and the need for remedial training to compensate for inadequacies in education. And addressing societal harms and constraints does not necessarily raise costs for firms,
they are active in all fields of society from education to finance, from health and wellbeing
as relevant and exclude impact on education and human capital because its outputs and its activities are not leading to this kind of impacts
health and education, inclusive societies, well-being, etc Making a project to tackle societal needs implies framing the needs
education and whether those being addressed belong to the'majority'or to a marginalised segment of the population.
'http://www. apa. org/education /undergrad/civic-engagement. aspx Badii A. 2000)' Online Point-of-Click Web Usability Mining with Popeval-MB, Webeval
the majority focused on education and skills (254) and developing new models for participation and democracy (251
†such as new approaches to money, consumption, democracy, education and health †to thrive: Policymakers need to provide space for more radical ideas
democracy and education. Â Â Its forms are still emergent, some growing very fast, others still being quite marginal.
education and (6) public services DSI Icons: 1 Organisation Type: Social Enterprise Charity or Foundation, Business, Grass roots Organization or Community Network, Academia and
-ing, Maker and hacker spaces, Investing and Funding, Event, Incubators and Accelerators, Advisory or expert body, Education And Training. 3 Technology
Environment, Education and Skills, Culture and Arts, Work and Employment, Participation and Democracy, Neighbourhood Regeneration, Science
Education Pubblic spending Openspending is a data sharing community and web application that aims to track every government and corporate financial
state of education. It brings primary sources into every classroom and allows for more open and rapid communication between teachers and students.
made education much more widely available. The same goes for the way scientific research is being done with its culture being influenced through the ability to globally
education and training organisations. To cater to this need a number of projects have emerged, such as Apps for Goodi or the Open Data Institute†s (UK) open data training
Real empowerment through access to knowledge and education happens when groups and individual can acquire skills
EDUCATION AND SKILLS PARTICIPATION AND DEM OCRACY CULTURE AND ARTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
Education and skills Culture and Arts Work and Employment DSI AREAS AREAS OF SOCIETY New ways of making
EDUCATION AND SKILLS PARTICIPATION AND DEM OCRACY CULTURE AND ARTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
Education and skills Culture and Arts Work and Employment DSI AREAS AREAS OF SOCIETY New ways of making
EDUCATION AND TRAINING NETWORK ADVOCATING AND CAMPAIGNING EVENT INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS MAKER AND HACKER SPACES
content, open access, science education and ethics across all research initiatives 60 Growing a Digital Social Innovation Ecosystem for Europe
information, education and work opportunities for women SECTOR SPECIFIC REGULATION/DEREGULATION 8. Establish a European
education, healthtmaking it easier to grow and spread digital SI (eg public procurement, support for evidence
money, and education. However, the European commission has also very relevant competences, and some regula -tory and policy issues are cross-sectoral
waste, data to education. In 2014 Nesta revived the 300 year old Longitude Prize and
your data (in energy, education and the Veterans Administration respectively 76 Growing a Digital Social Innovation Ecosystem for Europe
energy or education. The innovation foundation Sitra in Finland, which has has taken on large systemic challenges to Finnish society,
such as new approaches to money, consumption, democracy, education and health 5. Expand the European Digital Social Innovation network
education. Policymakers need to provide space for more radical ideas to be tested out in towns and cities across Europe, using
Sectors like health, social services and education have a tendency to grow, in GDP percentage as well as in creating employment,
the long term, an innovation in social services or education will be as important as an innovation in the pharmaceutical or aerospatial industry
means we need to have a fresh look at social, health and employment policies, but also at education
ï Education: Reducing school dropout rates below 10%;%at least 40%of 30-34†year -olds completing third level education
ï Poverty/social exclusion: at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and
e g. in education or health), and this varies across Member States Public authorities at various levels need to consider a number of questions
ventures work on challenges relating to training and education (smart growth), economic, social and community development and social service delivery (inclusive growth), and the environment
provision of health services, education, early child development, access to public utilities, active retirement, etc. Many have been used to evaluate policies targeted at disadvantaged groups
barriers to having access to services, low participation in lifelong learning, difficulties in finding a job
particular through education and training, for example, by the integration of social enterpreneurship in the curricula of specific vocations,
These products may include savings, financial education and literacy, personal loans and insurance Microfinance was slow to take off in Europe.
and to families to fulfil education and housing needs. With training support through the ERDF€ s JASMINE and investment from the European Investment Fund, its scale and
development and innovation (thematic objective 1), employment (TO 8), education (TO 9), social policies (TO 10) and administrative capacity building (TO 11.
place through all investment priorities of the employment, education, social inclusion and administrative capacity building priorities or address the areas of these thematic objectives through a
conditionality sets are in place for specific investment priorities of the employment, education, social inclusion and institutional capacity building thematic objectives.
