This document discusses ways for Europe to reinvent itself through innovation by addressing new challenges and adopting new approaches. It argues that Europe needs to broaden its concept of innovation, invest in future infrastructure, use innovative financing models, and create new spaces for collaboration. Young innovative firms are seen as vital for growth and job creation. The document advocates combining digital and social agendas, using public procurement to boost innovation, and mobilizing private savings for social solutions through impact funds and social bonds. It also suggests learning from global examples of open innovation and bringing diverse groups together for collective impact.
The document discusses the need to establish an Economic Development Board Amsterdam (EDBA) to promote innovation and economic growth in the Amsterdam metropolitan region. It notes that the region has strengths like universities, companies, and an international city brand, but lacks strategic cooperation between sectors. The EDBA would bring together industry, government, and academia to focus on seven key clusters like finance, life sciences, and ICT. It would create initiatives and projects to boost talent, entrepreneurship, and commercialization of research through a dense "humus infrastructure" of connections. The goal is for Amsterdam to become a top-5 leading European city for knowledge, innovation, sustainability and economic attractiveness by 2020.
The document discusses the challenges facing the UK economy in the 2010s after the 2008 recession, including high unemployment and a reliance on sectors like financial services that may not drive growth going forward. It argues the knowledge economy, including industries like creative/cultural, high tech, and low carbon energy, can help rebalance the economy and drive new jobs, especially in regions like the Thames Gateway. Developing skills, universities, science parks, and linkages between sectors will be important to support growth in these areas.
The document discusses creative industries as an important part of the economy that provide many jobs and contribute significantly to GDP. Creative industries are characterized by small businesses and entrepreneurship, stimulate innovation in other sectors, and are shaped by activities that exploit intellectual property. The document calls for establishing a policy dialogue and concrete actions to better support innovation, access to finance, and clustering in the creative industries sector.
New approaches in univesity-industry cooperation and Triple helix approach.Gints Turlajs
The document discusses university and industry cooperation using the triple helix approach. It proposes that closer cooperation is needed between business, education, and science to develop complex, knowledge-based products. This cooperation is important for building an innovative economy based on knowledge and new ideas. The "triple helix" model proposes a synergistic relationship among universities, industry, and the government to improve competitiveness and allow entrepreneurial universities.
The document discusses the need to establish an Economic Development Board Amsterdam (EDBA) to promote innovation and economic growth in the Amsterdam metropolitan region. It notes that the region has strengths like universities, companies, and an international city brand, but lacks strategic cooperation between sectors. The EDBA would bring together industry, government, and academia to focus on seven key clusters like finance, life sciences, and ICT. It would create initiatives and projects to boost talent, entrepreneurship, and commercialization of research through a dense "humus infrastructure" of connections. The goal is for Amsterdam to become a top-5 leading European city for knowledge, innovation, sustainability and economic attractiveness by 2020.
The document discusses the challenges facing the UK economy in the 2010s after the 2008 recession, including high unemployment and a reliance on sectors like financial services that may not drive growth going forward. It argues the knowledge economy, including industries like creative/cultural, high tech, and low carbon energy, can help rebalance the economy and drive new jobs, especially in regions like the Thames Gateway. Developing skills, universities, science parks, and linkages between sectors will be important to support growth in these areas.
The document discusses creative industries as an important part of the economy that provide many jobs and contribute significantly to GDP. Creative industries are characterized by small businesses and entrepreneurship, stimulate innovation in other sectors, and are shaped by activities that exploit intellectual property. The document calls for establishing a policy dialogue and concrete actions to better support innovation, access to finance, and clustering in the creative industries sector.
New approaches in univesity-industry cooperation and Triple helix approach.Gints Turlajs
The document discusses university and industry cooperation using the triple helix approach. It proposes that closer cooperation is needed between business, education, and science to develop complex, knowledge-based products. This cooperation is important for building an innovative economy based on knowledge and new ideas. The "triple helix" model proposes a synergistic relationship among universities, industry, and the government to improve competitiveness and allow entrepreneurial universities.
Hasson presentation for hungary-eu-israel innovation day 30.05.11innovation_workshop
1) Israel's technological competitiveness and economic growth are closely tied to its investments in research and development (R&D), which generate higher social returns than private returns.
2) The Israeli Chief Scientist oversees R&D funding programs that support innovative startups, industry-academic partnerships, and international collaborations.
3) In 2010, the Chief Scientist's office funded over 2000 R&D projects totaling 1.62 billion NIS to maximize the impact of its constrained budget.
