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Proposant |
Proposition |
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Dr. Atidel B. Hadj-Alouane Départment Génie Industriel ENIT, BP 37 le Belvédère, 1002 Tunis Tel : 215-874-700, Fax : 215-872-729 Email : atidel.hadj@enit.rnu.tn |
TOMOCO - 'TOols for the Management Of Change and for the support of Organisational innovation' |
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Dr
George Peplow Department of Chemistry University of Malta Msida MSD 06 Malta Tel +356 947 0204 Fax +356 318658 |
MEDQAH
– a Mediterranean project for Quality Assurance Harmonization in Testing
Measurements and Analytical Laboratories via Information Technology. 2.
Location Partner
countries are Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan,
Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Palestine Authority, Portugal, Spain, Syria,
Tunisia, and United Kingdom. 3.
Summary The
construction of a dynamic web-site on the World Wide Web for presenting on
separate web-pages: a database of national directives and legislations
regarding laboratory quality assurance; step-by-step programmed and
harmonized training courses and procedures; the exchange of information,
experience and results by means of networked audio, e-mail and e-chat
conferences with the aim of smoothing out Mediterranean regional
differences in the quality assurance procedures adopted by laboratories;
the formulation of a harmonised directive for adoption in Mediterranean
countries concerning laboratory quality assurance; the identification of
resources for international and national directives and legislations
currently in operation in European, Mediterranean and other countries. We
have already established verbal agreements with about 8 Med countries, but
the participation of your country in our project would be most welcome. A
profile of a possible participant would be a professional executive from
one of your centres of excellence in academia, standards, etc. |
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Porteur
du projet : ICAM Toulouse – Ecole d’Ingénieurs, 75, avenue de
Grande Bretagne 31 300 Toulouse
France Contact :
Français et anglais Frédéric
Geoffroy téléphone
/ fax : + 33 5 62 21 10 63
portable : + 33 6 08 76 10 59 |
PROJET
BICEM (Bureau
d’Initiatives et de Coopération Euro-Méditerranéennes) Objectif : Le BICEM vise à créer un réseau
d’entreprises Euro-méditerranéennes (via les chambres de commerce, les
fédérations industrielles et les universités) grâce aux technologies
du multimédia et de l’internet haut débit, afin d’intensifier le
business to business sur le pourtour méditerranéen. Description : Le BICEM est un portail informatique qui
regroupe les services suivants : - Accès
aux informations officielles de l’Union Européenne sur la normalisation
des produits et procédés
(normes européennes, marquage CE) - Aider
les PME / PMI à commercialiser en Europe et en Méditerranée de leurs
produits une fois homologués et accrédités, grâce au réseau
d’experts dans les domaines de la mécanique, l’agroalimentaire, l’énergie,
principalement. - Donner
un label ‘ BICEM ‘ à tout membre du portail - Accès
à une zone de commerce électronique entre les membres du portail. -
La formation et l’enseignement à distance
sur des thèmes et outils de croissance industrielle. - Développer
des modules de maintenance et Service Après Vente en ligne Partenaires
recherchés : Les
chambres de commerce, les universités, les fédérations industrielles,
les PME-PMI Partenaires
actuels :
en Algérie, au Maroc, en Belgique, en Allemagne Rentabilité
du projet : - vente de
modules d’enseignement à distance -
visio-conférence thématique - conseil
et formation sur la normalisation et la certification -
pourcentage sur le commerce électronique transitant par le BICEM - bandeaux
publicitaires du site. Méthode : Développer
avec les partenaires institutionnels, régionaux, fédérateurs ,
euro-méditerranéens puis démultiplier auprès des PME/PMI. |
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H.E.C.Liège – Hautes
Etudes Commerciales
Danielle Sougné
Research Department Rue Louvrex, 14 B – 4000 Liège Tel : 0032/ 4 232 73 05 Fax : 0032/ 4 232 72 40 |
1. Context The universe of small and medium-sized south - Mediterranean companies
and industries undergo a profound upsetting : markets opening, increasing
obsolescence of technologies, necessity of defining new markets. The south
- Mediterranean companies are suddenly propelled in a fully competitive
environment where competition is more and more strong and where ability to
react becomes essential. Therefore new management techniques integrating
Information Technologies are needed. 2. Project Objectives 2.1. To identify " best practices " in European and American
(Quebec) Small and Medium-sized
companies in the field of technological innovation management =
qualitative approach; 2.2. To make an analysis of the " technological innovation "
problematic in small and medium-sized companies / small industries of the
south - Mediterranean countries = quantitative approach; 2.3. To help appropriating " best practices " in local small
and medium-sized companies by creating a "Technological Innovation
Observatory", members of which will be connected with a network of
excellence based on internet. 3. Methodology From a methodological point of view, the research project will resort
to three complementary approaches. First approach consists of detailed interviews of managers of
successful European or American (Quebec) small and medium-sized companies
/ small industries. We shall elaborate a qualitative questionnaire by
which we shall invite the managers to present their company, the way they
manage technological innovation in their company and factors playing a key
role in their company success. Due to their experience and knowledge of the organizational environment which they are
inserted into, they will estimate their company strengths and weaknesses.
