Social Inclusion by Proactive Design InclusiveByDesign

1. Social Inclusion by Proactive DesignInclusiveByDesign Second project meeting 29-30 June 2001Florence, Italy

2. Meeting agenda (I) Friday, June 29 9:30 – 13:00 Surveys project phase I • Welcome • Presentation of survey outcomes and discussion • Objectives • Approach • Address pool • Questionnaire / classification criteria • Outcomes

3. Meeting agenda (II) Friday, June 29 14:30 – 18:00 Case studies project phase II • Preparation of case studies • Selection procedure • Review of candidates • Final agreement • Next steps • Time table • Work / task distribution

4. Meeting agenda (III) Saturday, June 30 9:30 – 13:00 Morning session • Preparation of interim project report (VFA) • Preparation of interim financial report (FORTH-ICS) • Preparation of project evaluation (ITA and CNR-IROE) • Preparation of next meeting

5. Introduction: Objectives • Identification of successful (“best practice”) examples to design, develop and promote technologies and services in the knowledge economy and society, inclusive to, and accessible by, all its citizens; and • Promotion of policy recommendations to stimulate, facilitate or support proactive measures in IST design, development and use towards mainstreaming employment, vocational training and education in the knowledge economy and society.

6. Introduction: Approach • Collecting, analysing and disseminating successful examples with a proven or expected positive impact on some of the indicators of social exclusion • Perspectives: • Product / service perspective (i.e., technologies and business processes) • Policy perspective (i.e., local / regional and national / European focus) • Areas of interest: • Employment • Vocational training • Education

7. Introduction:Two-phase approach product / service perspective policy perspective Technology FORTH-ICS Business ITA Local/Regional CNR-IROE National / EU VFA month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Survey Survey Survey Preliminary Report Case Studies Case Studies Final Synthesis and Evaluation Report

8. Introduction: Dissemination • Project web site (February 2001) • Preliminary report on trends and practices (due August 2001) • Final project report (due May 2002)

9. Introduction: timetable

10. Surveys project phase I

11. Topics • Presentation of survey outcomes and discussion • Objectives • Approach • Address pool • Questionnaire / classification criteria • Outcomes

12. Two perspectives • Product / service perspective • Inclusive technologies, Design for All, engineering approaches, etc. • Appropriate business processes, end user involvement, continuous improvement processes, management commitments, image, etc. • Policy perspective • Procurement policies, NGO activities, employment and training initiatives, “Open Universities”, etc. • National / European legislation, European support programs, Funds, awards, etc.

13. Product / service perspective Guiding questions: • Which IST-based products / services are available in employment, vocational training and education with a potential to combat exclusion / facilitate inclusion? • What are the key characteristics of them? • How (technically and organisationally) were the results achieved? • Which are the “proactive components” in the design and development process? • How “successful” are they? • What is the context which rendered them “successful”?

14. Policy perspective Guiding questions: • Which policy measures in employment, vocational training and education are supportive for the use of IST-based technologies1 to combat exclusion / facilitate inclusion? • What are the key characteristics of these measures? • How do these measures exactly work? • How “successful” are they? • What is the context of these measures? 1 please notice: not necessarily designed for all!

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16. Case studies project phase II

17. Topics • Preparation of case studies • Selection procedure • Review of candidates • Final agreement • Next steps • Time table • Work / task distribution

18. Management and administrative issues

19. Topics • Preparation of interim project report (VFA) • Preparation of interim financial report (FORTH-ICS) • Preparation of project evaluation (ITA and CNR-IROE) • Preparation of next meeting

20. Interim report Due August 2001 1. Executive summary (VFA) 2. Activities in the reporting period 2.1 Kick-off meeting Heraklion/Crete Greece (FORTH) 2.2 Launch of project web site (FORTH) 2.3 Technology and service survey (ITA + FORTH) 2.4 Policy survey (CNR + VFA) 2.5 Case-study co-ordination meeting Florence / Italy (CNR) 3. Consolidation of preliminary results (VFA) 4. Planned activities for the second reporting period (FORTH)

21. Interim financial report • next week meeting with the financial auditor, who will come to Heraklion • details will be circulated by e-mail

22. Project evaluation (I) • From the guidelines: “Evaluation of your project: please note this evaluation should be intended to look at the effectiveness and efficiency of your proposal. It is not the same as the financial audit which you are also required to carry out as part of the proposal.”

23. Project evaluation (II) Evaluation meeting October 2001 (virtual meeting) Reporting obligations • Project progress and evaluation report (November 2001) • Section on evaluation in the final project report (May 2002)

24. Next meeting • 3rd project meeting (March 8 - 9 Kaiserslautern)