I Minds2009 Overcoming New Challenges By Breaking Old Boundaries Creative Pa...imec.archive
The document discusses challenges facing ICT innovation policies in Europe and proposes a more holistic approach. It argues that current policies focus too much on technological research and not enough on design, user needs, and business models. It also claims policies do not support commercialization of research results or collaboration between academia and business. The document proposes that future policies promote: 1) art, creativity, and design in ICT research to create new products and services, 2) user-centered design and innovation, and 3) closer collaboration across sectors to support innovation from research through commercialization. Adopting this holistic approach could help overcome barriers and better promote ICT innovation in Europe.
Mega projects -- Dimitrios Dimitriou, Athens International AirportOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Dimitrios Dimitriou, Athens International Airport, at the 10th annual meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP and Infrastructure Officials held at the OECD Headquarters, Paris, on 21 March 2017
A successful place is one with high levels of employment, output, in-migration, and quality of life, along with low levels of deprivation. These factors can be found in both urban and rural areas within a place. Government strategies have effectively improved places through initiatives like the London Docklands Development Corporation and regeneration related to the 2012 Olympics in East London. However, places becoming too successful can lead to problems like a two-tier economy, expensive housing becoming unaffordable, housing shortages, congestion from increased traffic, and potential skill shortages that require foreign immigrants.
The document discusses supporting the creative industries in Europe. It notes that the creative industries offer over 6 million jobs and represent 2.7% of EU GDP. They are politically supported due to their economic importance, positive effects on other industries, and ability to change a region's image. However, supporting them requires new tools that address their heterogeneity, dependence on economic conditions, small business nature, innovation outside of research, and increasing export focus. The European Commission proposes a European Creative Industries Alliance to provide cooperation, awareness, and concrete public-private partnerships around innovation support, access to finance, and cluster excellence.
The document discusses cultural sector mapping and using data for policymaking. It outlines how various countries collect statistics on their creative industries to measure their economic contribution. Creative industry mapping involves defining the sectors, collecting data on metrics like employment, businesses and exports to understand the industries' current value and growth potential. This evidence helps advocate for policies and funding to support the sectors. While statistics have limitations, regular mapping studies can track industry development and the impact of interventions over time.
Programes de desenvolupament i recerca impulsats per la UE: H2020 i iniciativ...ICGCat
Presentació realitzada per Marina Martínez (CDTI, Dirección de Programas Internacionales) i Massimo Craglia (Joint Research Centre, European Commission) a la Jornada "Espècies exòtiques invasores. Projecte IASTracker" (28/01/2016)
China is pursuing an ambitious reindustrialization strategy focused on transitioning to a more innovation-driven and sustainable economy. This includes large increases in R&D spending to become a global leader, developing 10 priority industrial sectors through its "Made in China 2025" plan, and utilizing its "Internet Plus" strategy to transform manufacturing. China also aims to upgrade entire industries through regional development centered around high-speed rail connectivity and innovation hubs like the Pearl River Delta.
This document provides an overview of the future cities market and UK capabilities for urban innovation. It finds that the challenges and opportunities faced by cities are stimulating new business activity and solutions. The global market for integrated urban solutions is estimated to be £200 billion by 2030. UK businesses are well positioned to capture this market due to strengths in multidisciplinary collaboration, project delivery, urban planning, digital creativity, data analysis, and human-centered design. Standards setting has also encouraged UK firms to develop new products and services.
The document summarizes a presentation by Mr. Alejandro Obregón of the Climate Group on the three pillars of the Europe 2020 Strategy: smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth. Mr. Obregón discussed how smart growth can be achieved through innovation in ICT and energy efficiency in buildings, citing examples from European programs. He emphasized the Climate Group's work with cities and companies to accelerate low-carbon solutions like LED lighting. Mr. Obregón also provided examples of regional initiatives on green growth from places like Scotland, Catalonia, and Germany. He concluded by calling for a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to foster innovation and job growth in a low-carbon economy.
Lars Frederiksen: Ecocit: Research on innovation and sustainability in urban ...STEPS Centre
Prof Lars Fredriksen, Imperial College Business School.
Presentation to the UK-China Innovation Workshop for Sustainable and Equitable Development, Tsinghua University, 19 March 2010, co-organised by China Institute for Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) at Tsinghua University and the STEPS Centre.
http://anewmanifesto.org/news/china-workshop-presentationschina-workshop-presentations/
The document summarizes the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) developed by the European Commission to measure the competitiveness of European regions. The RCI uses 81 indicators across 3 dimensions - basic, efficiency, and innovation - to assess over 250 regions. It finds that Nordic countries score highest overall, while southern and eastern European regions score lowest. When applied to Italy specifically, the index shows northern Italian regions like Lombardy scoring higher than central and southern regions like Campania.
Claire Lelarge - What productivity impact to expect from high-speed rail infr...OECD CFE
Presentation by Claire Lelarge, RITM Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France at the OECD Workshop on Spatial Dimensions of Productivity, 28.28 March 2019, Bolzano.
