This document discusses how networked technologies are enabling innovation in work-life balance. It is the fourth in a series exploring geographically distributed work. The document has two parts: Part 1 examines how technologies currently impact work and personal lives, as well as innovation processes. It provides examples like Smart Work Centers and Active Collaboration Rooms. Part 2 will discuss emerging technologies like cloud computing, connected devices, and collaboration platforms that are enabling new ways of working and living in a distributed manner. The document argues these technologies are driving open innovation and helping organizations, communities, and individuals achieve new outcomes.
The social office is a term used to describe a new kind of working environment for information workers who discharge their role largely online (so-called web workers). These are people for whom information capture, analysis and sharing is integral to their role and is facilitated by the use of modern online web-based socially oriented technologies and collaboration tools.
A social office represents a seed-change in perceptions of what an ‘office workplace’ looks like and how it operates underpinning by the:
1. Adoption of new working practises in the office workspace
2. Expanded use of online social and collaborative technologies
3. Emergence of strategies to gain economic advantage and operational excellence from socially oriented online business communities
This paper examines the business case for a social online workplace.
This document provides an overview of smart working, including its definition, benefits, and examples of implementation. Smart working aims to improve efficiency and effectiveness through flexibility, autonomy, and collaboration enabled by new technologies. It includes flexible work hours, working from home, desk sharing, and virtual teams. The document examines KT, a Korean telecom company, that implemented smart working initiatives like a new office design promoting communication, flexible schedules, and working from home to increase productivity and employee satisfaction while reducing costs.
Seizing Opportunities, Overcoming Productivity Challenges in the Virtually Co...Cognizant
By following a few simple rules, organizations can overcome the barriers to social and virtual ways of working, including concerns about distractions, personal detachment and business disruption.
This document summarizes a research study that examined the relationship between personality traits and attitudes towards teleworking among Generation Z. The study used the Big Five personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) and surveyed Generation Z individuals to understand how their personalities related to their attitudes towards working remotely. The results found that only openness had a significant positive relationship with attitude towards teleworking, while the other four traits did not show a significant relationship. The document provides background on teleworking, Generation Z, personality traits, and reviews other studies on factors influencing teleworking attitudes.
How can you open up your enterprise to the vast array of consumer devices available without opening it up to risk?
The recent Olympic and Paralympic Games were a perfect microcosm for a BYOD, or ‘Bring-Your-Own-Device’ strategy. The advantages of such a policy for your enterprise are clear: continuous renewal of technology, increased personal productivity and less reliance on support desk functions, to name just a few.
http://bit.ly/M9emb7
The document discusses how organizations can better leverage human capital through Enterprise 2.0 approaches. It argues that knowledge work now requires solving problems and making systems work, which relies on contextualized knowledge shared through conversations. However, traditional work flows do not embed these conversations. The document proposes a "work-flow and sense driven serendipity" that embeds social tools and routines into business processes to engage employees and improve work through sharing information, connecting people, debriefing and refining work. This allows organizations to harness the information capital of employees.
This document provides an overview of Enterprise 2.0 and social computing in organizational settings. It defines social computing and discusses why organizations are embracing these tools. Examples are given of how companies like Starbucks, Best Buy, Booz Allen, and Electronic Arts have implemented Enterprise 2.0 solutions to encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and community building among employees. The challenges knowledge workers face and benefits of social collaboration are also summarized.
Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and LaggardsAlan Cohen
In December 2008, Cisco conducted one of the first comprehensive studies on the factors associated with successful adoption of network-based collaboration. The study, Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and Laggards surveyed 800 people in a wide variety of U.S. medium-sized and enterprise organizations who:
• Spend at least 20% of time at work using a network-connected computer
• Use a mobile phone or handheld device
• Participate in two or more collaborative activities per month
Our objective was to identify habits and characteristics of high-performing collaboration groups. In addition to pattern matching, the study found evidence that contradicts some common perceptions about today’s collaborators.
The social office is a term used to describe a new kind of working environment for information workers who discharge their role largely online (so-called web workers). These are people for whom information capture, analysis and sharing is integral to their role and is facilitated by the use of modern online web-based socially oriented technologies and collaboration tools.
A social office represents a seed-change in perceptions of what an ‘office workplace’ looks like and how it operates underpinning by the:
1. Adoption of new working practises in the office workspace
2. Expanded use of online social and collaborative technologies
3. Emergence of strategies to gain economic advantage and operational excellence from socially oriented online business communities
This paper examines the business case for a social online workplace.
This document provides an overview of smart working, including its definition, benefits, and examples of implementation. Smart working aims to improve efficiency and effectiveness through flexibility, autonomy, and collaboration enabled by new technologies. It includes flexible work hours, working from home, desk sharing, and virtual teams. The document examines KT, a Korean telecom company, that implemented smart working initiatives like a new office design promoting communication, flexible schedules, and working from home to increase productivity and employee satisfaction while reducing costs.
Seizing Opportunities, Overcoming Productivity Challenges in the Virtually Co...Cognizant
By following a few simple rules, organizations can overcome the barriers to social and virtual ways of working, including concerns about distractions, personal detachment and business disruption.
