scholarly journals Science Diplomacy Case Study: The Boston Innovation Ecosystem and its Science & Technology Diplomatic Circle (S&TDC)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-122
Author(s):  
Konstantina Gota ◽  
Lucius Lichte ◽  
Paul Arthur Berkman
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Planetary Scale ◽  
Capstone Project ◽  
Science Diplomacy ◽  
Science Innovation ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Objective Methodology

This fifth synthesis with the Science Diplomacy Action serial is the product of a capstone project for the Masters of Law and Diplomacy (MALD) degree through the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University that was completed in July 2020. This capstone project focuses on the diplomatic missions of 65+ nations in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, that have been operating collectively as the Science & Technology Diplomatic Circle (S&TDC) within the larger innovation ecosystem of Boston since 2013. Lessons of science diplomacy as an holistic (international, interdisciplinary and inclusive) process are illustrated with the S&TDC Boston, noting the large number of diplomatic missions in a city that is different than capitol of the nation. These local-global lessons with the S&TDC Boston reflect the jurisdictional spectrum with its subnational, national and international levels that are interconnected on a planetary scale. This capstone project applies an objective methodology, using the public websites of the 65+ diplomatic missions in Boston to generate the data from questions that can be replicated and expanded in other cities with diplomatic missions. These data include details about: continents represented; nations represented; types of consulates; office locations and contacts; website language(s); science diplomacy presence; science attaché; website science innovation; government ministerial representation; profit / non-profit representation; and S&TDC membership. The data are listed, mapped and graphed with interpretations to help reveal options (without advocacy), which can be used or ignored explicitly, respecting the relevant decisionmakers, who are self-defined. Engagement with the S&TDC Boston is represented by the Consul General of Greece in Boston, who stimulated this project, and by the S&TDC Co-Chairs, who have written the Foreword and contributed to the co-authorship of this Science Diplomacy Action synthesis. As noted in the Conclusion: “cultivating a network with strong foundations, Science Diplomacy has the potential to build on synergies and capacities that exist in a way that have a broader reach, not only in Boston but around the globe with a universal application.”

scholarly journals Barcelona’s science diplomacy: towards an ecosystem-driven internationalization strategy

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Roig ◽  
Jia Liang Sun-Wang ◽  
Juan-Luis Manfredi-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Science Diplomacy ◽  
Internationalization Strategy ◽  
Stakeholder Partnerships ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Internal Stakeholders

Abstract Urban innovation ecosystems are set to play a prominent role in the internationalization and governance of big cities. By harboring solid scientific and technological assets and attracting both human and financial capital, they are best suited to become the pivotal actors of effective multi-stakeholder partnerships between the scientific community, public institutions, the private sector and civil society. In 2018, Barcelona’s knowledge and innovation ecosystem came together to launch a comprehensive diplomatic strategy to put the city’s science and technology at the forefront of global challenges. This paper presents the case study of Barcelona and discuss the opportunities for city-led science diplomacy as a formal, institutionalized practice aimed to reinforcing the insertion of local interests in the international scene while favouring the open interaction between the internal stakeholders involved.

scholarly journals Managing COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis: The Case of Greece

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-412
Author(s):  
Neofytos Aspriadis
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Crisis Response ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
Of Greece

This qualitative study analyzes the Greek government’s crisis management practice and public communication efforts during two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Integrating both crisis management theories and the World Health Organization’s pandemic control plans, discourse analysis and case study approaches were taken to analyze how Greek’s key government and public health authorities communicated with the public using different frames and crisis response strategies. Evaluations were conducted to assess the Greek government’s crisis communication procedures and the effectiveness of different rhetorical strategies used as evidenced in public briefings and public speeches.

scholarly journals Leaders in Rural Development Structures (Case Study on the Territory of the Lag Dolní Morava, Moravia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-416
Author(s):  
Anna Bábíková
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Media ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Identification Analysis ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract This paper is focused on local actors who are actively involved in the development of their villages. The area of rural development involves stakeholders of different levels and various positions. However, their roles differ, as do their positions in networks collaborating in the development of the rural community. In order to carry out this research, active citizens in member municipalities of the Dolní Morava Local Action Group (covering the territory of the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic) were selected. Several techniques were used for their identification (analysis of local media, questionnaire survey, semi-structured interview). In this manner, it was possible to acquire a number of local actors from the public, private and non-profit sectors. Firstly, leaders in municipal development, whose position was examined by employing several approaches (positional, reputational and problem), were detected, and then social networks were analysed. The content transmitted within the networks, with an emphasis on social capital – a theme closely related to this issue – was also observed.

scholarly journals A new model to explore non-profit social media use for advocacy and civic engagement

First Monday ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Chapman ◽  
Katrina Miller-Stevens ◽  
John C Morris ◽  
Brendan O'Hallarn
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
New Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Non-profit organizations are actively using social media platforms as a way to deliver information to end users, yet little is known of the internal processes these organizations follow to implement this tool. We present a case study of one non-profit organization, Blue Star Families, Inc., that is actively engaged in advocacy and civic engagement. We offer a new model to explore non-profit organizations’ use of social media platforms by building on previous models and frameworks developed to explore the use of social media in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.

scholarly journals THE POLICING MODEL IN MANAGING THE YOUTH ORGANIZATION CONFLICT IN MEDAN, INDONESIA: CASE STUDY OF IKATAN PEMUDA KARYA (IPK) AND PEMUDA PANCASILA (PP) CONFLICT

