Jourvie and SchulePLUS, 2 of CHEST’s Call 3 winners, have made it to the final of the Google Impact Challenge. Jourvie has a vision of “simpler and easier treatment of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating”, which they are helping people to achieve through the development of a dedicated mobile app that provides practical advice and […]
Yubu, from our Call 3 winners Be Involved, is the online career platform for students, mentors and teachers. This digital innovation offers students a variety of features such as serious games, tests and enabling commands to enhance study and career choices. In addition to the fun and active commands and games, it is suitable for […]
YouSense, one of CHEST’s Call 3 winners, are creating electronic devices to measure the concentration of Particulate Matter (PM10) in the air, and communicate the data in real-time to a web portal. This open-source kit will allow citizens to learn about the quality of the air they breathe and share the data. During the first […]
Another of CHEST’s Call 3 winners have made it to the final of the Google Impact Challenge – SchulePLUS are nominated in the “Local Projects” category! SchulePLUS provide an innovative matching platform for schools and their external partners. The external stakeholders can make their offers to schools, teachers can find the offers that are best […]
CHEST Call 3 winner Jourvie is one of 10 finalists in the “Lighthouse Projects” category of the Google Impact Challenge in Germany. By reaching the final, the project already receives funding of €250,000. However, the overall winner of the challenge will be determined by the public voting online until 24th February 2016 and will win […]
Session 6: “Citizen engagement and collective intelligence for participatory Digital Social Innovation: Opportunities and challenges for Citizen Science in solving everyday sustainability challenges Submission Procedure” CHEST invites you to submit an abstract for this session, which is being hosted by European Institute for Participatory Media (EIPCM). Submission Requirements: An abstract may be submitted to only […]
Session 6 – Citizen engagement and collective intelligence for participatory Digital Social Innovation: Opportunities and challenges for Citizen Science in solving everyday sustainability challenges. Aim and scope As the citizen science movement matures and social technologies are used by billions of users in daily life, new frontiers are explored. Large groups of citizens can engage […]
The European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) hosts the first international ECSA Conference, in Berlin, from 19th May 2016 – 21st May 2016: http://www.ecsa2016.eu/ Session 6 is “Citizen engagement and collective intelligence for participatory Digital Social Innovation: Opportunities and challenges for Citizen Science in solving everyday sustainability challenges” This session is organised by the European Institute […]
This is the final conference of TRANSITION (another EU project), and it will bring together key stakeholders from the European social innovation ecosystem to discuss the approaches, challenges and next steps needed to support social innovations to grow in Europe. Groups who will be represented include: Innovators Incubators Investors Foundations Researchers Policy makers This event […]
Representatives from PNO and ENG will be at the ICT 2015 event in Lisbon along with with other CAPS initiatives. This leading ICT research and innovation event provides an ideal opportunity to meet other digital social entrepreneurs. If you are planning to attend and would like to meet a CHEST representative please email olaf.swanzy@pnoconsultants.com