The various collected testimonies will help us identifying some
performance keys that managers are considerating as critical
success factors for an efficient company management. Second approach will take the shape of a quantitative inquiry in order
to make an inventory of management strengths and weaknesses within local
companies. The quantitative questionnaire will approach all the company
functions concerned by the technological innovation: strategy, sales,
finances, production management and human resources management. Sectors concerned by the research project are: -textile(textile industry) -agriculture and food industry -fish industry The results of the quantitative study will be analyzed by country,
sector, company function,
confronted to the various performance keys revealed by the qualitative
inquiry. Third approach concerns the identification of relevant performance
indicators and the creation
of a diagnosis and benchmarking tool for the follow-up of local companies
in the field of technological innovation management. 4. Deliverables Creation
of a network of excellence in the field of technological innovation for
small and medium-sized south-Mediterranean companies/ small industries.
This network will be set up as an "Observatory" which local
managers will use by means of an extranet for access to : A) An up to date database about the local companies health of by
country, sector and company function; B) A diagnosis toolwhich will allow them: -To compare their company results with those of similar companies; -To identify their strengths and weaknesses and if necessary, to take
corrective measures; -To see their company evolution and to plan the future; -To identify the companies which would need advices and external
assistance; -To supply faithful statistics on the state of
local small and medium-sized companies
/ small industries to favor the development of tools and relevant local
programs of economic development. 5. Potential partners In Europe-The Walloon
Union of companies, -The Union of the Belgian companies -The network of the international partners of H.E.C. Liège , for
example : Libero Instituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo (Castellanza), ICN
Nancy, EDHEC Lille, Universidad Complutense Madrid -DefinITion S.A, represented by Olivier de Wasseige, Chief Executive
Officer - Different focal points in France, Spain, Italy… In Mediterranean countries: -The CGEM and the related Technical Centres -Professional Systems (Group Computer GFI), Mrs S . Karkri,
Administrator General Manager - Different associations in the Mediterranean countries. |
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Mr
Rafik BELHADJ KACEM C/o
Integro 3,
rue Saint Philippe du Roule ; 75008 Paris France Tel:33153757576 Fax:33142891120 R.Belhadj@wanadoo.fr Tel :
331 53 75 75 76 |
EL-BAB : Euro-Arab Portal OBJECTIVES
We
are going to create a quadrilingual portal (Arabic, English, French and
Spanish) dedicated to the European and Arab SMEs exporters
(Business-to-Business or B2B). We will implement several tools/
applications: Search engine, classified ads/ call for tenders, Electronic
Catalogues, Service of translation/ localisation. Some tools of profiling
and of push will be used in order to inform the SMEs in real time of some
business opportunities which may interest them. This project proposes to
bring a collective answer to the needs of the SME: benefiting from the
globalisation of the markets and from the emergence of the new
technologies of communication and of merchandising in order to capture new
market shares. It is a project of balanced partnership between the
northern Mediterranean (European Union), the southern (Arabic countries),
and some intermediate countries (Malta and Cyprus). The
EL-BAB site addresses : the
European SMEs who want to acquire new international market shares in
general and in the Arabic countries in particular, the
Arabic SMEs who want to acquire new international market shares in general
and in European countries in particular. the
partners of the SMEs: Chambers of commerce interested in euro-Arabic
exchanges, organizations having the objective of informing the European
and Arabic SMEs about the range of apparatuses of European and Arabic
support for exporters and who want to cause some collective actions. the
public and private Arabic organisations searching for commercial and
technological partners in Europe. 2-
Features Of the PROJECT The
project is specific to a cultural and geographical space (Mediterranean),
and will be oriented toward the activity of export, of partnership and of
subcontracting of SMEs of all the adjacent countries of this region. We
will implement solutions specially adapted to this region, characterized
on one hand by the diversity of the cultures, and on the other hand by the
shared interests and by a multi secular history of commercial shared
practices . In order to attract a maximum of customers, we will implement
the first Euro-Arabic search engine on the Web. The Engine will index all
the sites of the Mediterranean SMEs subscribing to the portal, whatever
the language of their site (among the four languages). On a further step,
we will spread the linguistic coverage to many other Mediterranean
languages: Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese, Turkish, etc. ACTIONS
to REALISE And MEANS IMPLEMENTED Development
