'curiosity and ingenuity, exposed them to content experts and real-world examples of classroom lessons, help them become
and public policy experts in the field of e-business, to share experiences and best practices and
experts from various industries can subscribe as a mentor (cfr. Startup Britain's Local Champions
success stories of fostering digital entrepreneurship, available skills and experts in the market 2 Impact:
which experts from various industries can subscribe as a mentor (cfr. Startup Britain's Local Champions
research consultants) and driven through the support of a dedicated project steering group Authors Patrick Lawlor, Senior Consultant &
Project Lead, CIRCA Group Europe /Adrian O†Donoghue, Policy & Research Officer Northern & Western Regional Assembly
support, from a suitably experienced design consultant, to support the implementation of the design project.
-rate provider, drawn from an Invest NI design consultant framework Participation in this programme costs Invest NI companies
demonstrate that with the right mindset, tools, skills and expert mentoring †businesses can be transformed
/Patrick Lawlor, Senior Consultant The CIRCA Group Europe Laura Magahy, CEO MCO Projects Executive Chair Irish Design 2015 & Chair
and Innovation Consultants /Deirdre Mccormack, Chief Marketing Officer Mcor Technologies /Danny Mccoy, CEO, IBEC /Stephen Mcgowan, Director of Strategic
Adviser, Enterprise Ireland /Eugene Forde, Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment /Karen Hennessy, Chief executive Design and Crafts Council of Ireland
Additionally, the Authority is working with a small expert group on the development of standard code sets for laboratory and radiology investigations
delegate specific tasks to members of the committee or domain experts coopted to projects undertaken by the committee,
communities, professional bodies and domain experts who should be consulted on depending on the particular standard being developed
with interested experts. We are coordinating and partici -pating in decision-making processes in the ITU€ s radio sec
experts process at UN level Moreover zz We are actively supporting the discussion processes in the UN Human rights Council and the UN General
interviews to field experts, conducted by the teams of each country 5 World bank. World Development Report 2013:
troubling trend has emerged that experts call the skills mismatch. The skills mismatch is where â€oeover
organizations and other experts to curate content and administer the services. Currently there are 98 CKWS operating in Eastern Uganda,
as help developers and entrepreneurs to connect with potential investors, experts, and public sector leaders The mlabs are complemented by eight mhubs,
experts have developed new literacy frameworks in order to describe and delineate other types of ICT skills. These go by such names such as digital literacy, information literacy, ICT
they propose a comprehensive framework that exemplifies the types of competencies many experts note are required to be digitally literate. 118
with global experts, web literacies refers to â€oenot only being able to read the web
and meet experts. They can also receive dedicated mentorship support and open a round of
Experts think that MOOCS, OERS, and OCW constitute a disruptive technology in education. MOOCS are
contacts with peers and experts in the field of interest; thus collaborative learning offers networking
Education experts call this connectivism, where â€oeknowledge isn†t a set of isolated facts to be memorized.
Many experts have linked the limitations of the educational systems to a lack of real integration of ICTS in
and/or other experts come together to collaborate and produce software projects, apps, and other solutions
panels of individual experts (annual reviews. There will also be an impact assessment in January 2014, a report for the use of European stakeholders, including citizens.
†PNO CONSULTANTS LIMITED-Cheadle Hulme, UK †POLIBIENESTAR, UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA-Valencia, Spain †PURPOSE EUROPE-London, UK
networks of citizen experts around client's needs 16. Elgg http://elgg. org Elgg is an award-winning social networking engine
and experts that come together around the joint commitment of enabling more sustainable lifestyles 20. GNUNET https://gnunet. org GNUNET is a framework for secure peer-to-peer
who were not able to contribute to this book sprint will provide their expert views in the
Senior Expert (Advisor) Digital Social Innovation 4 Growing a Digital Social Innovation Ecosystem for Europe
accountability and transparency by supporting journalists and other experts to access information and report key stories
-titioners, researchers, experts, and poliy makers from different European coun -tries, as it was very important for the DSI
-ment policy experts Engaging citizens and nonprofits to find new ideas These labs focus on opening up government to voices and ideas from outside the sys
key stakeholders, such as domain experts and possible purchasers of the service to establish what social challenges need to be addressed and how
Gohar Sargsyan Adviser and founding member, OISPG; Consultant Logica Daniel Kaplan Founder and CEO, The next-Generation Internet Foundation
Simona Levi Founder, Forum for the Access to Culture and Knowledge Markkula Markku Committee of the Regions, Rapporteur Europe 2020
We would also like to thank the experts from around Europe who attended our DSI policy workshop in Brussels on
numerous experts in the Europe and internationally, some of them are researchers or commentators, others are
expert and practitioner It was commissioned by DG Regional and Urban Policy (European commission) under the supervision
or where experts arrive at solutions by linear analysis. Social innovation practices tend to be looser,
experts in social issues. They work intensively on developing a single idea over a 48-hour period.
