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On behalf of the Quality Institute Dutch Municipalities (KING), Dialogic is conducting an inventory of Digital Informal Care Services. These are ICT applications that offer functionalities to citizens/volunteers such as a digital calendar, logbook, marketplace, request clarification tools, and/or social map. As a result of decentralisation of tasks from the national and provincial governments in 2015, municipalities will be fully responsible for youth care, employment and income, and care for long-term sick and elderly individuals. This decentralisation is accompanied by budget cuts, which implies a greater demand for self-reliance from citizens and their surroundings (e.g. informal carers). The underlying principle is that ICT services should enhance the problem-solving capabilities of citizens. Moreover, ICT can generate savings by reducing the reliance on more expensive (professional) care. Dialogic evaluates the Digital Informal Care Services on effectiveness and efficiency. In the second part of the assignment, they will explore the possibilities of 'Big and Open Data' for further developing two Digital Informal Care Services.