This document summarizes a research study that examined the relationship between personality traits and attitudes towards teleworking among Generation Z. The study used the Big Five personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) and surveyed Generation Z individuals to understand how their personalities related to their attitudes towards working remotely. The results found that only openness had a significant positive relationship with attitude towards teleworking, while the other four traits did not show a significant relationship. The document provides background on teleworking, Generation Z, personality traits, and reviews other studies on factors influencing teleworking attitudes.
How can you open up your enterprise to the vast array of consumer devices available without opening it up to risk?
The recent Olympic and Paralympic Games were a perfect microcosm for a BYOD, or ‘Bring-Your-Own-Device’ strategy. The advantages of such a policy for your enterprise are clear: continuous renewal of technology, increased personal productivity and less reliance on support desk functions, to name just a few.
http://bit.ly/M9emb7
The document discusses how organizations can better leverage human capital through Enterprise 2.0 approaches. It argues that knowledge work now requires solving problems and making systems work, which relies on contextualized knowledge shared through conversations. However, traditional work flows do not embed these conversations. The document proposes a "work-flow and sense driven serendipity" that embeds social tools and routines into business processes to engage employees and improve work through sharing information, connecting people, debriefing and refining work. This allows organizations to harness the information capital of employees.
This document provides an overview of Enterprise 2.0 and social computing in organizational settings. It defines social computing and discusses why organizations are embracing these tools. Examples are given of how companies like Starbucks, Best Buy, Booz Allen, and Electronic Arts have implemented Enterprise 2.0 solutions to encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and community building among employees. The challenges knowledge workers face and benefits of social collaboration are also summarized.
Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and LaggardsAlan Cohen
In December 2008, Cisco conducted one of the first comprehensive studies on the factors associated with successful adoption of network-based collaboration. The study, Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and Laggards surveyed 800 people in a wide variety of U.S. medium-sized and enterprise organizations who:
• Spend at least 20% of time at work using a network-connected computer
• Use a mobile phone or handheld device
• Participate in two or more collaborative activities per month
Our objective was to identify habits and characteristics of high-performing collaboration groups. In addition to pattern matching, the study found evidence that contradicts some common perceptions about today’s collaborators.
The Future of Work is being reshaped by major trends - namely virtualization of work and consumerization of IT. These comprise the four major forces of change - globalization, virtualization, the Millennial mindset and cloud computing. These have drastically changed the way we communicate, collaborate, learn, buy, engage and consume. When the virtualization of work meets the consumerization of IT in the enterprise - and when systems of recod meet systems of engagement - the dynamics of work itself change.
Making Technology Work at Work - #1 in the Employment in the Digital Age Seriesinaroundos
Part one of three digital learning resources for tech-savvy young adults in the workplace. Initiated and funded by Adult Learning Centres Grey-Bruce-Georgian, Adult Learning Programs of Perth and Employment Ontario.
This document provides an overview of collaborative work and the future of collaboration. It discusses how collaboration is no longer defined by people working together in the same physical space due to new technologies that allow remote collaboration. The document also outlines eight principles for successful collaboration and discusses how emerging technologies like videoconferencing, unified communication tools, and interactive surfaces will change the nature of collaborative work. Early adopters in companies are already experimenting with new collaborative environments and technologies.
The very nature of work, the way we work and where we work is changing. Businesses are reducing real estate, maximising the use of the space they have, increasing work from home and expecting their employees to adopt new practices from hot desking to unified communications. The need to collaborate with colleagues has never been greater, the pace of business has never been faster, and the pressures to be more productive are ever increasing. This white paper explores the drivers, need for change and case studies behind the technology solutions that are being deployed today to deliver collaborative solutions that fundamentally and permanently change the way we work.
This study was undertaken to know and understand the challenges of remote working and it’s impact
to workers. The research objectives generally aims to determine the following: (1) the media of communication
between the company and its remote workers? (2) the important skills needed to be a remote worker? (3) the
possible benefits and challenges of working remotely? (4) the difficulties encountered by a remote worker?
Further, descriptive method of research was used in this study and the instrument used in gathering data is a
researcher-constructed questionnaire
The document discusses how enterprise social networks like Yammer can facilitate workplace connectivity and learning. It argues that providing a platform for workers to connect across space and time will increase social capital and dialogue, giving workers a voice to contribute and receive recognition. However, a platform alone is not enough - workers must adopt behaviors like discussing work in progress, sharing finished work, commenting on others' work, and reading about colleagues' work to fully leverage the network. By transitioning from hierarchical document storage to real-time searchable digital tools, organizations can stay current and adaptable to customer needs.
The document discusses how to incorporate social aspects into day-to-day business processes and workflows. It argues that social tools should not just be used for long-term learning, but to directly impact operations by making processes more flexible, solving problems faster, and improving coordination and decision making. The document outlines four challenges: 1) make social a routine part of work, 2) share tasks and debrief easily, 3) search for and connect with the right people, and 4) bring social and business tools together. Addressing these challenges can help "unleash the social potential" to boost workflow efficiency.