Thematic objective (10) investing in education, skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure;
Also, ERDF investment in health or education infrastructures, are impossible without compliance with the corresponding health and education strategies and reform
plans, also involving ESF investment. Joint planning is necessary There needs to be complementarity between ESF and ERDF investments.
2. 4. 3. The Erasmus+programme for education training, youth and sport (2014-20)..86
3. 3. 3. 1. Skills, training and education...120 3. 3. 3. 2. Europe for Citizens Programme...
-tives is supported increasingly in various policy areas such as education and culture health and consumption, communication or technology
and education fields, are committed both to being innovative inside and promoting new forms of financing, partnerships and alliances outside in order to improve their
can be carried out in particular through education and training, for example, through the integration of social entrepreneurship in the curricula of specific vocations, or the
include savings, financial education and literacy, personal loans and insurance Microfinance was slow to take off in Europe.
economy, education, culture Portugal has to restore economic growth, employment, and make long-term structural reforms at all levels, but
There is also an ongoing workstream on education, in schools, and a creativity competition was held in about
•Lifelong learning via a participatory process with citizens •Social contract for housing: participatory process with public and private agents defining housing policy for the
finance, business start-up and development support, training and education and public procurement 6. The European institutions and Member States should reinforce the role of social enterprises in structural reforms
Greater access to further education is likely to drive and be influenced by increased individual empowerment. This in turn may generate greater support for increasing gender equality and the em
education, cooperation among uni -versities, business, and financial institutions organised around innovation ecosystems will be important •Innovation will also depend on the social and political organisation of society:
-tivity growth, achieved at the expense of social inclusion, public health, education and skills, security or freedom.
health and education, preferably as early as possible (e g. through early childhood education and care interventions) will help reduce costs in the long term,
avoid ex -clusion, and equip citizens with the skills that are in demand in the labour market
that deal with employment, education, health and technological development could be used for this purpose. Similarly, more transparency in decision-making processes
2) education;(3) research and innovation;(4) social inclusion and poverty reduction; and (5) and climate/energy94 that the EU should meet by the end
together the issues of education and employment and creating bridges between these issues and the stakeholders
-er education, encourage mobility (through the European Skills passport or the †your first EURES job†scheme)
-ticipation in the design of measures have been a primary focus to make education and training more relevant to them;
opportunities, continued education, apprenticeship or a traineeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education
transition from education to work and to offer concrete support and helping educa -tion and employment systems in Member States to learn from each other.
education (at least 40), %as well as to have at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk
education and training systems also indirectly contribute to wider social innovation This aspect has been developed in the Communication Rethinking Education-Investing
in skills for better socioeconomic outcomes, adopted in November 2012, which looks at areas such as:
†Adult and continuing education in Europe: Using public policy to secure a growth in skills†(http://ec. europa. eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/kina25943enc. pdf) and †New skills
-ent manner, to support people in lifelong learning, to ensure adequate livelihoods in a changing world;
increases for research and innovation, education and training and external relations. Climate spending will repre
needs, in particular in the fields of health and education In order to facilitate a common understanding of social innovation amongst all the
innovation will be a tool to improve the employment, social inclusion, education and institutional capacity-building policies supported by the ESF.
by fully integrating the knowledge triangle of education, research and business, thereby pro -moting new approaches to innovation.
2. 4. 3. The Erasmus+programme for education, training, youth and sport (2014-20) 139
and modernise education, training and youth work. This seven-year programme will have a budget of EUR 14.7 billion.
and cross-sectoral partnerships between education, training and youth institutions and organisations to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of education and work in order
to tackle the skills gaps we are facing in Europe In 2012 and 2013, the Lifelong learning Programme paved the way to a new action (Eu
-ropean policy experimentations) under Erasmus+by promoting two pilot calls for pro -posals for policy experimentations, respectively to trigger the development of innovative
modernise education, training and youth systems by testing the effectiveness of innova -tive measures and paving the way to their scalability through European Structural and
and replace the Lifelong learning Erasmus mundus and Youth in action programmes http://eacea. ec. europa. eu/erasmus-plus en
of the knowledge triangle (education, research and innovation) by including regulatory aspects and framework conditions.
