Reply to some asking questions about the SEARCH FOR PARTNERS of Project : SKILL SHORTAGE @LIS for KM net-learning in a cultural diversity scenario: see: http://www.edscuola.com/archivio/lre/alis/index.htm

Question 1.) * what research aspects you wish to tackle in the international Demonstration project between EU and South American countries?

Re : 1.) Paolo Manzelli <LRE@UNIFI.IT> the key action plan SKILL SHORTAGE @LIS improving the economic knowledge driven society it is the following : a) Knowledge Management innovation of SME's on innovation in science & technology b) Knowledge Management innovation of SME's on food quality & safety traceability c) Knowledge Management innovation of SME's on bridging gap of "digital divide" c) Knowledge Management innovation of SME's on "eco-economic" sustainability The main goal of the above action plan id devoted to a new understanding of Knowledge Management Organization of SME's diminishing the uncertainty and insecurity of the market globalization by means improving "knowledge sharing" among University and SME's networks and through growing up the internationalization of the market transparency by means an extension of ITC work-space. A second important objective is to given a strong effort to increase positively the relationship between intellectual employment and SME's internationalization growth though an net-learning strategy finalized for co-ordinating SME's competencies and University research advanced knowledge. Question 2.)

* How would you see an international incubator facility between SMEs and Universities has a concrete added value in real life transactions?

Re : 2.) PM The Skill Shortage @LIS action plan would like to develop through a Co-operative Virtual e.Editor ( see for instance a model in : http://www.see.it/blues/) to contribute to an new emerging conception of "e.work organization" for developing a "Glocalized" economic development among European and Latin American Countries . As well as a forecast result, the pilot project SKILL SHORTAGE, ( before the end of the financial aid of EU) , will give a demonstration on the implication of societal change in "e.work international organization of KM " on education and training in lifelong and vocational learning for SME's special needs and associated business models.

Question 3.)

* What kind of IT solutions do you have in mind (web based eLearning and KM platform to be build and tested in practice)?

Re : 3.) PM The project @LIS asks to use fre-software and we search for partners very advanced in the utilization of such kind of software for net-learning platforms useful for improving an "e.learning on demand". Some partners that until now sent to the LRE/EGO-CreaNET the letter of intent get some good solutions about this problem bu we are open to the best solution in agreement with the all partnership consortium. Question 4.)

* How would this service after the end of EU financing become self sustaining (business model)?

Re : 4.) PM For reply to a business model for the sustainability nowadays it is to early because this will be a result of the partnership consortium agreement , in spite of this I think about a kind of KNOW-HOW that will be developed in "International Franchising" for assume an economical auto- sustainability . At moment this solution can be only an workable idea.

I am very grateful for your concrete and useful questions and I

apologize for the limiting of my

reply because the proposal now it is in progress .

You can follow the progress of the BID in : http://www.edscuola.com/archivio/lre/alis/index.htm I any case I remain at your disposal for further contacts. -- Director of LRE // EGO-CreaNET PAOLO MANZELLI <LRE@unifi.it> http://www.chim1.unifi.it/group/education/index.html Education Research Laboratory / EGO-CreaNET Via Maragliano 77 -50144 - Firenze - Italia Tel//Fax.:+39/055/332549 ; handy GSM ;+39//335/6760004