Using Social Collaboration in Product Innovation - UpdatedJeanne Bradford
This benchmark studying outlines 10 best practices in applying social technologies to the product innovation process. Case studies come from companies that are ahead of the industry curve in accelerating both time to market and innovation.
Power and Service Design: Making Sense of Service Design's Politics and Influ...Service Design Network
In this talk, Gordon Ross will discuss different partnership models that exist between organizations and consultants collaborating on service design initiatives. He will reflect on his experience as a service design consultant across a wide range of private and public sector projects, highlighting challenges faced along the way.
Become a member!
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This document discusses the concept of a smart office using ubiquitous computing. It begins by defining a smart office as an office environment that uses ubiquitous computing concepts to improve work efficiency, communication, and access to information. It then discusses how ubiquitous computing can be applied in a smart office setting using embedded computers, sensors, and agent-based systems to automate tasks, customize environments, and improve information access and sharing. The document proposes several prototypes for how a smart office could work using technologies like RFID, biometrics, interactive displays and screens, and networked meeting rooms. It also discusses the role of different types of intelligent agents that could be used to manage various functions like user authentication, environment controls, scheduling, communication, and maintenance in
The document describes a study investigating how collaborative creativity can be supported electronically while maintaining face-to-face communication. The researchers designed a brainstorming application using an interactive table and wall display, and compared it to traditional paper-based brainstorming. They derived design guidelines for collaborative systems in interactive environments based on considerations from the application's design and observations during a user study with 30 participants. The guidelines aim to support group awareness, minimize cognitive load, and mediate mutual idea activation in order to foster collaborative creative problem solving.
Webjam - Forget Technology: The Real Business Value of Enterprise Social Netw...WebjamMark2
Webjam is a provider of engaging enterprise social media solutions. We help our clients to connect with their employees and customers by providing them with an easy, affordable solution for social publishing and engagement. Our enterprise social media solutions allow you to create your own social intranet, share ideas and insights, and connect your employees.
http://www.webjam.com
This presentation was based on the Altimeter report. Source - Brian Solis.
Social Computing: From Social Informatics to Social IntelligenceTeklu_U
This document discusses social computing, including its theoretical underpinnings, infrastructure, applications, and research issues. Social computing is a new paradigm that facilitates collaboration and social interactions using computing technology. It draws from fields like social informatics, human computer interaction, and social and psychological theories. Major application areas include online communities, intelligent interactive entertainment, and business/public sector systems. Key research issues involve representing social information and knowledge, modeling social behavior at individual and group levels, and analyzing and predicting social systems. Agent-based modeling and simulation are important approaches used in social computing.
Social computing has the potential to be much more than just web 2.0 for business. It shifts value from ownership and institutions to experience and communities. Social computing empowers individuals through one-to-many and many-to-many connections. When adopted, it can increase productivity, engagement, collaboration and knowledge sharing among employees. Companies should embrace social computing by understanding individuals' needs, nurturing enthusiasts, and allowing participation to drive critical mass in communities.
InformeDesign is a free, online database providing evidence-based design research summaries to inform design decisions. It was created in 2003 and contains over 2,300 summaries, but now faces funding cuts that could shut it down. InformeDesign is a valuable resource for designers, helping to differentiate practitioners who use evidence-based design. It covers topics related to office environments like ergonomics and productivity. Support is needed from manufacturers, firms, and individuals to maintain InformeDesign as an important tool for the design industry.
The document discusses the rise of wearable technologies and their potential impact on learning. It notes that wearable devices like smartwatches and Google Glass allow hands-free access to information and can enhance learning experiences. Examples mentioned include medical students using Glass during rotations to look up patient information, and museums testing augmented reality displays. The document argues that wearable technologies will require rethinking learning design and addressing challenges around data privacy and security.
1) Originally, companies had authoritative intranets managed by IT for sharing information.
2) Collaborative platforms then emerged for structured project work between business and IT.
3) Social media was introduced, empowering employees but staying isolated from real work.
4) Eventually, social collaboration permeated companies, facilitating transparency, efficiency and self-organization that required leadership over traditional management.
1. The document analyzes how climate change may impact forest fire risk globally based on meteorological factors.
2. It finds that increased temperatures are the primary driver of increased fire danger projections, followed by decreased humidity which is also influenced by higher temperatures.
3. Using climate models and fire weather indices, it projects increases in fire danger over most regions by 2080 under non-mitigation scenarios, with the largest increases in Europe, Amazonia, and parts of North America and East Asia. Lower but still significant increases are seen under a mitigation scenario.
The document summarizes a study on the role of the informal sector in poverty reduction and food security in Malawi. Key findings from the study include:
- Agriculture is the main livelihood for most respondents, with over 86.7% depending on own production for food.
- Income generating activities (IGAs) play an important role in supporting agricultural production by providing income to purchase household needs and farm inputs.
- The study recommends encouraging IGAs to sustain household food security and reduce poverty levels by supporting agricultural productivity.
