The main objective of the e-Platform that will be developed is to serve as an one-stop support point for new business ideas in the leather sector in Russia and Mongolia where entrepreneurs can find e-courses, search e-libraries for innovative business practices, participate in e-networking for reaching potential partners and receive specialized consulting through peer-to-peer e-forum as well as by using the e-tools section, which will include: templates, step-by-step guidelines, assessment questionnaires and calculation tools.
Specifically, the following areas are found within this electronic platform:
- E-Networking, an area where information about registered members of the e-platform
- E-Project area. Users from businesses will be able to discuss a business issue or a new project, which might be a new business unit, a product or a service with specific users from academic and research entities.
- Peer2Peer Communication Forum (for private discussions between registered users under E-Project subsystem)
- E-Forum (for open discussions between registered users)
- E-Library (Database) (upload of material organised in categories)
- E-Learning (upload of the training material and connection to Moodle platform)
- E-tools system, with self-assessment questionnaires, templates, and other tools that will support the implementation of the capacity building plan