The ELISA proposal aims at improving the access to knowledge and the information society of SMEs in South-East Europe, through close cooperation of academic and business communities at a transnational level, by transferring EU best practice training know-how and by developing national training strategies. Emphasis is given to SMEs from rural and distant areas in Albania, FYROM, Bulgaria and Serbia-Montenegro (beneficiary countries). This overall objective will be achieved through the following actions:• Awareness creation on the benefits of ICT business use by SMEs.• Customization of a multilingual, highly-interactive and easy-to-use eLearning-platform for the needs of SMEs. • Creation of a customizable multilingual training material for improving ICT skills within SMEs. • Pilot implementation of ICT training actions. • Design of SME ICT training strategies for the beneficiary countries. • Diffusion of the know-how gained to policy makers and interested organizations.