This paper focuses on changes in food consumption that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its objective is to map at individual consumer level and identify influence of different factors related pandemic consumption. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey among 2,680 residents Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Slovenia (SI) using quota sampling for gender, age regional distribution. Data frequencies before were collected with frequency questionnaire spring 2020 (during first lockdown...

Tackling the rapid rise in global poverty is one of most pressing challenges world faces today, especially this new age turbulence. On top ongoing environmental crisis, last fifteen years has been rocked by financial crisis 2007–8, compounded 2020 Covid-pandemic and then 2022 war Ukraine, each which negatively impacted all aspects sustainable development. Although practice many development organizations have using methods processes social innovation to tackle vulnerability for years, it only...

ICT has already revolutionized content creation and communications. In principle, today, everybody with Internet access, the right skills equipment can produce digital composed of virtual “bits” make it instantly available across globe. The same is now happening to manufacturing for everyone access tools like 3D printers. This inter-changeability bits atoms being called maker movement, which started as a community-based, socially-driven bottom-up movement but today also impacting mainstream...

The concept of the city-region food system is gaining attention due to need improve availability, quality and environmental benefits, for example through sustainable agri-food strategies. COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced importance coherent inclusive governance, especially regarding resilience, vulnerability justice. Given that evidence from good practices relatively sparse, it important better understand role different types cities, regions household characteristics. paper's aim describe,...

In this article, we develop a three-layered analytical framework for investigating the development of eParticipation in Europe, which incorporates outputs, outcomes, and impacts eParticipation, also accounts action external factors. This was used as basis questionnaire survey among initiatives at European, national, regional, local levels. It has been concluded that, most cases, simply provided suitable alternative channel participatory activities did not challenge institutionalized centers power.

This paper presents a framework for evaluating e–participation, distinguishing between internal project components and external moderators front back regions of e–participation from governance perspective. It uses three–layered impact assessment comprising outputs, outcomes impacts employs the notion an intervention logic specifying types actions necessary to initiate manage participation processes. Its multi–layered bounded character prompts evaluators consider links high–level policy...

This experience paper is a personal thinkpiece which outlines many of the main issues and discussions taking place in Europe elsewhere about future public sector how it can respond positively to some acute challenges faces light financial crisis other global challenges. The examines ICT-enabled innovation highlights concepts like open governance, value, government as platform, assets, services engagement. It develops vision an 'open governance framework', moving beyond 'new management',...

In 2005, the eUSER project undertook a questionnaire survey covering about 10,000 households in 10 European Union member states, purpose of which was to provide some first systematic evidence Europe citizen user behaviour and their attitudes use public services, particularly role e-services this context. The focused on number themes — public’s government different channels (or media) employed, nature potential future demand for e-government, barriers experiences using socio-economic...

AbstractCreating an integrated social innovation concept requires connecting, engaging, and applying theories practices into encapsulating framework. Therefore, the exploitation of various methodologies becomes inevitable a force in underpinning positive change. This study examines coherent methodological framework that can be utilized toward examining public sector. The proposed provides foundations for leading empowering citizens influence societal changes smart, sustainable, inclusive...

The systematic deployment of social innovation has been largely overlooked by policy makers concerned to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. According research funded the European Commission, policies international organizations rarely refer potential innovation, neither generally nor in context achieving 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, a huge number initiatives around global are successfully using approaches, but most do so without this term. They thereby not...

Interest in, and implementation of telework, mainly working from home using ICT, has dramatically expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic due to government enforced lockdowns. This paper points both earlier current research as well empirical evidence that telework reflects, can be seen a surrogate for, organisational change. The public sector often lagged other sectors in implementing but it been forced adopt teleworking practices necessary changes order continue delivering its basic services....