Collaboration with European Union Programme EU Partners, projects EU-newly associated and CIS countries STACCIS TAP UNESCO, EDNES Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine WISTCIS IST EDNES, Ulm University, Pricewaterhouse Coopers TELEBALT IST EDNES, CODATALatvia, Lithuania, Estonia TELESOL ISTUNIDO, EDNES Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan CLUSTER-PRO Submitted to IST Clustered projects: WISTCIS, TELEBALT, TELESOL, E3WORK, TEAMwork 17 Eastern European and NIS countries

TELEBALT PROJECT CONSORTIUM Teleworking as a Tool for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Baltic States IST Programme Coordinator EDNES, Strasbourg, France Open Latvia, Riga, Latvia INFOBALT, Vilnius, Lithuania Inforing AS, Tallinn, Estonia Kick-off planning meeting and Workshop: ”Information Technologies, Tourism and Social Integration” Project conference: “Teleworking for Business, Education and Electronic Commerce” Kick-off planning meeting and Workshop: ”Information Technologies, Tourism and Social Integration” CODATA, Paris,France

TELESOL PROJECT CONSORTIUM Telework solutions for promotion of EU cooperation in business and research with the Commonwealth of Independent States Coordinator UNIDO EDNES, Strasbourg, France EU Participants Austria France The Netherlands CIS Participants Kazinformtelecom, Kazakhstan World Health Organization Information Center, Kyrghizstan Institute of Cybernetics of National Academy, Uzbekistan Baku Scientific/Training Center, Azerbaijan Arminco, Armenia Business Communication Center, Georgia CGDS/Nikotech, Russia Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine IST Programme

E3WORK PROJECT CONSORTIUM Eastern Europe E-work Distance Expert, France Coordinator Advera Joint Stock Company, Lithuania Lithuanian Women Society, Lithuania Western IQ, Romania Open Latvia, Latvia Center for Advancement of Women, Poland St. Stephen University, Hungary  transfer of eWork implementation methodology and know-how from DE to the members of the consortium  experimental eWork in national organisations  design 2 basic eLearning modules  identify national boosters and inhibitors  organise dissemination actions  become a national competence reference Goals and objectives IST Programme

CLUSTER-PRO WP 1. Project management TELEBALT-WISTCIS-TELESOL-TEAMwork-E3WORK clustering plan List of the CLUSTER-PRO partner institutions Project presentation WP 2. TELEBALT-WISTCIS-E3WORK- TELESOL network of teleworking units Brochure, Newsletters (2 volumes) Evaluation report on deployment of teleworking units and cross-project Web-sites Promotion of teleworking scientific and technological data and systems WP 3. Cross- project conference and workshop Cross-project CLUSTER-PRO conference in Kiev, Ukraine. Cross-project workshop in Bucharest, Romania WP 4. Teleworking tools for European-CIS team work Adaptation for CLUSTER-PRO countries: WISTCIS European Knowledge platform, WISTCIS Virtual Presence System. TEAMwork integrated solution system. WP 5. Cross-project training Adaptation actions for seventeen CLUSTER-PRO countries of WISTCIS, TELESOL and TELEBALT training course E3WORK e-learning system WP 6. Information portal “New opportunities for EU-CLUSTER- PRO countries teleworking projects” First version of the information portal “Directory for EU teleworking with CLUSTER-PRO countries.” Final version of the information portal: Directory + database of contacts + database of funding opportunities WP 7. Project evaluation Annual review reports, peer reviews

CLUSTER-PRO Countries

CLUSTER-PRO Information Dissemination Centres(IDCs) and Teleworking Units (TUs) TUs Graz, Austria Bucharest, Romania Riga, Latvia Vilnius, Lithuania Moscow, Russia Kiev, Ukraine Baku, Azerbaijan Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan IDCs Maribor, Slovenia Budapest, Hungary Warsaw, Poland Tallinn, Estonia Minsk, Belarus Kishinev, Moldova Tbilisi, Georgia Yerevan, Armenia Bishkek, Kirgizstan Tashkent, Uzbekistan TEAMwork E3WORK TELEBALT WISTCIS TELESOL

Database of contacts for EU – CLUSTER-PRO countries teleworking Web-site of funding opportunities to launch teleworking projects in science, education and culture Technology Watch Section Directory for EU teleworking with CLUSTER-PRO countries Information portal “New opportunities for EU – CLUSTER-PRO countries teleworking” CLUSTER-PRO, TELEBALT, WISTCIS, TELESOL, E3WORK TUs, IDCs FP5, FP6 Other relevant European initiatives access

PARTNER INFORM Web – site contains information about national and international foundations actively working in NIS in the fields of natural and humanitarian sciences, culture and art, education and environmental protection. These foundations: 1. Provide financial support for the projects which are proposed by the teams from NIS countries or by international teams which include NIS countries. 2. Support education and training of NIS citizens in their home countries and abroad. 3. Finance organization of conferences and workshops in NIS countries and provide possibilities for NIS citizens to take part in international conferences and workshops.

CLUSTER-PRO Cross-project Training actions TELEBALT Training courses Target: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia Adaptation and dissemination in the TEAMwork and E3work Eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia E3WORK e-learning system target: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Romania Adaptation and dissemination in the TELEBALT and TEAMwork States; Estonia, Slovenia Adaptation and dissemination in the CIS WISTCIS and TELESOL countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Russia, Ukraine. WISTCIS Training Courses Target: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine Dissemination in the TELESOL three Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Kirgisztan, Uzbekistan. TELESOL Training courses target: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Dissemination in the WISTCIS Slavic CIS countries: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine CLUSTER-PRO (Pre-accession countries) CLUSTER-PRO (Pre-accession,Third countries) CLUSTER-PRO (Third countries) CLUSTER-PRO (Third countries)