Involving the coMmunity to co-PROduce public serVicEs

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

IMPROVE aims to increase the level of innovation in six NPA peripheral regions in the field of technology-driven public service solutions. It adapts a novel living labs-driven approach to maximise knowledge transfers between regions and stakeholders. Real communities will demonstrate the approach by using it to co-produce six services, and develop tools and methodologies for use by other regions to implement the results of the project.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Awareness and attitudes among health professionals towards the use of eHealth technologies

Expected Outputs (EN):

The IMPROVE project will contribute to the programme result “Awareness of technology-driven public service provision in remote and sparsely populated areas”. It has three main results contributing to this programme result as follows: 1.Living Labs: Achieve a step-change improvement in the innovation potential of the IMPROVE poject regions by bringing about the establishment of transboundary living lab. This will encompass six test-bed NPA regions and their innovation stakeholders organised in quadruple helix fashion, dedicated to developing and deploying public services using new organisational models, processes, technologies and tools for their communities “A living lab is a user-centred, open-innovation ecosystem, often operating in a territorial context (e.g. city, agglomeration, region), integrating concurrent research and innovation processes[ within a public-private-people partnership” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_lab 2.Demonstrator Services: Capability of the project regions to develop technology-driven services demonstrated as a result of producing six operational services in the field of healthcare and spatial planning. 3.Centres of Knowledge: Improved capacity of three universities/research Centres in the NPA to provide innovation services, in the field of technology-driven public services development knowledge throughout the programme area. This capacity relates to their teaching capability, knowledge transfer processes, breadth and volume of knowledge in the field, quality of research, linkages with other stakeholders and institutions and spinout capability To help quantify the contribution made to the programme result (a qualitative description was given in C.1.2), the project has developed a simple Regional Awareness Scoreboard (see below) to help rank the current (baseline) and planned (change) awareness or innovation level, related to technology-driven public services, of the different regions. It uses a five-point scale to assign a regional awareness rank that depends on the awareness level within individual stakeholder groups. The awareness characteristics of stakeholders at different positions in the ranking are described in the scoreboard. It can be seen that a judgement has been made as to where each region is positioned within a particular rank, e.g., Derry is currently on the borderline between average and good. It can be seen that all six regions in this project are currently ranked as Average or Good. The aim is to use the project to bring about a change or result where all of the project regions have a Good to High rank. The way in which this effects a positive change on the awareness characteristics of each stakeholder can be read by comparing their baseline and planned positions in the scoreboard.

Thematic information

Health and social services Regional planning and development Knowledge and technology transfer

Specific Objective: Increased innovation within public service provision in remote, sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: European Regions Network for the Application of Communications Technology

Address: 150 CoLab, LYIT, Port RoadLetterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ernact.eu

Total budget: EUR 321 780.36

ERDF budget: EUR 209 157.23

Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall

Name: Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall

Address: County HouseLifford, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.donegalcoco.ie

Total budget: EUR 170 252.19

ERDF budget: EUR 110 663.92

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Háskólinn á Bifröst

Name: Háskólinn á Bifröst

Department: Continuing Education

Address: Bifröst, 311 Borgarnes, Iceland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bifrost.is

Total budget: EUR 86 059.74

Karelia-ammattikorkeakoulu

Name: Karelia-ammattikorkeakoulu

Department: Centre for Creative Industries

Address: Tikkarinne 9, 80200 Joensuu, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.karelia.fi

Total budget: EUR 186 199.12

ERDF budget: EUR 121 029.43

Stiftinga Vestlandsforsking

Name: Stiftinga Vestlandsforsking

Address: Sognahallen, 6851 Sogndal, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vestforsk.no

Total budget: EUR 190 424.11

Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto

Name: Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto

Department: Units of regional development and spatial planning

Address: Siltakatu 2, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.pohjois-karjala.fi

Total budget: EUR 111 204.45

ERDF budget: EUR 72 282.89

Borgarbyggð

Name: Borgarbyggð

Address: Borgarbraut 14, 310 Borgarnes, Iceland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.borgarbyggd.is

Total budget: EUR 47 247.93

Derry City Council

Name: Derry City Council

Department: Marketing Department

Address: Strand Road 98, BT48 7NN Derry, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.derrycity.gov.uk

Total budget: EUR 138 249.57

ERDF budget: EUR 89 862.22

Kommunförbundet Västernorrland

Name: Kommunförbundet Västernorrland

Address: Järnvägsgatan 2, 871 45 Härnösand, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kfvn.se

Total budget: EUR 179 970.79

ERDF budget: EUR 116 981.01

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Donegal County Council

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Bifröst University

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Karelia University of Applied Sciences

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Vestlandsforskning

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Pohjois-Karjalan maakuntaliitto

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Municipality of Borgarbyggð

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Derry City Council

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Association of Local Authorities Västernorrland

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European Regions Network for the Application of Communications Technology

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Summary

Project name (EN): Involving the coMmunity to co-PROduce public serVicEs

Project acronym: IMPROVE

Project start date: 2015-05-01

Project end date: 2018-04-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 431 388.26

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 719 976.71

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 65.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 719 976.71.

Third-country contribution: Iceland: EUR 79 984.60 (ERDF equivalent only); Norway: EUR 95 212.06 (ERDF equivalent only)

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IMPROVE – Co-production Methodology

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Other

Data source: http://improve.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-04-30

Attachment file: Download

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Donegal County Council | Service developed | IMPROVE project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://improve.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2018-04-01

Languages: en

Regional Council of North Karelia - IMPROVE project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://improve.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2018-04-01

Languages: en

The Association of Local Authorities in Västernorrland | Services developed | ImproveNPA

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://improve.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2020-01-30

Document date: 2017-09-01

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

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2023-11-02

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