Transcript The Problems and Possibilities of Telework

Problems and Possibilities of
Telework
Gintautas Babravičius
Deputy Chairman
Information Society Development Committee
of the Seimas
“Teleworking for Business, Education,
Research and e-Commerce”
Vilnius, Lithuania, 21-22 October 2002
Telework
Telework occurs when information and
communications technologies (ICTs) are
applied to enable work to be done at a distance
from the place where the work results are
needed or where the work would
conventionally have been done.
BIT&T , Riga, April 3–5, 2002
The main result -
seamless co-operation
The greater the choice, the
greater the benefits
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Over 100 years of unprecedented
technological development
Developments in ICT are a vital engine of
growth
E-working offers more informal ways of
using technology to deliver services
A greater choice in how, where and when
to work
A knowledge-based age
Technical
progress
Job & wealth
creation
Productivity
improvements
Economic
growth
A flexible and
complementary approach
Work is not one single place or
location
 Better balance between our work life
and our life outside work
 Mobile communications technologies
empower people to manage their
work and private life - without the
limits of time or space
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Types of potential
teleworkers
Accountant
Advertising staff
Architect
Bookkeeper
Clerk typist
Collections staff
Community relations
Computer programmer
Creative staff
Customer service staff
Data entry clerk
Designer
Executive support staff
Entrepreneur
Financial analyst
Graphic artist
Human resources staff
Industrial engineer
Information services staff
Insurance broker
Journalist
Labour relations staff
Lawyer
Policy analyst
Program manager
Project manager
Public relations liaison
Purchasing staff
Research staff
Salesperson
Sales manager
Software engineer
Statistician
Strategic planning staff
Supplier relations staff
Systems analyst
Technical writer
Telemarketer
Telephone operator
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A more flexible way of
working
Increase in the numbers of 'mobile'
workers
 This new paradigm of work must
meet the needs of a global
networked organisation
 Opportunities for a more flexible and
empowering working life
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Disadvantages of telework
Difficult to satisfy socialisation needs of
teleworkers
 Technological infrastructure either
inadequate or too expensive
 Difficult to ensure data security
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New agenda for eWork
 Employment
opportunities for all;
 Better workplace design;
 Better jobs;
 Greater creativity;
 More efficient use of resources.
Telework in the European
Union
eWork 2000 - Status Report on New Ways to Work in
the Information Society
http://www.eto.org.uk/twork/tw00/pdf/tw2000.pdf
IST Programme
KA2 - New Methods of Work & Electronic Commerce
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/
Telework 2001, The 8th European Assembly on New
Ways to Work, Helsinki
Report of the 8th European assembly on new ways to work
http://www.telework2001.fi/telework-raport.pdf
Telework Agreement, 16 July 2002
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2002/oct/1034330
238_en.html
Teleworking employees, by country
EMERGENCE NEWS, 2001
ITC governing structures
Council of
Knowledge under
the President of
Lithuania
Committee of
Information Society
in the Parliament
Communications Regulation
Agency
Ministry No. 1
Commission of
Information Society
Development in the
Government
Republic of
Lithuania
Committee of Information Society
Development under the Government
...
Ministry No. N
Problems of Lithuania and telework
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Unemployment – economy- living standard
Regional development
Digital divide
Rural development
Export of specialists and workers
Special groups of workers:
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Disabled
Students – additional work and practice
Pensioners
Employment problems in Visaginas district
(near Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant)
Telework governing structures
Social Affairs and Labour
Committee of the Seimas
Information Society
Development Committee of
the Seimas
Ministry of Social Security
and Labour
Information Society
Development Committee
under the Government
Lithuanian Labour Market
Training Authority
14 LABOUR MARKET TRAINING
CENTRES
Actions of the Committees
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Joint meeting of the Information Society
Development Committee, Education,
Science and Culture Committee, and
Social Affairs and Labour Committee of
the Seimas. (16 January 2002)
National Strategy for Information Society
Development of Lithuania
9.2. Education of the society:
• opportunities for all;
• new organisational structure of the society encouraging people to
continuously seek new knowledge;
• knowledge and competence centres;
• mechanism for recognition of distance education (formalisation);
• networks for creation, storage and dissemination of virtual knowledge.
9.4. Digital divide:
• systems of re-training;
• distance consultation and social assistance centres
Conclusions
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Telework is relevant for various groups of the
society
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Main problems and priority actions:
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technological infrastructure and the price of services;
awareness and training of the society, business entities
and state institutions;
passing legislation and amendments.
Working group consisting of Members of the
Seimas, state institutions, business entities and
other groups of the society.
Gintautas Babravičius
Deputy Chairman
Information Society Development Committee
of the Seimas
[email protected]
Problems and Possibilities of Telework