Innovation does not only arise from research but is increasingly driven by users of technologies or organisational change.

The Ministry, however, further suggests, in a separate proposal to the Odelsting, that re-registering in connection with organisational changes is carried only as a name change.

These projects should develop new models for cooperation between European higher education institutions, in particular addressing the provision of continuous training and professional development, and in the development of learning support services as well as for training teachers, trainers and other educational personnel in the pedagogical use of e-learning; examining quality assurance methods; the development of a better understanding of organisational change and possible risks associated with implementing e-learning in higher education; and the development of European models for public-private partnerships in the field of e-learnin ...[+++]g in higher education, as well as developing the opportunities opened by new partnerships and funding models.

In general, SMEs face greater difficulties than large companies, both in recruiting ICT and e-business specialists to cope with the associated organisational changes and to train their employees to acquire the skills required to implement these changes.

Achieving these gains through effective use can only be realised by restructuring economic behaviour, modernising practices and undergoing organisational change to exploit the new technologies.

In general, SMEs face greater difficulties than large companies, both in recruiting ICT and e-business specialists to cope with the associated organisational changes and to train their employees to acquire the skills required to implement these changes.