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The Development Partnerships (DPs) under this transnational co-operation differ from each other economically, socially and culturally but detailed examination of their individual project aims and objectives reveal areas of similarities. Therefore, the five DPs have agreed to work collaboratively to address the following common areas of interest:

• to help strengthen the adaptability of employees, owners and/or managers of SMFs to technological change that affects their ability to succeed in today's digital economy.
• to evaluate the role of e-Learning as an informal and formal training medium within small and micro firms (SMFs) and thereby identifying and understanding better the barriers in using ICT as a means of learning within the context of e-Learning.
  

Various appropriate methodologies will be considered in order to find pragmatic solutions to the following underlying problems as identified by partners:

• the slow process in the adoption of e-learning as a training method
• Absence of learning model that is particularly appropriate for micro firms, which will help firms to use ICT more appropriately but could also be channelled for other kinds of training that is associated with workforce development.
• failure by firms to embrace ICT which leads to their exclusion from the labour market, making the employees, owners and/or managers and the firms itself become marginalised and therefore disadvantaged.
• the shortage of appropriate tools including software and training programmes that which would assist small and microfirms to engage in the use of ICT and therefore help increase their competitiveness.
• the lack of employee motivation brought about by poor pedagogy in teaching whether it is on-line or blended learning.
• the inappropriate use of technology as a learning and e-learning vehicle and the overabundance of poor quality ICT and e-learning teaching materials.
• lack of understanding of the learning culture using ICT as a medium within the small and micro firms

All partners will work together to find common approaches to carry out the activities that would help achieve their individual national aims and objectives and the common objectives of COMPeTERE.