EVITA OVERVIEW of the PROJECT

EVITAOVERVIEW of the PROJECT

Hatzakis Ilias

Project Manager

GRNET

EVITA 3rd project meeting, Santiago de Compostela 17/09/2009

Detailed objectives1. Exchange and elaborate “best practice” policy measures between all partners

2. Transfer and disseminate those policy measures to Policy Makers and SMEs in the targeted regions

3. Improve the effectiveness of regional development policies in the area of ICT use and e-business for SMEs in the targeted regions

4. Improve the training capacity of staff of the partner institutions

5. Establish a stable human network between competent organizations/bodies aiming at promoting e-business and e-learning practices

6. Raise awareness of Policy Makers regarding the importance of e-business for the growth and job creation

7. Highlight the importance of e-learning and tele-learning techniques

8. Provide the targeted regions with tangible and practical tools for implementing e-business training strategies for SMEs and the adequate trained staff that could act as accelerators and multipliers of training policy measures

9. Publish and disseminate a “best e-business policy measures practice guide” to a wider area

10. Improve the e-learning tools and methodologies addressed to SMEs

11. Create adequate and up-to-date multilingual training content for local SMEs of the targeted regions

12. Enhance the vocational training of SMEs in the use of online services, so that SMEs can take advantage of ICT and become more competitive in the knowledge economy

13. Contribute to the local employment

14. Bridge the digital divide inside the European Territory

15. Improve interregional cooperation

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COMPONENT 1 Project Management

C2: Communication & dissemination

C3: Exchange of experience on e-business policy measures

C4: e-learning and training

1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.3Coordination - SC meetings

Financial administration

Dissemination events Communication Study visits Best practice guide

Regional IT training Strategy Reports Policy Maker W/Ss Study on e-learning e-tutors seminar

Develop Training content e-learning platform SME seminars

1 GRNET - Athens

1. Coordinate SC meetings 2. Organize kick off (oct 09) and last meeting 3. PM tools 4. Attend LP seminars

Financial administration and coordination of partners

1st sem 2011: 3 External DE, for larger impact, in 3 "objective 1" (Slovakia/ Romania/ Poland) in cooperation with local actors

logo, newsletters, press releases + proof reading of the communication material+ website

1. Coordinate the agendas of SVs 2. Organize 1 study

visit for the "GOONLINE"

program (2nd 08) 3. participate in

the other 4 SVsMAJOR ROLE -

Produce BP guide Send represenative

(s) in all PM WS Contribute

Contribute to the orgnization and send

e-tutors to Malta

Secondary role under the

coordination of COPCA

Contribute to the e-learning platform by

May 09

2COPCA - Barcelona

Participate in SC meetings

Financial Administration

Participate at the External Dissemination events

Proof reading of local versions

1. Organize 1 study visit for the "tBD and int tool" programs

2. participate in the other

4 SVsSecondary role under the coordination of GRNET

Send represenative (s) in all PM WS

Send e-tutors to Malta

MAJOR ROLE - Training Content in English+Translate

and localize training content in Catalan

Proof reading of the Catalan version

3NUTEK- Stockholm

Participate to SC meetings



1. Organize 1 study visit for the "from insight to action"

program (1st sem 09) 2.

participate in the other 4 SVs

Send represenative in PM WS

Translate and localize training

content in SwedishProof reading of the

Swedish version

4CCIMP - Marseilles

1. Organize 1 SC meeting 2. Participate to SC meetings



Organize 2 study visits for the

'"Echangeurs" Program, one in PARIS and 1 in

MARSEILLES 2. participate in the

other 4 SVs

Coordinate and produce the corpus of the IT Training Strategy Reports

Send represenative (s) in some PM WS Produce the study


content in FrenchProof reading of the

French version

5 Malta - FTZParticipate to SC meetings



Production of Communication material (brochures etc.)

Participate in all 5 Study Visits

Contribute to the formation of the corpus of the IT Strategy Report

Send represenative in some PM WS?

Organize the e-tutors seminar


content in Maltese

Develop e-learning platform by May 09

and upload the content

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GALICIA e-commerce leveraging center

1. Organize 1 Steering Committee 2. Participate to SC meetings


1. Participate at the External Dissemination events 2. Organize one local dissemination event

1. Organize 1 study visit for the center

and several initiatives (1st sem 09) and 2.

participate in the other 4 SVs

Contribution and proof control reading and

distribute locally

Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for the region of Galicia and distribute it

Organize Policy Maker W/S for

trasfer of European best

practices in Galicia/ 2 external

experts Send e-tutors to

Malta

Translate and localize Training

content in GallegoProof reading of the

Gallego versionTrain 30 SMEs in

Galicia

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SAITC- Ministry of Telecom - Sofia