discusses the themes of enterprise education, access to finance and business devel -opment support. Furthermore, in cooperation with the Commission, it will produce a
education activities and developing new ones; taking advantage of innovative financing mechanisms and existing EU programmes such as COSME and Horizon 2020;
promote education and train -ing for users of crowdfunding, and assess the existing self-regulatory frameworks in
social and health care, the environment and education through new systems, technologies, processes The first two editions of the tournament attracted a lot of interest,
groups, environment and access to affordable and good quality health and education. In 2013,16 finalists out
3. 3. 3. 1. Skills, training and education The †systemic social innovation approach†193 is based on fostering creative policy
Communication Rethinking education: investing in skills for better socioeconomic out -comes which focuses on delivering skills for employment, such as digital or entrepre
-neurial competences, increasing the efficiency and inclusiveness of education and train -ing institutions Public consultations are underway to explore the stakeholders†views on a new initiative
-ising school education to address societal and educational challenges. The EU Agenda for the Modernisation of Higher education and Council Conclusions of 28-29 Novem
education is covered also by specific Council conclusions on the social dimension of higher education Specific initiatives are also being developed to increase the focus on the outcomes of higher
education and their relevance for students and society. Examples include: U Multirank194 a new performance-based ranking and information tool for profiling higher education
partners, chambers of commerce, industry and crafts, education and training providers youth organisations and businesses under one umbrella, innovative partnerships are
-ple in education, work and society and advocates a cross-sector approach across eight fields of actions:
Education & Train -ing; Employment & Entrepreneurship Voluntary activities; Participation; Social inclusion; Health & Wellbeing;
-nerships between cultural institutions and other sectors (such as education, training business, management, research, agriculture, social field, public sector, etc.
-nerships between culture and education and between culture and health. A handbook is in preparation
education and welfare (INNOSERV. New research projects resulting from the last call under FP7 of the SSH programme (2013) and starting in 2014 will address various
education as part of the move to create a better European reality. Ideally, they complement each
a conference on the Holocaust and Human rights Education in Amsterdam. The conference brought together memorial sites/muse
-ums and teachers, Holocaust education and Human rights Education practitioners, and others. The participants explored the most appro
-priate ways to connect human rights and Holocaust education, and share practices and activities as a community of practitioners
The Erasmus+programme for education, training, youth and sport (2014-20 2. 4. 4. The new Creative Europe Programme (2014-20
3. 3. 3. 1. Skills, training and education 3. 3. 3. 2. Europe for Citizens Programme
to share is more effective for education than giving them one each. Any new technology becomes a prompt.
-loop manufacturing, zero-carbon housing or lifelong learning. The most fertile paradigms generate many hypotheses, and from these come new
Deming, E w. 2000) †The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education. †2nd ed Cambridge, MA:
holistic and child-centred approach to early years†education which acts as an inspiration to early years†educators all over the world.
In education, there has been a parallel development of cooperative foundation schools. Fifteen cooperative trusts covering 25 schools have already been established
replication (the approach to early years†education in Reggio Emilia for example), and need to think best about how they can respond to the
Mumbai, providing early years†education to children in slums. It uses a simple model (very low cost, with no assets) and has spread by
behaviour and education support teams; child and adolescent mental health services; or youth offending teams 182) †Share in savings†contracts,
of the UK€ s top leaders from business, government, media, education and civil society. The programme brought together leaders who were
215) Value-added measures in education assess how much individual schools †add†to the quality of pupils they take in †some schools might achieve
Education: Civil Society Cooperation between Sweden and Estonia. †Stockholm: Stockholm University. Chapter 5; see also Strang, D. and Soule, S. A. 1998) Diffusion in Organizations
†Vanguard Education. †Chapter 5. Seddon discusses the principles of operational metrics based on flow
the spread of comprehensive early years†education programmes in Europe dramatic expansions of higher education, and the spread of democracy
realised) to achieve fundamental change in healthcare and education The very complexity of systemic innovation makes it hard to define specific
education (online learning), and social care 231) Changing the †scripts†around services. The script of a service or
is holistic early years†education provision. These programmes rethink human potential by dealing upstream with the
public investment in early years†education as well as effective models for delivery 234) New models of the support economy.
