eviDEnce and Cloud for more InformeD and effective pOlicies

Informazioni relative al progetto

DECIDO

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101004605

DOI

10.3030/101004605

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 10 Novembre 2020

Data di avvio 1 Marzo 2021

Data di completamento 29 Febbraio 2024

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies

Costo totale

€ 4 357 225,00

Contributo UE

€ 3 999 587,50

Coordinato da

ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - DECIDO (eviDEnce and Cloud for more InformeD and effective pOlicies)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2022-03-01 al 2024-02-29

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

Policy making is the process of creating and monitoring policies to solve societal challenges. It involves several phases: Agenda setting, Design, Implementation, and Monitor & Evaluation. DECIDO facilitates effective involvement of actors in all 4 phases, providing tools and services in pilot cases. It aims to make cloud infrastructures, data, and models accessible to public administrations, collaborating with the European Open Science Cloud initiative (EOSC). DECIDO fosters co-creation and citizen science approaches, engaging political, social, and intervention actors in the policy cycle.

DECIDO supports Public Authorities, especially policy makers, in adopting Big Data and Cloud services for evidence-based policymaking. It involves citizens/businesses in the decision process, utilizing their experience to address their needs. Objectives include:
1) Guiding policy actors through the Policy Life Cycle phases, improving policies and utilizing DECIDO digital services.
2) Creating a web portal for collaborative policy definition, management, and evaluation using EOSC and external services/tools.
3) Involving local actors in methodological aspects, identifying needs and challenges, and generating data.
4) Establishing a DECIDO Data Catalogue for evidence-based policies, focusing on disaster risk management. The catalogue will be accessible through national and European data portals.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

DECIDO activities span 5 phases over 36 months: Phase 1 (1st year) defined use case requirements and technical specs; Phase 2 (next 6 months) focused on system development and integration; Phases 3 (M18-M27) and 4 (M28-M34) involved experimentation with real users and feedback collection; Phase 5 (M35-M36) transitioned to exploiting DECIDO results. Initial research conceptualized the DECIDO Toolbox, gathering big data and cloud tech deployment practices and evidence-based policymaking applications. An analysis identified relevant EOSC and external services for policy makers. Needs and challenges of public administrations and their policymaking were studied through mixed-methods approach (desktop research and interviews). An impact assessment framework evaluated pilot experimentation results. Technical architecture was defined based on use case scenarios, integrating tools and services beneficial for Public Authorities and citizens. DECIDO pillars include co-creation methodology and Portal, supporting actors in policy lifecycle steps and providing digital services. The Portal serves as a comprehensive tool for policy management, offering features like survey organization and data analysis. It includes the DECIDO Data Catalogue containing valuable (open) data from the four pilots and related domains. Two phases of pilot experimentation refined the methodology and Portal based on user feedback. DECIDO also produced ethical analysis, branding materials, recommendations, innovation and exploitation strategies, business and sustainability plans, data management plan, and project management methodology.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

DECIDO leverages the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) to utilize secure compute and data-intensive services, revolutionizing cloud and disruptive tech adoption in the Public Sector. It offers innovative services and resources (cloud infrastructure, data platforms, big and open data) to support all actors in disaster risk management policy-making throughout the Policy Life Cycle.

DECIDO enhances Policy Life Cycle activities by prioritizing feedback from policy-making actors, validated through pilot experimentation. The project aims to formalize a DECIDO consortium among partners to lay the groundwork for the EOSC Competence Center for Public Authorities. It also plans to leave Key Exploitable Results (KERs) exploitation to individual owners, with opportunities for commercialization, technological transfer, and funding collaborations.

Volontariato Torino (Vol.To ETS) will spearhead the exploitation of the co-creation methodology, promoting its use as a co-decision tool in finding shared solutions. The DECIDO consortium partners agree to bundle DECIDO Portal functionalities and offer various consultancy services, adopting different revenue models.

Main DECIDO platform tools include:
- DECIDO Survey: gathers structured citizen feedback in co-creation.
- DECIDO Co-Creation: collects user feedback on policy documents.
- DECIDO Dashboard: visualizes and analyzes data.
- DECIDO Data Catalogue: lists data descriptions and references.
- DECIDO Data Hub: enables collaborative data collection and analysis.
- DECIDO Data Editor: provides a simple data entry interface.

Complementary services offered include:
- Co-Creation Methodology: facilitates co-creation processes for emergency response policy design.
- DECIDO Approach for Evidence-Based Policy Making: ensures end-user needs guide policy decision-making.
- EOSC Competence Centre for Pas and Policy Makers: fosters collaboration between the Public Sector and EOSC experts.

In conclusion, the fully-equipped DECIDO platform, along with its interconnected tools and complementary services, aims to revolutionize policy-making by embedding data-driven and participatory approaches. It offers comprehensive solutions tailored to customer needs, particularly for emergency response strategies.

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