others are managed by external experts or by local organisations which are themselves the result of local initiatives
housing, social services, immigration and other issues with specialist advisers. Their work has led to improvements in the terms imposed by unscrupulous employment agencies.
an expert to help them implement the method. The voucher covers 50%of the cost up to a
citizens, interviews with experts, consultation committees and talks with organisations such as trade unions and business representatives.
Advisers, with the support and input of Baudouin Regout, under the supervision of Jean -Claude Thã bault and Maria Angeles Benitez Salas
3. 1. 4. 1. Expert groups and networks...95 6 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
In 2009, the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) organised a workshop5 with experts, civil society organisations, policymakers and social innovators.
Following this workshop, President Barroso asked BEPA to investigate the definition and raison d†à tre
y the development of a network or group of experts to act as a reference point for
the debate amongst national and local experts, civil society organisations63 and the European institutions. Lately, the Group of European Experts (GECES) has contribut
-ed to the discussion about the different approaches to social impact measurement which is an important step towards the establishment of shared standards;
and discussed with a number of key experts in relevant areas The EPSIS shows that all EU Member States consider public sector innovation to be
twelve experts was asked to analyse the role of the public sector, barriers to innovation and the current gaps in policies focused on innovation in the public sector. Their report
experts in the field73 has produced a systematic overview of research findings from 17 European projects in the area of social innovation.
Advisers work with management and staff combining strategic advice with social innovation (improving communication, raising personnel involvement, etc.
Firms can use these vouchers to hire an expert to help them implement the method.
group of nine members which will be joined by Commission representatives and experts to implement a set of concrete and tangible actions stemming from the declaration
report by the European Expert Network on Culture, of one form of social innovation â€
In July 2013 the Bureau of European Policy Advisers held a high-level seminar on pub
At the end of 2013, the Expert Group on Public sector Innovation delivered the report Powering European Public sector Innovation:
3. 1. 4. 1. Expert groups and networks The European Commission†s expert group on social innovation (GECES-Groupe d†Ex
It is composed of 44 rigorously selected experts from various Euro -pean stakeholders and representatives from all the Member States and EU Institutions
public and private sector experts, organisations and resources d. The European Innovation Partnership on Raw materials
The jury was composed of experts in social innovation from various countries and back -grounds, who were independent from the European commission.
of 224 candidates in 24 countries were selected by EIB experts. To help the finalists develop their ideas and
presentational skills, finalists were invited to a two-day mentoring â€oeboot camp†before the finals, where experts
experts from different Member States. Youth work and non-formal learning play an important role in social innovation, particularly by offering alternative ways of learning
well as a European event bringing citizens, experts and decision-makers into dialogue with each other. The national panels enabled citizens to discuss the use of participatory
part in the national panels before being discussed by an international expert panel at an international conference.
cross disciplinary effort of European experts based on participatory design approach in diverse and complementary fields (art and design, computer science, engineering, lin
60 foresight experts from Europe and beyond in a participatory workshop to co-create visions of the future of Europe as trans
3. 1. 4. 1. Expert groups and networks 3. 1. 4. 2. European Innovation Partnerships
rise of innovations like the Expert Patients programmes, or Patient Opinion Public policy has turned also towards the household, through innovations like
involving users at every stage as well as experts, bureaucrats and professionals; designing platforms which make it easy to assemble project
renowned experts spend between two and six months helping the government to identify problems and explore original solutions on issues
idea that †the expert knows bestâ€. Many of these methods have been greatly helped by the ability of the internet to draw in a far wider range of people and
Visits from external experts can be an aid to training and formation or, as in the case of SEKEM, they can keep
how innovations can be diffused among service providers through experts intermediaries, and collaboration. However, we argue that the design of
199) Barefoot consultants. There is an important role for consultants and those with specialist knowledge †who can act as knowledge brokers and
advisers in the new systems. It is best if they seek to diffuse information acting as educators, rather than protecting their knowledge through
intellectual property and charging for access 5 98 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION Organisation and scale
The Expert Patients Programme (NHS/EPP) is an example of this trend, where citizens with particular medical conditions provide
authorities, experts, and local citizens. Together they formulated and implemented a series of community-based interventions intended to
academic journals †which sit alongside consultants adept at looking at companies†IP, or their R&d pipelines, spotting patterns and possibilities
277) Innovation champions are individual consultants who produce ideas network to find what else is being tried,
Consultant for companies that develop eco products and designer of a line of eco-clothing.
