References

Business Development

InnoConnect_logo_300dpiIS-practice is involved in the business development and innovation management of InnoConnect, a technology start-up providing Location Intelligence and big data analysis services.

Together with partners associated in the Plan4All association, we are involved in sales, business development and product design of OpenTransportMap, OTMa dynamic traffic volumes modelling service. We have recently delivered a dynamic traffic volumes visualisation for the City of Plzen in Czechia.

We work on bringing ECIM (a marketplace for smart mobility services) to the market of smart mobility providers.

We also regularly assist EU projects consortia to define appropriate sustainability strategies for their projects (e.g. the ECODISTR-ICT project) .

Running EU Projects

PoliVisu

polivisuPoliVisu is a Research and Innovation project designed to evolve the traditional public policy making cycle using big data. The aim is to enhance an open set of digital tools to leverage data to help public sector decision-making become more democratic by (a) experimenting with different policy options through impact visualisation and (b) using the resulting visualisations to engage and harness the collective intelligence of policy stakeholders for collaborative solution development. Working with three cities to address societal problems linked to smart mobility and urban planning, the intention is to enable public administrations to respond to urban challenges by enriching the policy making process with opportunities for policy experimentation at three different steps of the policy cycle (policy design, policy implementation, and policy evaluation). Experimentation of policy options will enable the cities to tackle complex, systemic policy problems that require innovative thinking to develop transformative solutions.

The project recently passed the EC evaluation with flying colours, scoring 14 out of the possible 15 points. It is scheduled to start in October 2017.

IS-practice involvement: Proposal idea, proposal writing, project management & coordination, sustainability strategy and business development.

bIoTope

bIoTope_logo_smallThe Internet of Things (IoT) brings opportunities to create new services and products, reducing costs for societies, and changing how services are sold and consumed. Despite this, one of the most critical obstacles are the “vertical silos” that shape today’s IoT. Indeed, such silos constitute a serious impediment to the creation of cross-domain, cross-platform and cross-organisational services due to the lack of interoperability and openness.
bIoTope aims to lay the foundation for open innovation ecosystems, where companies can – with minimal investment – innovate by creating new Systems-of Systems (SoS) platforms for connected smart objects.

IS-practice involvement: proposal writing, project management

 

Accomplished EU Projects

ECIM-logoECIM

ECIM (European Cloud Marketplace for Intelligent Mobility) is a CIP 2007-2013 project, which includes 14 partners, amongst which a range of innovative SMEs in the mobility, from 6 countries. It will develop a state-of-the-art solution that combines the strong cloud capabilities of an existing CIP cloud-based platform, EPIC, with new functionalities that facilitate the easy migration of existing city services and innovative creation of new ones. It is designed to help support smart, liveable, and connected cities by fostering and bringing together transportation services that make it easier for people and goods to move between destinations as quickly, cheaply, and greenly as possible.

IS-practice involvement: Proposal idea, proposal writing, project management & coordination, sustainability strategy and business development.

 

OTN-logo_0OpenTransportNet

OTN creates collaborative geo-data hubs that aggregate, harmonise, and visualise open transport-related data to make it easier for innovators to create new services and applications. The three high-level goals of OTN are:

  • Data Challenge: Harmonise geographic data and open data from a wide variety of sources (city and national geo-data, INSPIRE data, volunteered geographic information, OpenStreetMap etc.)
  • Technology Challenge: Combine geographic information, location-based services and open data to extract new information, data visualisations, mash-ups, and insights
  • Innovation Challenge: Provide tools (APIs) and skills to innovators for using geographic information and location-based services in rapid service creation

The OTN solution was validated in four pilot locations in the UK (Birmingham), Belgium (Antwerp), France (Issy-les-Moulineaux) and the Czech Republic (Liberec region).

IS-practice involvement: Proposal writing, project management & coordination, sustainability strategy and business development.

 

maghrenov-logoMAGHRENOV

MAGHRENOV project is focused on the convergence between the EU and Mediterranean partner countries’ innovation systems in the field of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE&EE). It is a test-bed for fostering a Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Space. MAGHRENOV relates primarily to Mediterranean Basin innovative markets in the area of RE&EE. It has three main objectives:

  •  To explore practical methods devoted to capacity building and to fostering innovation on Mediterranean RE& EE markets,
  • To facilitate convergence between initiatives undertaken in EU and Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs) in favour of
    (a) of the development of sustainable energies adapted to regional specificities and
    (b) the establishment of shared and dynamic Research and Innovation Systems (R&IS), and
  • To create real mobility between young academics and entrepreneurs in both regions (EU and MPCs) making use of the built-up capacity

IS-practice involvement: proposal writing, project management & coordination

 

citadelCitadel on the Move

Citadel on the Move unleashes the power of mobile TECHNOLOGY and open access DATA to tap into the INNOVATIVE potential of citizens to deliver smarter city services. It aims to make it easier for citities, citizens and application developers alike from all over Europe to use Open Data to create the type of innovative mobile applications fulfilling today’s societies’ needs. At present, governmental data is often difficult to access and use for the developer community, let alone average citizen. Citadel on the Move aims to fill this void by:

  • Formats that make it easier for local government to release data in usable, interoperable formats, and;
  • Tools (a dataset converter and an application generator tool) that make it easier for citizens to create mobile applications that may be shared across Europe and offer services, which may be used on any device, anytime and anywhere.
  • The latest Citadel application templates, application generator and dataset converter can be accessed and tested at www.citadelonthemove.eu.

