TELEBALT PROJECT CONSORTIUMTeleworking as a Tool for Information Society

Technologies Programme Promotion to Baltic States

IST Programme

CoordinatorEDNES,

Strasbourg, France

Open Latvia,Riga, Latvia

Workshop”Information Technologies,

Tourism and Social Integration”

INFOBALT, Vilnius, Lithuania

Kick-off planning meetingand conference

“Teleworking for Business,Education and Electronic

Commerce”

Inforing AS, Tallinn, Estonia

Workshop”Telematics and

Unemployment Problems”

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):

• Events • IS projects • International activity

http://www.infobalt.lt/

Lithuania

Contact information: “INFOBALT” LT-2001 Vilnius

Vokieciu 28/17-16 LithuaniaTel: +370-2 622623; Fax: +370-2 622629

http://www.openlatvia.lv/

Main sets of activities and tasks:

•Promotion of tourism related activities in Latvia, using the advantages provided by the IT

• Solutions for the Information Technologies

• Cooperation with similar organizations in the Baltic countries and member states of the European Union

Latvia

Contact information: “Open Latvia” LV-1509 Riga Zukusalas krastmala 3 Latvia

Tel: +371 7200133; Fax: +371 7200135

INFORING ASEstonia

http://www.mereinfo.com/

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.

Contact information: “Inforing” AS, Uss20, 41533, Johvi, EstoniaTel: +372 33 70 305, Fax: +372 33 26 102,

in English language: +372 52 15 988

International Council for Science (ICSU)

Committee on Data for Science and Technology

CODATA

http://www.codata.org/

CODATA Secretariat: 51, Boulevard de Montmorency

75016 Paris, France Tel: +33 1 45250496

Cable Address: ICSU PARIS Fax: +33 1 42881466

Email: codata@dial.oleane.com

• 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

TELEBALT Newsletters

Volume 1: April 2002

Volume 2: October 2002

Volume 3: Summer 2003

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; ….

TELEBALT on the Web

LITHUANIA http://www.infobalt.lt/telebalt

LATVIA http://www.telebalt.lv

EDNES http://www.ednes.org/telebalt

ESTONIA http://www.telebalt.ee

TELEBALT on the Web (EDNES)

TELEBALT on the Web (Infobalt)

TELEBALT on the Web (Open Latvia)

TELEBALT on the Web (Inforing AS)

TELEBALT workshop Riga, Latvia, 4-5 April 2002

• 150 Participants

• 50 Speakers from EU and New Accession States

• Leading speakers from Latvia authorities (Minister of Environment, counsellor of the Prime Minister)

• High level speakers from European Commission (Deputy general Director of EC, Ambassador of EU, Head of Departments of EC)

Results of the workshop

• Discussions on opportunities of future co-operation between EU and Baltic organisations (And even between Baltic’s one!)

• Partners finding, building of new consortia for future projects in the context of the new IST programme (6 Frame Work programme)

• More than 20 agreements to co-operate have been signed between organisations

TELEBALT conference“Teleworking for Business, Education, Research and e-Commerce”

Vilnius, Lithuania, 22-23 October 2002www.infobalt.lt/telebalt

TELEBALT conference aims at strengthening the scientific and technological co-operation between the European Union and the Newly Associated States (NAS), in particular the Baltic countries, in the field of IT application to new methods of work, business, education, research, e-commerce, medicine, regional development and social integration using IT. TELEBALT conference will be organized during the same week as the yearly forum INFOBALT 2002 (21-26 October) and is stated as a parallel event to this forum. INFOBALT 2002 forum will be held, along with the 4th Information Society Conference “Develop an Innovative Trade and Work Area for Information Society”. Another events in Vilnius at the same period of time are:•League of Investors; •the Baltic Sea and CEEC Data Protection and Information Security Workshop;•the 9th International Exhibition INFOBALT of Information Society Technologies.