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