The Future of Work is being reshaped by major trends - namely virtualization of work and consumerization of IT. These comprise the four major forces of change - globalization, virtualization, the Millennial mindset and cloud computing. These have drastically changed the way we communicate, collaborate, learn, buy, engage and consume. When the virtualization of work meets the consumerization of IT in the enterprise - and when systems of recod meet systems of engagement - the dynamics of work itself change.
Making Technology Work at Work - #1 in the Employment in the Digital Age Seriesinaroundos
Part one of three digital learning resources for tech-savvy young adults in the workplace. Initiated and funded by Adult Learning Centres Grey-Bruce-Georgian, Adult Learning Programs of Perth and Employment Ontario.
This document provides an overview of collaborative work and the future of collaboration. It discusses how collaboration is no longer defined by people working together in the same physical space due to new technologies that allow remote collaboration. The document also outlines eight principles for successful collaboration and discusses how emerging technologies like videoconferencing, unified communication tools, and interactive surfaces will change the nature of collaborative work. Early adopters in companies are already experimenting with new collaborative environments and technologies.
The very nature of work, the way we work and where we work is changing. Businesses are reducing real estate, maximising the use of the space they have, increasing work from home and expecting their employees to adopt new practices from hot desking to unified communications. The need to collaborate with colleagues has never been greater, the pace of business has never been faster, and the pressures to be more productive are ever increasing. This white paper explores the drivers, need for change and case studies behind the technology solutions that are being deployed today to deliver collaborative solutions that fundamentally and permanently change the way we work.
This study was undertaken to know and understand the challenges of remote working and it’s impact
to workers. The research objectives generally aims to determine the following: (1) the media of communication
between the company and its remote workers? (2) the important skills needed to be a remote worker? (3) the
possible benefits and challenges of working remotely? (4) the difficulties encountered by a remote worker?
Further, descriptive method of research was used in this study and the instrument used in gathering data is a
researcher-constructed questionnaire
The document discusses how enterprise social networks like Yammer can facilitate workplace connectivity and learning. It argues that providing a platform for workers to connect across space and time will increase social capital and dialogue, giving workers a voice to contribute and receive recognition. However, a platform alone is not enough - workers must adopt behaviors like discussing work in progress, sharing finished work, commenting on others' work, and reading about colleagues' work to fully leverage the network. By transitioning from hierarchical document storage to real-time searchable digital tools, organizations can stay current and adaptable to customer needs.
The document discusses how to incorporate social aspects into day-to-day business processes and workflows. It argues that social tools should not just be used for long-term learning, but to directly impact operations by making processes more flexible, solving problems faster, and improving coordination and decision making. The document outlines four challenges: 1) make social a routine part of work, 2) share tasks and debrief easily, 3) search for and connect with the right people, and 4) bring social and business tools together. Addressing these challenges can help "unleash the social potential" to boost workflow efficiency.
Using Social Collaboration in Product Innovation - UpdatedJeanne Bradford
This benchmark studying outlines 10 best practices in applying social technologies to the product innovation process. Case studies come from companies that are ahead of the industry curve in accelerating both time to market and innovation.
Power and Service Design: Making Sense of Service Design's Politics and Influ...Service Design Network
In this talk, Gordon Ross will discuss different partnership models that exist between organizations and consultants collaborating on service design initiatives. He will reflect on his experience as a service design consultant across a wide range of private and public sector projects, highlighting challenges faced along the way.
Become a member!
https://www.service-design-network.org
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sdnetwork
Or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2933277
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ServiceDesignNetwork/
Behind-the-scenes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/servicedesignnetwork/
This document discusses the concept of a smart office using ubiquitous computing. It begins by defining a smart office as an office environment that uses ubiquitous computing concepts to improve work efficiency, communication, and access to information. It then discusses how ubiquitous computing can be applied in a smart office setting using embedded computers, sensors, and agent-based systems to automate tasks, customize environments, and improve information access and sharing. The document proposes several prototypes for how a smart office could work using technologies like RFID, biometrics, interactive displays and screens, and networked meeting rooms. It also discusses the role of different types of intelligent agents that could be used to manage various functions like user authentication, environment controls, scheduling, communication, and maintenance in
The document describes a study investigating how collaborative creativity can be supported electronically while maintaining face-to-face communication. The researchers designed a brainstorming application using an interactive table and wall display, and compared it to traditional paper-based brainstorming. They derived design guidelines for collaborative systems in interactive environments based on considerations from the application's design and observations during a user study with 30 participants. The guidelines aim to support group awareness, minimize cognitive load, and mediate mutual idea activation in order to foster collaborative creative problem solving.
Webjam - Forget Technology: The Real Business Value of Enterprise Social Netw...WebjamMark2
Webjam is a provider of engaging enterprise social media solutions. We help our clients to connect with their employees and customers by providing them with an easy, affordable solution for social publishing and engagement. Our enterprise social media solutions allow you to create your own social intranet, share ideas and insights, and connect your employees.
http://www.webjam.com
This presentation was based on the Altimeter report. Source - Brian Solis.
