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Useful Online Resources The list below is a small sample of the resources described and linked in the European Telework Online Resources Database You can search the database according to topic, type of resources, or the name of a resource. It includes websites, reports, presentations, magazines, organisations etc. You can also add your own information and links to the database. Click here to visit the database now Please note that we don't take any responsibility for the quality or currency of what you will find at the sites listed below, since we are not resourced to do frequent visits. Telework (Telecommuting) and New Ways of Working Tools For Teleworkers This page, here at the eto web site, has links to a variety of tools which will make your life that much easier, whether you use a PC or a Mac. They range from file viewers for popular applications to compression and expansion utilities. The majority are shareware programs but some are free. Regional research cooperation - Results and achievements The European Commission, DG XIII, has published a report outlining the results of five projects aimed at stimulating regional research cooperation in the European Union. The five projects selected were: BINET (Broadband Interconnection Network) EPRINET (European Parliament Research Initiatives Network) INTTELEC (Innovative Telecommunications and Telematics for European Cohesion) SUNRISE (Satellite Used in Networking to support RTD) WISE (Worldwide Information Support for RTD Efforts) An integrated summary of the results of the five projects is contained in the report, prepared on behalf of the European Commission by Mr. Stephen Simmons, Editor of the European Journal of Teleworking. Copies of the report, available in English only, may be obtained (free of charge) from: European Commission DG XIII - Telecommunications, information market and exploitation of research Ms. Rosa Fina DG XIII/B-1 200 rue de la Loi (BU9 5/38) B-1049 Brussels Fax +32-2-2962980 Flexibility: Business Innovation and Human Resource Management The UK's Home Office Partnership has recently announced the arrival of its highly regarded newsletter on the Internet. From July 1997, Flexibility will be a web-based publication at http://www.flexibility.co.uk, it aims to inform and stimulate debate about the changing world of work, by bringing together research and opinion about innovations in employment practice, organisational development, technological change and public policy. Telework 1996 - Actions for stimulation of transborder telework and research cooperation in Europe This report, published by the European Commission DG XIII-B, 125 pages, describes the results of 33 projects carried out by more than 200 organisations from 1994-1996. Topics include: Telework potential and practice Legal, organisational and management issues Telework and small business networking Local telework centres and transnational collaboration European Telework Week (1995) Telework under the ACTS programme The full document can be downloaded directly from this site, it is in Word for Windows 6 format. To download (Note - file size: 596K) click here The Social Implications of Teleworking The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions has made available a list of reports covering four main subjects related to Telework. We have put this list online at this web site, full ordering information is given. Please contact the Foundation not us with any specific questions. PATRA - Psyhcological Aspects of Teleworking In Rural Areas The PATRA project was one of the first teleworking projects to be developed in conjunction with the European Union under its ORA (Opportunities for Rural Areas) programme. An unnecessarily large zip file of the project's final report is available here. WARNING The report is 2.4 Mb in size, it's content does not warrant a file this big, also, it is in PC format so it is not much use to users of other platforms. Results of a European study, "TELDET" have been published in book form: Telework: Penetration, Potential and Practice in Europe, by Werner B Korte and Richard Wynne, IOS Press, Amsterdam, July 1996, pp 318. DM 145, or ECU 80. Subscribers to the ETO discussion or announcement lists who read the book may like to provide comments we can publish at the eto web site, please send any comments to eto-info@eto.org.uk or post in the discussion list. The Center for Group Learning A gathering of people learning and teaching about how groups of people work and how they can work better. They are based all over the San Francisco Bay area in California, USA, and lately most activities have taken place in the East Bay (Oakland/Berkeley/Richmond). The Telefutures report consists of a survey of the state of teleworking in Ireland carried out at the end of 1995 and a series of recommendations for developing teleworking. The report