The in-depth assessment of the situation of the European textile and clothing sector is composed by six independent reports with a close focus on key aspects useful to understand the dynamics and the development of the textile and clothing industry, drivers of change – most notably the impact of the financial crisis – and identification of policy responses and best practices. This has been done in six specific tasks leading to the six reports: Task 1 Survey on the situation of the EU textile and clothing sector Task 2 Report on research and development Task 3 Report on SME situation Task 4 Report on restructuring Task 5 Report on training and Education Task 6 Report on innovation practices The aim of Task 1 was to provide insight into the trends and drivers of change in the Textile and Clothing (T&C hereafter) industry and to provide input to the remaining Tasks.
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Onder de noemer Ruim baan voor betekenisvol maatwerk (ook wel ‘Ruim baan’ genoemd) zit de volwassenenreclassering1 midden in een veranderingsproces naar meer ruimte voor maatwerk. ‘Ruim baan’ bij de reclassering sluit aan bij veranderingen bij het openbaar ministerie (OM), de belangrijkste aanvrager van reclasseringsadviezen. Er wordt door het OM vaker ingezet op een contextgerichte, integrale aanpak. Dit betekent dat er niet alleen sprake is van een strafrechtelijke aanpak, maar dat er in bepaalde gevallen ook aansluiting is met een bestuurlijke aanpak of afstemming met zorg of hulp. Er is meer aandacht voor maatwerk en flexibiliteit (Spiegels en vensters, december 2016). Dit betekent ook een verandering in de vraag aan de reclassering.
Hoe kunnen de krachten gebundeld worden om de problemen van stad en land in de 21ste eeuw aan te pakken met de inzet en inventiviteit van de toekomstige generaties beleidsmakers, kennisdragers en burgers? De belangrijkste doelstelling van het lectoraat is om binnen het thema Groene Leefomgeving van Steden in het instituut Van Hall Larenstein een onderzoekspoot op te zetten. De idee is om de visie(s) binnen de diverse vakgebieden nader te ontwikkelen. Dit kan door de kennis die binnen het onderwijs wordt geproduceerd te verdiepen en door nieuwe, onderzoek gerelateerde, netwerken te openen. Beide aspecten komen ten goede aan docent èn studenten. In deze rapportage worden twee projectlijnen gepresenteerd. Een eerste lijn is geïnitieerd vanuit de doelstelling Onderwijsvernieuwing, de andere lijn richt zich op Onderzoek en is geïnitieerd vanuit de praktijk. Vervolgens wordt de Kennisagenda gepresenteerd, die op basis van de projecten door het lectoraat en de betrokken docenten is – en overigens nog steeds wordt - ontwikkeld. Ten slotte volgt een overzicht van de publicaties van studenten rond projecten van het Lectoraat.
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This PD project aims to gather new knowledge through artistic and participatory design research within neighbourhoods for possible ways of addressing and understanding the avoidance and numbness caused by feelings of vulnerability, discomfort and pain associated with eco-anxiety and chronic fear of environmental doom. The project will include artistic production and suitable forms of fieldwork. The objectives of the PD are to find answers to the practice problem of society which call for art that sensitises, makes aware and helps initiate behavioural change around the consequences of climate change. Rather than visualize future sea levels directly, it will seek to engage with climate change in a metaphorical and poetic way. Neither a doom nor an overly techno-optimistic scenario seem useful to understand the complexity of flood risk management or the dangers of flooding. By challenging both perspectives with artistic means, this research hopes to counter eco-anxiety and create a sense of open thought and susceptibility to new ideas, feelings and chains of thought. Animation and humour, are possible ingredients. The objective is to find and create multiple Dutch water stories, not just one. To achieve this, it is necessary to develop new methods for selecting and repurposing existing impactful stories and strong images. Citizens and students will be included to do so via fieldwork. In addition, archival materials will be used. Archives serve as a repository for memory recollection and reuse, selecting material from the audiovisual archive of the Institute of Sound & Vision will be a crucial part of the creative work which will include two films and accompanying music.
CRYPTOPOLIS is a project supported by EU which focuses on the financial management knowledge of teachers and the emerging field of risk management and risk analysis of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrency has shown to be a vital and rapidly growing component in today’s digital economy therefore there is a need to include not just financial but also crypto literacy into the schools. Beside multiple investors and traders the market is attracting an increasing number of young individuals, viewing it as an easy way to make money. A large pool of teenagers and young adults want to hop on this train, but a lack of cryptocurrency literacy, as well as financial literacy in general amongst youth, together with their inexperience with investing makes them even more vulnerable to an already high-risk investment.Therefore, we aim to increase the capacity and readiness of secondary schools and higher educational institutions to manage an effective shift towards digital education in the field of crypto and financial literacy. The project will develop the purposeful use of digital technologies in financial and crypto education for teaching, learning, assessment and engagement.
‘Dieren in de dijk’ aims to address the issue of animal burrows in earthen levees, which compromise the integrity of flood protection systems in low-lying areas. Earthen levees attract animals that dig tunnels and cause damages, yet there is limited scientific knowledge on the extent of the problem and effective approaches to mitigate the risk. Recent experimental research has demonstrated the severe impact of animal burrows on levee safety, raising concerns among levee management authorities. The consortium's ambition is to provide levee managers with validated action perspectives for managing animal burrows, transitioning from a reactive to a proactive risk-based management approach. The objectives of the project include improving failure probability estimation in levee sections with animal burrows and enhancing risk mitigation capacity. This involves understanding animal behavior and failure processes, reviewing existing and testing new deterrence, detection, and monitoring approaches, and offering action perspectives for levee managers. Results will be integrated into an open-access wiki-platform for guidance of professionals and in education of the next generation. The project's methodology involves focus groups to review the state-of-the-art and set the scene for subsequent steps, fact-finding fieldwork to develop and evaluate risk reduction measures, modeling failure processes, and processing diverse quantitative and qualitative data. Progress workshops and collaboration with stakeholders will ensure relevant and supported solutions. By addressing the knowledge gaps and providing practical guidance, the project aims to enable levee managers to effectively manage animal burrows in levees, both during routine maintenance and high-water emergencies. With the increasing frequency of high river discharges and storm surges due to climate change, early detection and repair of animal burrows become even more crucial. The project's outcomes will contribute to a long-term vision of proactive risk-based management for levees, safeguarding the Netherlands and Belgium against flood risks.
