Netherlands

Title: Digital Pioneers

Case Study by Corline van Es

21 March 2008, Netherlands, Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Finance and Philanthropy, Business and SI, Networks and Collaboration, Democracy and Participation, http://www.digitalpioneers.org

Digital Pioneers consists of two projects. 1. Digital Pioneers Fund. This fund lends expertise and financial support to innovative Internet initiatives of small-scale social organisations. Starting in December 2002, the Fund has supported over 120 projects in eleven rounds. 2. Digital Pioneers Academy. The second project is the Digital Pioneers Academy, in which the project leaders of promising initiatives are supported by many (international) experts in writing a financial plan for their project. Digital Pioneer projects play an important role in the involvement of citizens in social developments in communities and in the participation in democracy. Since December 2002 more than 136 projects were selected out of 1000+ applications. The project started from various perspectives: * Independent produced content contributes to opinion making, information provision and participation and should exist next to traditional media and service providers (prosumers); * Lack of business models for civil society projects in public domain of the Internet; * No funding possibilities for grass-roots internet initiatives (public media policy); * Private initiatives can contribute to innovation in public domain (open innovation models). On our website you will find the results of some of the selected projects with their own unique scope, community and technical know-how. We hope that the examples and best practices inspire you to re-use the knowledge and experience of these Digital Pioneers. Stichting Nederland Kennisland has executed this program with financial support of the Ministry responsible for Media Policy in the Netherlands. For any additional information or comments you may contact us at info@digitalepioniers.nl

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Digital Pioneers

The temporary action program Digital Pioneers gives financial and organisational support to small-scale grass root content communities that realise innovative projects on the Internet.

Contact Name: Digitale Pioniers

Contact Organisation by Email: Email Contact Form

Website: http://www.digitalpioneers.org/

Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Finance and Philanthropy, Technology

Sector: Business

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Username: Arne

Firstname: Arne
Surname: van Oosterom
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Age: 39
Organisation: DesignThinkers
Url: http://www.designthinkers.nl
Sector: Business
Field of Interest: Social Entrepreneurship, Social Finance and Philanthropy, Business and SI, Environment, Health and Care, Education and Skills, Government and Public Policy, Technology, Design, Networks and Collaboration, Wellbeing, Communities and Cities, Democracy and Participation, Migration and Ethnic Diversity, Research, Methods and Tools, Crime and Safety, Employment, Volunteering, Other

Description: I am a design thinker.
 

Username: JoerivdSteenhoven

Firstname: Joeri
Surname: van den Steenhoven
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Age: 37
Organisation: Kennisland | Knowledgeland thinktank
Url: http://www.knowledgeland.org
Sector: NGO
Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Government and Public Policy, Design, Research, Methods and Tools

Description: Joeri van den Steenhoven (1971) is chairman and co-founder of the Knowledgeland thinktank (KL). Founded in 1999, its mission is to make Dutch society smarter. Or in more official words, to help establish the Netherlands as one of the key regions in the international knowledge economy in a way that creates both economic and social value. To this purpose KL does research, develops projects and creates networks that make Dutch society smarter. All these activities are interventions that help bring forward social change. Some examples are Digital Pioneers and the Kafkabrigade. At KL Joeri van den Steenhoven leads a team of about 15 people. He advises government and public sector organisators on innovation, creativity and the knowledge society. Also, he writes and speaks regularly on these themes. Joeri is living in Amsterdam with his wife and son.
 

Username: corlinevanes

Firstname: corline
Surname: van es
City: amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Age: 28
Organisation: Kennisland
Url: http://www.kennisland.nl
Sector: NGO
Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Networks and Collaboration, Communities and Cities, Democracy and Participation

Description: I work mainly for Digital Pioneers: Funding, advising and bringing together small scale internet projects in the public domain and the Digital Pioneer Academy: Supporting small organizations with building a financial model around a social project. View my full profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/corlinevanes [ P2P-FUSION: p2p software project, where co-design environment for communities in p2p software project is built
 

Username: EvertREUSE

Firstname: Evert
Surname: Verhagen
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Age: 53
Organisation: REUSE
Url: http://www.reusebv.com
Sector: Business
Field of Interest: Environment, Design, Communities and Cities, Research, Methods and Tools

Description:
 

Username: arjencito

Firstname: Arjen
Surname: Mulder
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Age: 33
Organisation:
Url: http://arjencito.wordpress.com
Sector: NGO
Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology, Networks and Collaboration, Methods and Tools

Description:
 

Username: meryn

Firstname: Meryn
Surname: Stol
City: The Hague
Country: Netherlands
Age: 24
Organisation:
Sector: Academia
Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Environment, Health and Care, Education and Skills, Government and Public Policy, Technology, Networks and Collaboration, Wellbeing, Democracy and Participation, Methods and Tools

Description: I'm an independent scholar hoping to support social entrepreneurs with my knowledge.
 

Username: jane_hardjono

Firstname: Jane
Surname: Hardjono
City: Eindhoven
Country: Netherlands
Organisation: Philips Design
Url: http://www.design.philips.com
Sector: Business
Field of Interest: Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Finance and Philanthropy, Environment, Health and Care, Education and Skills, Government and Public Policy, Technology, Design, Networks and Collaboration, Wellbeing, Communities and Cities, Democracy and Participation, Research

Description: Communications specialist within the design arm of Philips. Philips Design stands for creativity for innovation and sustainable solutions achieved through a deep understanding of people’s needs. Having a thorough concept of social innovation is part of this understanding.
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