Hungarian regional innovation data as part of an international comparison is available in the Regional Innovation Scoreboard, on the PRO-INNO EUROPE website.
INNOREG's website was used for the communication of regionspecific innovation related news (an online regional innovation magazine:
in some cases the companies which were awarded do not seem to be active (for example no website can be found
It is entitled also to present its innovative product, service, technology or process in the online magazin of regional innovation agencies and on the website of the Central Hungary Regional Innovation Agency.
Year of publication 2006 Link to website Link: http://www. proregio. hu Policy document MAGYARORSZAG KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Region Kozep-Magyarorszag NUTS Code HU10 Policy Document Central Hungary Operational
Year of publication 2010 Link to website Link: http://www. nfu. hu/uj szechenyi terv Policy document MAGYARORSZAG KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Region Kozep-Magyarorszag NUTS Code HU10 Policy Document The Regional Information
Year of publication 2005 Link to website Link: http://www. proregio. hu/3/ristomor. zip Policy document MAGYARORSZAG KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Region Kozep-Magyarorszag NUTS Code HU10 Policy Document
Year of publication 2005 Link to website Link: http://www. proregio. hu Policy document MAGYARORSZAG KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Region Kozep-Magyarorszag NUTS Code HU10 Policy Document Regional Innovation Strategy
Year of publication 2004 Link to website Link: http://www. chic. hu/downloads/RIS%20-%20elozetes%20osszefogla...
One can also visit the website of the Agency for information. Organisation MAGYARORSZAG KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Region Kozep-Magyarorszag NUTS Code HU10 Organisation Innoreg (Regional Innovation Agency of Central Hungary) Innoreg (Közép-Magyarországi
it is a socio-technical solution that is composed of multiple ICT tools, such as websites, forums, social networks,
Project Acronym Project Full Title Project Website DECARBONET A Decarbonisation Platform for Citizen Empowerment and Translating Collective Awareness into Behavioural Change http://www. decarbonet. eu
and back them up with websites. By using Cohere people can support or challenge each other's ideas
is a network of interconnected sites, where you can communicate, share, collaborate with others and create your web spaces easily. 25.
Anybody living in Rio de janeiro can log on to the website and denounce a problem and launch a campaign to fix it.
Reddit http://www. reddit. com Social networking service and news website where registered community members can submit content, such as text posts or direct links.
and determine their position on the site's pages. Content entries are organised by areas of interest called'subreddits'.
Slashdot http://slashdot. org Slashdot is a website based on, and runs, the Slashdot-Like Automated Storytelling Homepage software. 43.
and managing your website, in a collaborative way. Yeswiki is written Free Software in PHP language under the GPL licence,
and managing an internet or intranet website. 54. Your Priorities https://www. yrpri. org/home/world Your Priorities is an e-democracy web application designed by the nonprofit Citizens Foundation to help groups of people speak with one voice.
rrodrigues@ehealthstrategies. com Website: www. ehealthstrategies. com Speeding up adoption depends on the presence of factors such as incentives, competition, return on investment, and regulation
A reply button was included that allows website visitors the ability to email any additional information they have directly to the museum.
and the counter on the website was updated. Progress was monitored constantly so that further actions could be planned,
and EASME websites but the access is still too confusing, in our view. The goal should be for a micro company to be able to search easily online to identify exactly the programme for which it is eligible,
and one-third send more than 100 per day. 3 Teenagers mostly access social media sites from cell phones. 4 They are also avid multitaskers,
When you go online, social networking sites, a video game, etc. you can be interacting with thousands of people (many of
http://strategicplanning. fairfield. edu/sites/default/files/innovative uni versity 140516. pdf International Journal of Social science and Humanity, Vol. 5, No.
In his academic carrier Mladen Milicevic has served on numerous committees such as rank and tenure, core curriculum, academic technology, university website, mission and identity, faculty senate with many
and the need to make more incopyright material available through the site; -the need to actively promote voluntary agreements6 on the large scale digitisation
including by encouraging cultural institutions to bring all relevant digitised cultural material into the site;
and is available on the ERAWATCH website. Comments on this report are welcome and should be addressed to jrc-ipts-erawatch-helpdesk@ec. europa. eu. Copyright of this document belongs to the European commission.
