Editorial: Information for local governance. Data is the solution…what was the question again?

Co-creation in Public Services for Innovation and Social Justice

“…One of the objectives of the CoSIE project was the application of Living Labs approaches in the context of relational public services and welfare to support local activities with addressing the challenges of social innovation and co-creation. Work in these areas by the authors of this chapter and others indicates that key to carrying out such activities in a scalable and sustainable fashion is using theoretical models to create reflective, collaborative stakeholder engagement through the innovation of relationships Wilson et al, 2013;. The real-time provision of interactive representations through modelling can take several forms.…”

Addressing Information Needs in Employment Services Provision in Italy: The Role of Codesign Networks

“…Recently, attention has been devoted also to the role played by knowledge management systems for the effectiveness of public services (Laihonen and Sillanpä, 2013), and to the growing importance of data and information for local public governance (Wilson et al, 2013). Information systems produce considerable quantities of data that constitute valuable assets for both single organisations and the community at large (Martini and Mezzanzanica, 2010).…”