More info: https://oe.cd/GFPBolzano2019
Bloody Administration And The Marvellous People On Internet - Startup Summit ...Věda, výzkum, inovace
This document discusses the startup ecosystem in the Czech Republic. It notes that while direct financial aid programs have supported over 75 projects with over 8 billion CZK, money alone is not solving crucial market problems with business conditions. These include human resources planning in schools and universities, public spending on research and qualified employees, and regulations from both the Czech government and the EU. It suggests that businesses need to be involved in strategic planning discussions at the national level to address long-term challenges in areas like education, science, research, and regulations that affect them. The document outlines some existing and potential financial and strategic instruments to support this, including structural funds, European Commission programs, and national resources from agencies and budgets.
5_Lect_Resilience Thinking and Resilience Strategies, Economic Dynamics Private
This document provides an overview and recap of two lectures on evolutionary economic geography and resilience thinking. It discusses key concepts from the lectures including path dependence, path creation, types of green path development, and how resilience relates to evolutionary economic geography. Path creation emphasizes the deliberate role of entrepreneurs and institutions in shaping new economic paths, rather than viewing paths as purely random. Resilience thinking examines how systems manage disturbances and focuses on the capacity of regions to adapt, reconfigure, and develop new growth paths in response to changes.
The document discusses support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. It provides an overview of EURADA, an organization that represents public agencies supporting SME development. EURADA focuses on entrepreneurship, enterprise support services, regional strategy, and the role of higher education in regional development. The document also outlines European Union funds and programs that provide financing instruments to support innovation, research, technology development, and other initiatives to strengthen SME competitiveness.
The document discusses the ACRE project which aims to learn about conditions important for creative and knowledge industries in European cities. It focuses on what factors influence the development of these industries, including hard infrastructure, soft livability factors, and personal networks. Survey results from cities show networks and employment opportunities are most important for attracting skilled workers. The document concludes cities differ in their contexts and a multifaceted approach considering pathways, conditions and networks is needed for policies around these industries.
The document summarizes key points from the ACRE (Accommodating Creative knowledge) project, which studied conditions for the development of creative and knowledge industries in 13 European urban regions. It found that while some regions had theoretical structural advantages, their actual employment and GDP metrics varied, likely due to differences in current hard conditions like infrastructure, labor pools and institutions, as well as soft conditions like attractiveness, diversity and tolerance. Surveys of employees and migrants in these regions showed that "network factors" like family/friends were most important in location decisions, followed by hard and soft conditions, with no clear East-West divide and the importance of policies in development paths.
Hasson presentation for hungary-eu-israel innovation day 30.05.11innovation_workshop
1) Israel's technological competitiveness and economic growth are closely tied to its investments in research and development (R&D), which generate higher social returns than private returns.
2) The Israeli Chief Scientist oversees R&D funding programs that support innovative startups, industry-academic partnerships, and international collaborations.
3) In 2010, the Chief Scientist's office funded over 2000 R&D projects totaling 1.62 billion NIS to maximize the impact of its constrained budget.
I Minds2009 Overcoming New Challenges By Breaking Old Boundaries Creative Pa...imec.archive
The document discusses challenges facing ICT innovation policies in Europe and proposes a more holistic approach. It argues that current policies focus too much on technological research and not enough on design, user needs, and business models. It also claims policies do not support commercialization of research results or collaboration between academia and business. The document proposes that future policies promote: 1) art, creativity, and design in ICT research to create new products and services, 2) user-centered design and innovation, and 3) closer collaboration across sectors to support innovation from research through commercialization. Adopting this holistic approach could help overcome barriers and better promote ICT innovation in Europe.
Mega projects -- Dimitrios Dimitriou, Athens International AirportOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Dimitrios Dimitriou, Athens International Airport, at the 10th annual meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP and Infrastructure Officials held at the OECD Headquarters, Paris, on 21 March 2017
A successful place is one with high levels of employment, output, in-migration, and quality of life, along with low levels of deprivation. These factors can be found in both urban and rural areas within a place. Government strategies have effectively improved places through initiatives like the London Docklands Development Corporation and regeneration related to the 2012 Olympics in East London. However, places becoming too successful can lead to problems like a two-tier economy, expensive housing becoming unaffordable, housing shortages, congestion from increased traffic, and potential skill shortages that require foreign immigrants.
The document discusses supporting the creative industries in Europe. It notes that the creative industries offer over 6 million jobs and represent 2.7% of EU GDP. They are politically supported due to their economic importance, positive effects on other industries, and ability to change a region's image. However, supporting them requires new tools that address their heterogeneity, dependence on economic conditions, small business nature, innovation outside of research, and increasing export focus. The European Commission proposes a European Creative Industries Alliance to provide cooperation, awareness, and concrete public-private partnerships around innovation support, access to finance, and cluster excellence.
