A CIVIC CROWDINVESTING INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES: LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE

Crowdfunding is a collective effort of many individuals who network, usually online, and pool their resources to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Crowdfunding has various forms, including donations, microloans and ownership shares. This paper presents an experience report of local self-government in City of Križevci, Croatia, in conducting a civic crowdinvesting project in May 2018, aimed to set up an integrated photovoltaic power plant with the power of 30 kW. One of the City’s strategic goals for the next ten years is to achieve energy independence of public administration and institutions, as well as to popularize solar power plants as renewable energy sources affordable to citizens and acceptable to environment. The project named "Sunny Roofs of Križevci" was based on citizen investments in renewable energy sources with the microloan principle. In September 2018, the power plant was set on the roof of the administrative building of the Development Center and Technological Park Križevci. Loans to investors will return with 4.5% of interest over a period of 10 years, from the income generated by electricity production of the plant. This was the first project micro-financed by citizens in the field of renewable energy sources in Croatia

Report on SHAFE policies, strategies and funding

The objective of Working Group (WG) 4 of the COST Action NET4Age-Friendly is to examine existing policies, advocacy, and funding opportunities and to build up relations with policy makers and funding organisations. Also, to synthesize and improve existing knowledge and models to develop from effective business and evaluation models, as well as to guarantee quality and education, proper dissemination and ensure the future of the Action. The Working Group further aims to enable capacity building to improve interdisciplinary participation, to promote knowledge exchange and to foster a cross-European interdisciplinary research capacity, to improve cooperation and co-creation with cross-sectors stakeholders and to introduce and educate students SHAFE implementation and sustainability (CB01, CB03, CB04, CB05). To enable the achievement of the objectives of Working Group 4, the Leader of the Working Group, the Chair and Vice-Chair, in close cooperation with the Science Communication Coordinator, developed a template (see annex 1) to map the current state of SHAFE policies, funding opportunities and networking in the COST member countries of the Action. On invitation, the Working Group lead received contributions from 37 countries, in a total of 85 Action members. The contributions provide an overview of the diversity of SHAFE policies and opportunities in Europe and beyond. These were not edited or revised and are a result of the main areas of expertise and knowledge of the contributors; thus, gaps in areas or content are possible and these shall be further explored in the following works and reports of this WG. But this preliminary mapping is of huge importance to proceed with the WG activities. In the following chapters, an introduction on the need of SHAFE policies is presented, followed by a summary of the main approaches to be pursued for the next period of work. The deliverable finishes with the opportunities of capacity building, networking and funding that will be relevant to undertake within the frame of Working Group 4 and the total COST Action. The total of country contributions is presented in the annex of this deliverable

Report on Shafe Policies, Strategies and Funding

The objective of Working Group 4 of the COST Action NET4Age-Friendly is to examine existing policies, advocacy, and funding opportunities and to build up relations with policy makers and funding organisations. Also, to synthesize and improve existing knowledge and models to develop from effective business and evaluation models, as well as to guarantee quality and education, proper dissemination and ensure the future of the Action. The Working Group further aims to enable capacity building to improve interdisciplinary participation, to promote knowledge exchange and to foster a cross-European interdisciplinary research capacity, to improve cooperation and co-creation with cross-sectors stakeholders and to introduce and educate students SHAFE implementation and sustainability. To enable the achievement of the objectives of Working Group 4, the Leader of the Working Group, the Chair and Vice-Chair, in close cooperation with the Science Communication Coordinator, developed a template to map the current state of SHAFE policies, funding opportunities and networking in the COST member countries of the Action. On invitation, the Working Group lead received contributions from 37 countries, in a total of 85 Action members. The contributions provide an overview of the diversity of SHAFE policies and opportunities in Europe and beyond. These were not edited or revised and are a result of the main areas of expertise and knowledge of the contributors; thus, gaps in areas or content are possible and these shall be further explored in the following works and reports of this WG. But this preliminary mapping is of huge importance to proceed with the WG activities. In the following chapters, an introduction on the need of SHAFE policies is presented, followed by a summary of the main approaches to be pursued for the next period of work. The deliverable finishes with the opportunities of capacity building, networking and funding that will be relevant to undertake within the frame of Working Group 4 and the total COST Action. The total of country contributions is presented in the annex of this deliverable

Daljinski rad s programskim sustavom primjenom pokretnih agenata

Ovaj rad bavi se problematikom upravljanja programskim sustavom kada se on nalazi na nekom čvoru u telekomunikacijskoj mreži. Prikazani su koncepti isporuke, upravljanja i održavanja programskih sustava. Istražene su i prikazane prednosti uporabe modela pokretnih programskih agenata nad tradicionalnim načinima pristupa udaljenim objektima ili čvorovima. Temeljem provedene analize različitih implementacija programskih agenata, odabran je sustav Grasshopper. Nakon obavljenih istraživanja predložen je model daljinskog upravljanja programskim sustavom. Korištenjem predložene arhitekture dizajniran je sustav za daljinski rad s programskim sustavom, nazvan Ljuska za udaljeno održavanje (engl. Remote Maintenance Shell, RMS). Detaljno je opisan način njegovog rada te korištenje pokretnih agenata za upravljanje programskim sustavom koji se nalazi na udaljenom čvoru. Na primjeru slučaja uporabe sustava RMS, zamjene verzija programskog sustava ispitani su i potvrđeni predloženi modeli za daljinsko upravljanje programskim sustavom.This thesis deals with issues in software operation with software running on remote nod in telecommunication network. Deployment concepts, management and maintenance of the software systems are showed. Reasons for using software mobile agents have been discussed, as well as their advantages over traditional procedures for remote access to the objects and nodes. After various implementations of agents systems have been tested, Grasshopper agent system has been chosen as base for creating the application. Based on the conducted research, model of remote software operation was proposed. Using the recommended architecture, the system for remote software operation, called Remote Management Shell (RMS), has been designed. Its functionality as well as the use of mobile agents for operating the software system on the remote node has been presented in detail. Case study of version replacement has been presented, in which the suggested models for remote software operations have been tested and verified

