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Formele en informele zorg, kemphanen of danspartners?

In de sociale sector is er in elke tijdsperiode wel de discussie over hoe formele en informele zorg zich tot elkaar verhouden, of zouden moeten verhouden. Deze tekst geeft een aantal voorbeelden van deze discussie, en pleit voor een deconstructie van het debat.

SDG Barometer 2024 Report The Netherlands

The Dutch SDG Barometer 2024 reveals a nuanced perspective on sustainability progress in the Netherlands. While awareness of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains high among Dutch organizations, significant challenges persist in their prioritization, implementation and measurement.This second edition of the SDG Barometer, developed collaboratively by Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB), Maastricht School of Management (MSM), and TIAS School for Business and Society, builds on its 2022 debut. It provides valuable insights into the adoption of the SDGs, showcasing both encouraging trends and persistent barriers as the 2030 deadline approaches. Key Findings from the Dutch SDG Barometer 20241.Sustainability Awareness: Nearly 70% of organizations in the Netherlands claim to prioritize sustainability, a steady trend from 2022. However, only 15% have fully integrated SDGs into their sustainability strategies.2.Framework Competition: While the SDG framework remains widely used, mandatory EU guidelines such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) are starting to surpass the SDGs in usage, raising concerns about a ‘crowding-out effect.’3.Obstacles Persist: Resource constraints and knowledge gaps remain the top barriers to SDG implementation, though awareness and understanding of the goals have improved since 2022.4.Communication Decline: The number of organizations not communicating internally (31%) or externally (30%) about their SDG efforts has risen sharply, reflecting a potential de-prioritization.5.Government Role: A majority of respondents (55%) believe government support for SDG adoption is insufficient, while a consistent 80% of organizations agree that the government should play an active role in encouraging SDG adoption.6.Sectoral Insights: Educational institutions lead in SDG awareness, while not-for-profits and governmental bodies show varying levels of alignment. Corporate participation, though significant, often lacks depth in SDG integration.

“Ik doe al wat.” Hoe voorkomen we dat een klimaatcampagne averechts werkt?

Recent is de Nederlandse Rijksoverheid gestart met een langlopende klimaatcampagne. Onder de titel ‘Iedereen doet wat’ maakt de campagne duidelijk dat iedereen iets kan bijdragen: groot of klein. De campagne maakt heel slim de duurzame norm default door niet de vraag te stellen óf mensen iets kunnen doen voor het klimaat, maar wát ze kunnen doen. Echter, een recente studie toont aan dat zelf al iets kleins doen mogelijk indirect een negatief effect heeft op de steun voor vergaande, impactvolle overheidsmaatregelen.

Guiding the flow: dispersing tourists through smarter communication : lessens from Amsterdam & Copenhagen.

Performanceverbetering als Taaie Opgave

In dit onderzoek wordt middels een actiegerichte systeembenadering samen met de betrokkenen onderzocht hoe complexe zorgprocessen ontworpen kunnen worden om zo tot performanceverbetering te komen.  Alhoewel het onderzoek nog niet is afgerond, en het te vroeg is iets te zeggen over de veronderstelde performanceverbetering, zien we een nieuwe dynamiek in onderzochte zorgorganisatie waarbij onderlinge relaties geherdefinieerd lijken te worden.

Interaction fields: intuitive sketch-based steering behaviors for crowd simulation.

The real-time simulation of human crowds has many applications. In a typical crowd simulation, each person ('agent') in the crowd moves towards a goal while adhering to local constraints. Many algorithms exist for specific local ‘steering’ tasks such as collision avoidance or group behavior. However, these do not easily extend to completely new types of behavior, such as circling around another agent or hiding behind an obstacle. They also tend to focus purely on an agent's velocity without explicitly controlling its orientation. This paper presents a novel sketch-based method for modelling and simulating many steering behaviors for agents in a crowd. Central to this is the concept of an interaction field (IF): a vector field that describes the velocities or orientations that agents should use around a given ‘source’ agent or obstacle. An IF can also change dynamically according to parameters, such as the walking speed of the source agent. IFs can be easily combined with other aspects of crowd simulation, such as collision avoidance. Using an implementation of IFs in a real-time crowd simulation framework, we demonstrate the capabilities of IFs in various scenarios. This includes game-like scenarios where the crowd responds to a user-controlled avatar. We also present an interactive tool that computes an IF based on input sketches. This IF editor lets users intuitively and quickly design new types of behavior, without the need for programming extra behavioral rules. We thoroughly evaluate the efficacy of the IF editor through a user study, which demonstrates that our method enables non-expert users to easily enrich any agent-based crowd simulation with new agent interactions.