1st Follow-up Comittee IDEALiC

 

 

A follow-up committee has been established, it is composed of three thirds:

(a) members coming from public authorities involved in e-inclusion;

(b) members coming from associations in the field of e-inclusion;

and (c) members coming from university research centres concerned by the topics of the project.

 

Moreover, the composition will be balanced among Flemish and French-speaking members, as well as gender-balanced.

 

The following tasks will be devoted to the follow-up committee:

• To comment and assess the research progress at the end of each of the 5 work packages;

• To be an interface between the research team and the actors of e-inclusion policies, at the level of federal and federated entities as well as in associations of the non-profit sector;

• To make the research team aware of institutional developments or new initiatives comingfrom field actors;

• To give orientations towards publications, presentations or meetings that should allow for a better dissemination of findings and recommendations;

• To validate the final policy recommendations.

 

 

The follow-up committee will meet five times during the project: 

 

A first meeting, coupled with a scientific workshop on “Setting the new scene of digital inclusion” at the end of WP1. Three meetings on intermediate results: (1) results from the qualitative analysis of individual users interviews (WP2), (2) results from the qualitative analysis of case studies of (public) services providers (WP3), (3) results from the participatory action-research with e-inclusion actors (WP4). The last meeting will be held at the moment of drafting conclusions and recommendations (WP5).

 

Here is a preliminary list of members of the follow-up committee. This list of members will be expanded throughout the project. 

 

Members coming from public authorities

 

• Anne Fierens, Marieke Zwartjes - Belspo, the Belgian Science Policy Office and funding agency for the Brain-be call (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)

• Helena Bex - Celverantwoordelijke Maatschappelijke Integratie kabinet Borsus

• Simon Smessaert or Rafaël Huybrechts - Flemish Department of Culture, Youth, Sport and Media 

• Séverine Waterbley - FOD/SPF Economy, Directorate General Telecommunications and Information Society

• Nathalie Hardat - AWT (Walloon Agency for ICT)

• Karim Benseghir, Pierre Strumelle - FOD Economie, Division Télécommunications et Société de l'Information

• Beverly Bernard - POD Maatschappelijke Integratie

• Laurent Hublet - Adviseur Digitale Agenda, Kabinet De Croo

• Julien Vangeertsom - POD Maatschappelijke Integratie

• Pol Gertis - FOD Volksgezondheid

• Philippe Vermeulen - FOD Personeel en Organisatie

• Anne-Lise Depasse, Ine Polling, Véronique Lagrange - FOD Mobiliteit

• Luc Lathouwers - Transitiemanager Radicaal Digitaal, Agentschap Informatie Vlaanderen

• Kris Lentackers - Beleidsteam Digitale Geografische Informatie, Administratie Homans

 

Members coming from existing networks of associations working on e-inclusion (in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia):

 

• Laure Van Hoecke - Coordinator LINC vzw  

• Elke Boudry, Hadewijch Vanwynsberghe - Mediawijs.be, the Flemish Knowledge Center for Media Literacy 

• Stefaan Platteau - CABAN (Network of e-inclusion actors in Brussels) 

• Eric Blanchard - TechnofuturTIC, network coordinator, Network of Walloon EPN (Public digitalspaces) 

• Laure Lemaire - Director of Interface 3 Brussels and Belgian representative of Telecentre-Europe

 

Members coming from academic institutions: 

 

• Pieter Verdegem - MICT Ugent 

• Erik Goubin - Thomas More Mechelen 

• François Georges - LabSET, University of Liège 

• Thierry De Smedt - UCL, Department of communication sciences