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benny Maringan Saragih
Keyword(s):  
Community Policing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Youth Organizations ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Youth Organization ◽  
Government Institutions

Medan has multicultural and composite area. Medan is the capital city of Indonesia Province of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Medan is the largets city in Sumatra island. There are 13 ethnic groups in Medan. The heterogeneity of people in Medan has bring out several youth organizations with their slogans and ideologies. The youth organizations is also one of freedom and rights for every citizen that guaranteed and protected by the state. The youth organization is increasingly synonymous with thuggery and crime action. this research focuses on resolving PP and IPK‟s conflict influenced by three main factors: resource aquisition and economics motive, existence and dominations, and past incident. This research is qualitative research using the theory of community policing that has developed. The result of this research is the importance of multidisciplinary community policing to resolve conflict. The police must cooperate with government institutions, members and community groups, non-profit organizations, service providers, and private businesses. The presence of government institutions, service providers and private businesses, will reduce member dependence on jobs provided by Youth Organization, and the presence of community groups will assist the police in reducing and preventing conflicts between youth organization, but the police must also facilitate the public in terms of reporting and others, such as by utilizing IT.

scholarly journals Working with the homeless: The case of a non-profit organisation in Shanghai

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-387
Author(s):  
Heather Xiaoquan Zhang ◽  
Jimmy McWhinney
Keyword(s):  
Social Issue ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Active Citizenship ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Official Policy ◽  
Private Actors

This article addresses a two-pronged objective, namely to bring to the fore a much neglected social issue of homelessness, and to explore the dynamics of state-society relations in contemporary China, through a case study of a non-profit organisation (NPO) working with the homeless in Shanghai. It shows that the largely invisible homelessness in Chinese cities was substantially due to exclusionary institutions, such as the combined household registration and ‘detention and deportation’ systems. Official policy has become much more supportive since 2003 when the latter was replaced with government-run shelters, but we argue that the NPO case demonstrates the potential for enhanced longer-term support and enabling active citizenship for homeless people. By analysing the ways in which the NPO offers services through collaboration and partnership with the public (and private) actors, we also argue that the transformations in post-reform China and the changes within the state and civil society have significantly blurred their boundaries, rendering state-society relations much more complex, dynamic, fluid and mutually embedded.

scholarly journals A Methodology for Increasing Business Process Maturity in Public Sector

10.28945/3156 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojca Indihar Stemberger ◽  
Andrej Kovacic ◽  
Jurij Jaklic
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Process Change ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Process Maturity

Non-profit organizations such as public sector organizations have some specifics, which make renovation projects significantly different. It is clear that radical changes in the execution of business processes and in the organizational structures are not suitable for the public sector because they are not possible for many, also political, reasons. A business process change in public sector mostly means unification of business processes, automation of some activities and elimination of some unnecessary ones. Organizational changes are achievable only to a certain limit. Therefore classic business process renovation methodologies have to be adapted. The proposed methodology that is presented in the paper has been successfully applied in a process change project at one of the Slovene Ministries, which is presented as a case study. Activities, techniques, and tools are proposed for each of the six traditional business process change project’s stages. Problems and topics to which special attention has to be paid are also discussed.

scholarly journals L’importance De La Dimension Éthique Dans La Performance Et La Gouvernance Des Organisations Publiques : L’apport De L'institutionnalisation Des Pratiques Éthiques Dans Le Secteur Public Marocain

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhlaffou Mohamed ◽  
El Wazani Youssef ◽  
Souaf Malika
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Ethical Dimension ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
And Performance

The aim of this paper is to analyse the positioning of ethical dimension in the New Public Management (NPM), and the influence of the institutionalization of ethical practices on governance and performance of public and non-profit organizations. The objective is then, to show how the theory of accountability and NPM incorporate the ethical factors, and the place given to ethics in the construction process of public action, the sensemaking in public organizations and its relationship with the position of ethics in the public management. This will be done through a case study on the ethical dimension in the management Morocco public organizations, by proposing recommendations to make their management mode more ethical, transparent and efficient.

Activism, prosocial public relations and negotiation: the case of St Vincent de Paul

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn J. Brooks ◽  
Robert I. Wakefield ◽  
Kenneth D. Plowman
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Corporate Communications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
Embedded Case Study

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the propositions of activism and prosocial public relations that an organization will engage in non-confrontational (prosocial) public relations and negotiation by building up internal resources, reaching out to target publics, and making connections to a cause to gain visibility and support. Design/methodology/approach This study was a single embedded case study that explored the public relations and communication tactics of a non-profit organization (NGO). Findings Observations from the case study support the proposition. This study begins to establish some of the public relations methods of how a successful prosocial NGO can successfully engage its publics through activism and negotiation. Research limitations/implications A single embedded case study is not generalizable to a population but is generalizable to theory so it is trustworthy and replicable when using a similar organization studying the same concepts in this paper. Practical implications An organization can reach out to publics through publicity, promotion, and information to raise the visibility of the organization and encourage active participation. The organization increased support for its cause and helped to establish the reputation of the organization as a legitimate, trustworthy and effective establishment. The study further uncovered nurturing relationships as an additional fourth element to the process of prosocial public relations. Social implications Activism, prosocial public relations and negotiation in corporate communications and in this case a non-profit can apply to increase well-being and society conditions. Originality/value This study is the only one of its kind to apply activism, prosocial public relations and negotiation theory to a practical case using a non-profit entity.

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