This lab aims to explore how local initiatives or local action groups working in the context of CLLD can act as a motor and platform for social innovation at grass roots level. There are many connections between local development methods and social innovation, especially the pulling together of a stakeholder group involving the main public, private and third sector actors at … [Read more...]
SIMRA final conference, 19-20.2.2020, Brussels
SIMRA, the Horizon 2020 project “Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas” has been at the forefront in promoting the contribution of social innovation to social, economic and environmental development in disadvantaged rural areas since 2016. On 19.2.2020 SIMRA is holding its final conference in Brussels, to present the project’s main findings and discuss their policy … [Read more...]
Social innovation in LEADER areas in Austria
We present below the summaries of three case studies from the SILEA research project on social innovation in LEADER areas (2014-2020) in Austria. The first and second case studies are similar concerning the thematic field – local coordination of informal voluntary work – but different in their outcomes. Both have delivered successful and illustrative examples of social … [Read more...]
Social Innovation Community Yearbook
The Social Innovation Community (SIC) project was funded under the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme over a three year period, from 2016 to 2019. During these three years, SIC ran a series of on and offline activities - including practical place-based experimentation, learning, policy and research. The project started from the premise that more open innovation … [Read more...]
The Lisbon declaration on social innovation
In this declaration the Social Innovation Community calls on the EU to build on the world-leading practices established over the last decade and make social innovation a core part of its strategy to achieve a “social triple A” for Europe. The Social Innovation Community has identified key priorities that Europe should address. Tackling these priorities requires action by … [Read more...]
Social innovation and territorial development
In his contribution to the International Seminar Social Innovation in Public Policies in Brasilia, on 7 and 8 March 2018, Robert Lukesch discusses the essence of social innovation at the micro level and highlights the importance of governance (“the very notion of social innovation requires an institutional environment which is at least not punishing deviating behaviour”. He … [Read more...]
Social innovation, CLLD and the future of rural development
The debate on the future of EU policies and budgets post-2020 is hotting up. A new policy brief from SIMRA, makes a contribution in the context of the European Commission’s Communication on the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020, “The Future of Food and Farming”. The policy brief stresses that social innovation is a powerful manifestation of the principle of Community Led … [Read more...]
Conference on “Using social innovation policy approaches to help cities and regions realise the potential of the European Pillar of Social Rights”
This Monday April 16th 2018, a networking conference was organised at the Committee of the Regions on the initiative of the REVES Network, the Social Innovation Community and the University of Bologna. The event aimed to reflect on “Using social innovation policy approaches to help cities and regions realise the potential of the European Pillar of Social Rights” through … [Read more...]
Conference: Social innovation policy approaches for cities and regions
This conference is organised by the REVES network and will take place at the European Committee of the Regions on 16 April 2018 on the theme: Using social innovation policy approaches to help cities and regions realise the potential of the European Pillar of Social Rights. In this one-day interactive event, key city and regional public representatives - together with civil … [Read more...]
The Emergence of Social Innovation: A Translocal Perspective
This paper is an output of TRANSIT, an international research project that develops a theory of Transformative Social Innovation that is useful to both research and practice. TRANSIT is co-funded by the European Commission and runs for four years, from 2014 until 2017. The paper investigates how spaces and places play a role in the emergence of (transformative) social … [Read more...]