NOICE - LE VOICE - Verdun project
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Description
$8M to create a network of open innovation spaces in Verdun, Montreal. Open the project overview.
Background
Initiative started by SENSORICA in colaboration with David Lametti, MP from Verdun and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development.
David Lametti follows SENSORICA since 2013. In January 2016, after the federal election, David invited SENSORICA members to discuss about an initiative to boost the economy in his riding. The general idea was to create a network of open innovation spaces, built along the OVN SENSORICA model, where the local population can meet with entrepreneurs and local companies to generate new economic initiatives.
David asked sensoricans to gather a group of experts from our local network to facilitate the implementation of this concept.
OuiShare MTL was the first network to be included in this project. Alex Bigot, co-founder of OuiShare MTL and OuiShare global connector was invited by sensoricans at a meeting on the Parliament Hill in Ottawa, where David Lametti reaffirmed his commitment to this project.
During the Montreal edition of the World Social Forum we met with other local players and discussed the project, in order to complete the initiation and facilitation team.
Partnership structure
Incentives
The funding will be distributed to all the participants in the project, based on their roles.
Skills and resources needed
Open space design, implementation and co-management
Open innovation
P2P economics
Community-based approaches and action
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Presentations
Current presentation
Past presentations
Project coordination and facilitation
Knowledge base verdun_project
Planning
Short-term goals
Create a general presentation about the concept - Done
Write comprehensive Work Plan - under way
Get funding - September 2017?
Long-term goals
Implement the concept in Montreal
Deploy the concept throughout Canada
Milestones
Phase 1 : Analyzing the needs of the local ecosystem; make the right solution emerge
Workshops with the political local actors
Public events organization to sensitize the local populationPhase 2 : implementation
Spaces layouts and equipment
Services design
Human resources organisation
Shared IT infrastructurePhase 3 : working with network models and creating bridges with other territories