Harald Wouters
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Netherlands
- Dutch, English, German
- harald@whyconsulting.nl
Validated Expert info
Expert can perform Ad hoc expertise missions at network and programme level in relation to:
1. The design and delivery of (transnational) exchange and learning activities
2. Thematic expertise:
[Digital transformation]
3. Methods and tools for integrated and participatory approaches:
> Integrated and participatory design of strategies
> Securing funding and resourcing
Summary
Harald Wouters MSc is an experienced Strategic Advisor on the impact of digital technology on our society and economy. Harald graduated with honours (cum laude) from Utrecht University in Human Geography and succesfully completed Digital Disruption Strategies from Cambridge Judge Business School. Harald Wouters is the founder of WHY Consulting, an agency specialised in digital transformation of the urban sphere. His agency helps public and private actors in their collaborative innovation, digitalisation, as well as sustainability strategies. Currently, Harald is working as an Innovation Broker for the EDIH Dutch Societal Innovation Hub (DSIH), in addition to being an Expert at URBACT and a Project Partner for Interreg North Sea. Previously, Harald has worked as a Digital Transition Expert for the European Commission's Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) initiative. For the Digital Agenda of DIGITALEUROPE, Harald reported on labour mobility of IT workers in the EU. He organised the Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE) 2016 conference for the commission's DG RTD. Harald co-authored the NL Smart City Strategy, the international Smart City proposition of the Dutch high-tech industry and the granted Dutch public sector application for a European Digital Innovation Hub.