According to the information available at the Euraxess website 13 Hungarian universities and research organisations declared the implementing the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.
According to the information available on different EIP websites Hungarian participants are involved in the following EIP actions:
Hungarian research institutes advertise very few (a mere 10 in March 2013 and 7 in December 2013) vacancies (for researcher positions) on the Euraxess website.
& Code(-)Few vacancies are published on EURAXESS website 4 ERA Framework 5 Priority European Research Infrastructures(+)National Research Infrastructure Register provides information of major Hungarian
the largest PRO in Hungary has several initiatives to attract best researchers(-)The size of initiatives is relatively low(-)Low number of vacancies are published 50 on EURAXESS website 31 Scientific Cooperation with Third Countries
and publish their results on it website(-)Regulation of doctoral schools doesn't mention the principles of innovative doctoral training Action 5:
Doing Business 2015 Going Beyond Efficiency Resources on the Doing Business website Current features News on the Doing Business project http://www. doingbusiness. org Rankings How economies rank from 1 to 189
and Burgess (2004). 7. The report by the Independent Panel on Doing Business is available on its website at http://www. dbrpanel. org/.
for reasons of transparency Doing Business makes the disaggregated data available on its website. This allows users to construct alternative rankings with any set of weights they may wish to attach to individual indicators.
The Doing Business website presents comparable data for this year and last, making it possible to assess the extent to which there has been an improvement in business regulation in any economy as tracked by the distance to frontier measure.
The full series are available on the website. FIGURE 1. 1 What Doing Business continues to cover and
see its website at http://www. dbrpanel. org/./2. The distance to frontier score shows how far on average an economy is at a point in time from the best performance achieved by any economy on each Doing Business indicator since 2005 or the third year in
Subnational reports are available on the Doing Business website at http://www. doingbusiness. org/subnational.
and other types of laws available on the Doing Business law library website.)8 Because of the data checking
The Doing Business website shows the number of respondents for each economy and each indicator set.
and on the Doing Business website. A transparent complaint procedure allows anyone to challenge the data.
they are reflected immediately on the website. HOW DO GOVERNMENTS USE THE DATA? Over the past decade governments have focused increasingly on reforming business regulation as one way of maintaining competitiveness in an increasingly globalized economy.
see the website at http://www. enterprisesurveys. org. 3. These papers are available on the Doing Business website at http://www. doingbusiness. org/methodology. 4. For getting credit,
and weighting methods is available on the Doing Business website at http://www. doingbusiness. org/methodology. 6. For more details,
The full data series are available on the Doing Business website. Revising the ranking calculation Doing Business continues to publish the ease of doing business ranking.
and its work, see its website at http://www. dbrpanel. org. 2. See the data notes for more details. 3. Where the second
the Office of the Registrar General makes official fee schedules for business services easily available to the general public at its premises as well as on its website. 14 Rwanda has made important strides in improving its business environment over the past 10
All the incorporation forms are available at no cost on the Companies House website and come with detailed instructions.
as a result of more burdensome regulations. 4. See, for example, the website of the Companies Office of Jamaica at http://www. orcjamaica. com/profile/and that of the Companies Registry of Hong kong at http://www. cr. gov. hk
Information from the website of the Rwandan Office of the Registrar General at http://org. rdb. rw/.
Information from the website of the Rwandan Office of the Registrar General at http://org. rdb. rw/.
In Canada the building code requires a builder to obtain a zoning permit before even applying for a site plan approval and the technical review of a development application.
In the Philippines it takes 5 days on average to obtain the site clearance from the City planning
Very few require a site inspection as part of this process, but in those that do, the overall permitting system tends to be less efficient.
