The document summarizes findings from the Öresund Pilot project. It describes the objectives of establishing the pilot project and training members. It discusses that members actively used the common working environment (CWE) tool but also needed additional in-person meetings for longer introductions. Themes of importance for members included contributing to sustainable development. Participants experienced and some learned how to act in a virtual community, but shifting to self-organizing thinking from a hierarchical structure was difficult. Examples of success included members starting a consultancy and implementing CWE tools for non-profits and international trade.

1. Findings in the Öresund Pilot 04/06/09 Martina S Bach

2. Objectives Establish the pilot Create effective pilot identity and communication mechanisms inside the pilot and to the other partners Use and refine roadmaps Train pilot members to professional ICT working environment Measurement of the results 04/06/09 Folkuniversitetet

3. The Process Prerequisites for joining the pilot (volunteers) Recruiting both Danish and Swedish aged workers Employed, un-employed, retired and self-employed Few physical meetings planned for introducing the methodology and CWE Additional meetings for elaboration on themes of importance/”prejects” Themes turning into projects 04/06/09 Folkuniversitetet

4. Findings Members actively using CWE also needed additional face-to-face meetings Need for longer kick-off/introduction of the methodology For the pilot members themes of importance was about contributing to sustainable development giving back to society 04/06/09 Folkuniversitetet

5. The participants experienced – and some learned - how to act in a virtual community Need for clear cut goals and expectations for an ageing workforce to embark on CWE “ Preject” thinking – calls for a paradigm shift Mind-shifting from hierarchical structural thinking to self-organizing complex heterarchical thinking is a hard exercise even if proponents of WEB 2.0 may say that it is just a matter of trying it out 04/06/09 Folkuniversitetet

6. Dilemmas 04/06/09 Folkuniversitetet Positive towards CWE vs. use of time and resources for face-to-face meetings (provided participants wanted to make a difference together) Identifying the themes of importance – politically correct or a true choice? Importance of communicating the methodology – create a common vocabulary for all tools or put emphasis on the differences in perspectives of each tool?

7. Examples of success 3 pilot members has jointly registered a consultancy firm in eSangathan methods for innovations in social economy 2 pilot members implemented a CWE in the NGO: Seniors without boarders in Denmark ( www.sug.dk ) 1 pilot member (Master Mariner) implemented CWE as tool for initiating export/import between Sweden and Angola 04/06/09 Folkuniversitetet

8. Thank you for listening. 04/06/09 Martina S Bach