International learning community with the label of honours professional. Presentatie, Honours Conference, Hogeschool van Rotterdam. Rotterdam, 3 oktober
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Adaptive governance describes the purposeful collective actions to resist, adapt, or transform when faced with shocks. As governments are reluctant to intervene in informal settlements, community based organisations (CBOs) self-organize and take he lead. This study explores under what conditions CBOs in Mathare informal settlement, Nairobi initiate and sustain resilience activities during Covid-19. Study findings show that CBOs engage in multiple resilience activities, varying from maladaptive and unsustainable to adaptive, and transformative. Two conditions enable CBOs to initiate resilience activities: bonding within the community and coordination with other actors. To sustain these activities over 2.5 years of Covid-19, CBOs also require leadership, resources, organisational capacity, and network capacity. The same conditions appear to enable CBOs to engage in transformative activities. How-ever, CBOs cannot transform urban systems on their own. An additional condition, not met in Mathare, is that governments, NGOs, and donor agencies facilitate, support, and build community capacities. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Adaptive governance by community-based organisations: Community resilience initiatives during Covid‐19 in Mathare, Nairobi. which has been published in final form at doi/10.1002/sd.2682. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions
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Refugees and internally displaced people who flee their homes due to environmental threats and far-going degradation which destroys their living conditions are not well-protected under international law. Refugee law focusses on political refugees. Establishing principals similar to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) regime, (which is limited to genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing), could offer a solution for the lack of protection of environmental refugees. The obligation to establish this system could be based on the same obligation that forms the basis of the establishment of the R2P regime itself: the international obligation to prevent large scale suffering. This obligation corresponds with changed notions regarding state sovereignty and with the moral and legal obligations emanating from various human rights treaties. In first instance, according to R2P, the primary responsibility to take protective measures lies with the state itself. Secondly, the international community has a responsibility to assist. Lastly, the international community has a responsibility to respond duly and in a decisive manner when a state is unable or unwilling to provide protection for its citizens. The international community is equipped with a broad range of instruments under R2P that can be employed to protect environmental refugees. These instruments allow for custom-made solutions, which are absent in most traditional legal instruments
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De synergie tussen Robotica en AI biedt vele oplossingsmogelijkheden voor (internationale) maatschappelijke opgaven waarvoor we staan (SDG’s, de EU Grand-Challenges, KIA’s). Een consortium van thans 9 Hogescholen, TKI-HTSM en Holland Robotics (community >600 organisaties) slaan de handen ineen om de ontwikkeling van praktijkkennis te versnellen, kennis te delen en betekenisvolle oplossingen te realiseren voor allehande vraagstukken op het gebied van de zorg, het klimaat, onze veiligheid, duurzame energievoorziening, het verdienvermogen van de Nederlandse (maak)industrie en het onderwijs. Robotisering en AI biedt publiek/private organisaties nieuwe mogelijkheden om taken, diensten en processen meer efficiënt, veilig en (kosten)effectief uit te voeren. Robots werken (steeds meer) samen met mensen en kunnen gevaarlijke en/of moeilijke taken overnemen. Ze creëren ook nieuwe mogelijkheden, die anders niet mogelijk zijn. Dit platform, aansluitend bij de KIA-Sleuteltechnologieën, heeft ambities om praktijkkennis sneller te ontwikkelen, deze te bundelen en toe te passen in relevante applicatiedomeinen. Alle mooie ontwikkelingen ten spijt, is het lerende vermogen en/of het autonoom handelen van robots nog minder dan dat van mensen. Robots hebben bijvoorbeeld moeite met het omgaan met onvoorziene omstandigheden en werken in ongestructureerde omgevingen. Om robots te kunnen laten denken en doen als mensen, is er nog een lange weg te gaan. De echte synergie tussen Robotica & AI, waarop dit platform zich richt, heeft een veelbelovend potentieel om de volgende sprong te maken om de bovengenoemde uitdagingen aan te gaan. Platformdeelnemers willen, op basis van een gezamenlijk roadmap, nieuwe praktijkkennis delen, ontwikkelen en toepassen in relevante (applicatie)domeinen. Zo worden betekenisvolle bijdragen geleverd aan urgente maatschappelijk vraagstukken. Het platform heeft als doel om in de quintuple helix kennis duurzaam te laten circuleren, een wenkend perspectief te bieden voor alle stakeholders, Applied Smart Robotica & AI-onderzoek beter landelijk en internationaal te positioneren, te focussen op meervoudige waardecreatie en gezamenlijk te werken aan iconische projecten.
CIVITAS is a network of cities for cities dedicated to cleaner, better transport in Europe and beyond. Since it was launched by the European Commission in 2002, the CIVITAS Initiative has tested and implemented over 800 measures and urban transport solutions as a part of demonstration projects in more than 80 Living Lab cities across Europe.The ELEVATE project aims to increase the Europe-wide impact of Research and Innovation Actions on urban mobility policy-making, thereby advancing the CIVITAS community to a higher level of knowledge, exchange, impact and sustainability, while guaranteeing essential high-quality support. ELEVATE is committed to achieving the following objectives:1. Developing the CIVITAS knowledge base and transferring new knowledge.2. Enriching the current CIVITAS generation and feeding future EU initiatives.3. Building a European mobility community able to navigate transition.4. Representing CIVITAS on the international stage.Breda University of Applied Sciences is work package leader for a work package on incubation and CIVINETs.Main collaborating partners:Mobiel21 (project coordinator), DTV Consultants, INOVA, TRT, ICLEI
The Hanze Hogeschool Groningen, the Authoridad Nacional del Agua, and Waterschap Noorderzijlvest, together with several other Dutch and Peruvian universities, co-organise an annual ClimateCafé in the northern Peruvian areas Piura and Tumbes, as part of the Blue Deal project. The ClimateCafé methodology is a multiple-day participatory workshop composed by an international community and powered by individual, corporate, public, and academic climate change adaptation influencers. The aim is to educate and inspire tech and non-tech people, focusing on young professionals in a “learning by doing” interaction.