Zoning maps are available on the website of the Municipality of Guatemala city at http://vu. muniguate. com/index. php?
where the land registry and the cadastre allow users to file anonymous complaints through their website,
where the website of the Registrar General Department enables users to fill out a form providing feedback
For more on the information available, see the website of Sweden's mapping, cadastral and land registration authority (Lantmäteriet) at http://www. lantmateriet. se/en/Maps-and-geographic-information. 13.
For more on the information available, see the website of the Lithuanian Real property Cadastre and Register at http://www. registrucentras. lt. 14.
For more on the information available, see the website of the Land Registry of Panama at https://www. registro-publico. gob. pa/index. php/es/icons. html. 15.
see the website of the Department of the Director General of Land and Mines of Malaysia at http://www. kptg. gov. my/?
For more information, see the website of the Registrar General Department of Mauritius at http://registrar. mof. gov. mu/English/Pages/About%20the%20department/Land. aspx. 17.
For more information on IOSCO, see its website at http://www. iosco. org/about/./d. Huang, Elkinawy and Jain 2013.
If 2 procedures can be completed through the same website but require separate filings, they are counted as 2 separate procedures.
Taiwan, China Getting electricity Taiwan, China, made getting electricity easier by eliminating site inspections. Getting credit Taiwan, China, improved access to credit information by beginning to include data from utility companies in credit reports.
Contact details for local partners are available on the Doing Business website at http://www. doingbusiness. org.
To be selected, ideas must receive at least 10,000 votes on the crowdsourcing site. Once the project has received its 10,000 supporters,
and use this data to transform raw data into apps, websites or other products. Leverage success stories to increase awareness
a central website linking to the national Points of Single Contact. Leverage the Service Directive to extend the scope of PSCS to other sectors (currently covers the services sector only.
All PSCS are part of the European EUGO network, a central website to access all PSCS in Europe.
4%2. 9%3. 6%Museums and preservation of historical sites and buildings 0. 0%0. 3%0. 4%0. 4%0. 7
and an online site was created to manage communications and providea digital forum for the organisations to communicate at any time.
ie You can print off a copy of the feedback form from our website and post it to us at:
Complications from surgery in the hospitals using the checklist were reduced by almost one third compared to the control sites and mortality by almost a half (41.
the standards developers themselves have a keen interest in ensuring the adoption of their standards. http://www. hisi. ie/media/Report of the health ict industry group november 2009. pdf Ï http://www. etsi. org/Website/Aboutetsi/Introduction
http://www. ithealthboard. health. nz/sites/all/files/National%20health%20it%20plan%20v11 1. pdf. Accessed on:
Website: www. ckw. applab. org 63 Gary Gereffi et al.""Skills for Upgrading: Workforce Development and Global Value Chains in Developing Countries,"(Duke university:
Website: www. smsforlife. com 3. 3 Offshore services Over the past two decades the offshore services industry has turned into one of the most dynamic sectors,
This includes a need for people with skills to develop accessible software and websites for people with disabilities.
Website: www. souktel. org 4. 2 Microwork and crowdsourcing As discussed in chapter 3, offshore services have turned into one of the most dynamic sectors employing people around the world.
The Crowdsourcing Examples Wiki maintains a comprehensive list of businesses, sites, and forums that use crowdsourcing. 86 Crowdflower Crowdflower is one of the largest crowdsourcing platforms,
and labelling for major online retail and auction sites like Amazon, ebay, and Taoboa, to customer database management, to content creation.
and is based in San francisco. 87 Website: http://crowdflower. com 86 Anjali Ramachandran, Crowdsourcing Examples, http://crowdsourcingexamples. pbworks. com and http://crowdsourcingexamples. pbworks. com/w/page/16668424/Individual
businesses%2c sites or forums that channel the power of online crowds. 87 Lehdonvirta, and Ernkvist, Knowledge Map Of The Virtual Economy, 28.
like tagging products on an e-commerce site. Referred to as a kind of digital blue-collar work,
Website: www. samasource. org 4. 3 Apps development There is speculation regarding how the growing trend of apps development will generate new employment opportunities for young people around the world.
