Dr. Guido Enthoven (1962) is founder and director of the Dutch Institute for Social Innovation, researcher, consultant and publicist. In 1991 he started together with friends the National Ideas Line. Shortly thereafter, he founded the Institute for Social Innovation (IMI) and advised dozens of ministries and municipalities on dialogues, participation and innovation. In 2011 he graduated (University of Tilburg) on the thesis ‘How to tell Congress? An empirical investigation of the information relation between Dutch government and parliament. ‘
He was in different roles involved in about 150 projects in the public realm, a selection:
• Initiator and editor national prime time TV series ‘The Idea’
• Advisor on the development of a new Dutch Freedom of Information Act
• Organizing local dialogues with citizens, city coucil and civil servants, developing new forms of democracy.
• Research on new connections between parliament and science.
• International survey on active transparency, on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior.
• Developing a Strategy ‘Information 2020’ and research on ‘Open data, opportunities for MP’s’. An investigation for Dutch Parliament.
• Facilitating the European dialogue with companies and NGO’s, leading to a European Bioeconomy Manifesto.
He’s author of 80 articles about democracy, information and innovation in magazines, newspapers and scientific journals.
