Overview of project TELESOL

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Overview of project TELESOL
Dr. Serguei SMAGUINE (EDNES), project manager
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Project TELESOL (IST-1999-29038)
Telework solutions for promotion of EU
cooperation in business and research with the
Commonwealth of Independent States
01 March 2002 28 February 2005
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Goals of the project

• create awareness of the telework advantages in
  the business and research communities in the CIS
  countries
• study and promote the experience and best
  practices of telework in the EU countries
• identify local telework problems
• develop new EU-CIS contacts in the telework area
• develop new business telework systems

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TELESOL aspects of the telework

• state of communications, technical development,
  necessary hardware/software, personnel skills
• legal, financial, fiscal
• cultural diversity in cross-country telework
• management of the synchronous work, quality
  control, certification, telework personnel
  development
• e-security, building the trust between
  teleworking entities
• distributed office as a telework within one
  company
• tele-medicine
• tele-education

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TELESOL expected practical results

• operational business teleworking systems
• web-sites and Telework Competence Centers in the
  CIS countries
• conference and workshops
• training of interested audience
• What this will give us
• better understanding of the local telework
  problems
• telework competence centers as the focal points
  for addressing telework issues
• new contacts and new telework projects

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Project coordinators
UNIDO United Nations IndustrialVienna,
Austria Development Organization
EDNES Earth Data Network for
Education andStrasbourg, France Scientific
Exchange
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Project participants - members of business and
research communities in the participating
countries, with a positive experience in the
telework EU companies from France, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Germany CIS
company Arminco (Armenia), Baku
Scientific/Training Center (Azerbaijan), Business
Communication Center (Georgia), company In-Tel
(Kazakhstan), company Areopag IT (Kyrgyzstan),
Center of Geophysical Data Studies and Telematic
Applications (Russia), National Technical
University -KPI (Ukraine), Institute of
Cybernetics of National Academy (Uzbekistan)
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Denmark
France
the Netherlands
Austria
Germany
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Russia
Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Uzbekistan
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Project brochure and newsletters vol. 1, 2
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www.ednes.org/telesol
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Local Web-sites
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Telework tools
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Telework Competence Centers

• Core competencies
• Armenia legal issues of telework technical
  issues of telework teleworking in translation
• Azerbaijan telework in education and vocational
  training
• Georgia telework in business communication
  telework in cultural heritage preservation
• Kazakhstan telecommunication networks
• Kyrgyzstan regional telework
• Russia telework in environmental studies and
  research, management issues of international
  telework
• Ukraine internet security telemedicine,
  academic networks, environmental monitoring
• Uzbekistan telemedicine

Standardized detailed descriptions of local
Telework Competence Centers and their activities
are being developed by participants
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Offshore software development
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Dailysport
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Producing musical CDs
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Translation system
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TELESOL events 2002-2004 (Bishkek, Yerevan,
Kiev, Baku, Almaty)

• kick-off workshop. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 07 June
  2002
• management meeting. Montpellier, France, 14
  August 2002
• workshop Technical aspects of the telework.
  Yerevan, Armenia, 19-20.11.2002
• workshop Telework in medicine, research and
  business. Kiev, Ukraine, 24-25.04.2003
• Workshop Telework in government, business,
  research and vocational training. Baku,
  Azerbaijan, 05-06.02.2004
• Central Asian telework conference. Almaty,
  Kazakhstan, September 2004

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TELESOL events

• workshop Technical aspects of the telework.
  Yerevan, Armenia, 19-20.11.2002

• 115 participants from 5 EU and 7 CIS countries
• IST projects MEDIA-ISF, FLEXWORK, TEAMWORK,
  USABILITY, WISTCIS, TELEBALT were represented
• 10 expressions of interest were signed

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TELESOL events

• workshop Telework in medicine, research and
  business. Kiev, Ukraine, 24-25.04.2003

• 106 participants from 5 EU and 7 CIS countries
• IST projects FLEXWORK, TEAMWORK, WISTCIS,
  TELEBALT, TRISTAN-EST and other were represented
• 9 formal expressions of interest were signed

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Baku workshop structure

• February 05, 2004
• Opening session
• Plenary session
• Section 1 telework in governmental and business
  activities, IST projects and telework tools
• Section 2 telework in education and vocational
  training
• February 06, 2004
• Section 1 telework in governmental and business
  activities, telework and IT developments projects
  in CIS countries
• Section 2 telework issues of education,
  vocational training and cultural heritage
• Section 3 - telework in research and
  environmental monitoring
• Round table and closing remarks

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TELESOL training course on telework

• TELESOL training course (D6) consists of two
  parts
• Telework training texts - translated, customized
  and and adapted for Russian-speaking audience
• System of telework aptitude tests

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TELESOL training course, part 1
Translation and adaptation of telework training
texts for Russian-speaking audience

• Blueprints
• Handbook and checklists
• Technology briefings
• Technology studies
• Implementation plan

• pdf files are placed on FLEXWORK web-site
• links to them are placed on TELESOL web-site
• digest initial pages, introduction and guides are
  placed on TELESOL site

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TELESOL training course, part 2
JC consultants, France System of aptitude tests
for teleworkers, employers of the teleworkers and
freelancers (in hard copy and web-based)
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TELESOL training course, part 2
System of aptitude tests for teleworkers,
employers of the teleworkers and freelancers (in
hard copy and web-based)
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UNIDO/EDNES Ready-For-E-Business-Tool