97 there is a rapidly growing need for people with the technical skills who can develop accessible software, websites,
Website: atedec. wordpress. com 4. 7 Green jobs There is increasing consensus in the development community that the global environmental crisis is an opportunity for employment in
UN World Youth Report Website, last modified on December 29, 2011, www. unworldyouthreport. org/index. php?
tracking management) Credibility (e g. trustworthiness of websites, evaluating information) Advanced web design (e g. responsive design,
Your app, website or other idea may be great but if you don't understand marketing, if you don't understand how to build a company around it
and tactics used to increase the amount of visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results pages of internet search engines such as Google,
SEO helps to ensure that a site is accessible to a search engine and improves the chances that the site will be found by the search engine. 136 Jonathan Kalan, Why Jordan Looks More Like Kenya than Silicon valley,(wamda. com, November 21, 2012), www. wamda. com/2012/11/why-jordan
-looks-more-like-kenya-than-silicon-valley. Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment 39 Micromentor is an initiative of the nonprofit humanitarian agency Mercy Corps that offers free online guidance to entrepreneurs
and a specific mentoring request on their website. The request is listed then in the mentoring opportunity database,
The website has more than 3 500 entrepreneurs and 2 600 business mentors enrolled and it has made more than 2 250 matches.
Volunteer mentors can also sign up on the website. Micromentor reports that participating businesses had a 75 per cent increase in median annual business sales and an 87 per cent survival rate year over year.
Website: www. micromentor. org Social networks are important sources of community support and can provide access to capital, skills, distribution channels,
Website: www. vc4africa. biz Contests are another popular way to compete for funding. Every year witnesses more and more contests national,
Website: world2013. itu. int/event/innovation Venture funds are also being established by many organizations to fund startups.
Website: www. oasis500. com 142 Devin Thorpe, Why Crowdfunding Will Explode In 2013, Forbes, October 15, 2012,
www. forbes. com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/10/15/get-ready-here-it-comes-crowdfunding-will-explode-in-2013/.
Website: www. iyfnet. org/build-your-business 6. 5 Mobile resources An increasing number of mobile phone resources are enabling entrepreneurs to access capital,
It has 12 million people who rely on it using the company's 20 000 distribution sites.
Website: www. 8villages. com/6. 6 Comprehensive programmes Many organizations and initiatives provide a suite of services,
Website: www. microsoft. com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/youthspark/youthsparkhub/7 Getting there becoming ICT-savvy Young people have an innate appetite for learning-be it, alone, in the school system,
Website: www. avu. org One appeal of the blended model for youth and lifelong learners is the flexibility it offers to combine work and study.
As of September 2013 Coursera has had 17 million enrolments from students in 190 countries. 155 Website:
Website: info. p2pu. org 7. 2 Partnerships for learning and jobs As noted in chapters 3 and 4,
Website: code. google. com/soc 7. 3 Learning and innovation places The classic notion of the learning place is associated with organized institutions such as schools, universities,
Website: www. ihub. co. ke 7. 3. 2 Hacker/maker spaces Another type of space is the hackerspace, or makerspace.
Over a thousand users visit the site daily to access hundreds of titles in the repository free to download
Website: www. etnassoft. com 7. 4. 2 Games It is estimated that young people spend an average of two hours a day playing video and/or online games.
Website: www. minecraftedu. com/167 Manuel Castells and Gustavo Cardoso, The Network Society,(WASHINGTON DC: Johns Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations, 2006.
Some of the major sites (e g. Facebook and Twitter) became known as platforms for the exchange of personal stories and leisure activities,
Website: www. ecdl. org 7. 5. 1 Badges New thinking is entering the certification arena,
www. forbes. com/sites/parmyolson/2012/09/06/why-estonia-has started-teaching-its-first-graders-to-code/.
and support as they have shown to be fertile sites for innovation and learning. Promoting these kinds of activities requires openness to uncertainty and risk.
Forbes. com, September 6, 2012. www. forbes. com/sites/parmyolson/2012/09/06/why-estonia-has started-teaching-itsfirst-graders-to-code/.
