1. Aleš Pekárek, EPMA, Czech Republic EPMA introduction The Vysočina region TOI 2010 Proposal – transfer of MAFIDIS project

2. The Background  EPMA – non-profit agency, co-founded in 2004 by the Czech Region of Vysočina for support of European project cooperation. Partner for 6FP, 7FP - ICT, Leonardo, eContent projects (eGovernment, eParticipation, eBusiness, PSI re-use, Digital Literacy, integration of immigrants),  Objective: to support regional economic and social development through innovative information society strategies and initiatives, research, awareness rising, networking, education etc. Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels

3. EU Projects Participation  DEMO-net – Democratic Network (FP6-2004-IST, NoE)  PEARDROP - Promoting Digital Business Ecosystem, FP6 (IST 2006 -2008)  SYNEBIS – Reinforcing synergies between public policies in support of e-Business fro SMEs, funded by the EC Grant Programme 2006  ICHNOS – Innovation and Change: network of one-stop- shops (Interreg III C) and ICHNOS+  information – benchmarking of EU framework conditions)  IN-WORKER – training needs of working immigrants  INNOTRAIN (Central Europe) – training for SMEs in field of e-business and IT Service Management  INTEBRE – transfer of e-bussines OS application (multishop) to the Vysočina region … and others… (more on www.epma.cz) Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels

4. EDUCATION  MAFIDIS project (Small enterprise in the digital society) – vocational training for entrepreneurs on e-bussines and information literacy  Lectures on Philosophical Faculty and Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague – various topics, which are not very discussed (PSI, immigrants, political science, information science)  Loooking forward for another educational projects (Czech Republic – only 14% of population hold university degree+ Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels

5. Vysočina Region  Total Area (km 2 ) 6.796  Number of Population 511.645  Number of Municipalities 704  Average Number of Population per Municipality 726  Population Density 75 inhabs/km 2  Average Age of Population 39,2 Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels

6. Aleš Pekárek, EPMA Vysočina Region Regional specifications:  “Highlands” – though highest peak is 850 m a”bove sea only  Natural and agricultural region in industrial country  High share of small enterprises and self-employed farmers  “The innovative region” as the image among other Czech regions Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels

7. LEONARDO TOI 2010 – PROPOSAL MAFIDIS INTRODUCTION  To be applied in Poland (Danmar Computers)  Transfer of the MAFIDIS project (www.mafidis.info), realized by EPMA under ESF in Vysočina Region in 2007 – 2008  MAlá FIrma v DIgitální Společnosti (Small enterprise in the digital society) – main objective was to develop training content focused on e-bussines and digital literacy of entrepreneurs in rural areas and to test in during the pilot training lessons  MAIN OUTPUTS: 4 training modules in Czech language – printed and CDROM versions (e-marketing, e-business, e-government, ICT for the business) Evaluated pilot training lessons Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels

8. LEONARDO TOI 2010 – PROPOSAL PROJECT IDEA Main project idea is to transfer the training content into e- learning tool 1) Translation of the content into English 2) Modifying the content according to the IS changes and national needs 3) Translation into the every partners’ language 4) Development of the e-learning tool 5) Loading of the content into the tool RESULT: Innovative e-learning tool in more languages, focused on the strengthening of e-bussines and digital literacy skills of entrepreneurs in rural areas Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels

9. …thank you for your attention PEKAREK@EPMA.CZ WWW.EPMA.CZ Aleš Pekárek, EPMA - IDEAS 2010, Brussels