, enabling them to improve
  their skills and create new competencies in the
  domain of the quality certification procedures of
  the e-business processes
• carry out at least 70 best practices/projects-work
  s demonstrating opportunities, challenges and
  paths for SMEs going digital
• identify and integrate new professions in the
  domain of the ICT e-based solutions for SMEs
• Implementation
• Consortium network of Universities and Research
  Centers for designing and deploying training
  courses network of Certification Bodies (IQNet
  network) belonging to EU member states and
  Accession Countries
• Total Funding 1.530 K euro
• Start 1st October 2002

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DIGI-Q IST-2001-38157 KA 2.1.3Quality and
on-line Confidence in SMEs e-Business Processes

• PROJECT PARTNERS
• AIP - Associazione Impresa Politecnico di Milano
  (Italy)
• IGQ - Istituto Italiano di Garanzia della
  Qualità (Italy)
• ISEP - Public Higher Institute of Engineering
  (Portugal)
• APCER - Portuguese Certification Association
  (Portugal)
• CTI Research Academic Computer Technology
  Institute (Greece)
• ELOT S.A. Hellenic Organization for
  Standardization (Greece)
• SIQ - Slovenian Institute of Quality and
  Metrology (Slovenia)
• CQS The Czech Association for the Quality
  System Certification