PUSEMOR WP 5

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Team Western Switzerland Pilot projects
PUSEMOR Meeting Wolfach, 3-4 April 2006
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• Nord vaudois
• Regional framework
• Current difficulties
• Closing of grocerys stores in villages
• Lack of sport facilities and meeting rooms for
  local associations
• Increased use of private cars

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Nord vaudois Ideas for pilot projects 1)
Organising a retail and distribution network 2)
Carsharing by internet or by sms 3) Networking
of sport facilities and meeting rooms 4)
Exchange network for several services
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• Project 1 Organising a retail and distribution
  network
• Distribute food items in villages without stores.
• Put in order by internet or phone and organize a
  delivery service (post for exemple) in the
  remaining local public institution of the village
  (restaurants, tea room, postal agency, etc.)
• State of the project
• Collecting similar projects and aiming at the
  suitable municipalities
• for this action.

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Project 2 Carsharing (covoiturage) by internet
or by sms People who make the same way each day
can meet by internet or by sms other people to
group the cars State of the project
Analysing similar projects
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Project 3 Networking of sport facilities and
meeting rooms The idea aims at answering the
demand of the local associations and a better use
of the existing facilities. State of the project
Only the idea
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• Project 4 Exchange network for several
  services (child care, gardening, etc.)
• Copy-paste of a network existing in the city of
  Yverdon.
• Spread this idea in the rural area.
• State of the project
• Analysing how it works in Yverdon

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• Obersimmental-Saanenland
• Regional framework
• Current difficulties
• small structures in some areas of public services
  (schools, groceries, bakeries etc)
• public transport (schedule, connections outside)
• vocational / further education (lt gt brain
  drain)
• dependence from tourism (as opportunity and
  threat)

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Obersimmental-Saanenland Ideas for pilot projects
focus education 1) Network of employers (SMEs)
training young people 2) Optimize the offer of
the different training institutions 3) Course
for using the new technologies (target old
people) 4) College in three languages
(german-french-english) 5) wireless connections
Two reserve projects (only ideas) - Use of
hotel facilities for vocational meetings or
trainings - To make easier the combination of
job and ski competition for young people
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• Project 1
• Network of employers (SMEs) training young people
  
• Some SMEs have problems to continue their
  apprenticeship training positions and there is a
  lack of training positions in the tertiary sector
  (administration, trade), the future of the
  regional vocational school is precarious. More
  cooperation could ensure / create some training
  positions
• Partners
• regional vocational school in Saanen
• SMEs and their association, professional
  organisations
• State of the project / further proceeding
• Collecting similar projects and other
  clarifications, building up of a project team

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• Project 2
• Optimize the offer of the different training
  institutions
• In the test area exist different organisations
  dealing with further / vocational education and
  all of them have some problems to finance their
  activities and to reach their target groups
• Partners
• Adult education centres (Volkshochschule)
  and other organisations
• Economic chamber of Bernese Oberland
• cantonal administration
• State of the project / further proceeding
• first clarifications gt concept for further
  proceeding

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• Project 3 Trilingual college in Saanen
• In 2003 a college (Gymnasium) was founded in
  Saanen (as an agency of the college of
  Interlaken). To make this college more attractive
  also for external children the idea of a
  trilingual college emerged (Saanen is very closed
  to the french part of Switzerland and has many
  english speaking guests / inhabitants).
• Partners
• College of Saanen resp. Interlaken
• Cantonal administration of Berne and Vaud
• Municipality of Saanen and regional
  organisations
• State of the project / further proceeding
• Feasibility study is running gt decision further
  proceeding (pres. not integrated in PUSEMOR
  project)

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• Project 4 Old people using new IC-technologies
• The national provider of telecommunication
  Swisscom started in 2005 a programme to help
  elderly people using new IC-technologies (mobile
  phone, internet, E-mail). Towns and regions have
  the possibility to order a road bus with an
  educational team. For 2006 or 2007 it is planned
  to collaborate with Swisscom and to join this
  programme Help point.
• Partners
• Swisscom
• regional and local institutions and
  organisations for elderly people
• Municipalities (social administration)
• State of the project / further proceeding
• First contacts established (presumably not
  integrated in PUSEMOR project)

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• Project 5 Wireless connections
• Due to topography the conventional IC connections
  (by cable) are both expensive and not very
  powerful. The national provider Swisscom seams
  interested to test new possibilities of wireless
  connections (radiated beaming).
• Partners
• Swisscom
• ???
• SMEs
• State of the project / further proceeding
• Further talks in April with Swisscom

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• Chablais vaudois
• Regional framework
• Current affairs of concern
• Financing the 4 regional railway lines
• Traffic saturation on mountain roads, high season
  parking problems in resorts
• Telecommunication networks poor availabilities
  in the mountain valleys
• Building in the lowlands of a new regional
  hospital
• Winter tourism strategies for the future

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Chablais vaudois Ideas for pilot projects 1)
Multifunctional bus 2) Internet via wimax 3)
Park ride for the Alpes vaudoises 4) Active
senior citizens network
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Project 1 Multifunctional bus To run test on a
roaming bus offering various services such as
postal, grocery, bakery, etc. to mountain
communities State of the project Setting up an
implementation group Talks planned for April
with the Swiss postal outfit, a retailer and
local municipalities
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Project 2 Internet via Wimax Not yet
available in Switzerland, this new wireless
technology offers high output links from a 20 km
radius broadcast antenna State of the project
Mustering a local interest group Talks in April
with Swisscom
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Project 3 Park Ride Plans to promote Park
Ride facilities and other implements to
increase the use of public transportation State
of the project idea only
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Project 4 Senior citizens network Take
advantage of the early retired persons
availability and capabilities to inform and
provide public services through the regional
internet platform www.chablais.ch Possible
partners younger senior citizens State of the
project idea only