Social Computing: From Social Informatics to Social IntelligenceTeklu_U
This document discusses social computing, including its theoretical underpinnings, infrastructure, applications, and research issues. Social computing is a new paradigm that facilitates collaboration and social interactions using computing technology. It draws from fields like social informatics, human computer interaction, and social and psychological theories. Major application areas include online communities, intelligent interactive entertainment, and business/public sector systems. Key research issues involve representing social information and knowledge, modeling social behavior at individual and group levels, and analyzing and predicting social systems. Agent-based modeling and simulation are important approaches used in social computing.
Social computing has the potential to be much more than just web 2.0 for business. It shifts value from ownership and institutions to experience and communities. Social computing empowers individuals through one-to-many and many-to-many connections. When adopted, it can increase productivity, engagement, collaboration and knowledge sharing among employees. Companies should embrace social computing by understanding individuals' needs, nurturing enthusiasts, and allowing participation to drive critical mass in communities.
InformeDesign is a free, online database providing evidence-based design research summaries to inform design decisions. It was created in 2003 and contains over 2,300 summaries, but now faces funding cuts that could shut it down. InformeDesign is a valuable resource for designers, helping to differentiate practitioners who use evidence-based design. It covers topics related to office environments like ergonomics and productivity. Support is needed from manufacturers, firms, and individuals to maintain InformeDesign as an important tool for the design industry.
The document discusses the rise of wearable technologies and their potential impact on learning. It notes that wearable devices like smartwatches and Google Glass allow hands-free access to information and can enhance learning experiences. Examples mentioned include medical students using Glass during rotations to look up patient information, and museums testing augmented reality displays. The document argues that wearable technologies will require rethinking learning design and addressing challenges around data privacy and security.
1) Originally, companies had authoritative intranets managed by IT for sharing information.
2) Collaborative platforms then emerged for structured project work between business and IT.
3) Social media was introduced, empowering employees but staying isolated from real work.
4) Eventually, social collaboration permeated companies, facilitating transparency, efficiency and self-organization that required leadership over traditional management.
1. The document analyzes how climate change may impact forest fire risk globally based on meteorological factors.
2. It finds that increased temperatures are the primary driver of increased fire danger projections, followed by decreased humidity which is also influenced by higher temperatures.
3. Using climate models and fire weather indices, it projects increases in fire danger over most regions by 2080 under non-mitigation scenarios, with the largest increases in Europe, Amazonia, and parts of North America and East Asia. Lower but still significant increases are seen under a mitigation scenario.
The document summarizes a study on the role of the informal sector in poverty reduction and food security in Malawi. Key findings from the study include:
- Agriculture is the main livelihood for most respondents, with over 86.7% depending on own production for food.
- Income generating activities (IGAs) play an important role in supporting agricultural production by providing income to purchase household needs and farm inputs.
- The study recommends encouraging IGAs to sustain household food security and reduce poverty levels by supporting agricultural productivity.
1. The document discusses the informal economy of South Africa, particularly in Johannesburg. It defines the informal economy and explains that it makes up a significant portion of South Africa's GDP and employment.
2. The South African government views the economy as consisting of two separate structures - a formal and informal economy. However, the document argues they are integrated and interdependent. It provides examples of links between informal and formal businesses.
3. The City of Johannesburg's new policy on informal street trading is criticized for not adequately involving traders. It could result in traders being banned from parts of the city in preparation for the 2010 World Cup without protecting their rights.
This document contains the proceedings from the conference "Innovation Systems for Resilient Livelihoods: Connecting Theory to Practice" held in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 26-28, 2013. The conference was organized by RAEIN-Africa and funded by DGIS of Netherlands to discuss innovation systems approaches for development. Over 100 participants from government, civil society, private sector, and universities in Southern Africa attended. The conference included sessions on the role of science, technology and innovation in development; practical experiences of technology development; and innovation in policy development and public participation. The proceedings provide insights from the conference, emerging challenges, conclusions and recommendations on strengthening co-innovation in the region.
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change in several ways:
1) They constitute the majority of the world's poor and are more dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods that are threatened by climate change.
2) Climate change exacerbates issues like food insecurity, loss of biodiversity, water scarcity, and health problems that impact women's lives directly through their roles and responsibilities.
3) Environmental degradation and climate change impacts like flooding and drought increase human migration, which often results in poorer outcomes for women in less developed countries.
This document discusses IFAD's growing commitment to environment and natural resource management. It summarizes IFAD's experience with projects focused on soil conservation, watershed management, deforestation, and other environmental themes. Many of IFAD's projects are in marginal, ecologically fragile areas where rural poverty and environmental degradation are linked. The document provides examples of IFAD projects that aim to address issues like genetic erosion in Africa and improve technologies for wetland rice producers in Asia.
POLITICAL DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF THE COTONOU AGREEMENTDr Lendy Spires
The study assesses the effectiveness of the EU's political dialogue on human rights under Article 8 of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement with African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries. It analyzes the inclusiveness, comprehensiveness, effectiveness, alignment, and impact of the dialogue based on a review of legal provisions and case studies of dialogues in 8 countries. The study concludes that while the dialogues aim to promote human rights, their effectiveness is limited by tensions with partner governments and a lack of strategic approach. It recommends developing a more strategic dialogue, enhancing legitimacy, ensuring monitoring of results, and fully exploiting development programs to strengthen the human rights dialogue.
