Empower Cociety: A systemic design approach to unravel Cociety’s potential and design a Social Innovation Strategy

In the last decade, European citizens had to overcome multiple severe disruptive events like Covid-19, extreme weather and war at the EU-boarder. With ongoing climate change and political instability, more crises are expected to arise. To deal with these crises an increased resilience of individuals, organisations and society is needed. One...

The impact of the activities of non-profit data intermediaries (NPDIs): A qualitative study on the impact of NPDIs in reducing barriers to using Open Government Data (OGD) in Europe

The use and value of Open Government Data (OGD) are gaining increasing attention from governments, corporations, and individuals. Governments have developed portals and started initiatives to share, promote and facilitate OGD interactions. The key objectives of the release of OGD by public entities are public responsibility, economic expansion,...

How do Non-profit Open data Intermediaries enhance Open data Usability?: A Systematic Literature Review

Non-profit organisations (NPOs) are one type of open data intermediaries connecting different actors in the open data ecosystem. They perform a number of activities, from requesting the government to open up the data to application development. Such activities can have an effect on open data usability barriers that other actors in the open data...

Embedding Design Practices in a Non-profit Foundation for the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

This thesis presents experiments to integrate design practices for organisational change in a non-profit organisation in Brazil that contributes to the sustainable development of the Amazon rainforest region.<br/>The organisation that hosted this project is the Foundation for Amazon Sustainability (FAS). It is a civil society organisation that...

Playful learning through designing toys: Developing a design education toolkit for a non-profit organisation in rural Kenya

Sustainable Rural Initiatives (SRI) is a non-profit organisation in Okana, a rural community in West Kenya. SRI provides the community members of Okana with opportunities to develop practical skills such as carpentry and tailoring. SRI also works with international partners with specific expertise to give local community members opportunities to...

Do non-profits make a difference?: Evaluating non-profit vis-à-vis for-profit organisations in social

This CPB Document provides a framework for the evaluation of non-profit organisations. This framework addresses the question under which conditions, and, if so, in what way non-profits should be stimulated. Essentially, in order to answer these questions, three steps can be followed: (i) identifying potentially relevant market failures that non...