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The
European eWeek Awards (formerly the European Telework awards) were launched
in 1997, and are the vehicle for highlighting best practice in a variety
of areas relating to the information economy. Since then, about 200 examples
from industry and administrations around Europe have been submitted as
candidates for the awards and are acknowledged to bring significant benefits
to the participants.
In
2001 the award categories have been redefined to reflect the trends towards
stronger integration of eWork and eBusiness practices, and in the context
of the Commission's eEurope action plan and Go Digital initiative.
This
year the awards event will take place in Brussels on Monday 12th of
November 2001 at the Sodehotel
- Woluwe-St-Pierre.
If
you would like to attend the event click here.
Award
Categories
1.
Best Example of eInnovation in a Large Enterprise
This category is for large - generally viewed as most "traditional"
- organisations, commercial and public, where innovative use of information
and communication technologies (ICT), internally (e-work) and/or externally
(e-business, e-governance), has led to significantly improved performance.
Criteria to be considered:
breadth of uptake, level of innovation, clarity of objectives and measured
achievements (e.g. marketing and/or financial results, user satisfaction,
personnel management, costs of administration, logistics, infrastructure,
etc.).
2.
Best Example of eInnovation in a Small or Medium Enterprise
Candidates in this category are SMEs using various forms of business practice
and organisation, through internal (e-work) and external (e-business)
electronic networking, in order to reduce both their investment and operational
costs and their time-to-market.
Criteria to be considered:
integration
of technology use in business process, level of innovation, clarity of
objectives and measured achievements (e.g. width of markets and networks
in which the enterprise operates).
3.
Best Initiative Supporting Inclusion of Individuals
Such initiatives have as an objective to use ICT to support productive
inclusion of disadvantaged groups. These include equal work opportunities
for disabled and elderly people with reduced mobility, as well as for
women or for ethnic and other minorities.
Criteria to be considered:
measured impact, as well as the potential impact to stimulate the social
inclusion, applicability to other people groups or groups in other regions.
4.
Best Initiative Supporting Regional Development
Such initiatives aim to use ICT to support the inclusion of remote or
underdeveloped regions in the national, European or global economic circuits.
Criteria to be considered:
measured impact, as well as the potential impact to stimulate the economic
growth, applicability to other regions.
5.
Best Contribution to Public Awareness
Candidates in this category are media, news, advertising agencies or their
clients, etc. A single or multiple advertisement campaign, article or
broadcast, periodical publication, website, major event, relating to the
promotion of uptake of ePractice, all these and more are eligible.
Criteria to be considered:
originality, reach and effectiveness.
6.
Best Supporting Technology or Service
New technologies and services are coming on the market every day. In this
category, there are only winners, although there is just one first prize;
all nominees will grasp the attention of authorities, enterprises and
individuals who promote new methods of work and business organisation,
in Europe and beyond, and tune in for the eWeek Awards.
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