24/02/2020

Exploration of the setup for monitoring SME digitalization workspaces.

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A SME Workshop Digitalisation brings together education and business to help small, mainstream SMEs innovate. Digital workshops are now being initiated in various locations in the Netherlands, with several already operational. For example, Groningen recently launched a workshop on Online Entrepreneurship. In these workshops, students and teachers collaborate with SMEs on digitalization issues. Passionate project leaders are determined to make the workshops successful. To assess the contribution of the workshops to the digitalization journey of SMEs, we, together with six workshops, developed frameworks for monitoring outcomes. These frameworks can be used by workshops and policymakers to assess impact and learn from each other. Furthermore, the data could be used for scientific research on the themes of digitalization and entrepreneurship. In the report, you will find our advice on how to shape the process and content of the monitoring. It is up to the workshops to finalize the monitoring approach. This exploration was conducted by Dialogic in recent months on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate.