From data to knowledge: I3S goes live

di Torino Wireless

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Published on: 26 April 2021

Working tables between the third sector and ICT start

On Friday 23 April, representatives from the social world worked with ICT companies and Torino Wireless to come up with new ideas to generate more effective processes and better services.

The first meeting, organised by the Torino Wireless Foundation, was attended by five ETS – Agridea, Arcobaleno, Il Margine, P.G. Frassati, San Donato – and five ICT companies – iMpronta, Infotech System, Koinè Sistemi, myDonor Società Benefit, Tc-Web. The dialogue was facilitated thanks to the guidance of an innovation manager from Confcooperative Piemonte Nord.

The objective of collaborative design was firstly to understand how best to exploit data to enable ETS to create efficiencies on internal processes, as well as to better understand what opportunities there are to create new services and enable decision-making on the basis of more accessible and understandable information.

The working methodology set up by the Links Foundation included the use of innovative tools, such as Mural, the design thinking platform, which enabled the team to exploit visual thinking to organise, share and develop new ideas, even though the people involved worked remotely. Interactive notice boards and murals composed of images, writing and post-its were created on the virtual whiteboard, through which numerous ideas for design ideas for solutions not yet on the market emerged.

The next appointments are:

  • Friday 30 April on ‘The user at the centre: user-driven innovation’
  • Friday 7 May on ‘Networking – Networking Platform Innovation’
  • Friday 14 May on ‘The Digital Transformation Process’
An image of the interactive mural used during the working table.

What is I3S – Innovation for the Third Sector

The world of volunteering and social entrepreneurship is among those most affected by the Coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has inescapably highlighted the need and opportunity to invest in transforming the way most services are delivered: what role can technology play?

Torino Wireless together with TSI and the Turin Chamber of Commerce as part of the Tech4Good activities of the strategic plan of Torino Social Impact, involved in the Progetto I3S – Innovazione Digitale per il Terzo Settore representative bodies (Confcooperative, Lega COOP, VOL.TO) and 16 third sector bodies, including social cooperatives, networks and voluntary associations, to identify innovation needs and work together with ICT companies, first and foremost those from the Digital 4 Social Value Chain of the ICT Cluster, to devise and experiment with new digital solutions.

The ultimate goal of the I3S project is the creation of a programme to accelerate the digital and technological transformation of the third sector, realised with the strong involvement of its protagonists and specifically tailored to their specific needs, replicable and scalable to extend the initiative to more and more realities.