The document discusses cultural sector mapping and using data for policymaking. It outlines how various countries collect statistics on their creative industries to measure their economic contribution. Creative industry mapping involves defining the sectors, collecting data on metrics like employment, businesses and exports to understand the industries' current value and growth potential. This evidence helps advocate for policies and funding to support the sectors. While statistics have limitations, regular mapping studies can track industry development and the impact of interventions over time.
Programes de desenvolupament i recerca impulsats per la UE: H2020 i iniciativ...ICGCat
Presentació realitzada per Marina Martínez (CDTI, Dirección de Programas Internacionales) i Massimo Craglia (Joint Research Centre, European Commission) a la Jornada "Espècies exòtiques invasores. Projecte IASTracker" (28/01/2016)
China is pursuing an ambitious reindustrialization strategy focused on transitioning to a more innovation-driven and sustainable economy. This includes large increases in R&D spending to become a global leader, developing 10 priority industrial sectors through its "Made in China 2025" plan, and utilizing its "Internet Plus" strategy to transform manufacturing. China also aims to upgrade entire industries through regional development centered around high-speed rail connectivity and innovation hubs like the Pearl River Delta.
This document provides an overview of the future cities market and UK capabilities for urban innovation. It finds that the challenges and opportunities faced by cities are stimulating new business activity and solutions. The global market for integrated urban solutions is estimated to be £200 billion by 2030. UK businesses are well positioned to capture this market due to strengths in multidisciplinary collaboration, project delivery, urban planning, digital creativity, data analysis, and human-centered design. Standards setting has also encouraged UK firms to develop new products and services.
The document summarizes a presentation by Mr. Alejandro Obregón of the Climate Group on the three pillars of the Europe 2020 Strategy: smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth. Mr. Obregón discussed how smart growth can be achieved through innovation in ICT and energy efficiency in buildings, citing examples from European programs. He emphasized the Climate Group's work with cities and companies to accelerate low-carbon solutions like LED lighting. Mr. Obregón also provided examples of regional initiatives on green growth from places like Scotland, Catalonia, and Germany. He concluded by calling for a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to foster innovation and job growth in a low-carbon economy.
Lars Frederiksen: Ecocit: Research on innovation and sustainability in urban ...STEPS Centre
Prof Lars Fredriksen, Imperial College Business School.
Presentation to the UK-China Innovation Workshop for Sustainable and Equitable Development, Tsinghua University, 19 March 2010, co-organised by China Institute for Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) at Tsinghua University and the STEPS Centre.
http://anewmanifesto.org/news/china-workshop-presentationschina-workshop-presentations/
The document summarizes the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI) developed by the European Commission to measure the competitiveness of European regions. The RCI uses 81 indicators across 3 dimensions - basic, efficiency, and innovation - to assess over 250 regions. It finds that Nordic countries score highest overall, while southern and eastern European regions score lowest. When applied to Italy specifically, the index shows northern Italian regions like Lombardy scoring higher than central and southern regions like Campania.
Claire Lelarge - What productivity impact to expect from high-speed rail infr...OECD CFE
Presentation by Claire Lelarge, RITM Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France at the OECD Workshop on Spatial Dimensions of Productivity, 28.28 March 2019, Bolzano.
More info: https://oe.cd/GFPBolzano2019
Bloody Administration And The Marvellous People On Internet - Startup Summit ...Věda, výzkum, inovace
This document discusses the startup ecosystem in the Czech Republic. It notes that while direct financial aid programs have supported over 75 projects with over 8 billion CZK, money alone is not solving crucial market problems with business conditions. These include human resources planning in schools and universities, public spending on research and qualified employees, and regulations from both the Czech government and the EU. It suggests that businesses need to be involved in strategic planning discussions at the national level to address long-term challenges in areas like education, science, research, and regulations that affect them. The document outlines some existing and potential financial and strategic instruments to support this, including structural funds, European Commission programs, and national resources from agencies and budgets.
5_Lect_Resilience Thinking and Resilience Strategies, Economic Dynamics Private
This document provides an overview and recap of two lectures on evolutionary economic geography and resilience thinking. It discusses key concepts from the lectures including path dependence, path creation, types of green path development, and how resilience relates to evolutionary economic geography. Path creation emphasizes the deliberate role of entrepreneurs and institutions in shaping new economic paths, rather than viewing paths as purely random. Resilience thinking examines how systems manage disturbances and focuses on the capacity of regions to adapt, reconfigure, and develop new growth paths in response to changes.
The document discusses support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe. It provides an overview of EURADA, an organization that represents public agencies supporting SME development. EURADA focuses on entrepreneurship, enterprise support services, regional strategy, and the role of higher education in regional development. The document also outlines European Union funds and programs that provide financing instruments to support innovation, research, technology development, and other initiatives to strengthen SME competitiveness.