of the application "quadrilingual search engine" . The user will
be able to make some searches in Arabic, in English, in Spanish and in
French, whatever the language of the reply documents. Development
of the application " classified ads/ calls for tenders": client
registration forms, form for the ad, possible translations, indexing,
filtering and broadcast by e-mail to the declared recipients, etc. Development
of the application " electronic catalogue." Development
of a service of localisation/translation from one of the languages toward
the others. Construction
of databases of European companies exporting to the Arabic World, and of
Arabic companies exporting to Europe (as well as from EU to EU and from
Arab World to Arab Word). Adaptation
of existing data processing and linguistic tools to the environment of
utilization. Implementation
of tools destined to European and Arabic SMEs: e-mail, forum, etc. Realization
of a site limited to the partners, to their domains of activity and to
their products. Promotion
and marketing. Search
for new partners in Europe and in the Arabic countries (European and
Arabic SMEs, chambers of commerce, public and private European and Arabic
organisations , suppliers of content, recoveries of Arabic calls for
proposals; affiliations , etc.). IMPACT
expected ON The SME GROUP Aimed at BY The PROJECT structure
the offer of the SMEs of the source region (EU or Arabic World) and
promote it in the target region (Arabic World or EU); incite
the SME to the utilization of the techniques of e-commerce; assure
a commercial vigil (calls for tender, classified ads of partnership), as
well as on the economical, technological, juridical environments,... of
the region target. initiate
some collective actions of promotion and of prospecting of the target
markets ; Offer
a set of coherent services adapted to the European and Arabic SMEs
([inter-mediation, search engine, services of translation and of
localisation). Organizations
already in the Consortium: SME
software houses (France, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Greece, Cyprus),
Universities (Spain, UK, Greece). Expected
new partners We
are looking for Arab and E.U. (and Malta and Cyprus) SMEs organisations,
such as : chambers of commerce, federations of SMEs, Ministry of Commerce
and / or Industry, etc. |
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Co-ordinator
Institution/Company: Fundaci?n LABEIN Cuesta de Olabeaga 16 48013 Bilbao – SPAIN Contact
Person: Mikel Sorli E-mail:Sorli@labein.es |
Network for the Promotion of Innovation
in Design DESIGNET Keywords
: Innovation in design, Product design and development, Best practices in
design Abstract: Aim:
To facilitate innovation in product and process in SMEs. Several sub-objectives are approached: To allow SMEs the access to new technologies and innovations to
incorporate to their current products and related manufacturing processes.
In that way, innovation can be fostered up to a very high degree. To shorten the first stage of design, which is the development of
innovative ideas focused on the market. The objective is to shorten the
time to market in industries where innovative products must reach the
market quickly. To ensure that time is not wasted on ideas which are not viable, and
that efforts are focused on commercially viable ideas. It is intended to
support the development of innovative ideas, by providing a structure for
the production and development of ideas. This will improve the take-up and
efficiency of ideas. To empower SMEs in the everyday use of modern internet/intranet
technologies. Internet capacities are starting to be now and for sure will
be in the next future the basis for any effort in the search of new
technologies, innovation patterns and any problem solving approach that
would be needed in dealing with product and processes. How:
the project will make use of methodologies for strategic innovations, and
for inventive idea development to develop a guidance methodology for SMEs
to structure the idea development process and orient it towards the
development of viable and innovative ideas. An internet/intranet based
platform will be developed with the aim of: To concentrate the effort of RTD people in SMEs, client companies and
providers To allow designers to search for innovative solutions and new
technologies focussing on their real design needs. To guide the development process and conduct the use of methodologies. These methodologies exist separately, and are oriented towards highly
skilled scientists from large companies. This project will integrate these
methodologies into one, easy and practical methodology for SMEs. Partners
requested: Profile: Centres promoting excellence in Design Area: EC Countries (except Spain) Mediterranean Countries Profile: SMEs having their with own design therefore needing methodologies to
improve their design processes Area: EC Countries (except Spain) Mediterranean Countries |
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Michael Gey IIEF Albert-Einstein-Strasse 16 D-12489
Berlin Germany Tel: +49
30 6392 4508 Fax: +49
30 6392 4517 |
Réseau
méditerranéen d’information scientifique et technique Objectifs Palier au
déficit en établissant une coopération entre l’UE et les EMC. Améliorer
le transfert d’information de l’UE à la région méditerranéenne
avec un intérêt spécial à la politique de recherche de l’UE ainsi
que la consolidation du programme RTD Promouvoir