1.Participate to SC meetings 2.Organize 1 SC meeting






distribute locally

Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for the region of Sofia and distribute it



practices in Sofia/ 2 external experts



content in BulgarianProof reading of the Bulgarian version

Train 30 SMEs in Bulgaria through the t-crnters and

teleseminar techniques

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Region of S. Aegean Ermoupolis-Syros

1.Participate to SC meetings 2.Organize 1 SC meeting


1. Participate at the External Dissemination events 2. Organize 2 local dissemination events, in Ermoupolis and in Rodos




distribute locally

Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for the Southern Aegean region and distribute it



practices in Ermoupolis / 2

external experts Send e-tutors to

Malta

Translate and localize Training content in Greek

Proof reading of the Greek version

Train 30 SMEs from Southern

Aegean

9 Synergija SAParticipate to SC meetings






distribute locally

Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for the region of Pomurska and distribute it



practices in Toplice/ 2 external

experts Send e-tutors to

Malta


content in SlovenianProof reading of the Slovenian version

Train 30 Slovenian SMEs

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Latvian Technological Centre (LTC)

Participate to SC meetings


1. Participate at the External Dissemination events 2. Organize 2 local dissemination events, in Riga and in Liepaja




distribute locally

Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for Latvia and distribute it



practices in Riga/ 2 external experts



content in LatvianProof reading of the

Latvian versionTrain 30 Latvian

SMEs

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Program Manual

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION AT CHAPTERS:

2.4 Budget issues 4.3 Reporting Annex 5b: Partner Control Confirmation Annex 6: INTERREG IVC Control Report Annexes 8a, 8b: Fact sheets on cost categories

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Component 2 - Communication1. The creation of a multilingual web portal to be used as:

a. A cooperation tool between the partners

b. A point of information for local SMEs and Policy Makers

c. A dissemination tool

d. A gate to the EVITA e-learning platform and the EVITA training material.

2. The creation of a relevant communication material, (FTZ) consisting of: a. A logo

b. At least 18 press releases for the proper dissemination of the critical milestones of the project

c. At least 6 newsletters that will be distributed to Policy Makers, SME representative organizations and relevant institutions across Europe

d. Brochures, leaflets, DVD-ROMs and posters to be used for the presentation of the project ideas in the first phase of the project and results in the last phase of the project at major conferences and events.

e. Visual content contributing to the “visibility” of EVITA. SAITC has a fully equipped media team, possessing the necessary expertise for the creation and dissemination through web-sites and national and local media of diversified visual content. SAITC will create different multimedia presentations and/or movies that will be posted on-line as well as in DVD-ROMs.

3. The organization of 9 local dissemination events for transmitting the messages and the results of the project to local Policy Makers and SME representatives.

4. The organization of one Final Conference for EU wide dissemination to relevant policy makers (i.e. regional and local authorities). This conference will in particular target the convergence regions.


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COMPONENT 2 N° of press releases disseminated 0 0 18

N° of brochures created 0 0 20

N° of copies of brochures disseminated 0 0 10000

N° of newsletters created 0 1 1 6

N° of copies of newsletters disseminated 0 0 10000

N° of dissemination events organised 0 0 10

N° of other events participated in 0 1 1 3

No of logos created 1 1 1

No of posters created 0 0 100

No of DVD ROMs created 0 0 1000

No of movies created 0 0 1

No of websites created 0 1 1 1

Result indicatorsPrevious

cumulative total

Current periodUpdated

cumulative total

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N° of articles/appearances in press and media 0 0 8

N° of participants in events 0 0 400

Average n° of visits per month on project’s website 0 200 200 1000

Dissemination eventsThe organization of 9 SME dissemination events (172.628) for transmitting

the messages and the results of the project to SME professionals

No of SMEs (target 50 SMEs, or at least 50 attendants- with attendants’ lists – in each)

Structure of agenda Budget Dates Duration Press releases Brochures distribution Newsletters disseminated

COMPONENT 3: Exchange and transmission of 8 best policy practices


6 Study visits

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5 Policy Maker Workshops

1 e-tutor seminar

Oct 09

May 11

Nov 09

COMPONENT 3

Output indicatorsPrevious

cumulative totalCurrent period

Updated cumulative total

Target

N° of interregional events organised by the project to exchange experience

1 3 4 12

N° of participants in these interregional events 22 39 61 200

N° of good practices identified 3 4 7 20


cumulative total


cumulative total

Target

N° of regional/local policies and instruments addressed in the field tackled by the project

not applicable not applicable not applicable 10


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No of studies created 0 0 1

No of IT training strategy reports created 0 0 5

No of "best practice" guides published 0 0 1

No of copies of "best practice" guide produced 0 0 1000

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cumulative total

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N° of staff members with increased capacity (awareness/knowledge/skills) resulting from the exchange of experience at interregional events

