1. Project TELESOL – bringing the best EU telework solutions to CIS countries
WWDU Germany, May 2002

2. Goals of the project:
to create awareness of the telework advantages in the business and research communities;
to study the experience and best practices of telework in the EU countries;
to identify local telework problems;
to create new EU-CIS contacts in the telework area; to start new business telework projects
WWDU Germany, May 2002

3. Project coordinators:
UNIDO EDNES, France (Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange)
WWDU Germany, May 2002

4. Project participants - members of business and research communities in the participating countries, with a positive experience in the telework:
WWDU Germany, May 2002

5. To identify (EU) teleworking tools, which can be used in CIS telework:
documentation and project support tools;
network (VPN) tools;
printing tools; …
To identify (EU) methodologies in telework, which can be used in CIS telework
To bring these tools and methodologies to CIS countries
WWDU Germany, May 2002

6. Central Asia: distributed offices
Offshore programming telework in Russia: 150M euro, 20-40% annual growth
Offshore programming telework in Ukraine: 45M euro, % annual growth
Central Asia: distributed offices
WWDU Germany, May 2002

7. Aspects of telework which are to be covered in the project TELESOL:
state of communications, technical development, necessary hardware/software…
legal, financial, fiscal issues, cultural diversity;
management of the synchronous work, quality control, certification, telework personnel development;
distributed office as a telework within one company;
tele-services (tele-medicine, tele-education, …)
WWDU Germany, May 2002

8. Expected results of the project TELESOL:
better understanding of the local telework problems;
telework competence centers as the focal points for addressing telework issues;
new contacts and new telework projects
WWDU Germany, May 2002

9. Project events: - kick-off meeting (Bishkek, Kyrghyzstan, June 2002); - project workshop (Erevan, Armenia, November 2002); - project workshop (Kiev, Ukraine, spring 2004); - Central Asian telework conference (Almaty, Kazakhstan, autumn 2004)
WWDU Germany, May 2002

10. 01.07.2002: www.ednes.org/telesol
WWDU Germany, May 2002