Telework 98: European Commission Report

	Foreword
	Acknowledgements
1.	Introduction
	1.1	The take-off of Telework
	1.2	Working where it’s best
	1.3	The core characteristics of location-independent work
	1.4	Telework 98

2.	European telework in context
	2.1	European teleworking: perspective in the network economy
	2.2	European teleworking assessment
		2.2.1			European telework opportunities
		2.2.2			European teleworking challenges
	2.3	Priorities in developing Europe’s response

3.	Status of European telework
	3.1	European overview
		3.1.1			How many teleworkers?
		3.1.2			European telework in an Information Society context
		3.1.3			Vive les differences!
		3.1.4			Value from difference
		3.1.5			Benefits, barriers and issues
	3.2	Austria
	3.3	Belgium and Luxembourg
	3.4	Denmark
	3.5	Finland
	3.6	France
	3.7	Germany
	3.8	Greece
	3.9	Ireland
	3.10	Italy
	3.11	The Netherlands
	3.12	Portugal
	3.13	Spain
	3.14	Sweden
	3.15	United Kingdom
	3.16	Telework outside the European Union
		3.16.1			Telework in CEE
		3.16.2			Telework in the USA
	3.17	Major European telework activities in 1997-98
		3.17.1			The European Telework Agenda
		3.17.2			Second International Workshop on Telework , Amsterdam (September 1997)
		3.17.3			The Fourth European Assembly on Telework and New Ways of Working, Stockholm (September 1997)
		3.17.4			European Telework Week 1997 (November 1997)
		3.17.5			Launch of the European Information Technology Observatory 1998 Yearbook Brussels (March 1998)
		3.17.6			The Third European Telework Festival, Serre-Chevalier (April 1998)
		3.17.7			European Telework Information Day Brussels (May 1998)
		3.17.8			Online Collaboration Berlin (June 1998)
	3.18	Major European consensus and dissemination activities
		3.18.1			DIPLOMAT – the European Charter for Telework
		3.18.2			European Telework Development (ETD)

4.	Telework and the European Commission
	4.1	European policy framework
	4.2	The social dimension
		4.2.1				Work organisation
		4.2.2				The social dialogue on telework
	4.3	European RTD
		4.3.1				The ACTS Programme
		4.3.2				Related RTD within the ESPRIT Programme
		4.3.3				The Telematics Applications Programme
	4.4	Trans European Telecoms Networks
	4.5	Structural Funds
		4.5.1				The LEADER Initiative
		4.5.2				The ADAPT and EMPLOYMENT Iniatives
		4.5.3				Article 10 of the ERDF
	4.6	Awareness raising: ISPO

5.	Telework outlook - 1998 and beyond
	5.1	Where are we going?
		5.1.1				Price-performance, affordability and innovation
		5.1.2				A new focus on low cost systems
		5.1.3				The influence of pervasive mobility
		5.1.4				Agent technologies
		5.1.5				Teleworkers’ particular requirements
		5.1.6				Putting technology in context
	5.2	5th Framework Programme: status medio 1998
	5.3	Awareness activities
		5.3.1			The Information Society Forum and the employment debate
		5.3.2			The social dialogue on telework
		5.3.3			The European Telework Agenda
		5.3.4			The W.I.S.E Forum
		5.3.5			The Third International Workshop on Telework, Turku, Finland (September 1998)
		5.3.6			The Fifth European Assembly on Telework and New Ways of Working, Lisbon (September 1998)
		5.3.7			European Telework Week 1998 (November 1998)
		5.3.8			Other initiatives


Annex 1			European Telework Week 1997: summary of events and initiatives

Annex 2			Telework-related projects at European level
			1	Commission contacts
			2	Projects in alphabetical order

Annex 3			Online information on telework and related topics
			1	European Telework Online (ETO)
			2	European Telework sites
			3	International sites

Annex 4			Definitions and glossary
			1	Definitions
			2	Glossary of terms

Annex 5			Publications and references
			1	Publications of the European Commission
			2	Other publications
			3	Telework magazines
			4	Telework Associations in Europe

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Annual Report from the European Commission

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"Telework 1998":
Annual Report from the European Commission