2012. www. forbes. com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/10/15/get-ready-here-it-comes-crowdfunding-willexplode-in-2013/.
UN World Youth Report Website. Last modified on December 29, 2011. www. unworldyouthreport. org/index. php?
Web 2. 0 Websites that allow users to interact, collaborate, and create content (in contrast to static websites).
Web literacy Refers to not only being able to read the web but also having the ability to‘write'it (create pages, documents and multimedia assets).
Dow chemical managed to reduce consumption of fresh water at its largest production site by one billion gallons enough water to supply nearly 40 000 people in the U s. for a year resulting in savings of $4 million.
If sites are comparable economically, at which one will the local community benefit the most?
and related website The websites in the table above give details on the results obtained so far.
it is a socio-technical solution that is composed of multiple ICT tools, such as websites, forums, social networks,
and back them up with websites. By using Cohere people can support or challenge each other's ideas
is a network of interconnected sites, where you can communicate, share, collaborate with others and create your web spaces easily. 25.
Anybody living in Rio de janeiro can log on to the website and denounce a problem and launch a campaign to fix it.
Reddit http://www. reddit. com Social networking service and news website where registered community members can submit content, such as text posts or direct links.
and determine their position on the site's pages. Content entries are organised by areas of interest called'subreddits'.
Slashdot http://slashdot. org Slashdot is a website based on, and runs, the Slashdot-Like Automated Storytelling Homepage software. 43.
and managing your website, in a collaborative way. Yeswiki is written Free Software in PHP language under the GPL licence,
and managing an internet or intranet website. 54. Your Priorities https://www. yrpri. org/home/world Your Priorities is an e-democracy web application designed by the nonprofit Citizens Foundation to help groups of people speak with one voice.
in particular campaigning sites such as Avaaz and parts of the collaborative economy and the maker movement.
This network effect applies in a straightforward manner for some services such as social networking sites like Facebook,
and sites that require large user-bases like Wikipedia or Airbnb, but it may not apply easily to some other services such as edemocracy platforms, caring networks and local currencies.
as their applications need access to social data held on third-party sites and permissions to get into proprietary‘app stores.'
privacy-aware and crypto tools that bounce Internet users'and websites'traffic through‘relays'run by thousands of volunteers around the world,
and Metropolitan Rennes in France have also set up open data websites at the regional level that can be considered good practices,
but via a recommendation system a future version of the Digital Social Innovation website could introduce innovators to both other local innovators
according to their websites, inspire, connect and enable individuals and institutions around the world to sustainably impact society.
As an example, the Fukushima prefecture in Japan hosts a map of the Safecast data on its website,
/sites/default/files/good incubation wv. pdf 1 Combinatorial innovation means combining ideas that already exist into new forms,
http://ia4si. eu/Impact Assessment for Social Innovation https://ec. europa. eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/IA4SI%20%E2
The tools for social innovation (2008) http://socialinnovationexchange. org/sites/default/files/event/attachments/Copy%20of%20generating social Innovation%20v4. pdf Innovation platform.
see the Communia website: http://bit. ly/V2knnk 50 http://es. wikipedia. org/wiki/Reinventing innovation policy Policy Tools and Action 20 http://ec. europa. eu
http://www. fairphone. com 70 http://bubforeurope. net 71 http://www. theiteams. org/72 http://www. nesta. org. uk/sites
. nominettrust. org. uk/sites/default/files/Nominet%20trust%20-%20 Triple%20helix%20overview%20paper. pdf 77 http://bethnalgreenventures. com/78
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https://budgetparticipatif. paris. fr/bp/jsp/site/Portal. jsp? document id=133&portlet id=100 Accessed 29th january 2015 Page 69 online http://lesapprentisabarcelona. blogspot. co. uk/Accessed 29th january 2015 Page 70 online http
in the south and east, a railway line and a busy road, in the north, a tram line and another busy road, in the west, a gasworks site.
including regeneration of brownfield sites and reduction of air pollution. In thematic objective (8) promoting employment and supporting labour mobility,
British Council, January 2014. http://www. britishcouncil. org/sites/britishcouncil. uk2/files/what will social enterprise look like in europe by 2020 0. pdf. P A r T I s o C i a
The 11 key actions of the Social Business Initiative119 can be monitored through the initiative's dedicated website. 120 They will be completed by the end of 2014.