experts in their respective fields 138 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION Innovation platforms There are different types and forms of platforms,
seven people, including civil servants from the Regions, politicians, experts and citizens. Participants raise their own questions,
The Neighbourhood Renewal advisers in the UK are one example 1 166 THE OPEN BOOK OF SOCIAL INNOVATION
decision-making more expert and more democratic. †Democracy Journal. †No. 7, Winter 2008 1
517) Users as producers †such as the Expert Patients Programme, which teaches users to manage their own health conditions more effectively
We have been experimenting participatory methodology to engage practicioners, experts and policy makers in the generation of DSI policy policy ideas, issuse and future scenarios.
brought together over 70 DSI practitioners, experts, and policy makers from different European countries. As main outcome of the workshop, ï¿
final DSI event with more than 400 DSI policy makers, experts and practitioners in Brussels, December 16 2014.
presentations and panel discussion from European DSI experts. The primary focus of the session was to engage the DSI community in kicking off the DSI research
day workshop at the European commission which brought together 75+DSI policy makers, experts and practitioners from across Europe to discuss
summit brought together 198 experts (157 domestic and 41 international) in order to generate policy proposals to boost the productive exchange matrix in Ecuador.
experts in Northern ireland can capitalise on the potential for digital technology for social good Fed in to case study selection
boundaries and designated experts technocrats Knowledge and information from inside and outside the organizational boundaries of governments
becoming more popular to source experts and expertise in different areas There are many examples of interesting online platforms.
The workshop brought together over 70 DSI practitioners, researchers, experts, and policy makers from different European countries,
To summarise the preliminary themes that have emerged from the community of experts and practitioners of
including what became the Expert Patients Programme in the U k. National Health Service; similarly the open-source methods have taken models from aca
reality through formal ontologies and imposed by experts mediating on behalf of the users. The formal languages used have a high expressive power,
but due to their complexity the codiï cation requires mediation by experts. As a consequence, due to the scarcity of human resources, very limited aspects of the †real world†have been described
formal ontologies by domain experts. Loose associations of concepts and a greater ï exibility and adaptability
28) An †epistemic community†is a network of knowledge-based experts or groups with an authoritative claim to policy-relevant
information collected from experts in construction licensing, including architects, civil engineers construction lawyers, construction firms, utility
case study assumes that the court hears an expert on the quality of the goods in dispute.
*Court appointment of independent expert: Judge appoints, either at the parties'request or at his own
initiative, an independent expert to decide whether the quality of the goods Plaintiff delivered to
Notification of court-appointment of independent expert: The court notifies both parties that the court is
appointing an independent expert (see assumption 5-b *Delivery of expert report by court-appointed expert:
The independent expert, appointed by the court delivers his or her expert report to the court (see assumption 5-b
Witnesses and a court-appointed independent expert may be heard and questioned at the oral hearing 23
employer and employee representatives, and experts from the ILO, the Organisation for Economic Co -operation and Development (OECD), civil society and the
Gohar Sargsyan Adviser and founding member, OISPG; Consultant Logica Daniel Kaplan Founder and CEO, The next-Generation Internet Foundation
Simona Levi Founder, Forum for the Access to Culture and Knowledge Markkula Markku Committee of the Regions, Rapporteur Europe 2020
experts, practitioners or key policy makers were identified also, and interviewed. We conducted in depth semi-structured interviews following a common protocol,
and transparency by supporting journalists and other experts to access information and report key stories
manner rather than via a top-down hierarchy controlled by experts or some other appointed group. In the
A commission of independent experts involving both grassroots activists and government employees gathered from across the city,
This commission of experts should not simply solidify their position as experts in creating websites
-out again gathering all the experts from the various boroughs or from a neighbouring city. The point is to
-ducted using interviews with experts, which identify the main failures and shortcomings. These shortcom -ings will be matched with the design methodology
board and who hire the founders as consultants What were the main barriers to innovate?
