- MEDFORIST
MEDFORIST is a project aimed at implementing a Euro-Mediterranean network for sharing
information systems and technology (IST) resources. Started in August 2002, MEDFORIST is a project of theEuro-Mediterranean Information Society (EUMEDIS), an initiative of theEuropean Union , ultimately aimed at establishing a EU-MED free trade zone by 2010 and setting up an information network system among European and Mediterranean universities and institutes in the field of information technology (IT). [Royal Scientific Society , [http://www.rss.gov.jo/whatsnew/2002/medforist.html PSUT Hosts MEDFORIST Meetings] , Retrieved onApril 23 ,2008 ] The project is coordinated by Centre TIME of theGrenoble école de management ..Objectives
*The development of a
business network comprising educators from the partner institutions who are specialists ininformation and communication technologies (ICT) and their implementation incommerce andindustry
*The development of jointly developed and shared learning resources and the supporting technological platform and knowledge base
*Teaching students and executives in the member countries about the design and implementation of ICT-based applications for the management of local industrial and commercial companies.
*Associating local partners from other academic andvocational training institutions as well as intermediary organizations like thechamber of commerce and industry orprofessional associations
*Dissemination towards the key stakeholders of countries to guarantee the promotion of the project and its sustainability.Project goals
Following the completion of the project the following goals are hoped to have been met:
*Determine the needs for competencies and training in the field of ICT-based applications in the management of industrial and commercial companies.
*Establishment of a database with the status on ICT in each country.
*Creation of a network consisting of about 50 professors from the partners institutions sharing the learning resources.
*Learning resources will consist of web-based pedagogic materials adapted to the context of each country on the different topics of ICT-based applications for management, including topics likee-business strategy,electronic commerce andprocurement ,supply chain management , customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, and change management.
*Seminars conducted in each country targeted to different user groups including under graduate students, post graduate students, managers and executives.
*Diffusion of the teaching and dissemination of the results of the project will have been made widely available through the web site of the project, editorials, seminars, communication in the media, international conferences and articles in specialised magazine review.EUMEDIS Initiative, [http://medforist.grenoble-em.com/Contenus/Multimedia_eBusiness_Courses/E_Business%20Video%20course/documents/Plaquette%20MEDFORIST.doc MEDFORIST - Grenoble] , Retrieved onApril 23 ,2008 ]Integration
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