"Werkgevers do not trust work e-& quot;

Neat as last year goes Flanders on missing to the e-Mom and e-dad of the year. New is the e-work award, must convince work that employers of the advantages of e-. The competitions its an initiative of Flemish member of parliament Patricia Ceysens, until last year yet Flemish minister for e-Government.

For the second time, Ceysens (Flemish Liberals and Democrats) goes on missing to the e-Mom and e-dad of the year. The price want to reward shop parents that online, e-bankers and other new technologies use court round more time to make for the human or for itself.

This year there is commit for the first time also a competition for. The e-work award is organized establish commit in cooperation with Unizo and Voka and will the attention on successful e-work projects by. And this is harden according to Ceysens necessary: “E-work breaks in Flanders less fast through then in the Netherlands or the Scandanavian countries. The technology is there, the employees its genteresseerd, but with employers there yet a large psychological threshold is.”

Large struikelblok for employers is the loss at control about employees that e-work. “Sleepiness hear we of employees that they source want e-work, but that the business it suspiciously opposite state. The e-work award is specific meant commit to set to it at to give e-work more chances. With employees only you do not come must be able to convince it, you also the employers. Also in neighboring countries, sensibiliseringscampagnes address now especially on employers”, according to Ceysens.

In the previous Flemish government was Patricia Ceysens as a minister yet responsibly for e-government, but after the regeringswissel in 2004 is this competence disappeared. Ceysens regrets has work that the Flemish government of Yves Leterme less attention for e-government and e-.

“The initiative comes now of the Flemish Parliament. The commission 'Digital Flanders' must prepare the theme debate about a digital Flanders. It is important that we the digital revolution in Flanders in abundance chances give and examine how we learn, work and even health can translate into e-learn, e-work and e-health,” decision Ceysens.

Register for both competitions can yet until 30 April via a form that you can download on the website www.e-wedstrijd.be. The winners known are made on Friday 24 June during a distribution of prizes in the Flemish Parliament.