A healthy and sustainable environment for futureDr Lendy Spires
The document provides an overview of the EU's environmental policy. It explains that the EU develops environmental policy through a democratic process involving consultation, and that policy aims to enhance natural resources while safeguarding public health. The challenges to the environment have evolved over time to include issues like resource efficiency and sustainability. Environmental and economic goals are now seen as complementary, and the EU works internationally to encourage high environmental standards.
Assessing regional intergration in africa towards an african continental fr...Dr Lendy Spires
This document discusses progress towards establishing an African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) to promote regional economic integration across the continent. It provides an overview of the status of integration in the eight Regional Economic Communities recognized by the African Union, and analyzes the potential economic impacts and challenges of establishing a CFTA to liberalize trade and movement of factors of production throughout Africa. The document concludes by outlining perspectives and key steps for fast-tracking the establishment of a CFTA.
This document summarizes key discussions from a 2009 conference hosted by The Wallace Foundation about challenges facing arts organizations in engaging audiences during economic hardship. Conference attendees shared ideas on how to take a long-term view of participation building despite short-term budget issues. Major topics included using research to understand changing audiences, harnessing new technologies, attracting diverse groups, and promoting inter-organizational cooperation to strengthen the arts sector overall. The conference aimed to help arts leaders navigate economic challenges by focusing on long-term audience development.
This document analyzes how climate change will increase weather-related disasters in Europe and Central Asia through higher temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and more extreme weather events. It recommends that countries focus on reducing vulnerability and planning measures to mitigate natural hazard risks as part of climate change adaptation. The paper outlines measures for disaster risk management, financial instruments, risk mitigation, and emergency preparedness that can help reduce current and future vulnerabilities to climate change impacts in the region.
Responsible business conduct is an essential part of an open international investment climate. MNE activities often span multiple countries and many cultural, legal, and regulatory environments. This complexity, coupled with the intensely competitive nature of international business, presents MNEs and their stakeholders with unique and specific challenges. Although many MNEs demonstrate a respect for high standards of business conduct, some may neglect the appropriate principles and standards of conduct in an attempt to gain undue competitive advantage. This may be particularly true in environments where regulatory, legal, and institutional frameworks are underdeveloped or fragile. More and more enterprises are responding by committing to responsible business practices, promoting dialogue, and engaging with stakeholders. Addressing societal concerns while advancing enterprise interests can be mutually supportive
This document summarizes a paper that analyzes the relationship between the formal and informal sectors in India. It begins by reviewing literature on the linkages between agriculture and the formal sector, including demand-side linkages through income redistribution and mutual exchange, and supply-side linkages as agriculture provides wage goods, raw materials, and prevents a "profit squeeze" in the formal sector. The paper then proposes departing from models where prices determine resource allocation and output, and instead assumes rigid wages and terms of trade between agriculture and the formal sector due to powerful lobbying groups. It plans to build a macroeconomic framework to analyze whether the formal and informal sectors have a complementary or conflicting relationship.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is committed to providing development assistance that improves the lives of women, men, and children around the world. USAID has a special interest in the advancement of women worldwide. Women’s health, education, economic opportunity and human rights are at the core of successful, stable societies and economic growth.
One of the fundamental principles of the Department of State/USAID strategic plan is that “all citizens, men and women, are vital to meeting the critical challenges of today and reaching the goals of equality, peace and security.” USAID’s commitment to the full inclusion of women dates back to 1973, when the United States Congress passed the “Percy Amendment” to the Foreign Assistance Act, requiring that particular attention be given to integrating women into national economies to improve the status of women and to assist the overall development effort.
Today, USAID embraces this goal, and seeks to understand the different needs of men and women, to improve the efficiency and overall impact of its programs, and to ensure that both women and men have equitable access to development activities and their benefits. This document profiles USAID efforts to address barriers to full access to opportunity for women and men throughout the developing world. The success stories are a testament to the progress women and men have made. The selected examples illustrate the many efforts made by the USAID field missions, the Office of Women in Development, and other operating units in USAID to fully integrate women into development programs and policies throughout USAID. It is important to note that women’s leadership is not treated as a separate category in this report, but is reflected in all the examples.
Women are becoming political leaders, grassroots leaders, leaders in their professions, leaders in their communities, and heads of households, especially in regions ravaged by HIV/AIDS and conflict, and are growing into leaders in many other ways. As a result, all USAID efforts to support women’s skills, opportunities and rights contribute to “women’s leadership.” WOMEN, MEN AND DEVELOPMENT 1
Catalyzing Equitable Development: An Initiative to Institutionalize a Gender...Dr Lendy Spires
The Catalyzing Equitable Development (CED) Program responded to two questions that are key to gender equality and effective development. First, can organizations effectively integrate gender in their programs and operations? And second, to the extent they can, does gender integration enhance development outcomes?
