The overall question of this study is: to what extent do connections existbetween mission statements, performance indicators, and program assessmentsthat might indicate a significant alignment and indicate the effectivenessof honors programs?
The overall question of this study is: to what extent do connections existbetween mission statements, performance indicators, and program assessmentsthat might indicate a significant alignment and indicate the effectivenessof honors programs?
More than 25!years after Moore’s first introduction of the public value concept in 995, the concept is now widely used, but its operationalization is still considered difficult. This paper presents the empirical results of a study analyzing the application of the public value concept in Higher Education Institutions, thereby focusing on how to account for public value. The paper shows how Dutch universities of applied sciences operationalize the concept ‘public value’, and how they report on the outcome achievements. The official strategy plans and annual reports for FY2016 through FY2018 of the ten largest institutions were used. While we find that all the institutions selected aim to deliver public value, they still use performance indicators that have a more narrow orientation, and are primarily focused on processes, outputs, and service delivery quality. However, we also observe that they use narratives to show the public value they created. In this way this paper contributes to the literature on public value accounting.
In the last decade, the automotive industry has seen significant advancements in technology (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles) that presents the opportunity to improve traffic safety, efficiency, and comfort. However, the lack of drivers’ knowledge (such as risks, benefits, capabilities, limitations, and components) and confusion (i.e., multiple systems that have similar but not identical functions with different names) concerning the vehicle technology still prevails and thus, limiting the safety potential. The usual sources (such as the owner’s manual, instructions from a sales representative, online forums, and post-purchase training) do not provide adequate and sustainable knowledge to drivers concerning ADAS. Additionally, existing driving training and examinations focus mainly on unassisted driving and are practically unchanged for 30 years. Therefore, where and how drivers should obtain the necessary skills and knowledge for safely and effectively using ADAS? The proposed KIEM project AMIGO aims to create a training framework for learner drivers by combining classroom, online/virtual, and on-the-road training modules for imparting adequate knowledge and skills (such as risk assessment, handling in safety-critical and take-over transitions, and self-evaluation). AMIGO will also develop an assessment procedure to evaluate the impact of ADAS training on drivers’ skills and knowledge by defining key performance indicators (KPIs) using in-vehicle data, eye-tracking data, and subjective measures. For practical reasons, AMIGO will focus on either lane-keeping assistance (LKA) or adaptive cruise control (ACC) for framework development and testing, depending on the system availability. The insights obtained from this project will serve as a foundation for a subsequent research project, which will expand the AMIGO framework to other ADAS systems (e.g., mandatory ADAS systems in new cars from 2020 onwards) and specific driver target groups, such as the elderly and novice.
One of the mission-driven innovation policies of the Netherlands is energy transition which sets, among others, the challenge for a carbon-neutral built environment in 2050. Around 41% of Dutch houses do not yet have a registered energy label, and approximately 31% of the registered houses have label C or lower. This calls for action within the housing renovation industry. Bound to the 70 percent rule, a renovation plan requires full (or at least 70 percent) agreement on the renovation between relevant parties, including residents. In practice, agreement indicators focus mostly on economic and energy aspects. When indicators include people’s needs and preferences, it is expected to speed participation and agreement, increasing residents’ satisfaction and enhances the trust in public institutions. Tsavo was founded in 2015 to organise the sustainability of buildings for ambitious clients. Its sustainability process aims to accelerate renovation by keeping at their core value the social needs and preferences of residents. In this project Tsavo and TU Delft work together to optimise the sustainability process so, it includes everyone’s input and results in a sustainability plan that represents everyone. Tsavo’s role will be key in keeping the balance between both a sustainable renovation service that is cheaper and fast yet also attractive and with an impact on the quality of living. In this project, Tsavo’s sustainable renovation projects will be used to implement methods that focus on increasing participation and residents’ satisfaction. TU Delft will explore principles of attractive, accessible and representative activities to stimulate residents to decide on a renovation plan that is essential and meaningful to all.
Wereldwijd zorgen riffen, gebouwd door biobouwers zoals koralen en schelpdieren, voor belangrijke ecosysteemdiensten waaronder kustveiligheid, visserij en recreatie. Deze riffen staan echter onder toenemende druk en door het verlies van natuurlijke harde substraten gaat ook de biodiversiteit en productiviteit van het mariene ecosysteem achteruit. Tegelijkertijd is er juist een toename van kunstmatig hard substraat voor mariene infrastructuur, zoals dijken, havens en golfbrekers. Vanwege de goede verwerkbaarheid en grote toepasbaarheid, is het meest gebruikte materiaal voor mariene infrastructuur beton. Beton heeft echter grote nadelen: 1) De cementindustrie is verantwoordelijk voor 5-7% van de wereldwijde CO2 uitstoot en 2) op beton groeien door de suboptimale chemische samenstelling andere ecologische gemeenschappen dan op natuurlijke riffen. De komende jaren zal er, door klimaatverandering en economische ontwikkeling, nog meer op zee gebouwd worden. Er is daarom een wereldwijde noodzaak voor materialen die een lagere CO2 footprint hebben dan beton en ecologisch beter functioneren. In het RAAK-publiek ECODAMI (Ecologisch Optimale en Duurzame Alternatieve materialen voor Mariene Infrastructuur) project werkt hogeschool VHL samen met publieke partijen Waterschap Noorderzijlvest, Rijkswaterstaat, Public Entity Saba en partners uit zowel de bouwkundige als ecologische hoek aan de interdisciplinaire vraag “Welke alternatieve materialen kunnen gebruikt worden om mariene infrastructuur te verduurzamen en tegelijk de onderwaternatuur te verrijken?” Om deze vraag te beantwoorden worden alternatieve materialen voor beton geproduceerd en getest op conventionele eigenschappen zoals verwerkbaarheid en sterkte. De meest kansrijke materialen worden in experimenteel labonderzoek getest op de vestiging van indicatorsoorten, waarna de best functionerende materialen worden gecombineerd. Via experimenteel veldonderzoek in de Waddenzee, de Zeeuwse delta en bij Saba (Caribisch Nederland) wordt de ontwikkeling van ecologische gemeenschappen op de proefblokken onderzocht en wordt een laatste selectie gemaakt. Op deze manier resulteert het ECODAMI project in duurzame en ecologisch optimale bouwmaterialen die direct toepasbaar zijn in mariene infrastructuur.
