CONNECT -collecting Nordic best practices within welfare technology
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This document discusses the CONNECT initiative, a project aimed at developing a standardized process for implementing welfare technology across Nordic countries. The initiative is led by the Nordic Center for Welfare and Social Issues and involves 10 municipalities and 7 national authorities from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The goal is to establish a validated nine-step process and toolkit to guide municipalities on issues like vision, strategy, needs assessment, and monitoring. This is intended to facilitate knowledge sharing and make it easier for suppliers to access the Nordic market by having a common framework. The project seeks input from others and aims to finalize the process by the end of 2016.
CONNECT -collecting Nordic best practices within welfare technology
- 1. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 1 FINLAND 2016 CONNECT Collecting Nordic Best Practice Within Welfare Technology Senior Advisor Dennis C. Søndergård, Nordic Center for Welfare and Social Issues
- 2. Nordic Council of Ministers The five Nordic Countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland Among the oldest and most comprehensive coorporation 1952: Nordic Council: Cooperation between parliaments 1971: Nordic Council of Ministers: Cooperation between governments Organization: 11 Council of Ministers, 1 Nordic Council Form: Institutions, projects, initiatives Goal: To increase the international strength and attractiveness of the region. 09-06-2016 Nordens Velfærdscenter 2
- 3. Nordic Center for Welfare and Social Issues 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 3 Works on behalf of the Nordic governments Identifies and actualizes social- and welfare political challenges Works to improve the basis for political decision making Creates Nordic added value through cooperation GOALS Knowledge Development Dialogue Target groups Politicians Decision makers Professionals User Organizations
- 4. 09-06-2016 Nordens Välfärdscenter 4 THE NORDIC WELFARE MODEL Welfare Technology - The CONNECT project - The Nordic Thinktank for Welfare Technology - The Economic aspects of Welfare Technology - Welfare Technology and demensia Disability Issues - The UN Convention - The area of deaf- blindness - The Secretariat for the Nordic disability council Welfare Politics - Family politics - The Financial and Organizational structure of the welfare system - Elderly politics . Alcohol and drug research - Use and abuse - The consequences of use - Politics Empoyment and Inclusion - Youth unemployment - Ensuring education - Including disabled - Including elderly
- 5. 09-06-2016 Nordens Velfærdscenter 5 What is ”Welfare Technology” • ”Welfare Technology” is a unique Nordic umbrella term. • The Nordic definition: • ”Welfare technology is technology that: prevents, assists or delivers welfare services” • Nordic Coorperation: • Similar challenges • Similar healthcare systems • Similar societal values • Similar focus on innovating our welfare services • A chance to create ”Nordic added value”
- 6. 09-06-2016 Nordens Velfærdscenter 6 The trouble with technology!!
- 7. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social kssues 7 The CONNECT Initiative
- 8. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social kssues 8 The CONNECT Initiative • The Problems: • Too many projects with too little end product...projektitis • Too much focus on participating in project and not enough on embedding knowledge throughout the organisation • A continuing re-invention of the wheel due to poor coorperation and lack of knowledgesharing – nationally and on a Nordic level – wasting ressources • A weak common Nordic marked for welfare technology (national fragmentation)
- 9. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 9 What is CONNECT? • An attempt to create/identify a complete process on how to work with welfare technology. (optimizing the chance of successful implementation) • Creating a complete toolkit, equipped with ”Best Practice” tools for each identified step in the process. • Bottom-Up based Best practice: Ten selected municipalities create the tools, aided by national authorities and you! • Collecting knowledge and experience on problems and barriers and thus creating a rapport for decision makers.
- 10. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 10 • What would this process look like? Bottom-Up, means it was decided by the municipalities The nine step process includes: Vision – Strategy – Communication plan – Needs assessment – Technology Screening – Evaluation model – Procurement model – implementation model – Effect Monitoring
- 11. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 11 • Who is participating? Sweden: Västerås, Göteborg, SKL and Myndigheten for Delagtighet Denmark: Odense, Aarhus and KL Norway: Lindås, Lister, KS and Helsedirektoratet Finland: Oulu, South Karelia and THL Iceland: Reykjavik, Akureyri and Ministry of Welfare 10 municipalities and 7 national authorities University of Lund AND YOU??
- 12. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 12 • GOALS / AMBITIONS? • A validated Nordic process and toolbox would make it easier to get startet. There are 1200 nordic municipalities, many of which has not yes started working with wefare technology. • A common framework – a common process would make knowledgesharing easier, not only nationally, but across the Nordic region. • If the Nordic demand side use the same framework, suppliers would have easier acces across borders – as the quesitons would be the same.
- 13. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 13 • Practical information: • The project is under way – first eight steps has been released for input. • Everyone can influence this bottom-up project11 • Project ends december 31st 2016. • NORDIC TOUR 2017….. • More information can be found on our website.
- 14. 09-06-2016 Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues 14 THANK YOU! Senior Advisor Dennis C. Søndergård, Twitter: velfærdsteknologiNVC (@teknologidk) www.nordicwelfare.org FINLAND 2016