The document discusses the ACRE project which aims to learn about conditions important for creative and knowledge industries in European cities. It focuses on what factors influence the development of these industries, including hard infrastructure, soft livability factors, and personal networks. Survey results from cities show networks and employment opportunities are most important for attracting skilled workers. The document concludes cities differ in their contexts and a multifaceted approach considering pathways, conditions and networks is needed for policies around these industries.
The document summarizes key points from the ACRE (Accommodating Creative knowledge) project, which studied conditions for the development of creative and knowledge industries in 13 European urban regions. It found that while some regions had theoretical structural advantages, their actual employment and GDP metrics varied, likely due to differences in current hard conditions like infrastructure, labor pools and institutions, as well as soft conditions like attractiveness, diversity and tolerance. Surveys of employees and migrants in these regions showed that "network factors" like family/friends were most important in location decisions, followed by hard and soft conditions, with no clear East-West divide and the importance of policies in development paths.
This document discusses Amsterdam as an attractive location for creative and knowledge industries. It summarizes that Amsterdam has a long history as a center of creativity and knowledge. However, it notes that the region faces challenges around high real estate prices, congestion, and uncertainty in key industries. The document also finds that "creative knowledge workers" and companies are diverse and priorities vary between sectors and company sizes. It recommends that policies support this diversity and consider both "soft factors" like culture and "hard factors" like infrastructure and business costs.
The document discusses different approaches to developing policies that promote creativity and knowledge in cities, using Munich as a case study. It outlines both an employees-oriented approach that focuses on the needs of creative knowledge workers through surveys, as well as an institutional approach that improves collaboration between organizations. Effective policies require considering both firms and individuals, with a focus on affordable housing, transportation, childcare, and providing flexible workspaces for creative workers. While creativity cannot be fully planned, indirect policy approaches that improve frameworks are important for governance.
Breaking Out of a Circle of Scarcity: The Oregon Business Plan's Challenge f...The Oregon Business Plan
Sliding per capita income is leading to low investments in public services. Medicaid and Prison spending are squeezing out investments in education, further driving down personal incomes. Over the next decade the aging baby-boomers and an increasingly diverse population will put more pressure on government revenues. Oregon is trapped in a "circle of scarcity." Breaking out of it is the most important task for Oregon's business, elected and community leaders today.
This document explores the potential for social innovation in manufacturing through "maker manufacturing". It identifies three dimensions of social innovation in manufacturing: 1) Democratization of making through open tools and sharing of knowledge; 2) Supply chains for good through full transparency; and 3) Corporate citizenship by making social/environmental impact part of business strategy and decision-making. The document argues that maker manufacturing could contribute to the European Commission's agenda of jobs, growth, fairness and democratic change, but risks need to be managed. It calls for political support to realize the potential of this emerging field.
Knowledge Society : Challenges and Opportunities for Economic and Territoria...Isam Shahrour
The document discusses the potential for knowledge societies to address major social and economic challenges. It identifies issues like aging populations, unemployment, energy crises, and more. It argues that knowledge has become a key driver of competitiveness and is reshaping economic growth patterns. A knowledge society relies on innovation, and between 70-80% of economic growth is due to new and better knowledge. Higher education institutions and universities play a role in developing knowledge societies through research, training skilled workers, and disseminating new ideas.
The document proposes reinventing Europe through innovation by transforming from a knowledge society to an innovation society. It recommends basing EU action around compelling social challenges, financing social innovation funds, incentivizing large-scale community innovations, transforming the public sector with an innovation target, and engaging youth and seniors in new partnerships. It also calls for setting clear innovation targets, launching ambitious EU initiatives around major challenges, ensuring directives support innovation, changing public procurement, and opening government data.
This document summarizes a report on growing a digital social innovation ecosystem in Europe. Some key findings include:
1) Digital technologies are well-suited to helping civic action by mobilizing communities, sharing resources, and spreading power. Examples of digital social innovations (DSI) range from social networks for health conditions to open data platforms.
2) The report identifies four main technological trends in DSI - open hardware, open networks, open data, and open knowledge. Examples like Safecast and OpenCorporates are provided.
3) Over 990 DSI organizations and 6,000 projects have been mapped. Most projects focus on education and participation. The network is still fragmented with few well-connected
European Summit on Innovation for Active and Healthy AgeingRunwaySale
The report consolidates the discussions held throughout the 2-day event and is organised in a clear set of actions that we will explore jointly with interested stakeholders in the coming 18 months.
The final report includes possible measures to better convert innovation into economic growth and jobs, mobilize public and private investment, transform health and care systems to meet the needs of the ageing population, leverage technological breakthroughs and build a more inclusive "ageing society".
