Innovative interactions of all stakeholders and extended development coalitions are vital for achieving the goal set by the Lisbon European Council – to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and with greater social cohesion.

Successful performance depends on many factors. IT applications are perhaps the most obvious, but also crucial are enlightened company strategies and new forms of work organisation. These include the promotion of health and skills with regard to the ageing of the workforce and equal opportunities for women and minority groups, and many more.

The aim of WORK-IN-NET is to set up sustainable communication and cooperation channels in Europe between the still fragmented national and regional research activities in the area of work-related innovation issues. The WORK-IN-NET Coordination Action (CA) will exchange and collect, analyse and spread information on existing national activities on work-related innovations, thus paving the way for joint, transnational initiatives in the future.