1. E3WORK project presentation
Presentation of EUprogrammes and project
October 22, 2002

2. The project E3WORK is an IST funded project under the 5th FP
Contract : IST – E3WORK
Countries : France, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania
Contractor : Distance Expert in France
Contact points : Nicole Turbé-Suetens and Henri Félix
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3. Who is Distance Expert ? consulting firm created in 1996
virtual organisation of experts
niche approach : eWork and related matters
business split = half private customers and half EU contracts
major references : IBM France, France Telecom, BT France, EDF, etc.
European projects : Diplomat, ETD, Euro-Telework
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4. The consortium Organization Contact Point Distance Expert (France)
Nicole Turbé-Suetens
St Stephen University (Hungary)
Csaba Mako
Open-Latvia (Latvia)
Egils Grikis
Lithuanian Women Society (Lithuania)
Nijole Steponkute
Advera (Lithuania)
Virmentas Galdikas
Center for Advancement of Women (Poland)
Daria Sowinska-milewska
Western IQ (Romania)
Ovidiu Gheorghiu
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5. Objectives of the project
transfer of eWork implementation methodology and know-how from Distance Expert (France) to the members of the consortium
experiment eWork in national organizations (private and/or public)
manage a pilot implementation
disseminate information about eWork
design 2 basic eLearning modules
identify national boosters and inhibitors
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6. Contractual obligations
set-up a pilot in one or more organizations in each country
report national issues
organize dissemination actions
prepare an exploitation plan
become a national competence reference
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7. Roll-out of the project
kick-off meeting : Paris, November 2001
5 transnational meetings; next one in Vilnius, October 22-24
project organized and managed as a virtual community :
public section of the virtual community available since early 2002
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8. Lithuania Pilot team host company:
“Alnos biuro sistemos” Ltd. - a member of Alna group
AB Alna is one of the largest and longest operating information technology companies in Lithuania. Having emerged in 1989 and being involved in a number of areas related to information technology, including IT solutions as well as office supplies. Until the 3rd quarter of 1999 Alnos biuro sistemos was a department within Alna importing and re-selling business machines and office supplies since Now the company operates in 6 key cities of Lithuania empoying 150 people and offering a complete range of office products for the customers.
About the pilot:
Most of eWork pilot members are from the management level. The main objective of implementing eWork is improving flexibility and reaction time. Some pilot members are from sales forses and there objective is to test “shared office” concept in order to save office space. The company believes that eWork pilot will be a good example for their customers and other companies.
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9. Romania Project Status of Romanian eWork pilot
Organisation : National Communications Research Institute (INSCC)
The activity domain : Studies and Researches in Communications
Number of employees : 60
Number of e3work Pilot’s members : 9
eWork Pilot Launch : April 2002
Strengths :
Deep interest of INSCC management in experimenting eWork’s potential and good employee’s perception
Weeknesses :
Difficulties in integration of eWork in the framework of Romanian legislation.
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10. Hungary „Hunga-Tel” 9500 employees
most important Hungarian telecom service-provider
130 teleworker
9 pilot participants
big industrial environment
autonomy (e.g. in organising working time)
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11. Latvia Baltic Souvenirs Ltd
working in souvenir designing sector in Latvia
Number of employees – 12
Number of e3work Pilot’s members – 6
The Web page for launching the project pilot team is created ( )
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12. GET iT is interested in eWork because:
Our partner :
GET iT is interested in eWork because:
GET iT wants to be a leader on polish market
GET iT plans to be no. 1 for translations for EU
and because of:
reducing the costs
opportunity to improve the way of management of the company
opportunity to find the best specialists from all Poland (not only from Warsaw)
possibility to commence co-operation with women staying at home with children
wider range of services