or education), tools of this kind are becoming ever more important Infrastructures and interstructures to support new
to education, to care of the elderly, and to those with chronic health conditions. The Expert Patients Programme (NHS/EPP) is an example
in fields as diverse as education, adult social care, and community engagement. At the European level, The Community of Practice on
adult education, and so on. But this trend has had its own problems If the state is to fully realise its potential as a critical force for the kind of
and the $700 million US education innovation fund. In the UK, the NHS has established a £220 million
environmental management, education, public health and e-governance 1 SUPPORT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 163 and acted as a catalyst for continued innovation in dealing with some of
sectors, including the environment, education, and healthcare 460) Microcredit for microproduction. Grameen, BRAC and ASA in
critical role in areas from health and education to recycling and the energy management of the home.
John Dewey, Experience and Education, New york, Collier Books, 1938 John Thackara, Designing in a Complex World, Cambridge, MIT Press, 2005
science, culture and education;(5) public services Finally, the 1st interim study report demonstrated the prototype method for undertaking a network analysis
for Research and Technological Development, the Lifelong learning Program and other education and cultural programs (such as Youth in Action or MEDIA),
to improve public services such as education and health, and to promote new fair and sustainable economic
education and working patterns. One of the risks of Future Internet is that big industrial players (mainly
gender in research and innovation content, open access, science education and ethics across all research
and refer to RTD policies, interaction-oriented policies, entrepreneurship policies, science policies, education policies, labor market policies, and competition policies
learning and education activities are only a few examples. The Fab Foundation (http://www. fabfoundation org/)is an example of the latter.
education, organisational capacity building and services, and business opportunities PWFSOBODF of the community actually depends on the networks.
education tools For policymakers, these uses of open systems have implications for how R&i might be funded in the future
consumption, education, health >>>Figure 9 Policy Goals 5. 1 Exploring crowdsourced policy ideas organised by categories
education, and childcare and eldercare, each of which will be a far larger share of GDP than information technology or cars†will require very different approach
and education;(5) public services iii Experimental policy tools and actions to enable DSI to scale in Europe
wealth that resides in new sectors such as energy consumption, mobility, education, welfare and so on we need to be able to solve â€oewicked†problems through innovation
and the social domains they were affecting, such as health, economy, energy governance, education, and public services.
government, Smart public services, Pioneering science, culture & education Cases were clustered then into the following macro DSI areas that capture key dimensions of the phenome
knowledge and education, to new ways of improving the quality of the environment, to mass scale behav
3) participation and open governance,(4) science, culture and education;(5 public services Figure 8: Domains of Activity
Education and skills 152 Health and well-being 98 Neighbourhood regeneration 84 Culture and arts 82
changed the state of education. It brings primary sources into every classroom and allows for more open
United kingdom, and other models of distance learning have made education much more widely availa -ble. The same goes for the way scientific research is being done with its culture being influenced through
education Smart public services Open Networks Confine Open -garden. net Everyaware Commons 4eu Tor project
Education and training 31 Network 29 Event 27 Incubators and Accelerators 26 Advisory or expert body 15
By providing education & training A fundamental requirement for DSI is that innovators with an ambition to use technology for social good
able to able to foster these skills that often are not being provided by traditional education and training
through access to knowledge and education happens when groups and individuals can acquire skills and
Education and Culture, Information Society and Media, and Enterprise and Industry during 2007 and 2008, suggests that indirectly, Social
education, environment & sustainability, anti-discrimination, equality & social justice, health, human rights, international development, public
-ing Network on Sustainability (Lens), Partnership for Education and Re -search about Responsible Living (PERL) and International Association of
Research project, network, operating web service providing education & training Key facts: 3-year project EU funded with â 2. 1m
Education and Skills, Science, Culture and Arts, Energy and Environment Technology Trends: Open Networks, Open Hardware, Open Knowledge
providing education & training Key facts: Over 250 individual fabrication projects done in Fablab Amsterdam
added mission of Fablab Amsterdam is to provide education possibilities in digital fabrication. Training in the Fablab is based on doing projects
as well as making in education For example the event featured demonstrations on the DIY opportuni -ties in the Arduino open source electronic board and Raspberry Pi.
and education. The Mini Maker Faires are promoted with the Maker Faire branding while organized based on different local practices.
