Proposed collaboration model
A shared workplace for the community’s priorities.
The local development and innovation centres proposed by ARSC can operate in partnership with public administrations, including in premises they provide. The work is built around concrete problems, a designated team and a working budget.
Contents
The proposed model
We propose to public administrations a local working framework for preparing projects, using technology and involving citizens.
How it works
- Concrete problemsThe centre’s work starts from the priorities agreed by the administration.
- A designated teamThe administration designates the people responsible; ARSC coordinates its own team and the contribution required.
- A working budgetThe budget for the activities is set for each centre before it starts. The ARSC model does not provide the funding.
- PremisesA workspace, which the administration can provide. Meetings with members of the local community also take place in the same space.
How each party contributes
The administration’s role
Sets the priorities and designates the people responsible.
ARSC’s contribution
Expertise, project preparation and technology.
Companies and universities
Solutions and skills.
Citizens
Identifying needs, testing and evaluation.
ARSC provides expertise, project preparation, the development of digital solutions and the evaluation of results, within the scope of each collaboration. The supply of equipment and the construction of infrastructure are the responsibility of specialised companies. Public administrations remain responsible for public decisions.
Civic participation
People must be able to report a problem, understand what is being proposed and receive a response about their contribution. Consultation, testing and communicating the results are part of the project.
Conditions for starting
A local centre can start only when all four elements described above are in place: priorities agreed by the administration, a designated team, funding for the activities and premises. Funding is not provided by the model; it is established for each centre before it starts.
ARSC’s existing centres
The Digital Inclusion Centre and the Centre for Urban Research and Education are separate ARSC projects, with their own objectives. They are not part of the local centre model described on this page.
Contact
Interested administrations can discuss with the ARSC team the community’s priorities and the conditions under which a local centre can start.
A local centre starts from a concrete priority.
Tell us which community you represent and what its priorities are. Together we will establish whether and how a local centre can work.