OCC built an e-commerce European portal within which SMEs from both urban and rural areas can outsource work to "e-workers" within a quality controlled system.

The portal is based on a web server and so eworkers can access the site from any location, thus giving a new definition to the terms, "employment" and "workplace" as the place of work will be selected by the employee.

Specifically selected employees manage the portal and are responsible for appropriate contract assignments and quality control. A combination of existing and new technologies are used productively to create this eOperaDe teleworking marketplace.

Apart from the obvious societal benefits of reduced pollution (less crowded city infrastructures and transport networks), companies benefit by eliminating overheads associated with employing full-time staff, resources and equipment (including office space); employees benefit from the freedom of geographical and time constraints that traditional office-based models bring, thus improving quality of life.

The eOperaDe e-commerce portal handles requests for services by registered companies and freelance professionals, redirecting them to the appropriate individual or SME. A quality control system assesses the results of work performed by eworkers, both quantatively and qualitatively.

Our partners for this project:
Elyros SA (Brussels)
TEC Consultants (Greece)
NV Negocios Digitais, SA (Portugal)
Sima - Digital Communications Ltd (Greece)

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