of domain experts. Generic coding skills lead to beautiful visualisations not more What helps to reach goals and
-main experts. This pays off in the end How does it achieve better European collaboration? Citysdk sets the groundwork for an ecology of applications that can
-ton, D c. startup (Development Seed) and a small team of consultants Whereas the code for the healthcare exchange †the â€oebackend†of Health
or meet the experts of the City of Vienna, as well as an online forum. In 2012 two participa
â€oeschwedenplatz†(where citizens came together with experts as part of a design competition organised by the City of Vienna to draft a mission
-form, and active comments have been asked for from countless experts and copyright organisations. A number of factors surrounding copyright
Having been reviewed by these volunteer experts, the Open Ministry†s law proposals are more compatible
into actual law proposals with the help of volunteer experts. There has been some significant overlap between Open Ministry and other rele
of relevant experts who can offer consultative campaign and legal advice to transform potentially good ideas into viable proposals to be debated
-ship with voluntary legal and campaign experts. The Open Ministry also encourages users to sign
Later on Ray Ozzie a data expert based in Boston joined the conversa -tion when the question of how to release
Gohar Sargsyan Adviser and founding member, OISPG; Consultant Logica Daniel Kaplan Founder and CEO, The next-Generation Internet Foundation
Simona Levi Founder, Forum for the Access to Culture and Knowledge Markkula Markku Committee of the Regions, Rapporteur Europe 2020
experts, practitioners or key policy makers were identified also, and interviewed. We conducted in depth semi-structured interviews following a common protocol,
and transparency by supporting journalists and other experts to access information and report key stories
manner rather than via a top-down hierarchy controlled by experts or some other appointed group. In the
A commission of independent experts involving both grassroots activists and government employees gathered from across the city,
This commission of experts should not simply solidify their position as experts in creating websites
-out again gathering all the experts from the various boroughs or from a neighbouring city. The point is to
-ducted using interviews with experts, which identify the main failures and shortcomings. These shortcom -ings will be matched with the design methodology
board and who hire the founders as consultants What were the main barriers to innovate?
of domain experts. Generic coding skills lead to beautiful visualisations not more What helps to reach goals and
-main experts. This pays off in the end How does it achieve better European collaboration? Citysdk sets the groundwork for an ecology of applications that can
-ton, D c. startup (Development Seed) and a small team of consultants Whereas the code for the healthcare exchange †the â€oebackend†of Health
or meet the experts of the City of Vienna, as well as an online forum. In 2012 two participa
â€oeschwedenplatz†(where citizens came together with experts as part of a design competition organised by the City of Vienna to draft a mission
-form, and active comments have been asked for from countless experts and copyright organisations. A number of factors surrounding copyright
Having been reviewed by these volunteer experts, the Open Ministry†s law proposals are more compatible
into actual law proposals with the help of volunteer experts. There has been some significant overlap between Open Ministry and other rele
of relevant experts who can offer consultative campaign and legal advice to transform potentially good ideas into viable proposals to be debated
-ship with voluntary legal and campaign experts. The Open Ministry also encourages users to sign
Later on Ray Ozzie a data expert based in Boston joined the conversa -tion when the question of how to release
¢ers, design engineers, consultants or can be completed by other technical or business functions as part of other responsibilities
¢cepts and involve stakeholders/experts. Re -ward buy in when eco-innovative ideas are implemented Choose whether to pursue patents to protect â€
¢consultants or companies that posses this expertise do need you to train yourself (or partners) in â€
and technology specialists, innovation experts and eco-innovative cluster organisations. Among many support schemes it has one that helps SMES with
In the second half of 2012, discussions started within the Expert Group on E -Commerce9 about the modalities of the pilot project.
