Project description ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling Show the project objective Hide the project objective Positiv Spaces (+Spaces) aims to provide novel technologies and instruments that will allow government bodies to measure public opinion on a large scale and seize the outcomes of prospective policy measures by leveraging the power of the communities. From the +Spaces perspective, Virtual Spaces (VS) form a vast reserve of group knowledge that, once aggregated and properly processed, can be incorporated in the policy making process.Currently government agencies seek to refine their policy making process by assessing the impact of prospective policies to the society prior to their implementation. Traditional tools for this include polls and forums, but these have limited capabilities and are inadequate for purpose variety of reasons. +Spaces aims to address this issue by using VSs as testbeds for policy simulation. Contemporary VSs can be viewed as micro-societies with dynamics resembling those of real world societies, the most evolved having virtual economies as well as regulations analogous to a legislative framework. Moreover, VSs are controlled environments in which all parameters of users' reactions and interactions can be tracked. +Spaces will provide governments with tools for testing their legislation in a number of virtual environments as well as data mining tools for tracking the users' reactions. We will develop technologies for aggregating, filtering and analyzing this information, as well as recommender and reputation systems that will ensure that only reliable sources of data are taken into account. Finally we will represent this information in an appropriate fashion that will enable government bodies to draw conclusions on the potential outcomes of the policies they propose, taking into account the analogies between VS and real life concepts. We believe that the +Spaces platform will constitute a powerful tool for testing policies and forecasting their impact and will assist government bodies to include the public opinion in the policy making process. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata miningnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationsvirtual reality Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.7.3 - ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator Contact Michal JACOVI Mr Coordinator IBM ISRAEL - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LTD EU contribution € 651 031,00 Address 94 DERECH EM-HAMOSHAVOT 49527 Petach Tikva Israel See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Meirav Carmon (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution € 186 717,00 Address OUDE MARKT 13 3000 Leuven See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tine Heylen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 198 318,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Stephan Kollmer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ATOS SPAIN SA Spain EU contribution € 126 059,00 Address CALLE DE ALBARRACIN 25 28037 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ana Maria PINUELA MARCOS (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ATHENS TECHNOLOGY CENTER ANONYMI VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI KAI TECHNIKI ETAIREIA EFARMOGON YPSILIS TECHNOLOGIAS Greece EU contribution € 235 117,00 Address RIZAREIOU 10 15233 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marylene Garnier (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON Greece EU contribution € 506 758,00 Address PATISION 42 106 82 ATHINA See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Yannis Vassiliou (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELLENIC PARLIAMENT Greece EU contribution € 117 334,00 Address Vassilissis Sofias 11 106 71 Athens See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact DIMITRIS KORYZIS (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX United Kingdom EU contribution € 278 664,00 Address WIVENHOE PARK CO4 3SQ Colchester See on map Region East of England Essex Essex Haven Gateway Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shereen Anderson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data