UR 1003 CAFÉ MONDIAL
 CAFE MONDIAL has developed logistics for the operation and management of telematics competence resource centres. These centres provide facilities to exchange information at several levels, i.e. at a local level in a community, at higher levels towards a borderless communication throughout the world. The exchange of information is in two ways: vertically in providing training materials and information of general interest; horizontally in offering the possibility to exchange mail. information, and ideas with others and find new groups of common interest in other areas and countries. This should be vital not only for SMEs or students. but also for citizens to help them build a common Europe. The wide range of courses on offer from franchising partners include Health Care, Animal Health, Business Studies, Languages, IT and Multimedia.

UR 1007 DEMETER
 The general objective of DEMETER is to enhance the quality of life for farmers living in isolated, rural areas in Austria (various regions in Lower and Upper Austria), Finland (Lapland, North Carelia), Spain (Balearic Islands), United Kingdom (Scotland). Norway (Trondheim) is participating in course development only. DEMETER intends to build a practicable survival strategy applicable to other similar regions in Europe as well, using telematics applications as tool to implement better education, teleservices and telework.

UR 1008 EMPLOY
 EMPLOY will facilitate the social integration of young Europeans threatened by social marginalisation. The EMPLOY project will use the opportunity offered by multimedia technologies with the development of new vocational training products that are well fitted to "on demand" distance training and, besides, may be psychologically more easily accepted by a population reluctant to traditional education system. Located in five European sites, EMPLOY stations will be provided in special multimedia centres, where young people will be able to access vocational training, employment opportunities and tele-services. Several tele-services will be provided on a European scale either regionally as employment information for the young and information about qualified young people for potential employers.

UR 1021 PD-WEB
 The PDWEB project has been formed to build a Public Access Information System, including employment information, based on simple easy to use touch screen technology and multimedia techniques. There is enormous emphasis in the project on the importance of establishing the needs of all users and of validating those needs. Equally important is building an interface that enable all sections of society to benefit from the service. The primary objectives of the PDWEB project is to provide a simple to use, interconnected and multifaceted kiosk public information service for the population of Urban and Rural areas.

UR 1027 TELEMART
 Development of a brokerage system for the improved marketing of teleworkers, to be used by companies wishing to employ teleworkers, and by people mainly from remote areas who wish to find tele-employment. User trials will be carried out in several countries, resulting in a trans-national system. From April 1998, TeleMart will run joint activities with the TEMPLE project, UR 1029 below

UR 1029 TEMPLE
 Electronic employment agency for teleworkers, and a business "incubator" for the creation of new virtual and real enterprises. The service will also provide access to training in the use of telematic services, a telematics "enabler kit" for the users and access to complementary services. From April 1998, TEMPLE will work closely with TeleMart on commercial activities.

UR 1030 TEX.AT.WORK
 The TEX.AT.WORK Project stems from the need of the Textile - Clothing - Distribution sector to further strengthen its competitiveness and to maintain the present employment levels. The project's aim is to support the whole Textile - Clothing - Distribution sector and the related transport sector to understand the benefits of the telematic tools and to foster their utilisation by developing a new organisational model allowing the acquisition of advanced communication techniques, and a set of innovative applications to be tested in European companies involved in the project. Eventually the project will successively disseminate these applications in other companies of the sector