backstage.bbc.co.uk is the Â鶹Éç's early adopter network to encourage participation and support creativity through open innovation.
It was announced in the Â鶹Éç's response to the Graf Review of Â鶹Éç Online:
"The Â鶹Éç will support social innovation by encouraging users' efforts to build sites and projects that meet their needs and those of their communities ... The Â鶹Éç will also be committed to using open standards that will enable users to find and re purpose Â鶹Éç content in more flexible ways" Page 9, Â鶹Éç's response to the Graf Report, November 2004 (PDF 183kb).
backstage.bbc.co.uk attempts to encourage and support those who have provided most of the innovation on the internet - the passionate, highly-skilled & public-spirited developers and designers many of whom volunteer their time and effort.
In the past the Â鶹Éç has not always encouraged such "amateur innovators", however public-spirited their intentions and products. backstage.bbc.co.uk aims to foster a newly constructive and open dialogue with the wider development community using Â鶹Éç content and tools to deliver public value.
backstage.bbc.co.uk will provide data, resources and support for users who wish to build prototypes and proofs of concepts using Â鶹Éç material. We will encourage people both inside and outside the Â鶹Éç to share knowledge, ideas & prototypes with each other.