was written by Imogen Bertin of Telework Ireland and Gerard O'Neill of Henley Centre Ireland. Imogen is incidentally the European Telework Development National Coordinator for Ireland. ADAPT ADAPT is the European Social Fund Community Initiative designed to help European employers and workers anticipate industrial change and deal with its effects. It will operate until the end of 1999. Remote Cooperation: CSCW Issues for Mobile and Teleworkers Edited by Alan Dix and Russell Beale - the ninth book in the BCS/Springer-Verlag CSCW book series edited by Dan Diaper and Colston Sanger. Publication data: London, 1996, paperback ISBN: 3-540-76035-0. To order: contact your bookseller or Springer-Verlag, Tel +44 (0)1483 418822 Fax +44 (0)1483 415151 or by Email. The web pages for the book can be found here. TW Europa web site The Telework Europa (TWEURO) project is a cross-sector Telematics Application Programme support action using the expertise of experienced system operators from the Telework Europa forum on CompuServe to provide : Electronic dissemination of information on the programme and projects. Telematic advice and training services for projects. Telematic tools for management, development and concertation amongst projects. Electronic dissemination to external, targetted audiences. Trade Unions and Telework A report by Andrew Bibby for the European federation of Unions, FIET. This is a long and detailed report, presented online in seven sections totaling some 120kb of text. There is an option to download a large WfW6 file of the report. Flexible Work A book by Edna Murphy, published by the UK Institute of Directors, Director Books, Fitzwilliam Publishing Limited, Campus 400, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 7EZ. ISBN 0-13-434184-8 (pbk). The EMPLOYMENT Initiative reflects the policy priorities highlighted in the European Commission's White paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment of December 1993, and its White paper on Social Policy of July 1994. It is a new Community Programme of the European Social Fund which will operate until the end of 1999. The Initiative targets groups that face specific difficulties in the employment market and has three inter-related strands : NOW, HORIZON and YOUTHSTART. Telework 95 Proceedings The proceedings of the 2nd European Assembly on Teleworking and New Ways of Working, held in Rome, 9-10 November 1995, have now been published and copies are available from: The European Commission, DGXIII B. Email Maarten.BOTTERMAN@BXL.DG13.cec.be Fax +32.2.2962981. Teleworking in Britain: A report to the Employment Department Author: Ursula Huws, October 1993. Research Management Branch, Employment Department, Moorfoot, Sheffield S1 4PQ. This is a detailed report of a study of employer led telework, completed during 1992-1993. The prevalence of telework in UK at that time (6% of employers) is probably understated, since the study does not appear to include informal telework arrangements or some kinds of self-employed telework. Teleworx The first magazine about Telework, Telelearning, Telecooperation and all the other "Tele-X"-related subjects in German language. The first issue was distributed at the CeBIT show, March 13 1997. From then on the magazine will be available every two months (at the kiosk and direct-mailed to companies) with a circulation of about 70-100.000 pieces. People interested in the magazine can contact Mr. Ulrich Pesch, Chief Editor: LOGO@pr-pesch.m.eunet.de MIRTI (Models of Industrial Relations in Telework Innovation) This project is intended to support telework initiatives within the European Union by helping to develop suggestions and guidelines for contractual and regulatory framework of industrial relations, based on actual field experience. The results of this are intended to be useful to companies, workers and public agencies involved in telework projects and programs. FUNDETEC (English) Is currently carrying out an in depth research project about telework in Portugal with the aim of providing recommendations on how to promote telework as a model for the development of employment and productivity in Portugal. These pages are also available in Português, Español and Français. Canadian Federal Public Service Telework Program Described as a 'phenomenal success', the Canadian Federal Public Service telework program is one of Canada's largest and best-known programs. A web page explaining the program ca be found at: http://www.info.tbs-sct.gc.ca/SIGS/html/TB_853/text/files/TELEWORK.e.html Electronic versions of the following two documents relating to the project are available for download in two formats: Word 2.0 and WordPerfect 5.1 (DOS). Highlights http://www.info.tbs-sct.gc.ca/SIGS/html/TB_H3/text/files/VOL8DWNE.html Findings http://www.info.tbs-sct.gc.ca/SIGS/html/TB_H3/text/files/VOL9DWNE.html For further information contact Bob Fortier <fortier@netcom.ca>