The CED program demonstrated that the answer to both of these questions is a strong “yes.” InterAction’s Commission on the Advancement of Women (CAW) implemented this program from January 2003-September 2006. The aim of the program was to institutionalize a gender perspective in the work of development and humanitarian assistance PVOs and NGOs as a necessary means to improve living conditions for poor communities in Africa and Asia. The program focused on building the capacity of PVOs and NGOs through training and technical assistance in Inter-Action’s Gender Audit Organizational Self Assessment and Action Planning methodology.
These organizations are major contributors to global development, collectively implementing about 40% of US government funded development assistance as well as administering over $7 billion annually in assistance from private sources and in-kind contributions. The program targeted the very way PVOs and NGOs do their work and enhanced the effectiveness of their field programs by reducing gender inequalities and promoting women’s and girls’ full participation throughout their operations.
However, the program did not stop at capacity building, but assessed the impact of capacity building at the field level. A unique feature of the program was a study on the impact of gender mainstreaming in four African countries, one of the few such impact studies that has been carried out globally by donors, governments, or the United Nations. In addition, the program documented innovative practices in gender integration from the Asia-Pacific region and drew out lessons learned to guide other planners and practitioners. Major accomplishments of the program are: 287 individuals and approximately 173 organizations (or country offices) participated in eight Gender Audit Courses and seven Gender Audit Workshops in the US and overseas. The Courses were offered in the U.S., Ghana, Kenya, and the Philippines. The workshops were offered in New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
This document provides an overview of existing frameworks promoting gender equality and women's participation in decision-making. It highlights best practices from various levels, including establishing targets for gender balance in international bodies. The report recommends that parties to the UNFCCC adopt temporary special measures to ensure adequate representation of women in delegations and leadership positions. It also suggests monitoring and reporting mechanisms to track progress, such as maintaining an online database of participants' gender. The goal is to build on existing efforts and transform decision-making processes at all levels to achieve true gender equality.
The document discusses the new virtually collaborative workplace and the opportunities and challenges it presents for organizations. Some key points:
- The new workplace allows knowledge workers to work from anywhere using mobile devices and collaboration tools, dissolving barriers between work locations.
- While this new workplace offers benefits like cost savings, access to talent, and improved work-life balance, it also risks reduced productivity through distractions, information overload, and lack of face-to-face interaction.
- To fully realize the benefits and avoid productivity losses, organizations must take appropriate actions like ensuring the right tools are used, managing communications, stimulating in-person meetings, and focusing on results rather than time spent working.
Smart Work: Future Work Today - White PaperChris Leong
This document discusses smart work, which allows employees to work remotely from co-working hubs located near their homes. Technological advances have changed how and where people work. Smart work initiatives in some countries aim to capitalize on benefits like improved productivity and work-life balance. The document outlines benefits of smart work for employees, like reduced commuting times, and for employers, like cost savings and a wider talent pool. It provides examples of smart work programs in countries like the Netherlands and analyzes South Korea's efforts to change its traditional work culture through smart work initiatives like KT Corp's program.
The document summarizes potential future workplace models and trends according to a 2009 report by Johnson Controls. It describes three potential models:
1) The Hive - A highly networked workplace where workers are mobile, remote and virtual, collaborating in "clubs". The traditional office becomes obsolete and facilities management plays a key role. However, this could reduce human interaction.
2) Eco Office - A community-oriented model based around knowledge sharing, flexible work, and self-managed teams. Employees have more voice and workspaces focus on collaboration using technology. "Employee villages" and local office communities emerge.
3) Gattaca - Not summarized as it is not described in the provided text.
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Transforming workplaces and workspacesPaul Chaplin
This is the first of a series of papers we're writing to explore what's going on in workplaces and what methods can be used to draw organisations and end-users into a more constructive dialogue about people, their devices and spaces.
Impact of Digitalization on Work Culture and Employmentijtsrd
Digitalisation is transforming business landscapes and the world of work, and redefining the boundaries of production, consumption and distribution. This has created tremendous opportunities, as new products, processes and techniques have emerged, but it has also created threats as new ways of employment pose new challenges to employers and employees. The overall consequences on labour markets are, however, still highly uncertain, which is reflected in the wide variation in the outcomes of the existing research. The initial government responses appear to be reactive rather than proactive, and targeted towards mitigating the side effects of digitalisation instead of aiming to reap its potential benefits. This study focuses on the impact of digitalisation on work culture and employment. Traditional businesses and industries as well as new forms of work in the on demand economy are assessed. For both, job creation and destruction, interaction with customers and employees, labour relations in terms of both the organization of work, government responses with a specific focus on labour conditions, taxation and social security are discussed. Dr. Vidhya Rajagopalan "Impact of Digitalization on Work Culture & Employment" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-6 , October 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52015.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/accounting-and-finance/52015/impact-of-digitalization-on-work-culture-and-employment/dr-vidhya-rajagopalan
Reducing information asymmetry with Enterprise 2.0 Jeroen Derynck
Enterprise 2.0 enables organizations to become more social and collaborative.... Deploying the right tools is the small step - creating a culture of openess is the real challenge
Grib mulighederne med seneste IT trends- få Microsoft overblikket og nyhederneMicrosoft
Den markante digitale udvikling og nye mega trends skaber spændende muligheder for dig som IT ansvarlig. Grib muligheder inden for Produktivitet, Cloud, Big Data, Enterprise Social og Forretningsapplikationer, så du sikrer at IT understøtter forretningen og løbende er på forkant med udviklingen. Kom og hør hvordan Microsoft med sin samlede pallette af løsninger mener, at kunne hjælpe dig med at løfte din virksomhed ind i fremtiden. Der er altid nye muligheder med de nyeste løsninger. Teknologi Direktør Ole Kjeldsen vil i samarbejde med Microsofts løsningsansvarlige sætte scenen for Microsoft Next. Få et indblik i løsningernes sammenhæng og se demonstrationer af de nyeste elementer.
