Projects

R-ICT promotes CSR within the ICT sector, including themes of key importance to our daily lives, such as better internet for kids, safer internet, inclusion, web-accessibility, digital social platforms, ICT for ageing well, ePrivacy, do-not-track, on-line behavioural advertising, media freedom and pluralism, no disconnect strategy.

The R-ICT network works in close cooperation with DG CONNECT in order to address social, environmental and cross-cutting concerns, including competitiveness, responsible innovation and social innovation.

The objective of the project is to improve regional policies in order to promote responsible innovation in SMEs throughout the exchange of experiences among all the partners, based on the triple bottom line: PEOPLE-PROFIT-PLANET. The DESUR project will address the difficulties that SMEs encounter when trying to incorporate social responsibility into their business model. SMEs often lack the resources and awareness necessary to adopt sustainable practices such as: respect for the natural environment, removal of barriers and inequalities, lifelong learning, increased productivity, efficient resource usage, better quality of life for employees, etc.