International Workshop

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• International Workshop
• ICT and Scientific Diaspora
• Using Modern Information and Communication
  Technologies
• to Harness the Potential of Southeast Europe's
  Scientific Diaspora
• Miroslav Polzer
• Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office
  Ljubljana - Centre for Social Innovation Vienna

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Content

• ASO Ljubljana - Who we are?
• Genesis of the workshop initiative
• Scope of the workshop
• Goals of the workshop
• Brief introdution to the Logical Framework
  Approach to Project Design (i.e. background of
  moderation of the discussion)

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ASO Ljubljana - Who we are?
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Genesis of the workshop initiative

• April 2007 Florian Gruber (ZSI) -gt Miroslav
  Polzer (ASO Lj./ZSI) project proposal How to
  Utilise Human Capital of Scientific Diaspora for
  South Eastern Europe? for a SEE-ERA.net
  accompanying measure -gt no interest by
  SEE-ERA.net
• Summer 2007 proposal of a special SEE event
  submitted by ASO Ljubljana/ZSI to Austrian
  Federal ministry of science and research -gt
  accepted
• Oct. 2007 meeting at UNESCO Venice office Iulia
  Nechifor, Engelbert Ruoss, Miroslav Polzer,
  Gorazd Weiss -gt Spring 2008 partnership with
  UNESCO Venice office agreed
• Searching for a thematic niche
• 2008 flood of brain gain events and projects
• January 2009 meeting of Emira Tufo, Blaz Golob,
  Miroslav Polzer and Despina Anastasiadou in
  Ljubljana -gt choosing ICT/Web 2.0 focus/niche -gt
  IPTS report Web 2.0 for government
• February 2009 meeting Bla Golob, Emira Tufo,
  Mladen Dragaevic, Nand Shani and Miroslav Polzer
  at RCC in Sarajevo -gt determination of date and
  institutional support by Jelica Minic
• April 2009 Draft programme
• Mid and second half of May 2009 invitation of
  speakers
• June 10th here we are!

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Scope of the workshop

• utilising ICT for innovative ways of exchanging
  ideas, forging alliances and engaging in
  collaborative action
• Web 2.0 as a new culture of e-collaboration
  rather than simply new technologies

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Goals of the workshop

• Getting some scientific background information
  about diaspora knowledge networks approach and
  good practice cases worldwide
• getting an overview of status quo with regard to
  networking of scientific diaspora from SEE
  countries as well as regarding their use of ICTs
  for cooperation with their countries of origin
• Facilitating mutual learning of programme
  owners/stakeholders in the SEE region (Would Web
  2.0 communities of practice make sense?)
• Initiating (new) projects on national and
  regional (SEE) level
• Raising awareness of stakeholders (RTD policy
  makers, development experts, ODA providers, IOs,
  ..) feeding into SEE regional RTD policy dialogue
  processes
• Using Web 2.0 applications in RTD governance as a
  new way / new culture of participatory and
  interactive delivery of public services
  (contribution to Ljubljana process of governance
  of European Research Area)

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Logical Framework Approach to Project Design
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Thank you for your attention!

• Miroslav Polzer
• Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office
  Ljubljana (ASO)
• Avstrijski znanstveni institut v Ljubljani
• Österreichisches Wissenschaftsbüro Ljubljana
• Dunajska 104
• SI-1000 Ljubljana Slovenija
• polzer_at_zsi.at www.aso.zsi.at