ECOLEAD 1 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Training activities WP7 Mitja Jermol Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI)

ECOLEAD 2 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI FOCUS Significant contribution to increasing both the public knowledge and the actual implantation of collaborative networks in the society. Platform: Virtual Learning Community (VLC) to support knowledge transfer by combining: Traditional training – workshops, summer schools E-Training – distance learning, self-learning (repositories) “VO based” training – VO for training training activities with other complement projects, support activities. Content: Main Actions: European training program on CNO, training activities and support materials, e-learning training modules and repositories,

ECOLEAD 3 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI VLC aims Joining experts, researchers, business decision members, engineers, industry representatives, students, scholars, interested parties from the public sector and general public to –share and create new knowledge, –share experiences and lessons learned and –support new scientific discipline on CNO, motivating, supporting and fostering the establishment of a community of interested organizations, groups and individuals locally and cross-border trough Europe building a CNO creativity crossroad one-stop-shop entry point establishing a learning environment to support knowledge transfer –between ECOLEAD project members, –from the community to ECOLEAD and –from ECOLEAD to the community, disseminating the project results by –promoting the results to wider community and sustainable development after the ECOLEAD EU funding period, –testing and approving the generated results in ECOLEAD in the wider community.

ECOLEAD 4 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Step 1 (M0-M24) Step 2 (M24-M48) Step 3 (M36-M48) VLC evolution SETUP PROMOTION BUSINESS STRATEGY 1.Invitation based community 2.Connections to similar initiatives and training organisations – redistributed portal 3.Open network EVOLUTION STEPS Quality training materials and training services Attractive community members (stars) Dynamic, sustainable, evolving

ECOLEAD 5 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI VLC entry page (

ECOLEAD 6 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Members’ level

ECOLEAD 7 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI 76 videos for internal training – 32 tutorials suitable for external training 32 courses in the form of prepared ppt presentations Reference pictures that can be used to prepare training courses Repository of scientific papers - references Documents – public deliverables and prepared documents for fast training and informing ECOLEAD VLC – Current content set

ECOLEAD 8 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Workshop online repository ( ECOLEAD kick-off meeting in Helsinki 2004, WP2, WP5 meeting in Seville 2004, WP5 meeting in Paris 2004, PRO-VE 04 conference in Toulouse 2004, Basys 04 conference in Vienna 2004, Antwerp internal workshop on Self-organisation, chaos, complexity systems and trust networks 2004 First technical meeting in Rome 2004 Porto internal workshop on Formal theory, Graph theory, Semiotics and ontology engineering 2005 Nova Gorica industry training workshop 2005

ECOLEAD 9 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Workshop online repository

ECOLEAD 10 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI EU CNO curriculum MOTIVATION. Practical examples of collaborative networks. Discussion of the usefulness / benefits and current limitations of CNOs. BASIC CONCEPTS. Categories of CNOs. Life cycle. Actors and roles. VO BREEDING ENVIRONMENT. Structure, actors and roles, life cycle functionality. Competencies and assets. Value systems, performance metrics, Management functionalities. Brokerage and VO creation. Trust establishment mechanisms. VO MANAGEMENT. Concepts, organizational models and operational rules. Life cycle. Functionalities. Performance measurement and benefits analysis. PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES. Concepts and organizational models. Virtual teams. Actors and roles. Life cycle. Functionalities. Social networks. COORDINATION. Distributed business process modeling. Ad-hoc collaboration and problem solving. Workflow. Modeling. Supervision. INFORMATION/KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Federated /distributed information management. Information/knowledge modeling. Ontology engineering. Federated information retrieval. Advanced user assisting tools. ICT INFRASTRUCTURES. Computer networks basics. Base Internet technologies. Ubiquitous computing. Security. Distributed information management. Knowledge management. Services management. Web technology. Grid technology. COLLABORATIVE SPACES. Collaborative working and sharing. Collaborative problem solving and advanced supporting functionalities. NON-TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES. Social, ethical, legal, and organizational issues. e-COMMERCE AND e-MARKETS. Concepts and actors. Portals. Negotiation. CRM. Logistics. BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES. Business models. Value systems. Applications to industry and services, government, etc.

ECOLEAD 11 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Training programs

ECOLEAD 12 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Training program for Newcomers

ECOLEAD 13 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Methodology Introductionary workshop (this one) Self-learning courses (7 chapters with 19 courses) Additional training courses (traditional workshops or self-learning) according to the scenario needs

ECOLEAD 14 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Training program for newcomers

ECOLEAD 15 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Training program for newcomers

ECOLEAD 16 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI Training program for multipliers 7 short courses for self-learning

ECOLEAD 17 Jermol/JSI © Jermol/JSI 1st ECOLEAD Summer school September 2006, Helsinki, Finland