The Triple Helix Approach for the Creation of a Knowledge Society

Abstract

In the present society, we are experiencing a convergence and crossing-over of three worlds which were previously separated: public research, business and governments; this convergence is represented by the Triple Helix model. It refers to a spiral model of innovation that captures multiple reciprocal relationships among institutional settings public, private and academic at different stages in the capitalization of knowledge. This paper presents a good practice of "The International Council for Caring Communities" ICCC that, in our opinion, represents a Triple Helix approach in action. ICCC in fact, since 1995 has been addressing social and economic issues with a method based on the cooperation efforts of non-traditional groups of decision makers and experts from government, international organizations, local authorities, the private sector, academia, health organizations and related industries.