This document discusses innovation in the knowledge society and new paradigms for success in Europe. It outlines the EU 2020 strategy and focuses on innovation, digital technologies, and an open and collaborative approach. It argues that user-centric, experimental, and systemic innovation that brings together public, private, and civic partners is needed. Local flavoring and living labs that involve users early on can help stimulate innovation from ICT use and build a stronger European innovation system.
The solutions against unemployment resulting from technological advancementFernando Alcoforado
The document discusses potential solutions to unemployment resulting from technological advancement. It analyzes a study finding that 47% of current jobs are at high risk of automation. Three proposed solutions are: 1) Adopting a creative economy focused on cultural industries like design, arts, and media to generate new jobs. 2) Implementing a social and solidarity economy model based on cooperation over private profit. 3) Establishing a universal basic income guaranteed by the government and funded by taxes on technology companies, to be combined with promoting the creative and social economies.
1. Innovation is about faster collaboration across disciplines and specialties using a multidisciplinary approach. The concept of intellectual property is being reexamined in light of these collaborative demands.
2. Innovation requires wider collaboration between knowledge economy regions like Silicon Valley, Taiwan, China, and between the government, industry, and knowledge centers in the triple helix approach.
3. Examples from Silicon Valley and Europe show that innovation thrives in networks and clusters that bring together entrepreneurs, universities, money, and infrastructure in a supportive culture and environment.
WHAT NEXT FOR DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION?
Realising the potential of people and technology to tackle social challenges
Matt Stokes, Peter Baeck, Toby Baker
An introduction to the need for social innovation in Europe, the European Commission's response, and Social Innovation Europe's research contribution to the debates surrounding the field.
This document announces a conference and workshop on social entrepreneurship in Europe. The conference will discuss opportunities for entrepreneurs in the social enterprise sector and examples of socially and economically successful social enterprises. It will feature a panel of social entrepreneurs and a message from the European Commissioner for the Internal Market. The workshop will focus on developing cross-border partnerships between social entrepreneurs in France and Belgium, particularly in the areas of education and training. The goal is to accelerate the development of social entrepreneurship through shared initiatives. The event is organized by the Mouvement des entrepreneurs sociaux and Belgian Positive Entrepreneurs network.
Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero, Principal Administrator, European Commission. Presented at Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015. For more information or to join the next event: http://crowdsourcingweek.com/
SIX is a global community of nearly 3000 individuals and organizations committed to promoting social innovation. It hosts events, provides advice and policy recommendations, and maintains a website with social innovation news, publications, case studies, and information about tools and methods. SIX also runs telepresence discussions and schools on topics like public sector innovation, urban innovation, social innovation policy, and social finance tools. The Social Innovation Europe initiative, funded by the EU, aims to build a strong social innovation field in Europe by creating a common language, shared network, and better policies to support social innovation through activities like funding facilities, innovation labs, challenges, and evaluating best practices.
Human Technopole is a proposed new research center in Milan, Italy that aims to:
1) Lead Italy to co-leadership in improving quality of life by ensuring better living conditions through scientific and technological developments.
2) Combine research excellence with strengthening Italy's healthcare industry to avoid "orphan" research.
3) Serve as a hub that strengthens Italy's existing university and research networks through interdisciplinary collaboration on topics like nutrition, sustainability, and ethics.
This document provides an overview of the results from a mapping project that identified over 1,000 social innovation initiatives around the world. The mapping revealed the diverse forms that social innovations can take and highlighted their potential to address major societal challenges. It also showed that social innovations involve a variety of actors working together in cross-sector networks. While social innovations are on the rise, the mapping indicated that more support is still needed to develop environments friendly to social innovation in Europe and globally.
Presentation to Masters students at the Communication University of China, Beijing, October 11, 2010. Based on my "New Media Policies" chapter in Mark Deuze (ed.), Managing Media Work (Sage, 2010).
The document summarizes events hosted by The Centre related to competitiveness and innovation in Europe. It discusses challenges facing the European economy from Asia and concerns about balancing economic growth with workers' rights. Events focused on topics like EU-Asia scientific collaboration, the knowledge economy, online consumer protection, and health tourism in Europe. Speakers included academics, politicians, and business leaders discussing issues at stake in European economic and social reform.
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"FROLL is a museum for you, me, for everybody. Have you ever had the dream of your work being displayed in a real museum, than this is your chance! By giving the freedom of expression back to the artist, FROLLL is opening up the possibility for creativity and innovation." http://www.frolll.com/
The document discusses Barcelona's reinvention of itself through creativity, knowledge, and urban regeneration. It outlines how Barcelona transitioned from a heavily industrial economy to focusing on creative and knowledge sectors. It describes Barcelona's strategic planning efforts like developing cultural pathways, internationalization, and the 22@ project to create an innovative business and technology district. Key enablers of Barcelona's success included political stability, strategic long-term visioning, and investing in infrastructure and quality of life, while challenges included fully transitioning its economy and attracting more investment in R&D.
