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Local information on telework, teletrade and telecooperation.
Meanwhile here is a more comprehensive set of initial information,
including details of the German
national coordinator for ETD, the recently founded German
telework Association VTD, local contact points for ETD, European
information and WWW links.
Here we can show only a few selected items about 'Telearbeit in Deutschland', a more detailed information pool being updated continuously can be found on our local website run by TA Telearbeit GmbH. This will be developed to become a national telework website for Germany within the ETD Inititiative. The links and resources given below in most cases are visible on a national level and contain reliable information on telework topics.
The largest federal IT initiative is the so called „Forum Info2000", which was launched in the beginning of 1997 and which includes a telework section (Working Group AG1).
An Electronic Telework Guideline ('Elektronischer Leitfaden zur Telearbeit') was published by the BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology) within the scope of the Council for Research, Technology and Innovation - "The Information Society". This guideline is intended to help potential users to introduce telework successfully.
A federal initiative to support and fund the introduction of telework for SMEs ('Foerderrichtlinie Telearbeit im Mittelstand) was launched in march 1997 by the same ministry (BMBF) together with the Deutsche Telekom. Its goal is to help up to 5000 SMEs with a total budget of about 10MECU to become teleworking enterprises as soon as possible. The press reaction from beginning of march can be found there too.
The so called "Online Forum Telearbeit" (OnForTe) is operating at federal level. It is supported by the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Technology and Deutsche Telekom AG. The forum offers consultancy mainly for employees and was initiated by several trade unions.
TEDIS Telearbeit fur Schwerbehinderte (telework for disabled people) is a project focussing on the development of ICT to help disabled and elderly people to participate in the social and economical activities of the (german) society.
The following initiative was started by the Federal Ministry of Economics
in the end of 1995:
Info
2000: Deutschlands Weg in die Informationsgesellschaft
Here you'll find telework related issues too. An english short
version is available at Info
2000: Germany's Way...
Information about the GIP-Projects can be found in german
language at Global Inventory
Project - Deutschland
An english version is available at
Global
Inventory Project - Germany
The very progressive Study Commission (Enquete Commission) of the
German Bundestag "Future of the Media in the Economy and
Society - Germany's Road into the Information Society" started
in the beginning of 1996. Information can be obtained under
Deutscher
Bundestag - "Zukunft der Medien"
An english version is available there too. They (i.e. Mr. Mosdorf)
contributed an interesting statement to the ETW96 to be found
there and in the ECTF forum at Compuserve or Telework
Europe too.
Informations about an initiative in Northrhine-Westphalia including a
(german) "Task Force Telearbeit" can be obtained at
Landesinitiative media NRW
The regional initiative Tele@arbeit Baden-Wuerttemberg is online since April 1998. It is a joint initiative driven by Trade Unions, the Economy, several comopanies and polticians of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Telework related projects and issues whithin the Initiative
"Bayern Online" can be found at
Bayern online
Another interesting local initiative containing telework related
issues and being linked to the website of the german NC is Telearbeit
in Schleswig Holstein
Here we can refer to some recent studies in german language conducted for important authorities and governmental bodies. These are (among others):
Telearbeit
- Telekooperation - Teleteaching. Eine Studie zu Akzeptanz,
Bedarf, Nachfrage und Qualifizierung in NRW ("Acceptance and
realization of telework, telecooperation and teleteaching"),
containing up to date material, figures and facts including a market
research on technical solutions. This study was conducted during 1996
for the ministry of labour, health and social affairs of NRW.
Bundesministeri
um für Arbeit und Sozialordnung: "Arbeitsrecht" TELEARBEIT
Bund
esministerium für Bildung und Forschung: Telearbeit und Telekooperation
Informationsgesellschaft
- Herausforderungen für Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft -
Ergebnisse der ZVEI-VDMA-Plattform
A set of relevant and topical german publications:
Teleworking - So verwirklichen Unternehmen das Büro der Zukunft
Telearbeit - Rahmenbedingungen und Potentiale
Europäisches Handbuch zur Telearbeit
Siemens telcom reports:
The foundation assembly succesfully launched the German Telework Association ‘Verband Telearbeit Deutschland’ (VTD) at ‘La Redoute’ in Bonn July 30th 1998. Due to the active participation of major IT industry companies and trade unions and with the help of Kitty de Bruin, president of the N.T. Forum and core team member of the ETD Initiative, the VTD can now start its work. Main tasks of the German Telework Association VTD will consist of the organization of events, press related activities, an internet presence and representations at major events to raise awareness and to promote the advantages of telework and innovative ways of working. The association will establish a reliable information pool as a sound platform for all parties interested in telework and will provide all relevant information collected through an ongoing market research. Special fields of interests are the reduction of typical barriers within companies to introduce telework, the missing tax reductions, insufficient legal regulations and missing provisions of covers against social risks for self employed teleworkers.
The VTD will establish working groups to cover the different interests and to focus on certain topics. The association will support the future changes of living and working in the Information Society.
The German National Coordinator of ETD and foundation member of the VTD will reinforce the cooperation and exchange of experience with the other European telework associations using the approved ETD platform. More information about VTD including a german press release will be found at http://www.vtd.org, which is currently hosted by http://www.telework.de/verband.
Due to the fact that there is no german telework related employment agency operating at a federal level the german NC plans to realize an electronic web based telework agency with the help of the ETD initiative. This 'teleworker brokerage' will be part of the Business Plan and will hopefully be realized in late 1998 in cooperation with competent and established partners in the personal management sector and with support of the German Federal Government.
For those with email and www access, the main ETO
website provides European and International information in English
and some of this information will be available in local languages as
the network of ETO site develops.
The German Enquiry Point is
at:
Verband Telearbeit Deutschland
Stuttgart,
Germany.
Tel: + 49 7195 91490
Fax: + 49 7195 914919
tutti@telework.de
The German National Coordinator is Thomas Tuttenuj.
The ETD National Coordinator provides an important link between the
activities of the ETD Initiative
and telework, teletrade and telecooperation programmes in Germany. Verband Telearbeit Deutschland
is interested in learning about existing and planned
regional and local initiatives. They are also keen to gather opinions
and questions from executives and policy makers on local or national
factors that inhibit understand and effective application of tele-activities.
Please note, that neither your national coordinator or your national
enquiry point can deal with detailed individual questions about
telework or related activities. Please contact your local telework or
similar organisation.
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