le télétravail dans les EMC donc contribuer à l’émergence de la société
d’information par le développement du réseau international
d’information en se basant sur l’internet et le web. Et
l’accessibilité à ce dernier est facilité aux différents
utilisateurs des différents pays. Propager
le savoir faire relatif à la technologie et établir un réseau pour les
contacts de personnes Tâches Analyser
le réseau actuel et les infrastructures d’information dans les EMC. Développement
des concepts d’information de MEDISAT Rehausser
les contenus de l’information pour les centres d’information MEDISAT Développement
d’un navigateur d’information pour MEDISAT Installation,
test et extension du réseau des centres d’information Transfert
des expériences de MEDISAT et des activités
de formation. Résultats Le projet
établira un réseau de serveurs web et des centres d’information
MEDISAT dans les pays méditerranéens, ce qui apportera une autre
vue sur la performance et les tendances de R&D et de l’industrie
dans le développent des pays. Les
centres d’information devront aussi performer le travail de
consultation, dans ce domaine, pour les abonnés futur. Pour cet effet,
des bases de données et un système de navigation sur internet « MEDISAT
navigator devront être développes dans le cadre de ce projet. |
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Mohamed
SAIAH Conseil en
Organisation et Gestion d’Entreprise dans les environnements TPE activé
en Région Parisienne (France) Tel:
01-46-05-15-26 Portable:
06-81-55-85-86 E-mail: sconseil.sciog@wanadoo.fr |
Emploi généralisé
d’internet dans un pôle PILOTE localisé en Algérie au bénéfice des
PME/PMI |
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Name: The Hashemite
University Legal status: Public University Address: Dr. Hussein A. Yahya E-mail:h-yahya@hu.edu.jo Tel: 05
382 66 00 Fax : 05 382 66 13 E-mail address :
Huniv@Hu.edu.jo |
Creating a Data Base Unit for Financial and Economic
Information for research Purposes Today, database has a great role in the economic and financial fields
especially for research purposes. But
in order to avoid the duplication between information sources there is a
need for reclassification and restructuring the data so as to use it
directly in research and to
facilitate an easy access to it by
researchers. This project
undertakes the aim to solve such a problem. Project Objectives: Compiling a bibliography of the Jordanian institutions which are
working in the field of economic and financial publications. Reviewing, selecting, and rearranging the data according to a system of
classification in a manner suitable for ready-to-use information by
researchers, taking 1970 as a base for data series. Project Components: The need to have a database laboratory equipped with 5 PCs and an
access to the Internet. One Operator to enter, process,
and retrieve the data. Three research assistants in charge of getting the data, reclassifying,
and sorting it. Make the information available to researchers, research institutes, and
the public at large through a web-site |
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Krikor Ajemian Head of Computer Division Amman Chamber of Commerce Email:
acoc@index.com.jo Fax:
962-6-5666155 Tel: 962-6-5666151 |
Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) proposes the establishment of an
up-to-date common data base for the countries concerned in the
EU-Mediterranean region, showing business opportunities and trade fairs. This database can be accessed globally through the Internet. This will
increase cooperation and trade exchanges and will provide the local
economy with new opportunities for gaining access to many more markets. |
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Professor Mohammad B. Zughul Director, Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research ( HMCSR ) University of Jordan Amman, Jordan. Tel: 00 962 6 53 55
000 Fax: 00 962 6 53 34 079 E–mail: mbzughul@ju.edu.jo |
Establishment of an Electronic Information Network on
Environmentally-Friendly Technologies Applied to Phosphate, Potash,
Fertilizers and Chemicals Production Project Objective: The project aims at the establishment of an electronic information
network, at the University of Jordan, with the purpose of facilitating the
process of channeling and exchange of useful information on the most environmentally-safe
and viable techniques and technologies, to be used in the
benificiation and processing of phosphate and potash minerals.
Moreover, the network is
to further the exchange of technologies to be used in the production of
environmentally friendly and high quality phosphate- and potash- based
fertilizers and chemicals. The intent is to make the information available
online through this network,
which will be located at the premises of the «
Jordan Phosphate and Potash Research Institute », a non-profit institute at the University
of Jordan.
The cooperation of two entities from the European Union Member
States, plus other Mediterranean partners willing to participate, is
sought. |
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By
Nikos
Sakkas, Dr. Eng. TEI Heraklion, Crete, Greece E-mail:
nsak@stepc.gr |
IT
tools for Environmental Management The
project concept is to create a on line educational/ business tool to
train/ support the preparation of an ISO 14000 (Environmental Management)
application file. |