A workshop with ADR experts took place in Brussels on 28 February 2012. The Commission services also met bilaterally with stakeholders
BEPA Bureau of European Policy Advisers EGDI e-government development index (United nations ESPAS European Strategy and Policy Analysis System
of semi-structured interviews with experts from academia and think tanks, policymakers and leading thinkers from the private or voluntary sector further exploring the findings from the Delphi exercise and
In 2012, the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) commissioned RAND Europe to investigate further the theme of societal changes by drawing from the experience of the pilot project, by analysing key
The second phase of the research (expert consultation) harnessed the knowledge of leading experts worldwide for each of the themes studied through an approach based on the Delphi method.
Information from the expert consultation phase was used to discuss and to uncover further the surrounding uncertainty for each of the
Schummer 2010). 1 Experts consulted in the Delphi 1 Castells (2011) defines the network society as †an informational society with networks serving as the basic structure
Bureau of European Policy Advisers, Empowering people, driving change: Social innovation in the European Union, European commission, Buerau of European Policy Advisors, 2010
disadvantaged groups in thirty European countries, Expert Group on Gender, Social Inclusion and Employment report, Luxembourg:
European commission by the NESSE network of experts, 2008 As of 21 august 2014 http://www. nesse. fr/nesse/activities/reports/activities/reports/education-and-migration-pdf
from papers prepared for the OECD by a number of experts, in particular: David Audretsch, Bart Clarysse
factors, many experts predicted the demise of SME competitiveness as globalisation increased. While many SMES have succumbed indeed to a deterioration of competitiveness,
consultants, and (2) R&d boutiques. As shown in table 1, the technology developing companies tend to be
consultant Tom Peters claims that, "Old ideas about economies of scale are being challenged. Scale itself is being redefined.
activity of technical consultants, and commercial activity of capital equipment suppliers interaction with equipment manufacturers, which is repeated intense
technology programmes, technical consultants are permitted frequently not to participate as contractors, so this category of SME is excluded often national R&d grant programmes, further limiting the number of
These organisations are typically technical consultants and count R&d as a â€oenon-core†activity Looking at firm growth rates during the three-year period preceding the study,
engineers (or have a network of technical experts) who are trained to perform technological due diligence.
Technical experts in public research bodies or institutions are not of much assistance as their speciality is
world of technical experts and that of entrepreneurs is so large, there need to be mechanisms in place
In some countries such as the US, technical and business consultants are important carriers of innovation to SMES but their role in Europe remains limited so far
team consisted of the following experts: Prof. Jaime del Castillo, University of the Basque Country
The study was carried out by an international review panel consisting of 6 international experts and 2 members of the Secretariat of the OECD LEED Programme.
The OECD Secretariat led an international panel of experts in a one-week peer review visit in
schools as well as a network of 250 consultants. The main IT solutions offered were antivirus (to 29%of clients
Business experts must examine the start-up concept and determine its viability. Such experts could include the Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Chambers of Crafts, Professional
Organisations, Expert Associations such as Business Development Service Providers and Financial Institutions. The new entrepreneurs also need to be given support both before the start-up phase
entrepreneurship training, business plan, etc. as well as after initiation of activities (coaching mentoring, consultancy, etc Relevance to Andalusia and considerations for adoption
-launching this professional profile may want to widen the circle of advisers to include those with more
associates, including more than 1, 480 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries fc
4 Expert group to the European commission, 2008 5 The globalisation of production can also be measured by input-output tables on trade,
report of an independent expert group chaired by Mr Esko Aho 13 Tsipouri, L. Paper presented at the European commission Mutual Learning seminar, 2012
14 Expert group report to the European commission, 2009, †Le monde en 2025. La montã e en puissance de l†Asie et la transition socio-à cologiqueâ€
15 Expert group report to the European commission, 2007, report of the taskforce on sustainable construction
16 Expert group report to the European commission, 2008, †Challenging Europe†s Research: Rationales for the European Research Area (ERA) â€
19 See the report of the independent expert group on R&d and Innovation chaired by Mr Esko Aho,
for e-commerce experts and invitees 2 +jobs directly or indirectly via e-commerce 645,000 +estimated online businesses
GOMSEC), interviews with e-commerce experts and clear tables and infographics, we provide online retailers and other stakeholders with practical
In addition, we are very grateful to the experts across the world who selflessly invested their time
market research experts combine their passion with Gfk†s 80 years of data science experience. By using innovative technologies and data
and more than 400 payments experts help our clients elevate their payment strategies to become a strategic asset to their companies
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