TWIN - Tele Working for the Impaired Networked centres evaluation
Record number: 519
Last update: September 2022
Type of document: Projects
Last update: September 2022
Type of document: Projects
Funding body: Commissione Europea
Partners: Seven Organisations and Institutes from five European Countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Greece and Finland) have taken part in the TWIN Project:
Telecom Italia Lab, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Work Research Centre, LEAD Scotland
Linking Education and Disability, NAWH
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, HUSAT Research Institute, COMETT - BIOTRAST UETP
Year of publication: 1994
Project start date: 01/01/1994
Project end date: 30/06/1995
Project state: Ended
F.d.G. Team:
Abstract:
Started in January 1994 and concluded in June 1995, TWIN is one of the 43 projects launched by the European Commission within the DG XIII programme Telework Stimulation. TELEWORK STIMULATION LogotypeIt was the only project specifically focused on disability, with the main aim of investigating how far teleworking centres can improve job opportunities for disabled workers. A substantial part of the project was devoted to monitoring real experiences of teleworking in five Countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Greece and Finland), some of them already existing and some other promoted by the TWIN partners. The European Commission is quite active in promoting teleworking, as part of its unemployment fighting strategy outlined by the Delors' White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness, Employment. The advancements in information and telecommunication (ITT) technology and the spreading of information highways, supported by enormous investments all over the European Union as recommended by the Bangeman Report, are easing the path to teleworking and increasing its prevalence at all levels in the labour market. From the point of view of a disabled worker, that means that more and more opportunities of teleworking are being offered in the future; and a teleworking culture will be more widespread among employers than today. The documents produced by the TWIN study can be helpful for setting up teleworking experiences now, but also for better preparing the disabled workers to such a near future. More details about Telework Stimulation and the related Projects, like TELDET, ADVANCE, PROLINK, WORKNET, OFFNET, EXPUN, HRM and many others can be found in the Internet Telework WEB pages. TWIN objectives: Plan, develop and evaluate Pilot Experiences of teleworking by people with disabilities Support their Networking, cooperation and integration in the European labour market. Draw up a set of Recommendations and Guidelines for policy makers and potential implementors of telework
Started in January 1994 and concluded in June 1995, TWIN is one of the 43 projects launched by the European Commission within the DG XIII programme Telework Stimulation. TELEWORK STIMULATION LogotypeIt was the only project specifically focused on disability, with the main aim of investigating how far teleworking centres can improve job opportunities for disabled workers. A substantial part of the project was devoted to monitoring real experiences of teleworking in five Countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Greece and Finland), some of them already existing and some other promoted by the TWIN partners. The European Commission is quite active in promoting teleworking, as part of its unemployment fighting strategy outlined by the Delors' White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness, Employment. The advancements in information and telecommunication (ITT) technology and the spreading of information highways, supported by enormous investments all over the European Union as recommended by the Bangeman Report, are easing the path to teleworking and increasing its prevalence at all levels in the labour market. From the point of view of a disabled worker, that means that more and more opportunities of teleworking are being offered in the future; and a teleworking culture will be more widespread among employers than today. The documents produced by the TWIN study can be helpful for setting up teleworking experiences now, but also for better preparing the disabled workers to such a near future. More details about Telework Stimulation and the related Projects, like TELDET, ADVANCE, PROLINK, WORKNET, OFFNET, EXPUN, HRM and many others can be found in the Internet Telework WEB pages. TWIN objectives: Plan, develop and evaluate Pilot Experiences of teleworking by people with disabilities Support their Networking, cooperation and integration in the European labour market. Draw up a set of Recommendations and Guidelines for policy makers and potential implementors of telework