To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

Programme 2000 - 2006 Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

This project is intended to encourage a welcome for “SOHO/SOLO” (workers who wish to change lifestyle by moving to the countryside, and who partly telecommute from home using information and communications technology) in rural parts of the Atlantic Area. Five types of actions are planned: 1.Welcome the demand and simplify SOHO/SOLO job searches. 2.Create supply by developing local projects. 3.Integrate SOHO/SOLO workers into local businesses. 4.Disseminate best practices and create a multilingual web site. 5.Organise searches for SOHO/SOLO living in cities outside of the Atlantic Area. The primary goals are to: ·Develop skill centres through welcoming new arrivals ·Bring new skills to rural areas; favour economic development and polycentrism in these areas; reinforce the A.A.’s image as a welcoming business area.

Achievements (EN):

✔ The directory of listed soho/solo has been drawn up and put online on the project website, www.soho-solo.com; the regional strategies have been approved and implemented; the resource centre is now available to soho/solo via a system of online booking; the resource centre has been promoted via the project website and the websites of the BIC (Business Innovation Centres) partners and equivalent ✔ More than 300 presentations have been given to local government representatives; 20 local projects have been launched in the partner regions of the project ✔ The platform is fully operational in all the regions and provides a service which includes advice and support to companies; setting up contacts and networks; an information centre and guidance in press relations ✔ The site received over 3,500 visits in February 2006, each one showing an average of over 10 pages consulted; 250 BIC and equivalent have been contacted through newsletters and emailing campaigns; 15 BIC, equivalents and other organisms have expressed considerable interest in adapting the initiative of the SOHO SOLO project in their region ✔ 1208 soho/solo have been contacted, 62 of which have begun relocation procedures

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Labour market and employment New products and services Rural and peripheral development

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Gers

Address: Place Jean DAVID - BP 181, 32 004 AUCH, France

Legal status: n/a

CIEBI/BIC - Centro de Inovaçao Empresarial da Beira Interior (Covilhã)

Name: CIEBI/BIC - Centro de Inovaçao Empresarial da Beira Interior (Covilhã)

Address: 4715-035 Braga, Portugal

Legal status: n/a

CEEI Bahia de Cadiz (CAdiz)

Name: CEEI Bahia de Cadiz (CAdiz)

Address: 11500 El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz), Spain

Legal status: public

Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Name: Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Address: 38009 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Legal status: n/a

CORKBIC (Cork)

Name: CORKBIC (Cork)

Address: Cork, Ireland

Legal status: n/a

Centre Européen d'Entreprises et d'Innovation Gers Gascogne (Auch - Gers)

Name: Centre Européen d'Entreprises et d'Innovation Gers Gascogne (Auch - Gers)

Address: 32000 AUCH, France

Legal status: n/a

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CIEBI/BIC - Centro de Inovaçao Empresarial da Beira Interior (Covilhã)

To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

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CEEI Bahia de Cadiz (CAdiz)

To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

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Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

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Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Gers

To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

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CORKBIC (Cork)

To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

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Centre Européen d'Entreprises et d'Innovation Gers Gascogne (Auch - Gers)

To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

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Summary

Project name (EN): To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

Project acronym: SOHO SOLO

Project start date: 2003-07-01

Project end date: 2006-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 070 454.74

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 214 323.77

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Financing programme

2000 - 2006 Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2019-03-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

85 / 85 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

740 / 740 (100%)

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To attract in the Atlantic rural areas new actives using in their jobs information and communication technologies

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