Digital Capabilities: Where people and technology intersectAnne Bartlett-Bragg
This document presents a framework for digital capabilities that go beyond just technology skills. The framework was developed based on the author's doctoral research into digital literacy and engagement with educators. It includes three pillars: information literacy, network literacy, and a participatory mindset. Each pillar encompasses several related capabilities that are important for effective learning and work in a digital environment, such as attention management, data analytics, social skills, and collaboration. The framework is intended to guide the development of these capabilities in a way that supports people's ability to adapt in a fast-changing digital world.
This document discusses how crowdsourcing technology and persona-based approaches can help create a happier and more productive digital workplace. It argues that traditional IT approaches focus too much on process efficiency rather than empowering workers. The key is putting people before process. Crowdsourcing leverages social platforms to shift provisioning and support to users. Persona-based approaches tailor the user experience based on individual roles to maximize engagement and productivity. The combination of these approaches helps align changing business needs in the new digital environment.
Digital transformation starts with your employees. Does your workplace culture empower everyone in your organization to transform and grow the business? A digital workplace can change how your people work and influence your business. Microsoft Services solutions can help you drive leadership, sponsorship, coaching, motivation, training, business insights, and reinforcement practices.
The document discusses the evolution of industrial revolutions from the 18th century to today. The first revolution involved steam power and mechanization, the second brought electricity and mass production, and the third focused on electronics and information technology. Now a fourth industrial revolution is underway, characterized by unprecedented processing power, data storage, and the merging of physical and digital worlds through technologies like the Internet of Things. This digital transformation requires companies to embrace new technologies to increase efficiency and shape their future.
The document discusses how enterprises need to embrace social collaboration to remain competitive. It argues that future workplaces should be "social by birth" and integrate social capabilities into business processes from the start. This will help break down silos, engage stakeholders, and allow for more agile work. However, enterprises still face challenges around silos, inclusion, and reliance on email. The next generation of employees will expect participatory environments, real-time feedback, and focus on personal reputation over job titles.
White Paper: Understanding the Networked Society – new logics for an age of e...Ericsson
Technology has the potential to transform how we organize our lives, businesses and societies. But if the era we are now entering is to be more inclusive, equitable and empowering, we must start by examining the fundamentally different nature of a physical world fueled by digital connectivity.
Email was once the transformative technology that made it easier for people to work together, but email created silos. Intranets attempted to bridge these silos, but the technology did not fundamentally transform the enterprise. What’s the missing link? Social. The result? A secure social networking platforms designed for the enterprise.
Download “When Collaboration Meets Community” and discover why enterprise collaboration must be social. Inside this two-page eBrief, discover how enterprise social:
Enables faster innovation
Creates better group dynamics
Puts power in knowledge
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Social Business Design is the intentional creation of dynamic and socially calibrated systems, process, and culture.
Its goal: helping organizations improve value exchange among constituents.
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In the last few years, an increasing number of workers have shifted to a virtual work environment, also called a digital workplace. A digital workplace is an always connected environment that provides instant access to employees at any place, at any time, and through any digital device. It goes beyond the limits of a physical office and provides for knowledge sharing and collaboration in new, effective ways. This paper provides an introduction on digital workplace. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Uwakwe C. Chukwu | Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi | Sarhan M. Musa "Digital Workplace: An Introduction" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-6 , October 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd51861.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/51861/digital-workplace-an-introduction/matthew-n-o-sadiku
Digital innovation as a fundamental and powerful concept in the information s...venny55
This document proposes adopting digital innovation as a fundamental concept for information systems core courses. It argues that digital innovation is an important topic for all business students to understand given its role in transforming organizations and industries. The document defines digital innovation broadly as new products, processes, or business models that require significant adoption changes and are enabled by information technology. Adopting digital innovation as the core concept would help ensure students learn key IT concepts and would communicate the value of the core course. This could help preserve the core course's role of providing demand for IS faculty and introducing students to the IS field.
United Nations World Oceans Day 2024; June 8th " Awaken new dephts".Christina Parmionova
The program will expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action toward necessary change.
This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
About Potato, The scientific name of the plant is Solanum tuberosum (L).Christina Parmionova
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile
Synopsis (short abstract) In December 2023, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 30 May as the International Day of Potato.
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.