Overview

The InTeLS project aims to improve access to international trade training for staff & managers in European Small & Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) who are unable to attend classroom based learning due to lack of financial resources or time/geographical constraints. This will be achieved by developing a targeted suite of e-learning training materials & Tools to help them assess how exporting can contribute to their company's profitability and how to implement international trade processes.

The project will fill a gap in provision where international trade training is normally targeted at specialist professionals in purchasing & marketing departments in large companies. An innovative e-learning approach to skills development where the resulting products will have to be sufficiently flexible to adapt to the needs of a wide range of different sectors, languages and countries/regions will be piloted. This will involve using state-of-the-art features (e.g. animated simulations & computer gaming) on technology platforms which allow the end "product" to be relatively easily tailored to cater for a variety of linguistic, cultural and sectoral requirements.