IS-practice involvement: proposal idea, proposal writing, project management & coordination.

 

SSEDIC

SSEDIC logo

SSEDIC is a thematic network, which brings together more then 75 eID (electronic identity) experts with an objective to provide a platform for all the eID stakeholders to work together and collaborate to prepare the agenda for a proposed Single European Digital Identity Community.

SSEDIC delivered policy recommendations on the future of the European eID to the European Commission.

IS-practice involvement: proposal idea, proposal writing, project management & coordination

 

EPIC

logo_epicThe “European Platform for Intelligent Cities” is a one stop shop where medium sized Cities in Europe (50.000 – 500.000 inhabitants) can find real, affordable solutions (products and services) to materialize the “Smart Cities” concept in an highly achievable and cost-effective manner.

EPIC aims to transform the Smart City landscape by enabling cities of all sizes – instead of just the big ones with big ICT budgets – to find innovative Smart City products and services.  EPIC’s “Smart City in a Box” offering supports cities in their Smart City journey with

      • Roadmap for becoming Smart;
      • product catalogue of innovative Smart City applications and,
      • cloud-based deployment platform.

With its web-service based procurement model, EPIC is defining the future of Smart City working.

IS-practice involvement: proposal idea, proposal writing, project management & coordination.

Other Projects

  • Development of ICT Dashboard for the Belgian Federal IT Administrations (FEDICT)
  • Inventory or Administrative processes for the Belgian Federal Administration (FEDICT)
  • Study on user satisfaction and impact of eGovernment services in the EU member states for the European Commission DG InfoSoc
  • Use of and satisfaction with Tax-on-Web application for the Belgian federal Agency of Administrative Simplification
  • Several internet communication evaluation studies for different public agencies.
  • Evaluation of website of Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs
  • Evaluation of Image Communication Campaigns for the Village of Antwerp
  • ICT Monitor of Flemish local government
  • Fed-eView Dashboard for FEDICT (Belgian Federal ICT department)
  • Concept study for monitoring and benchmarking the development of ICT and eGovernment in Belgium
  • FEDDICT eGovernment impact focus groups
  • Evaluation of a public health campaign for the Belgian Ministry of Health
  • eGovernment inclusion study for the Belgian Federal Government (FEDICT)
  • Evaluation of eGovernment for business of the City of Antwerp
  • eDemocracy in Flanders for viWTA (Research bureau of the Flemish Parliament)

Publications

in English

  • Kerschot, H., Bouchal, J. (2014) Electronic Identity Adoption: Online Survey. Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Kerschot, H., Van Gompel, R. (2009) Development of a standardized framework in measuring eGovernmentUser Satisfaction and Impact in the EU, pp. 237-247 in H. Jochen Scholl, Marijn Janssen, Roland TRaunmüller and Maria A. Wimmer (eds.) Electronic Government, proceedings of the EGOV 09 Conference, Linz (Austria)
  • Kerschot, H, Van Gompel, R. & Steyaert, J. (2007) e-Democracy in Flanders: The use of and attitude towards new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support citizen participation in government policy – a survey of key stakeholders. Leuven, Indigov Research Report, study commissioned by viWTA, Technology Institute of the Flemish Parlement (Belgium).
  • Kerschot, H, Van Gompel, R. & Steyaert, J.  (2008) ‘e-Democracy in Flanders: The use of and attitude towards new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support citizen participation in government policy – a survey of key stakeholders’, pp. 227-248 in Shark, A.R., Toporkoff, S. (eds.) Beyond e-Government & e-Democracy: A Global perspective. Public Technology Institute & ITEMS International (Washington, Paris)
  • Kerschot, H., Van Gompel, R. & Steyaert, J. (2008) ‘e-Democracy in Flanders: The use of and attitude towards new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support citizen participation in government policy – a survey of key stakeholders’, pp. 112-133 in Santap Sanhari Mishra (ed.) e-Democracy, concepts and practices. The Icfai University Press, Hyderabad, India.
  • Kerschot, H., Steyaert, J. & Van Gompel, R. (2006) Fed-eView Citizen: Longitudinal study of the internet and eGovernment in Belgium. What citizens think. Leuven, Indigov Research Report, study commissioned by FEDICT, Belgian Federal Administration of ICT.

in Dutch

  • KERSCHOT, H, VAN GOMPEL, R., NUYTEMANS, M. & STEYAERT, J. (2007) eGovernment Monitor Lokale besturen 2007: Visie en daadkracht maken het verschil … Doorlichting van de stedelijke en gemeentelijke websites in Vlaanderen en Brussel. Eindrapport december 2007, Leuven, Indigov bvba.
  • WALRAVE, M., DRIESSENS, O., DE BIE, M., VAN GOMPEL, R., KERSCHOT, H. & STEYAERT, J. (2006) Digitale overheid en burger op één lijn? eGovernment, identity management & privacy. Onderzoeksgroep Strategische Communicatie, Universiteit Antwerpen i.s.m. Indigov in het kader van het IBBT-project DITO.
  • KERSCHOT, H., STEYAERT, J. & VAN GOMPEL, R. (2006) Indigov Monitor Lokale besturen 2006: De digitale klok tikt tergend traag. Wie ligt er wakker van lokaal eGovernment. Doorlichting van de stedelijke en gemeentelijke websites in Vlaanderen en Brussel. Eindrapport oktober 2006, Leuven, Indigov bvba.