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:
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To comment and assess the research progress at the end of each of the 5 work packages;
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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;
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To make the research team aware of institutional developments or new initiatives comingfrom field actors;
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To give orientations towards publications, presentations or meetings that should allow for a better dissemination of findings and recommendations;
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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
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Anne Fierens, Marieke Zwartjes - Belspo, the Belgian Science Policy Office and funding agency for the Brain-be call (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
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Helena Bex - Celverantwoordelijke Maatschappelijke Integratie kabinet Borsus
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Simon Smessaert or Rafaël Huybrechts - Flemish Department of Culture, Youth, Sport and Media
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Séverine Waterbley - FOD/SPF Economy, Directorate General Telecommunications and Information Society
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Nathalie Hardat - AWT (Walloon Agency for ICT)
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Karim Benseghir, Pierre Strumelle - FOD Economie, Division Télécommunications et Société de l'Information
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Beverly Bernard - POD Maatschappelijke Integratie
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Laurent Hublet - Adviseur Digitale Agenda, Kabinet De Croo
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Julien Vangeertsom - POD Maatschappelijke Integratie
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Pol Gertis - FOD Volksgezondheid
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Philippe Vermeulen - FOD Personeel en Organisatie
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Anne-Lise Depasse, Ine Polling, Véronique Lagrange - FOD Mobiliteit
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Luc Lathouwers - Transitiemanager Radicaal Digitaal, Agentschap Informatie Vlaanderen
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Kris Lentackers - Beleidsteam Digitale Geografische Informatie, Administratie Homans
Members coming from existing networks of associations working on e-inclusion (in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia):
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Laure Van Hoecke - Coordinator LINC vzw
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Elke Boudry, Hadewijch Vanwynsberghe - Mediawijs.be, the Flemish Knowledge Center for Media Literacy
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Stefaan Platteau - CABAN (Network of e-inclusion actors in Brussels)
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Eric Blanchard - TechnofuturTIC, network coordinator, Network of Walloon EPN (Public digitalspaces)
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Laure Lemaire - Director of Interface 3 Brussels and Belgian representative of Telecentre-Europe
Members coming from academic institutions:
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Pieter Verdegem - MICT Ugent
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Erik Goubin - Thomas More Mechelen
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François Georges - LabSET, University of Liège
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Thierry De Smedt - UCL, Department of communication sciences
