'Via a website a local and a new immigrant find each other. Together they organise a dinner party and invite some friends each.' Dine With Us ontstond door op zoek te gaan naar oplossingen om nieuwe migranten hun eigen plek in België te laten vinden. Via human centered design technieken kwam dit concept naar voor. De bedenkers (Elizabeth Verhetsel, Pieter Duysburgh, Siska Hoebeeck en Ruben Loodts) zoeken nu naar mogelijkheden om Dine With Us-etentjes werkelijkheid te maken. Een gelijkaardig project in Zweden, Invitations Departementet, toont aan dat het kan. F: www.facebook.com/DineWithUsBe PS excuus voor lay-out, presentatie is opgemaakt in keynote, wat verschuivingen veroorzaakt in ppt

1. A human centered design for
improving integration/inclusion of
newcomers in Belgium
@DineWithUsBe Elizabeth Verhetsel - Twisted Studio

2. Desk
Research
INSIGHT 1:
Belgians don’t always
see the value that
newcomers bring with
them.
foto: De Standaard

3. Interviews
INSIGHT 2:
Newcomers are missing
out on opportunities due to
lacking diversity in their
social network.
QUOTE:
“Newcomers build a social network quickly,
but they are all people with the same
questions and needs.”
Griet, OKAN teacher and guardian of
unaccompanied minors.

4. Interviews
QUOTE
“If only the wall
between newcomers
and locals was not so
high.’
Bram, expert integratie
en inburgering
foto: Agentschap Inburgering en Integratie

5. OUR DESIGN CHALLENGE:
How might we create involvement of
locals in the networks of newcomers?
Ideation

6. Via a website we match a newcomer with a
local for a dinner.
Selected
Idea

7. INSPIRING SIMILAR INITIATIVES
We searched, found and learned from the
experience of initiatives in Belgium and
abroad.
Research

8. Test
“Find a good balance
between the roles of
locals and newcomers.
It has to be fun.”
Laetitia, Belgian, 35
“I can’t cook, but I’d
like to learn. I want to
meet new people this
way.”
Walid, Syrian, 27
foto: stockphotosforfree

9. Iteration
Via a website we match a local and a
newcomer. They organise a dinner together.
They each invite relatives or friends.

10. Prototype
DECEMBER 2015
initial contact per mail replaced by telephone call
FEBRUARY 2016
user testing night-> rewritten front end & registration form

11. Current
interface

12. SEPTEMBER 2015-FEBRUARY 2016
100+ registrations - 30+ duo’s
Funding by KBS-FRB
Local media coverage
Network in Gent & Brussels & Antwerp
Hier andere foto gebruiken dan op slide 1. Mss uit voorbeelden van
etentjes uit Noorwegen, Duitsland, …?
Results

13. How can Dine With us continue to
exist as a social profit?
Business
Model

14. Professionalise
Network
Test business models
Improve matching tools
Grow
Way
forward

15. Thank
you!
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