TELEBALT PROJECT CONSORTIUM Teleworking as a Tool for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Baltic States IST Programme Coordinator EDNES, Strasbourg, France Open Latvia, Riga, Latvia ick-off planning meeting and Workshop: nformation Technologies, Tourism and Social Integration” INFOBALT, Vilnius, Lithuania Project conference: “Teleworking for Business, Education and Electronic Commerce” Inforing AS, Tallinn, Estonia Kick-off planning meeting and Workshop: ”Information Technologies, Tourism and Social Integration” CODATA, Paris,France
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TELEBALT PROJECT CONSORTIUMTeleworking as a Tool for Information Society
Technologies Programme Promotion to Baltic States
IST Programme
CoordinatorEDNES,
Strasbourg, France
Open Latvia,Riga, Latvia
Kick-off planning meetingand Workshop:
”Information Technologies,Tourism and
Social Integration”
INFOBALT, Vilnius, Lithuania
Project conference:“Teleworking for Business,Education and Electronic
Commerce”
Inforing AS, Tallinn, Estonia
Kick-off planning meetingand Workshop:
”Information Technologies,Tourism and
Social Integration”
CODATA,Paris,France
150 members of association Infobalt include:• Lithuanian information technologies, telecommunications and office equipment companies; • higher education institutions and other education institutions; • public organizations and concultancy firms.
Activities of association Infobalt: 1. Representation of business interests of INFOBALT members in
Lithuania and abroad;2. Development of Lithuanian ITT market; 3. Services and assistance to INFOBALT members;4. Development of Lithuanian information society (IS):
Newspapers, magazines, posters, books, computer designThe company was founded in 1991 and today is one of the most popular publishing house in Estonia. The company issues newspapers, magazines and books and now is engaged in Internet business.
• Established in 1968 by ICSU to promote and encourage on a worldwide basis the compilation, evaluation and dissemination of scientific and technological data
• 23 countries and 14 International Scientific Unions are CODATA members
• CODATA Task Groups include from all over the world in different disciplines including telematics applications, teleworking and virtual laboratories
TELEBALT PROJECT COMPONENTS
Lecture 1. European Union
Lecture 2. Enlarging European Union
Lecture 3. Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes
TELEBALT Training Courses
Lecture 4. Participating in Sixth Framework Programme: Opportunities for Pre-accession States
Lecture 5. Introductory
Lecture 2: Enlarging the European UnionTable of contents:
Enlarging the EU : Introduction
Conditions for AccessionCopenhagen criteriaAcquis
Pre-accession StatesLatvia•Elements of history•Pre-accession situationEstonia•Elements of history•Pre-accession situationLithuania•Elements of history•Pre-accession situation
Pre-accession StrategyEurope Agreements (Association Agreements)Accession Partnerships, NPAA, annual regular reportsPre-accession Assistance•Phare Program•ISPA•Sapard•Coordination InstrumentParticipating in the EU Programs and Agencies•To take part in a Community program•Accession Negotiations•European Conference
Next Steps in the Process of the EU EnlargementAnnex 1: Europe Map
Lecture 2. Enlarging the European Union
The European Union has been enlarging ever since it was created at the beginning of the 1950s. Since then the Union has growth from the initial six members to the current 15 through a series of enlargements.
Any European State, which respects the principles of liberty, democracy,
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, may apply
to become a member of the Union.
Treaty on European Union (article 49)
In the beginning of the 21st century the process of enlargement is considered to be the main goal and a historic task for the Union so that the integration of the continent could be continued further by peaceful means, extending a zone of stability and prosperity. So the process of integration and adoption of new members is still continuing. The success of the EU and the values it is based on attracts other new countries to become a member of the Union. At present there are thirteen
FP5 Budget Breakdown (million euro)
2 413
3 600
2 705
2 125
475
363
1 280
739
1 260
Quality of life and management of living resourses (2 413)
User-friendly information society (3 600)
Competitive and sustainable growth (2 705)
Energy, environment and sustainable development (2 125)
Confirming the international role of Community Research (475)
Promotion of innovation and encouragement of SME participation (363)
Improving human research potencial and the socio-economic knowledge base(1 280)Joint Research Center (JRC) (739)
Euratom Program (1 260)
Lecture 3. Fifth and Sixth Framework Programmes
The Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) constitutes the priorities for the European Union's research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) activities for the period 1998-2002. These priorities have been chosen on the basis of a number of common criteria reflecting the major concerns of the quality of life for European citizens and increasing industrial competitiveness.
The FP5 is aimed to help solve problems and to respond to the major socio-economic challenges facing Europe. By focusing on a limited number of research areas combining technological, industrial, economic, social and cultural aspects the FP5 maximizes its impact. This program provides a coherent and truly European framework for supporting research and technological development as part of Community research policy and constitutes a four-year strategic plan for the period 1999-2002. During this period, it will stimulate transnational collaboration in research, particularly between industry and universities, and the establishment of networks of excellence.
A budget of 13 700 million euro has been agreed for European Community FP5. Combined with 1 260 million euro for Euratom FP5 the budget for 1999-2002 Framework Program is 14960 million euro.
Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)Seven priority orientations of the
Sixth Framework Program : • Technologies for European
Research Area creation.• Sustainable development based
on consolidation of scientific potential.
• Development of bio-technologies.
• Support of nanotechnologies, creation of artificial materials and new production methods.
• Research in aeronautics and space, the problems of environment protection and human life safety.
• Guaranty of foodstuff. • Economics, sociology, political
and humanitarian science.
Training course on the EU, FP5and FP6 for Baltic States
Lecture 3: Fifth and SixthFramework Programmes
Introduction to the FP6
Lecture 4: Participation in FP6:Opportunities for Pre-accession
States
FP6: Structure, Budget, ParticipantsTypes of programmes available for thepre-accession countries participationRules and conditions of participation inthe FP6 (including existingparticularities for pre-accession states)Taking part in the programme: step bystepRecommendationsContact information
Collaborative Browsing in Information
Resources - Tools and Services (CoBrow)
CoBrow goals
- bring together users of the WWW
- provide Virtual Presence in the Web (i.e. Web-users are able to see each other on Web-pages)
- let people communicate on such locations
VPS architecture
Virtual Presence System (VPS)
VPS goals - let people meet on Virtual Locations like Web URL, a web page/site, GPS coordinates, a chat room and so on. Otherwise people on such locations are unaware of each other. Virtual Presence enables people to communicate and allows to work together on such locations- bring together neighborhood information delivered by the VPS (which user has opened which shared document or which user reside at which location) with static user information or user properties like a users name, postal address or phone number or as well the URL of a users video conferencing system endpoint.
European Knowledge Platform (EKP)
„....integration functions are becoming increasingly important“
The vicious circle:systems introduced to reduce complexity and to improve coherence actually tend to increase complexity
The solution: browser based open source applications for distributed collaboration and publishing. Enabling applications which are easy to use for everybody.
German Research Institute,Distributed by Hoffmann and ReifConsultancy
http://www.teamware.net
Teamware Pl@za is a set of services for Internet communities. When you register in a community and become a member, you get access to these services: setting up your personal Interactive Business Card (BC); sending e-mail and SMS messages directly through other’s BCs; discussion groups; the Document Folders feature; ….
MASTER-TOUR – is a software, which makes job of a travel agency clerk of any rank creative: you always have all the necessary information on every tour, each client, each partner and interpayments close at hand; exactness in tour calculations implementation; momentary infill of any standard document forms: questionnaires, armoring lists, securities, lists roaming, travelling tickets etc.
