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and to open further links between researchers
if we consider the Entrepreneurial Centers that
will be developed in the location of each partner
involved in the project.
trial partners) and for the clients/students. For the
entrepreneurial competencies assessment (in the
initial stage before training) there was designed
a special section that includes on-line question-
naires and other facilities that preliminary analyze
and identify the clients training needs (Draghici,
Izvercianu & Draghici, 2009).
Figures 7 show the client - server architecture
of the proposed web platform. It is build around a
central server, hosting the e-learning application
(AeL Enterprise e-learning platform (www.ad-
vancedelearning.com, which allow asynchronous,
synchronous in class and at distance learning),
the database system, the file system (documents
and research project's management) and other
software applications that support the learning,
research and management activities (Draghici,
Izvercianu & Draghici, 2009).
The main facilities of the AeL Enterprise
software that are developed for entrepreneurship
training and evaluation are: asynchronous study,
virtual class and library, training record (includ-
ing the evaluation tests of gain competencies),
reports (regarding the training process evolution),
administration, and discussion forum. The busi-
ness consulting session is a client-server oriented
architecture approach that integrates three entities:
the services need - client (user friendly interface),
the information technology system (server) and
the services data base (integration at the service
level with the flexible and quick response to add/
change actions).
Figure 8 describes the connections, via In-
ternet, of the video-conferences systems that are
located to each university partner. The video-
conference system allow: collaborative project
sections, collaborative learning sections, virtual
conferences etc.
The first facilities that have been created on
the CE@ANPART virtual campus are related to
the self assessment of the future clients/students.
A capability adviser has been build for this. It
consists of two main entities: (1) assess your
skills and (2) view the learning steps and sign in
ce@AnpArt Virtual center
preliminary Architecture design
There is tremendous value in seamlessly con-
necting people, systems, and business processes
across organization. Operational efficiency goes
up, operational costs go down. Better aligned,
the company can stay agile and competitive. An
integration competence center is an efficient in-
formation technology application that is design
to share services function consisting of: people,
technology, policies, best practice and processes
(Lenzerini, 2002).
In this context, our approach described the
preliminary study of the existing solutions of
integration competencies centers, their struc-
ture and users facilities analysis with the aim of
building the CE@ANPART virtual center. This
define a unique products/services offer on the
market through information and communication
technologies and will support, encourage, qualify
and certified the entrepreneurial competencies
(Draghici, Izvercianu & Draghici, 2009).
The preliminary researches showed that there
is still an acute need for training and consulting
services in this field. The virtual center develop-
ment process started from two ideas: (1) the design
of a special section dedicated to entrepreneurial
training (e-learning system for competencies
development and evaluation, WWW based
courses support system) and consulting (portal
of entrepreneurship resources, business services,
library) on the existing web page of the CE@
ANPART project, and (2) the development of the
virtual conference system that will be a powerful
tool for the collaborative learning and research
between the partners involved in the project (the
universities of Iasi - the coordinator, Cluj-Napoca,
Timisoara and Sibiu, but also, some local indus-
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