Training workshop in Jihlava, Czech Republic
The face to face training concept tested for the first time in Jihlava in the Czech Republic, when Czech representatives of regional business initiatives convened at a workshop on July 3, 2008.
Communication and marketing are factors with a decisive influence on the success of e-business funding programmes. This is the key outcome of a workshop organised by MFG Baden-Württemberg, the Public Innovation Agency for Information Technology and Media, in collaboration with EPMA (European Project Management Agency), the Czech regional development agency, on July 3, 2008 in Jihlava. Representatives of regional trade associations and business consultants from the Czech Vysocina region took advantage of this one-day event to deepen their knowledge of e-business strategies and formulate ideas for their own funding programmes. The main factors that determine the success or failure of e-business initiatives were illustrated with the aid of ebigo.de, a best practice example from Baden-Württemberg.
Kirsten Wissing, Project Manager for ebigo.de, welcomed the exchange with the workshop attendees: "The transnational dialogue with workshop participants helped us view our own e-business concepts from a different perspective and reappraise the status quo. Although e-business initiatives like ebigo.de can serve as a useful model, they cannot always be copied one-to-one to other countries. It is vital to take account of the peculiarities of each individual nation when regional funding programs are implemented".
The feedback of the organizers – the region Vysocina and EPMA - as well as the participants were very positive.
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Training workshop in Tukums (LV)
Carolina Marco as a representative from the Directorate General for Modernisation provided the face to face FoCus training workshop in Tukums on 27th August 2008. The training took place in the Headquarter of the Business Incubators in Tukums addressing representatives of regional business initiatives.
The workshop was structured into three sessions: the first session provided an overview of the FoCus project particularly focussing on the CompeTIC programme (the initiative of the Valencia region to promote the use of ICT by SMEs) as one of the four European best practices. The second and third session were devoted to the presentation of success factors for regional e-Business polices and the use of the quizzes and check-lists.
After the workshop, participants were asked about their impressions and usefulness of the training and materials. Some of them considered that the training offered a really good exchange of experiences. Regarding the potential impact: According to some participants the FoCus training workshop enabled them
According to the participants the FoCus workshop is very relevant for all enterprises but also for public administration in Latvia.
The materials were assessed as very useful and compact. Participants consider that the handbook, the multimedia tutorial, quiz and check-list are plain to use for people who has not taken part in the workshop. Besides, they valuated the performance as a humble explanation, so easy to understand.
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Training workshops in Lecce (IT)
CSP has organized a half-day workshop in the South of Italy, in the Salento area in the Puglia Region in cooperation with a locale development agency called PIT9 (http://www.pit9.it).
PIT9 stands for "Ninth Integrated Territorial Project" and brings together 68 municipalities, whose shared purpose is to strengthen and innovate local production pattern, that is focused on the widespread presence of manufacturing enterprises.
It is a network of integrated actions aimed to favour the local development and acting with a unique approach as internal methodology. This network is being promoted by Structural Funds and it is part of the regional strategy defined by the Regional Operational Programme(ROP).
PIT9 works in one of the more populous and most densely populated provinces in the South of the Puglia region, characterized by a modest urbanization level and, from an economic point of view, by a remarkable spread of small and very small manufacturing enterprises, with a lot of individual companies. PIT9 main goal is to consolidate and innovate the local production system that is based on the widespread presence of manufacturing companies in the Salento area and represents a good opportunity to improve the textile, clothing and shoe district, with particular attention to improve the "high quality" productions, the technological researches and the internationalization.
The workshop took place in September 12th 2008. Local decision makers, and representatives of local enterprise associations took active part to the seminar. They have been showing particular interest on one hand in the guidelines and tools that FoCus have made available for planning and implementing local e-business policies and actions. On the other hand, the case of Talea initiative, run in Piedmont in the 2005-2007 period, has been warmly welcome, with questions and open discussion.
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