The First Users Action is identified in the 1994 Work Programme of the Information Technologies Programme in task 2.26 as follows:-
Stimulating the access of SMEs to the use of components and subsystems and of microsystems, in the context of an action for first users. The aim is to support projects devised by individual companies, acting alone or in collaboration with service providers of their own choosing. The duration of individual projects is expected to be of the order of one year. To facilitate later exploitation of the results, the projects should be in line with the primary products of the SMEs.
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FI: koekäyttäjäohjelmat [T50314]
DE: Maßnahmen für Erstnutzer [T50314]
FR: action ą l'intention des utilisateurs novices [T50314]
... to accelerate the realisation of knowledge as innovation, this programme integrates actions to stimulate the take-up of information society technologies with the research and technological development to ensure that the conditions and requirements for their use can be met. In addition to demonstrations and trials, these include actions to stimulate the development and diffusion of the skills necessary to take-up research and development results (such as validations, assessments, awareness building, first-user actions and best-practice initiatives) and consensus building and standardisation activities.