In January 2014, a new website on the European Company (Societas Europeae SE) was created. Raising awareness on the SE (and the SCE) statute was one of the initiatives announced by the action plan on company law and corporate governance.
The website is available in English, French and German170. The Your Europe portal will also provide a link to the SE website.
As a result, there are also plans to create a similar website for the SCE. 3. 1. 5. 2. Proposal for a European Foundation The February 2012 proposal for a European Foundation Statute aims to make it easier for public
benefit purpose entities to carry out their activities across the EU. These entities pursue objectives, which benefit the public at large
Moreover, the website features case studies of the most successful social innovations, profiles of leading social innovators,
Over the course of two years, the website has emerged as a valuable tool on the dissemination and visibility of social innovation initiatives in Europe,
while a live broadcast of the event can be viewed on the website. P A r T I I M A i N d E V E L O P m E N t S i N e U P O L
The conference brought together memorial sites/museums and teachers, Holocaust education and Human rights Education practitioners, and others.
Your comments, thoughts and stories are welcome at the project website: www. socialinnovator. info Dr Michael Harris, NESTA Published March 2010 CONTENTS 1 CONTENTS Introduction 2 Section 1 The process of social innovation
and that its structures of accountability, governance and ownership resonate with its social mission. 1 We have launched also an accompanying website, www. socialinnovator. info,
and patterns. 1 18 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION These sites show how to run competitions for‘mash up'ideas from citizens using government data, such as Sunlight Labs and Show Us a Better Way
In the UK, the website Report Empty Homes, sponsored by the Empty Homes Agency, allows citizens to report empty properties around the UK. 10) Mapping systems such as participative mapping and sectoral analysis,
from surveys and websites to user representation on management boards and committees. 33) Campaigns which channel dissatisfaction and discontent into a search for innovations.
such as the Australian site for people with disabilities and their carers, web2care. PROPOSALS AND IDEAS 31 2 32 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION 41) Creative thinking methods such as Edward De Bono's‘Six Thinking Hats
The Global Ideas Bank has helped spawn a number of similar websites, including the Norwegian Ideas Bank
'edited by the site's creator David Owen). Another initiative is My Health Innovation, a website
These websites include a vast range of ideas everything from the brilliant to the downright absurd.
Image courtesy of the Hope Institute. 2 website, based on the principles as laid out in President Obama's Memorandum on collaborative, participatory and transparent government.
The website enables citizens to take part in a discussion about the best way to effect the President's Memorandum in three stages‘brainstorm,
One example in the UK is the Prime minister's e-Petitions website which has had nearly 10 million petitioners.
or the control of a key input such as a critical site or personnel (as in sport.
Its organisational structures are the site of contending pressures of goals and interests. The organisation may have a social goal of benefitting others,
We anticipate considerable web-based innovation in this field, with websites providing guidance on organisational forms, and governance.
All social ventures now have to have a website. But their full potential has begun only to be explored.
ways of connecting each web site to others (through links and RSS feeds) as well as establishing a presence on other social networking sites like Youtube and Facebook
which can act as feeders to the venture's website. Above all, a venture needs to devote resources to the constant updating
and active hosting of their sites. A good example is the site of the cooperative football team Ebbsfleet United (My Football Club
which has a team of six working on their website to involve the members, a model that could be adopted by many consumer co-ops among others. 138) Marketing and branding.
Social ventures, particularly those that are funded tax or grant-aided, have been suspicious of branding. Governments find themselves criticised for spending money on branding.
for example via a website such as netsquared. org. People can take part as collaborators, co-producers, consumers, activists,
Complex, multidimensional needs are a key site for potential collaboration. Communities of Practice are one important type of collaboration (see method 304). 202) Small units in large systems.
and travel cost expenses that people incur to visit a site as a proxy for their valuation of that site.
