The expected impact of the CAPS/DSI initiative is to become a societal force for change and disruption in which great opportunities and ideas for social development. A set of policy making guidelines such as the DSI Manifesto, which covers financial support, promotion of pilots, the development of digital skills and multi-disciplinarity, democracy and decentralisation models, and openess of data and digital platforms is being presented to policy makers to drive the development of the European Digital Single Market to fulfill first and foremost societal and sustainability challenges (rather than short-lived economic interests), with the help and engagement of all citizens.
In terms of socio-economic impact, there are many initiatives and success stories in areas of the environment, technology, mobility, agriculture, food, gamification, economy etc., in which communities have benefited from ideas from one of the many CAPS/DSI initiatives. This has in turn created a sustainable development for the entire society involving citizen engagement.
Progress beyond the state of the art, is seen in one of the main ideas at the foundation of ChiC and that the current transition towards the NGI initiative should be turned into a concrete opportunity for all CAPS/DSI players. To build an Internet of the future centred on humans and reflecting the European social and ethical values of freedom, openness and interoperability, CAPS or CAPS-like efforts must be put at the foundation of it. This shall empower CAPS value creation for durable stakeholder engagement increasing the impact of DSI-focused efforts within H2020 and beyond until 2025, and strengthen liaisons to related EC initiatives, as well as selected national and international activities.
By the end of its lifetime, ChiC project concretely contributed to create and nurture a CAPS community, sustaining intra-projects communication, synergies, co-organization of events and future collaborations. It also provided an online space the "CAPS resources area" on the CAPS portal where the major technological and non-technological outputs of each project have been published and organized, for their dissemination, re-use and future potential reference to communities, researchers and citizens at large. It drafter a “Digital Transformation for a better society - roadmap and policy recommendations” which outlines how the CAPS experiences, knowledge and results can further progress and ensure sustainability in the DSI ecosystem and within the NGI initiative. Last but not least, it effectively supported the awareness of the CAPS projects efforts across Europe and beyond, involving in the dialogue a wide range of high profile policy makers, SMEs, NGOs, communities, local municipalities, universities and research centers, through the DSI Fairs and the online and offline communication efforts.
