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Digital Social Innovation Crowdmapping oragnisations and activities across Europe February 2014, DSI Policy workshop Francesca Bria, Nesta Francesca.bria@nesta.org.uk Follow us on twitter @Digi_Si www.digitalsocial.eu Slide 2 a type of social and collaborative innovation in which innovators, users and communities co- create knowledge and solutions for a wide range of social needs and at a scale that was unimaginable before the rise of ICT and the Internet Working definition of Digital Social Innovation (DS) Slide 3 Mixed methods to identify the dimensions, technology trends, drivers, and motivations that define DSI and constitute a typology Dynamically map DSI networks to analyse and visualise how they are connected, how they differ and the ongoing social impact they bring (focus on grassroots communities of civic innovators, civil society, web entrepreneurs, hackers, SMEs, open source and DIY makers) Assess and compare novel approaches in bottom up innovation and catalyse breakthroughs in policy at global level Overall Research approach Slide 4 Delivering the research through six interconnected work packages- May 2013 to October 2014 Slide 5 The broader context for digital social innovation in the EU Slide 6 High Speed Internet Single digital market Citizens rights/Skills R&D Connected facilities EU 2020 DSI VISION: DSI contribute to smart growth tackling societal challenges (innovation+ sustainability+inclusion) Leveraging European talent by fully engaging (new) stakeholders Taking advantage of the network effect of the Internet To be able to fully maximize and social innovation and citizens engagement, policy makers should be aware of the challenges Innovation Union Youth on the move Innovation Union Youth on the move Sustainable growth Resource efficient Europe An industrial policy for the globalization era Resource efficient Europe An industrial policy for the globalization era Inclusive growth An agenda for new skills and jobs European platform against poverty An agenda for new skills and jobs European platform against poverty Smart growth Smart growth Digital Agenda DSI A Digital Agenda for Europe Horizons 2020: Joint Open R&I Programmes Slide 7 Exploit the network effect for the social good communities/society/ collaboration Governments/business/ competition distributed centrally controlled Bottom-up and decentralised (open source, open data, open hardware, open knowledge) P2P, e- democracy, CAPS, Internet Science, DSI, web entrepreneurship Top down and systemic approaches European Innovation Partnerships, Smart Cities, FI-PPP; Cloud srategy; challenge.gov eHealth, eGovernment Slide 8 Slide 9 Market oriented vs Power to the People Source: Zoe Romano, Arduino, London 2013 Slide 10 Emerging Findings Slide 11 Digital social innovation case studies Slide 12 Organizations and activities that supports or operates online services that do all of the following: Focuses on grass-roots or "bottom-up" communities of users. Uses online/digital tools or methods in a disruptive way (open hardware, open knowledge-open software and open data, open sensor networks) Makes a positive social impact Creates a "network effect" through collaboration online i.e. the larger number of users a service has, the better it work EU focus Case study criteria Slide 13 Slide 14 OKFN, CC Open Data Sets Created For More Than 60 Million Companies Slide 15 OKFN, CC Open source hardware, open data, open software Slide 16 Slide 17 Gabriella_levine, CC More Than 11 Million Data Points Safecast Has Been Used On All 7 Continents Slide 18 Ars Electronica, CC Collects, Analyses And Reports On Data Relating To Network Neutrality And Civil Rights In The Digital Domain. ChokePointProject Slide 19 Free software and open network for anonimity online, privacy protection against network surveillance and traffic analysis Slide 20 Direct and open democracy, deliberation platforms based on free software and citizens control of data Slide 21 Data Collection and Mapping Slide 22 DSI open data set by technology focus 290 organisations 180 activities after 2 months of Beta launch Slide 23 Filter by Domain of activity Slide 24 Slide 25 Types of network effect enabled by DSI Slide 26 Non-institutional actors are sources of innovation and need systemic synergies to diffuse Mix of access to shared resources, skills, capabilities, and self- governance frameworks to mobilise collective action Building communities based on the right mix of motivation and incentives (financial and non-monetary incentives and outcomes) Access to knowledge, open infrastructures, and open licensing schemes (Digital Commons) New indicators and metrics to assess the impact of DSI and to know what works and what doesnt Addressing barriers to growth and scale, connect across boundaries. Reusability of solutions is key to scale without lock-in solutions Making social impact most important Slide 27 Whats next? Enlarge the Data set and build a DSI constituency How to formulate effective Policy Recommendations and Actions for DSI Experimenting and Prototyping DSI