0 0 30

The study on the impact of e-learning to SME competitiveness

The study will address the need to transform lifelong learning by leveraging ICT and highlight how e-learning can positively affect the adoption rate, especially by SMEs, where indeed can lead to cost savings through better utilization of users' time, efficiencies in personnel resources as well as reductions in physical requirements


The IT training strategy reports

Based on a “Corpus of the IT Training Strategy Reports”, which will be developed by CCIMP, the beneficiary partners will create 5 “regional IT training Strategy Reports for SMEs” with policy recommendations and proposed action plans for the 5 targeted regions. These strategies will take into consideration the local needs and the local Operational Programs concerning SME competitiveness funded by Structural Funds.

The e-tutors seminar

Create a task force of “e-tutors”, coming from staff of the partners. These e-tutors who will be formed and certified during an inter-regional “e-tutors seminar" that will take place in Malta, with FTZ as the responsible partner. 3 e-tutors from each one of the “Receiving” Partners.

MALTA SEMINAR

Professors (Giannikopoulou, Celia, Penarroya, ??)

Final declaration of 15-24 tutors Availability of training content Final decision on the dates Approval of the curriculum Videorecording

MALTA SEMINAR (from Marseille Minutes)

SEMINAR 2,5 days 1 day technical training and 1,5 day e-business Professors: Penarroya, Celia, Giannikopoulou, Professors should deliver curriculum until? Possible dates 10-12 November, 17-19 November (POSTPONMENT? FINAL ANSWER IN STOCKHOLM) Video-recording

Tutors (trainees): LATVIA: OK, (NAMES?) SLOVENIA: OK, (NAMES?) SAR: almost OK ?? (NAMES?) CESGA: Ramon Basanta will check it out and we will have an answer soon ?? BULGARIA?

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e-Business training content: No of localised versions 0 0 9e-Learning platform: No of localised versions 0 0 9No of SME seminars 0 0 5No of implementation evaluation reports 0 0 1 0 0


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No of SMEs with increased e-business capacities 0 0 150No of visits on the e-learning platform 0 0 500

The training content

A training content on e-business and the benefits to SME competitiveness. This content aims at improving managerial understanding and skills in e-business by entrepreneurs, based on best practices, local e-government services and will be written in easy “business” language. It will include basic IT knowledge, an introduction to both B2C and B2B e-business models and practices, and issues on entrepreneurship over the internet (web marketing, e-logistics, Customer Relationship Management, etc.), together with a guide on how to make an e-business plan. The training content will initially be created in English, in a generic way, by COPCA in close cooperation with GRNET. In a second phase, the other partners will localize it by translating it and by adding the local/ regional e-government services to SMEs and some local e-business best practices.


The e-learning platform

A multilingual, interactive and user-friendly e-learning platform enriched with the training content. It is a strategic choice to focus on technology enhanced professional learning, having in mind that in the very close future, the technological possibilities, especially mobile and broadband solutions, will change today's learning scenarios and that the provision of e-learning services will grow substantially, to satisfy the growing demand of professionals in SMEs. FTZ will be responsible for the creation of the platform.


Pending issuesCONTENT

Quizzes Multimedia (videos for every chapter) Uploading

PLATFORM

Multimedia support Uploading of content Platform administration issues

SME Seminars The pilot implementation of the best practice policy measures will take

place through targeted SME seminars (80.320) (at least 30 SMEs). In each targeted region, one of the methodologies studied in the study visits will be applied, the one chosen by the “beneficiary” partner. The “e-tutors” (see component 3) will have an important role, using the EVITA training content through the EVITA e-learning platform, and the methodologies delivered during the e-tutors seminar in Malta.

Additionally, in one case (Bulgaria), there will be experimentation on tele-learning technologies and methodologies in order to reach SMEs in remote areas, with low cost and high efficiency. The seminar will be delivered from Sofia to a number of different locations in Bulgaria, through the Bulgarian network of tele-centers. The deployment of this tele-seminar will be web-transmitted and video-recorded, so that the methodology is disseminated to all other interested regions.

SME Seminars

Number of SMEs Duration and generic Curriculum Commitment of the tutors They must reflect a pilot implementation of one

of the policies transferred, Beneficiary partners must choose which one

SME selection procedure for each partner

Hatzakis Ilias

Project Manager

GRNET

EVITA 3rd Project Meeting, Santiago 17/09/2009

Keep up the good work!!!

Thank you

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EVITA OVERVIEW of the PROJECT