The document summarizes the emergence of Helsinki as an international hub for knowledge industries. Key factors included early investments in education and telecommunications in the late 19th century that created competitive advantages. Long-standing national traditions of social networking and consensus-building also supported collaboration between universities, businesses and government on innovation strategies. While national policies boosted education and R&D funding, local city-regional policies still require more coordination to maximize economic interaction across the region. The structural legacy of Finland's history and traditions have combined with modern knowledge economy strengths to propel Helsinki onto the global innovation stage.
The document is a programme for a conference on creative knowledge cities held in Amsterdam on May 27th 2009. It includes an opening by the alderwoman of art, culture and media of Amsterdam, an introduction of the ACRE project by Sako Musterd of the University of Amsterdam, and several presentations on topics related to creative industries and urban regeneration in cities. There will also be a keynote speaker, panel discussion, and tour of a creative building in Amsterdam before the conference ends at 6:30pm.
Prior to 1990 in post-socialist cities, the economy was dominated by industry and isolated internationally, society was homogenized with state control of housing and labor, land use mixed urban functions with no clear CBD, and planning and politics involved strong central control and no local self-governance. After 1990, cities saw deindustrialization and globalization, societal polarization and new forms of segregation, specialized land use and fragmented cities, local rather than central planning control, urban sprawl, and a shift of power to the local level. The document examines conditions, pathways, and challenges of urban development and creative/knowledge industries in post-socialist cities.
Economische kansen voor de regio Amsterdam, presentatie van Frank van Oort (Amsterdam, 7 februari 2008) gehouden tijdens het AIM08 event van de Amsterdamse Innovatie Motor (AIM).
Copyright: Frank van Oort.
Productieve Creativiteit, presentatie van Dany Jacobs (Amsterdam, 7 februari 2008) gehouden tijdens het AIM08 event van de Amsterdamse Innovatie Motor (AIM).
Copyright: Dany Jacobs.
Creative industries in Europees en regionaal perspectief
Presentatie Amsterdamse Innovatie Motor door Diogo Vasconcelos
1. Reinvent Europe Through Innovation Diogo Vasconcelos Distinguished Fellow, Cisco Chair, EU Business Panel Future Innovation
2. Europe’s leadership Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468) Printing Press Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Theory of Evolution Florence Nigthingale (1820-1910) Modern Nursing James Watt (1736-1819) Steam Engine Engine Nursing Printing Evolution Rembrandt ( painter 1606-1669) Portrait Painting
3. Europe’s leadership Le Corbusier (1887-1965) Modern Architecture Coco Chanel (1883-1971) Fashion Icon Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Modern Painting Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Modern Physics Art Architecture Hautecouture Nuclear Power
4. Europe’s leadership Alan Turing (1912-1954) Computer Science Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) Radio Tim Berners-Lee 1955- World Wide Web Nikolaus Otto (1832-1891) Automobile Engine Radio www. Automobile Computer
16. “ The key to our success – as it has always been – will be to compete by developing new products, by generating new industries , by maintaining our role as the world’s engine of scientific discovery and technological innovation .” President Obama
17. Focusing on key priorities and “grand challenges ” Build a leading 21st century infrastructure Create the IT ecosystem needed for 21st century innovation Support innovative entrepreneurs Enact the largest R&D budget increase in US history
22. http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/files/panel_report_en.pdf “ We propose a broader sense of innovation (from business to social innovation). EU innovation should be based around compelling social challenges such as chronic disease and other implications of our ageing society; inter-culturalism and hyper-diversity; climate change; environmental protection” Business Panel Future EU Innovation Policy, Oct 2009
28. Conclusions of the moderator: Diogo Vasconcelos, Cisco European Innovation Partnerships – meeting societal challenges and reinforcing competitiveness Seminar regarding the pilot "Active and Healthy Ageing“ 22 February 2011
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33. Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003) Redelmeier and Singh, “Survival in Academy Award–Winning Actors and Actresses” American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine, 2001 “ Life expectancy is 3.9 years longer for Academy Award Winners” Stimulation is key
35. Who creates jobs? Haltiwanger, Jardin and Miranda, 2009,: Business Dynamics Statistics Briefing: Jobs Created from Business Star-ups in the United States, Erwin Marion Kauffman Foundation Contribution of business start-ups to overall employment and the net employment growth (US, 1992-2005)
48. “ What is needed is not new instruments for knowledge transfer, but something different: the spaces in which interactions can take place” (Geoffrey Crossick)
49. New Spaces for New Collaborations Health Launchpad provides funding and long term practical support from the germination of an idea through the pilot stage and finally to the delivery and scaled up application of the service
86. A State that creates with people (social innovation) Geoff Mulgan
87. “ Substantially greater progress could be made in if nonprofits, governments, businesses , and the public were brought together around a common agenda to create collective impact. ” John Kania and Mark Kramer Stanford Social Innovation Review Winter 2011