Daljinski rad s programskim sustavom primjenom pokretnih agenata

Ovaj rad bavi se problematikom upravljanja programskim sustavom kada se on nalazi na nekom čvoru u telekomunikacijskoj mreži. Prikazani su koncepti isporuke, upravljanja i održavanja programskih sustava. Istražene su i prikazane prednosti uporabe modela pokretnih programskih agenata nad tradicionalnim načinima pristupa udaljenim objektima ili čvorovima. Temeljem provedene analize različitih implementacija programskih agenata, odabran je sustav Grasshopper. Nakon obavljenih istraživanja predložen je model daljinskog upravljanja programskim sustavom. Korištenjem predložene arhitekture dizajniran je sustav za daljinski rad s programskim sustavom, nazvan Ljuska za udaljeno održavanje (engl. Remote Maintenance Shell, RMS). Detaljno je opisan način njegovog rada te korištenje pokretnih agenata za upravljanje programskim sustavom koji se nalazi na udaljenom čvoru. Na primjeru slučaja uporabe sustava RMS, zamjene verzija programskog sustava ispitani su i potvrđeni predloženi modeli za daljinsko upravljanje programskim sustavom.This thesis deals with issues in software operation with software running on remote nod in telecommunication network. Deployment concepts, management and maintenance of the software systems are showed. Reasons for using software mobile agents have been discussed, as well as their advantages over traditional procedures for remote access to the objects and nodes. After various implementations of agents systems have been tested, Grasshopper agent system has been chosen as base for creating the application. Based on the conducted research, model of remote software operation was proposed. Using the recommended architecture, the system for remote software operation, called Remote Management Shell (RMS), has been designed. Its functionality as well as the use of mobile agents for operating the software system on the remote node has been presented in detail. Case study of version replacement has been presented, in which the suggested models for remote software operations have been tested and verified

A CIVIC CROWDINVESTING INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES: LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE

Crowdfunding is a collective effort of many individuals who network, usually online, and pool their resources to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations. Crowdfunding has various forms, including donations, microloans and ownership shares. This paper presents an experience report of local self-government in City of Križevci, Croatia, in conducting a civic crowdinvesting project in May 2018, aimed to set up an integrated photovoltaic power plant with the power of 30 kW. One of the City’s strategic goals for the next ten years is to achieve energy independence of public administration and institutions, as well as to popularize solar power plants as renewable energy sources affordable to citizens and acceptable to environment. The project named "Sunny Roofs of Križevci" was based on citizen investments in renewable energy sources with the microloan principle. In September 2018, the power plant was set on the roof of the administrative building of the Development Center and Technological Park Križevci. Loans to investors will return with 4.5% of interest over a period of 10 years, from the income generated by electricity production of the plant. This was the first project micro-financed by citizens in the field of renewable energy sources in Croatia

Cloud-based integrated socio-sanitary care e-services in Croatia: Lessons learned

Among many other services, modern governments offer both healthcare and social care to their citizens. Traditionally built in a silo structure and often using separate funding schemes, these two services offer limited possibilities for integration. Therefore, a novel approach is needed which will enable the integrated provisioning of both social and healthcare services to the citizens. This paper describes a platform for collaboration on multiple levels, provided to connect actors from healthcare and social care services – from primary care medical doctors to hospitals, and from home caregivers and/or family members to emergency centres for the elderly. Utilizing the cloud-based ICT tool, we have developed an integrated e-care model and introduced personalised care pathways for the elderly people suffering from various health problems (including heart failure, cardio-vascular diseases, diabetes and mental health issues). This model employs a patient-centric approach to care delivery, giving the patient (or the person acting on behalf of the patient) in power to control (and to share) any data relevant to treat patient's health condition. For the socio-sanitary care providers the benefit is the ability to influence clinical outcomes by remotely monitor and coordinate care initiatives. Using this approach, government has an effective aid to meet quality thresholds, generate clinical outcome metrics and improve satisfaction of the citizens using health and social care services

Adaptive Algorithm for Chirp-Rate Estimation

Chirp-rate, as a second derivative of signal phase, is an important feature of nonstationary signals in numerous applications such as radar, sonar, and communications. In this paper, an adaptive algorithm for the chirp-rate estimation is proposed. It is based on the confidence intervals rule and the cubic-phase function. The window width is adaptively selected to achieve good tradeoff between bias and variance of the chirp-rate estimate. The proposed algorithm is verified by simulations and the results show that it outperforms the standard algorithm with fixed window width