2. Project TELESOL – bringing the best EU telework solutions to CIS countries

3. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 2 Goals of the project: create awareness of the telework advantages in the business and research communities; study the experience and best practices of telework in the EU countries; identify local telework problems; create new EU-CIS contacts in the telework area; start new business telework projects

4. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 3 Project coordinators: UNIDOEDNES, France (Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange)

5. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 4 Project participants - members of business and research communities in the participating countries, with a positive experience in the telework:

6. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 5 To identify (EU) teleworking tools, which can be used in CIS telework: –documentation and project support tools; –network (VPN) tools; –printing tools; –tools for teleworkers with disabilities; –… To identify (EU) methodologies in telework, which can be used in CIS telework To bring these tools and methodologies to CIS countries

7. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 6 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, …)

8. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 7 Offshore programming telework in Russia: 150M euro, 20-40% annual growth Offshore programming telework in Ukraine: 45M euro, 80-100% annual growth

9. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 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

10. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 9 Project events: - kick-off meeting (Bishkek, Kyrghyzstan, 07 June 2002); - project workshop (Erevan, Armenia, November 2002); - project workshop (Kiev, Ukraine, spring 2003); - project workshop (Baku, Azerbaijan, autumn 2003); - Central Asian telework conference (Almaty, Kazakhstan, autumn 2004)

11. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 10 Project documents: - project brochure (April 2002) - project newsletter - issue 1 (November 2002); - project newsletter - issue 2 (autumn 2003); - project newsletter - issue 3 (autumn 2004); - telework training course (hard copy and on the Web)

12. Kick-off meeting Bishkek, June 07, 2002 11 TELESOL presence on the Web: 01.07.2002: www.ednes.org/telesol - main Telesol Web-sitewww.ednes.org/telesol 2002-2003-2004 – local sites in the participating countries

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