Public Sector Innovation – growing social needs, together with budgetary constraints, call for radically new public service models “ Reforms are ultimately designed to ensure the continuation of the current model - not prompting a rethink for a 21st century public service” David Eaves, Govt2 Task Force (Canada)
By 2030, 25% will be over 60. 80+ will double by 2050 Costs pensions, social security, health and long term care to increase by 4-8% GDP by 2025. Biggest healthcare challenge: delivering care to older people and those with chronic conditions
50% of men and 34% of women will have or have had a cancer diagnosis at sometime during their life People are living longer with cancer: a number of the 200 or so cancers are now considered to be a ‘chronic disease’. Can we think of cancer as a normal part of ageing? Siddhartha Mukherjee suggests that numbers speak to what is normal. And, often this is true – the mojority, or a large minority suggest a normal state of being, or look or behaviour. Therefore, if around 50% of men and 34% of women will have or have had a cancer diagnosis at sometime during their life time – is it then the ‘norm’ to have cancer? People are living longer with the disease and a number of the 200 or so cancers that we can describe are now considered to be a ‘chronic disease’. can we think of cancer as a normal part of ageing? we talk of, and invest millions in, ’finding a cure for cancer’ which is important and commendable – but, should we be investing equal amounts in ‘finding a way to live with cancer’. should we start thinking about investing in ‘aids for living with cancer’ in the same way as we do with other chronic diseases, for example. I am not for one moment comparing the life threatening aspects of some cancers with arthritis for example, but I am suggesting that we may think differently. Multiple myeloma, for example, is not a curable cancer, some people die of, some with it but increasing numbers of people (albeit a rare cancer – incidence approx 1% of all cancers and 15% of haematological cancers) are living for 10-20 years with the adverse effects of treatment. Fatigue, pain and peripheral neuropathy are major components of living with myeloma, and arguably, finding a cure would solve those – but, in the meantime, if we thought differently about the endpoint of cancer management – could we do better? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/15/cancer-the-new-normal
In 2040 11 million people in Europe will have Alzheimer’s disease 30% of healthy elderly have already Alzheimer Early treatment needed to prevent morbidity and improve independence and quality of life Improved care for patients who are already demented In 2030 25% of European population is older than 65 years In 2040 11 million people in Europe will have Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder No. of people with Alzheimer’s doubles with every 5 year age interval after 65. Total costs today €72 billion euro and expected to double by 2020.
. recent research in the UK and US highlights the energy and contribution of older entrepreneurs. 9 Contrary to popularly held assumptions, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs to the 55-64 age group. In every single year from 1996 to 2007, Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than those aged 20-34.
Summarizes relevant dimensions of an innovation system Framework economic conditions : financial markets and access to credit, education, competition, bankruptcy laws, orientation of economic institutions towards entrepreneurship and dynamism. Structural changes : emergence of population of fast growing innovative firms is a sure sign that something disruptive, and positive, is happening. Likelihood that a good representation of the next generation of very large firms, leaders in their domains, originate in Europe Show current structural changes on organization of innovation (new division of labour in invention activities; increasing role of small firms ; vertical specialization and entries into new and highly focussed segments in the upstream phases of innovation ) (D. Foray)
In the UK, 40,2001 adults leave prison each year after serving a custodial sentence of less than 12 months. These prison places cost the tax-payer well over £213 million a year yet, on release, adults on short sentences receive no formal support to help them to successfully resettle into the community. 73% of these offenders go on to reoffend within 2 years of release (92% for those under the age of 21 years). Government spending on a range of deep-rooted social issues, including healthcare, adult mental health, and school truancy and exclusion, is similarly focussed on expensive interventions that deal with the consequences of the issue rather than addressing the root causes: £92 billion health expenditure in England, only 3.7% is spent on preventative interventions; Adult mental health costs government £10bn each year in benefit payments alone, while only £2m is spent on mental health promotion activities like promoting self-esteem and coping skills; Government spends £650m on truancy and £800m per annum on school exclusions while only £111m is spent on preventative initiatives. Government budgets are limited and early intervention spending is easier to cut in difficult times. Over time this creates a self-perpetuating pattern of expenditure , resulting in ever worsening social outcomes and an ever growing need for government resources to be spent on expensive crisis interventions
A Girl Named Facebook http://www.utne.com/Science-Technology/Egyptian-Girl-Named-After-Facebook.aspx
Innovation and creativity are the critical comparative advantages which Amsterdam needs to grow and to succeed.