governments, science, education and culture, while turbo-charging the overall development of all these initiatives
Secondly, collaborative economy needs better exposure and education which Ouishare believes could fasten the adoption of new user practic
Education and skills Tech Trends: Open Knowledge No. of units sold worldwide: Over 2 Million
education actors. For instance, the Raspberry Pi supports MIT€ s Scratch platform †meaning kids can gain a deeper knowledge of computer game
-ming (and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education more generally†STEM education henceforth. Yet the impact of Rasp
-berry Pi†s vision seems to have been sensed more widely. Some com -mentators involved in humanitarian
Raspberry Pi aims to promote interest in STEM education evidenced by a series of partnerships and collaborations (including a recent part
digital education actors. On November 23rd,2013, Raspberry Pi Foun -dation announced a new partnership with Wolfram research that will
-opment, and education about online anonymity and privacy History and Mission Tor†s strategic agenda is positioned to meet the privacy needs of the
Education and skills Technology Trends: Open knowledge Key Facts: More than 878,000 of Community Members Worldwide (as of
education Smart public services Open Networks Confine Opengarden net Freecoin Everyaware Commons 4eu Tor Project
and education;(5) public services iii Experimental policy tools and actions to enable DSI to scale in Europe
wealth that resides in new sectors such as energy consumption, mobility, education, welfare and so on we need to be able to solve â€oewicked†problems through innovation
and the social domains they were affecting, such as health, economy, energy governance, education, and public services.
government, Smart public services, Pioneering science, culture & education Cases were clustered then into the following macro DSI areas that capture key dimensions of the phenome
knowledge and education, to new ways of improving the quality of the environment, to mass scale behav
3) participation and open governance,(4) science, culture and education;(5 public services Figure 8: Domains of Activity
Education and skills 152 Health and well-being 98 Neighbourhood regeneration 84 Culture and arts 82
changed the state of education. It brings primary sources into every classroom and allows for more open
United kingdom, and other models of distance learning have made education much more widely availa -ble. The same goes for the way scientific research is being done with its culture being influenced through
education Smart public services Open Networks Confine Open -garden. net Everyaware Commons 4eu Tor project
Education and training 31 Network 29 Event 27 Incubators and Accelerators 26 Advisory or expert body 15
By providing education & training A fundamental requirement for DSI is that innovators with an ambition to use technology for social good
able to able to foster these skills that often are not being provided by traditional education and training
through access to knowledge and education happens when groups and individuals can acquire skills and
Education and Culture, Information Society and Media, and Enterprise and Industry during 2007 and 2008, suggests that indirectly, Social
education, environment & sustainability, anti-discrimination, equality & social justice, health, human rights, international development, public
-ing Network on Sustainability (Lens), Partnership for Education and Re -search about Responsible Living (PERL) and International Association of
Research project, network, operating web service providing education & training Key facts: 3-year project EU funded with â 2. 1m
Education and Skills, Science, Culture and Arts, Energy and Environment Technology Trends: Open Networks, Open Hardware, Open Knowledge
providing education & training Key facts: Over 250 individual fabrication projects done in Fablab Amsterdam
added mission of Fablab Amsterdam is to provide education possibilities in digital fabrication. Training in the Fablab is based on doing projects
as well as making in education For example the event featured demonstrations on the DIY opportuni -ties in the Arduino open source electronic board and Raspberry Pi.
and education. The Mini Maker Faires are promoted with the Maker Faire branding while organized based on different local practices.
governments, science, education and culture, while turbo-charging the overall development of all these initiatives
Secondly, collaborative economy needs better exposure and education which Ouishare believes could fasten the adoption of new user practic
Education and skills Tech Trends: Open Knowledge No. of units sold worldwide: Over 2 Million
education actors. For instance, the Raspberry Pi supports MIT€ s Scratch platform †meaning kids can gain a deeper knowledge of computer game
-ming (and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education more generally†STEM education henceforth. Yet the impact of Rasp
-berry Pi†s vision seems to have been sensed more widely. Some com -mentators involved in humanitarian
Raspberry Pi aims to promote interest in STEM education evidenced by a series of partnerships and collaborations (including a recent part
digital education actors. On November 23rd,2013, Raspberry Pi Foun -dation announced a new partnership with Wolfram research that will
-opment, and education about online anonymity and privacy History and Mission Tor†s strategic agenda is positioned to meet the privacy needs of the
Education and skills Technology Trends: Open knowledge Key Facts: More than 878,000 of Community Members Worldwide (as of
education Smart public services Open Networks Confine Opengarden net Freecoin Everyaware Commons 4eu Tor Project
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