Hoofdstuk 20 Part II in Understanding Penal Practice van Ioan Durnescu en Fergus McNeill Criminological and penological scholarship has in recent years explored how and why institutions and systems of punishment change – and how and why these changes differ in different contexts. Important though these analyses are, this book focuses not so much on the changing nature of institutions and systems, but rather the changing nature of penal practice and practitioners The first part of the book focuses on understanding practice and practitioners, exploring how changing social, cultural, political, and organisational contexts influence practice, and how training, development, professional socialisation and other factors influence practitioners. The second part is concerned with how practitioners can be best supported to develop the skills and approaches that seem most likely to generate positive impacts. It contains accounts of new practice models and approaches, as well as reports of research projects seeking both to discover and to encourage effective practices
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In this brief chapter of the report we focus on the model that was developed as part of the evaluation strategy: the local CoP impact measurement model. This model has been described as part of the strategy report as well. For purposes of clarity (as it is one of the main deliverables of work package 3) we briefly present it in this document. Background: Promoting Healthy Ageing, and specifically an Active & Healthy Lifestyle, is one of the biggest societal and economical challenges the EU is facing. A paradigm shift from health care and cure to prevention is essential since the traditional ways have proven to be insufficient to solve this complex problem. An impact-driven multi-sector approach is necessary to develop innovative products and services to change this for the better.ObjectivesThe Knowledge Alliance for Communities of Practice for Healthy Lifestyle aimed at developing and sustaining communities of practice (COP) in order to stimulate innovation and socio-economic development in the area of Healthy Ageing.ImplementationThe Consortium comes from 7 EU Member States and in 5 countries Local COP were developed. A European COP Support Lab and a European COP Alliance were developed that facilitate the set-up and sustainability of COP. An open access Community Knowledge Hub provides pilot-tested formal and informal blended learning material for managing COP and implementing interventions; whilst an entrepreneurship competition lead into an intensive program to develop entrepreneurial skills and stimulate innovation.AchievementsIn total 6 local COP were fully established who all defined their shared interest, organized learning opportunities, meetings and effective local activities that contributed to a common agenda setting for Healthy Lifestyle. Furthermore, the Alliance between businesses and HEI was extended exponentially and over 30 businesses, 18 HEI and 73 public authorities were involved. All 6 COPs are still running beyond the project funding period and supported by an open online platform www.yanuz.eu.
Proefschrift van drs. Jeroen Gradener naar de legitimiteit van community development (opbouwwerk). Niet vanzelf krijgen opbouwwerkers een mandaat van bewoners om hen te ondersteunen in het verbeteren van hun eigen leven en hun leefomgeving. Hoe deze opbouwwerkers erin slagen om ondanks weerstanden hun legitimiteit als professional te ontwikkelen is onderwerp van het internationaal vergelijkend promotieonderzoek.
Digital transformation has been recognized for its potential to contribute to sustainability goals. It requires companies to develop their Data Analytic Capability (DAC), defined as their ability to collect, manage and analyze data effectively. Despite the governmental efforts to promote digitalization, there seems to be a knowledge gap on how to proceed, with 37% of Dutch SMEs reporting a lack of knowledge, and 33% reporting a lack of support in developing DAC. Participants in the interviews that we organized preparing this proposal indicated a need for guidance on how to develop DAC within their organization given their unique context (e.g. age and experience of the workforce, presence of legacy systems, high daily workload, lack of knowledge of digitalization). While a lot of attention has been given to the technological aspects of DAC, the people, process, and organizational culture aspects are as important, requiring a comprehensive approach and thus a bundling of knowledge from different expertise. Therefore, the objective of this KIEM proposal is to identify organizational enablers and inhibitors of DAC through a series of interviews and case studies, and use these to formulate a preliminary roadmap to DAC. From a structure perspective, the objective of the KIEM proposal will be to explore and solidify the partnership between Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), Avans University of Applied Sciences (Avans), Logistics Community Brabant (LCB), van Berkel Logistics BV, Smink Group BV, and iValueImprovement BV. This partnership will be used to develop the preliminary roadmap and pre-test it using action methodology. The action research protocol and preliminary roadmap thereby developed in this KIEM project will form the basis for a subsequent RAAK proposal.
Context Kernmotto van onze Ambitie 2025 is dat Avans naast een excellente en brede onderwijsinstelling ook kennispartner van de regio wil zijn. De komende jaren krijgt het praktijkgericht onderzoek een stevige boost. Tegelijkertijd is Avans tot nu toe nog maar beperkt zichtbaar geweest in Europese netwerken en programma’s, terwijl dit uitstekende bronnen zijn voor (maatschappelijke) meerwaarde van ons onderzoek, het onderwijs en voor de regio. Strategie De focus van de onderzoeksactiviteiten van Avans ligt op vier Centers of Expertise (CoE), twee expertisecentra en twee doorsnijdende thema’s. Hiermee spelen we in op de regionale, nationale en Europese vraagstukken. Belangrijkste doelstelling van dit project (Avans@EU) is om een strategie te ontwikkelen waarin onze CoE’s, lectoren, (docent-)onderzoekers en studenten op een gestructureerde manier aansluiting kunnen vinden bij de relevante Europese netwerken en programma’s. De lectoren en onderzoekers die beschikken over enige ervaring en een relevant netwerk gebruiken we als ‘lighthouse’ . Netwerken Het op- en uitbouwen van de Europese netwerken is een belangrijke doelstelling voor de CoE’s. De opgave in Avans@EU is daarom het identificeren van de netwerken, het valideren van de aanknopingspunten en het bepalen van de manier waarop aansluiting bij dit netwerk mogelijk is. Supportinfrastructuur Na afloop van het Avans@EU project hebben we een helder beeld van de inrichting van de supportinfrastructuur. Daarbij zetten we een Community of Practice op rondom de EU en een programma om de kennis over Europese programma’s en netwerken bij lectoren en (docent)onderzoekers te vergroten. Regionale Impact De impact die societal challenges (incl. SDG’s) en innovaties gaan hebben op de traditionele(re) industrie in het verzorgingsgebied van Avans is enorm. Door het ontsluiten van de kennis in de genoemde netwerken kan Avans als kennispartner voor het regionale partners dienen en studenten voorzien van actuele kennis.
