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Diplomat: A consensus-building project with the main objective of producing guidelines for the implementation and deployment of Telework across Europe. The purpose of the Guidelines is to support Europeans in adopting, implementing and benefiting from increases in IT-enhanced distributed working.

Ethos - European Telematics Horizontal Observatory Service: The major aim is to monitor and assess: the deployment of applications of information and communication technologies; developments in market trends, state of deployment of telematics applications and user needs; developments in both computer and telecommunications technologies that present a potential for telematics applications.

European Community Telework / Telematics Forum (ECTF) : The framework across European Union member states for concertation on telework and related telematics applications. The ECTF promotes teleworking and the exchange and dissemination of information between telework projects and organisations interested in telework. These actions are carried out by means of seminars, conferences and publications.

European Telework Online (ETO): A resource and information exchange on telework, teletrade and telecooperation. Supported by European Telework Development (ETD) it is an initiative supported by the European Commission (DGXIII). The site provides information on telework, teletrade and telecooperation, news on the telework front, and a great collection of links. And you can read it in all the European languages. The site includes a very useful directory to European Country Specific

Information Society disAbilities Challenge (ISdAC) from European Telework Development.
At the beginnings of the Information Society it is now time to make it accessible to all European citizens, the same way as new buildings provide ways to overcome barriers in their design stage. ISdAC is a challenge put together by people with disabilities (PwD) who believe that full participation by PwD can and should be driven by PwD, with support from society through the European Union and the Governments of the Member States and from their non-disabled friends. "We are challenging Europe and its nations to make the Information Society fully accessible to people with disabilities (PwD), and challenging people with disabilities to demonstrate their abilities in an Information Society context by playing an active role in building a fully accessible Information Society in Europe."

Information Society Project Office (ISPO): European Commission. The ISPO aims to promote co-operation and development in the various areas of the Information Society. ISPO acts as a bridgebuilder between Commission Services and external organizations interested in the Information Society.

International Workshop on Telework (1): From Telecommuting to the Virtual Organisation? Brunel University West London (UK).

National Telework Websites

Belgian Teleworking Association

French Telework Association

Romanian Telework Association

TelewerkForum Nederland - The Dutch national forum on telework.

The TCA, The Telework Telecottage and Telecentre Association (UK)

TeleFythynnod Cymru (Telecottages Wales)

Telecities : A European organization of metropolitan cities promoting telematics for urban development.

Telework 1997 | Telework 1998: Status Report on European Telework. Annual Report from the European Commission, DGXIII-B.

Telework and people with disabilities : "See the Ability not the Disability". An opportunity to work with people who have disabilities that may inhibit their participation in conventional work and social activities but whose use of the Internet is empowering them to participate in and shape the development of the Information Society and the emerging Global Networked Economy. Presented by the European Telework Online (ETO).

Telework Europa: A project which supports the European Commission sponsored Telematics Application Programme (TAP). It is also the unofficial web-site of the Telematics for Urban and Rural Areas (TURA) sector of the TAP, and as such it is the central information dissemination point for activities related to the use of telematics in local and regional development.

Telework - Penetration, Potential and Practice in Europe by W.B. Korte (Empirica, Bonn) and R. Wynne (Work Research Centre, Dublin).
Summarizes the results of the TELDET (Telework Developments and Trends. A Compilation of Information on Telework: Case Studies and Trend Analysis).

Telmet: Teleworking Training Methodology : The TELMET project, part-funded by the European Commission, is creating an open and flexible training methodology in the field of teleworking that suits the needs of training organisations and persons in a variety of occupations that wish to have access to this new method of working. The project is managed by the

Union General de Trabajadores (General Workers Trade Union), Madrid, Spain. The site contains information on the TELMET project; contacts and information resources; course curricula and training initiatives; training methodology guidelines handbook; workshops, seminars and conferences; key books and articles; a list with related sites.

W.I.S.E. Forum: The Work, Information Society and Employment Forum, of the EC's DIPLOMAT project (the European Telework Charter). They want to provide an informed, neutral environment for people concerned with employment, including national, regional and local government, trade unions, employers, trade associations and social partners, to debate work and employment aspects of the Information Society. They develop policy advice for governments, employers and other market actors and stimulate international inviting research, contributions and participation from people and organizations throughout the world, reflecting the importance of global and trans-border aspects of telework and tele-business.

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