Genesis, Euforia

This important e-publication (European Foundation, 2001) helps in understanding the genesis of the Euforia project and will be of great interest to those involved in the many aspects of Knowledge Society research and reflection.

Living conditions, working conditions
and industrial relations in the
knowledge society

Summary of workshops
Dublin, 13-14 July and 27-28 November 2000

EUROPEAN FOUNDATION
for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
(an autonomous body of the European Union, created to assist the formulation of future policy on social and work-related matters)

http://www.eurofound.ie/publications/files/EF0123EN.pdf

"The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions organized two research workshops in 2000 related to the emerging knowledge society. The challenge of the workshops was to produce new ideas for the Foundation's Four Year Rolling Programme 2001-2004 by putting together three future oriented project areas. The first area covered the Foundation's own project on the New Forms of Work in the Information Society, especially development of atypical work, telework, flexitime, flexispace, flexi contract and virtual company. The second area covered the work done by the Commission related to the development of information society, especially the strategic challenge to make Europe "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world." The third innovative area consisted of national technology foresights projects from selected European, Asian and African countries.

This report is a summary of the workshop speeches, group works and discussions."

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