Bill Macbeth

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• Bill Macbeth
• Director
• CoMPRIS
• www.compris.co.uk

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erisaThe European Regional Information Society
Association

• 38 member regions
• Network for collaboration and learning
• www.erisa.be

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IT usage in companies

• UK 93
• Yorkshire Humber 69

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Internet access in companies

• UK 62
• Yorkshire Humber 50

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ICT Skills in YH

• Never used a PC
• Employed 30
• Unemployed 40
• Employed (16-24) 22

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Issues

• fragmented activity
• low level of awareness
• lack of convincing demonstrators
• inadequate project information
• inadequate evaluation

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A New Approach

• RISU
• Fewer, Bigger projects
• Separate Evaluation from Delivery
• Learn from Experience

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4 Priority Areas

• ICT Skills
• e-business
• teleworking
• services on-line

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YH Regional Portal

• future for software companies
• community penetration
• regional ASP
• new partnership model
• new business model

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YH Regional Portal

• access (Kiosk, PC, IDTV)
• architecture
• applications

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Early Applications Criteria

• short-term results
• clearly identifiable audience
• potential for income generation
• development funding
• potential for global roll-out
• relevance to partner needs
• content availability
• suitability for architecture

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Early Applications

• learning
• waste management
• carers services
• export documentation and supply chains
• purchasing

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Bill MacbethTel 01484 406239www.compris.co.uk