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EVITAOVERVIEW of the PROJECT
Hatzakis Ilias
Project Manager
GRNET
EVITA 2nd project meeting, Marseille 25/05/2009
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EVITA RATIONAL (Exchange, Valorisation and Transfer of regional best policy measures for
SME support on IT and e-business Adoption)
EVITA builds upon various good practices developed under different regional or interregional development programs, (namely, the “2Bdigital” program in Catalunya, the GOONLINE initiative in Greece, the ELISA project in the Balkan area, the “From Insight to Action program in Sweden, the “Echangeurs” program in Marseille Provence, the “e-commerce leveraging Center” in Galicia) and attempts to improve the effectiveness of relevant regional policies in Yugozapaden (Bulgaria), Pomurska (Slovenia), Southern Aegean (Greece), Galicia (Spain) and Latvia.
In addition to the exchange of know-how, EVITA proposes the pilot implementation of these practices, together with the development of new approaches, such as the integration of e-learning techniques and methodologies for reaching SMEs in remote areas
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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COPCA
Donors
Service providers
LTC
GRNET
FTZ
CCIMP
NUTEK
CESGA
SAR
Beneficiaries
SAITC
SDA
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EXTRA CHALLENGES
Good proposal ≠ Good project Give coherence (to tasks, roles, partners) Give character, color, recognition to the project Make it useful for our organizations Give power and sustainability to the network “Tirer vers le haut”
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5 Policy Maker
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10 Dissemination events
6 Consortium meetings
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9 Dissemination events
5 SME seminars
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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
Financial Administration
Participate at the External Dissemination events
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
Financial Administration
Participate at the External Dissemination events
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
Translate and localize training
content in FrenchProof reading of the
French version
5 Malta - FTZParticipate to SC meetings
Financial Administration
Participate at the External Dissemination events
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
Translate and localize training
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
Financial Administration
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
Financial Administration
1. Participate at the External Dissemination events 2. Organize one local dissemination event
Proof reading of local versions
Participate in all 5 Study Visits
Contribution and proof control reading and
distribute locally
Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for the region of Sofia and distribute it
Organize Policy Maker W/S for
trasfer of European best
practices in Sofia/ 2 external experts
Send e-tutors to Malta
Translate and localize Training
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
Financial Administration
1. Participate at the External Dissemination events 2. Organize 2 local dissemination events, in Ermoupolis and in Rodos
Proof reading of local versions
Participate in all 5 Study Visits
Contribution and proof control reading and
distribute locally
Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for the Southern Aegean region and distribute it
Organize Policy Maker W/S for
trasfer of European best
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
Financial Administration
1. Participate at the External Dissemination events 2. Organize one local dissemination event
Proof reading of local versions
Participate in all 6 Study Visits
Contribution and proof control reading and
distribute locally
Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for the region of Pomurska and distribute it
Organize Policy Maker W/S for
trasfer of European best
practices in Toplice/ 2 external
experts Send e-tutors to
Malta
Translate and localize Training
content in SlovenianProof reading of the Slovenian version
Train 30 Slovenian SMEs
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Latvian Technological Centre (LTC)
Participate to SC meetings
Financial Administration
1. Participate at the External Dissemination events 2. Organize 2 local dissemination events, in Riga and in Liepaja
Proof reading of local versions
Participate in all 5 Study Visits
Contribution and proof control reading and
distribute locally
Develop the IT Training Strategy Report for Latvia and distribute it
Organize Policy Maker W/S for
trasfer of European best
practices in Riga/ 2 external experts
Send e-tutors to Malta
Translate and localize Training
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 3: Exchange and transmission of 8 best policy practices
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6 Study visits
C3
5 Policy Maker Workshops
1 e-tutor seminar
Oct 09
May 11
Nov 09
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
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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.
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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.
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Component 4: Tools and implementation
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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.
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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.
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The SME Seminars- Pilot Implementation
The pilot implementation of the best practice policy measures will take place through targeted SME seminars (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” 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. Additionally, in one case (Bulgaria), there will be experimentation on tele-learning methodologies in order to reach SMEs in remote areas. The seminar will be delivered from Sofia towards different locations in Bulgaria, through the 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. The SMEs that will participate to these events will be chosen on an "open procedure" basis, according to EU rules on competition.
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Hatzakis Ilias
Project Manager
GRNET
EVITA 2nd Project Meeting, Marseille 25/05/2009
Keep up the good work!!!
Thank you