Projects
Are interaction, co-creation and participation key to the achievement of Public Service Media? A comparative analysis of public broadcasters’ multi-platform services Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Paving the road to integrated public services. Inter-organizational coordination to advance integrated digital public service delivery KU Leuven
The Flemish government wants their digital interactions with its partners (civilians, businesses, non-profit organizations, associations and other governments) to run optimally. To realize this vision, the manner in which the ongoing digitization of the government relates to the administrative organization of said government has to be clear. Therefore, inter alia, the organizational alignment between horizontal and vertical service ...
‘For the public, by the public’: Coping with dilemmas in the coproduction of public services KU Leuven
Introduction and background
This first part of the title of the thesis ‘By the public, for the public?’, refers first to the evolution to co-production of public services, where public services are delivered for the public, with and by the public. In co-production citizen co-producers (users and/or citizens as part of the community) actively and voluntarily collaborate with professionals in producing public services, ...
"FOR THE PUBLIC, BY THE PUBLIC": Coping with dilemmas in the coproduction of public services. KU Leuven
Developing an EU WEB portal for Webcam Public Service Interpreting to improve access to basic services for third-country nationals Ghent University
EU-WEBPSI aims to develop, test and disseminate an innovative EU-wide WEBportal for information exchange and online collaboration between stakeholders involved in providing and using Webcam Public Service Interpreting (WEBPSI). The project has a three-fold overall objective:
(1) harmonising minimal standards for public service interpreting in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders to guarantee high-quality language support ...
The welfare state at your service? Towards a better understanding of the impact of public goods and services on poverty in Europe. University of Antwerp
The welfare state at your service? Towards a better understanding of the impact of public goods and services on poverty in Europe. University of Antwerp
Developing an EU WEB portal for webcam public service interpreting to improve access to basic services for third-country nationals. KU Leuven
The role of KU Leuven in this research: expertise in interpreter training didactics for interpreting skills, creation of training materials, assessment procedures, analysis/remediation of interpreter learning issues; expertise in curriculum design and expertise in development and implementation of quality assurance processes in education. Access to a broad European-wide network of stakeholdersin public service interpreting
Quality Employment and Quality Public Services (in the Prison Services Sector and the Child Care Sector) KU Leuven
The goal of this research is to develop a framework for analyzing employment quality, applicable to childcare and prison services, as well as to investigate the relation with the quality of the services offered. Second, an assessment has to be made of the future trends in the relevant sectors in terms of employment growth, demographic change, and digitalization and how these are likely to impact on employment quality and quality of service. A ...