Because travel and time costs increase with distance it's possible to construct a‘marginal willingness to pay'curve for a particular site. 5 SCALING
such as feedback sites on public services or M-PESA's platform for phone-based banking. 246) Rewiring economies, connecting sectors like the utilities and automotive industries for the development of plug-in hybrid cars,
It was created in 2000 on the site of the old Toronto General Hospital. Image courtesy of Mars Discovery District. 134 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION Other examples include the Fuping Development Institute (FDI) in China and Kaiser permanente's Garfield Innovation
and build a functioning website. 136 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION Innovation networks Networks can serve as alternatives to formal organisational structures within the social economy‘they can leverage the assets that already exist in a system by connecting them to others'.
The team developed a website called Mypolice a tool for members of the public to give feedback
Think, for example, of micro-blogging service Twitter, personal publishing platform Wordpress, citizen reporting papers such as Ohmynews, social networking sites such as Facebook, Orkut,
This includes websites which provide usergenerated information such as ehow and Netmums. Netmums provides information on a variety of local resources including child-friendly cafés, reliable childminders,
It has over half a million members who use the site on a regular basis uploading and contributing information. 308) Platforms for connecting.
This includes social networking websites Facebook Orkut, and Bebo, as well as websites which aim to connect people together in real life for particular causes.
One example of this is Landshare which connects people who want to grow fruit and vegetables with those who have the land on
The result is not necessarily a lack of innovation in government. 1 Government at every level has been the site of almost constant change particularly in the last 30 years.
An interesting example is the Australian website, Budget Allocator, which offers citizens the chance to shape municipal budgets. 330) Sequencing in funding.
which then benefits from the increased rental value of sites after the public investment has been undertaken.
'No. 7, Winter 2008.1 SUPPORT IN THE GRANT ECONOMY 167 2 SUPPORT IN THE GRANT ECONOMY Civil society and the grant economy are the most common sites of social innovation in campaigns
Websites like Kiva, which connect donors with social entrepreneurs, have already been 2 172 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION making these links.
Internet donor sites dramatically reduce the cost of fundraising (estimated at between 15 per cent and 33 per cent of funds raised in the US.
We can expect similar websites to develop features like donor forums, star ratings, Good Giving Guides and Amazon type links (those who have given to x have given also to y
Another example is Worldchanging, a series of books and a website which includes tens of thousands of stories about new tools,
of alternative models for running schools in India. 455) Social uses of commercial technology such as IBM's use of translation software on its Meedan website of Arabic blogs,
'The website Your Ethical Money provides advice on how to direct personal investment into green,
One example is Kiva, the world's first microlending website which enables individuals to lend small sums of money to entrepreneurs on low incomes. 462) Charitable loans such as those provided by Charity Bank, the only bank in the UK
which provides shared office space for more than 115 charities and social enterprises in sites in central London (see also method 487). 467) R&d mentored funding prior to start-up lending, such as MONDRAGON
or web-based social networking around specific issues (there are reportedly 18 million cancer related websites, the great majority generated by those affected by the disease.
whose aim is to keep discarded items out of landfill sites by gifting them. It now has over five million members in 85 countries. 497) Co-production platforms, such as Ohmynews in South korea
which gives kite marks to organisations that produce information and moderate websites and forums. Propertising not privatising In the social economy, rather than restricting access to knowledge and information, there is value in diffusing and sharing ideas and information as widely as possible.
meals and engage citizens in management. 516) Neighbourhood websites and other media can become hubs for exchanges
Examples include hyper-local website Boscalicious Year 1 pupils from Collaton St mary Primary school dig up organic potatoes
Constructed households as sites of innovation The longstanding practice of institutionalising those with special needs
(which now has over 400,000 members) used the social networking site to organise a massive protest against the rebel forces in February 2008.
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