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Omagh Enterprise Company welcomed all the Young Digital Social Innovators project partners to Omagh, Northern Ireland for the initial two-day meeting of the project. It was a highly productive meeting led by Mary, Oonagh and Nick around a topic of very significant importance, not just in the UK but across Europe. The meeting facilitated the discussion surrounding the growing significance of the DSI phenomena within the partner region and the possibilities it holds. Young Digital Social Innovators aims to empower young people to become confident social innovators making the most of digital technology available to them. To do so, we will [...]

There are lots of factors that contribute to food innovation and yearly trends. In order to gain a full understanding, and apply those locally or within a niche market, you need to understand the macro factors that are influencing food innovation. A Focus On Long Term Health Traceability: Sourcing & Production Awareness Social Responsibility: Waging War On Food Waste & Unnecessary Packaging Globalisation & Travel: A Search For New & Under-Explored Flavours Digital Innovation: Food At Our Fingertips Convenience: Easy But Not Speedy Home Cooking Solutions Read more …. https://www.foodstarsuk.com/commercial-kitchens-for-rent/food-innovation-six-secrets/ The post 6 Food Trends Driving Food Innovation appeared first on [...]

Banbridge Enterprise welcomed all the LIME projects partners to Banbridge, Northern Ireland for the kick-off meeting of the project. It was a highly productive meeting around a topic of significant importance, not just in the UK but across Europe.  Ciaran from Banbridge Enterprise was the Chair for the meeting ensuring everyone had their input and the meeting progressed as per the Agenda. The meeting facilitated the discussion of the partners roles and responsibilities within the project and their aims and views of Lean Innovation. The tangible results of the project will include: IO1 Formative Self-Assessment Tool. This online, interactive diagnostic tool [...]

The EU defines the Silver Economy as “the sum of all economic activity that serve the needs of people aged 50 and over, including the products and services they purchase directly and the further economic activity this spending generates.” It stretches across all sectors (public and private) of the economy, including health and nutrition, leisure and well-being, finance and transport, housing, education and employment. Spoiler alert: the silver economy is huge…and growing. A European Commission study conducted by Technopolis and Oxford Economics estimated a baseline value of €3.7 trillion for Europe’s Silver Economy in 2015, measured primarily as private expenditure by [...]

Across Europe a growing movement of people is developing inspiring digital solutions to social challenges. These range from social networks for those living with chronic health conditions, to online platforms for citizen participation in policymaking, to using open data to create more transparency about public spending. We call this phenomenon digital social innovation (DSI). DSI offers the possibility to deliver social impact more efficiently and to empower people to take more control over the issues they face. But DSI has so much potential it is yet to fulfil, but once it enters mainstream consciousness, the public service and third sector it [...]

Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) in Turku and Vaasa, Finland is an internationally acknowledged research university with an extensive responsibility for preserving the Swedish educational and cultural heritage as the only Swedish-speaking multi-disciplinary university in Finland. Due to the Swedish language and the university’s location on the South-West and West coast, ÅAU also serves as a bridge for collaboration in research and education between Finland and other Nordic states. ÅAU employs 1,200 staff and provides high quality education to 5,500 undergraduate and 780 postgraduate students, of whom 500 postgraduate students (64%) are awarded Masters Degrees and around 70 students (9%) graduate with [...]