Engaging citizens User menu SI Research SIE Home TEPSIE Search form Search Main menu SIE Directory SIE Magazine Engaging citizens 0|Default projectCRESSI (Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation) What is CRESSI? The CRESSI Project is a four year project funded by the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme that was initiated in February 2014. The CRESSI (Creating Economic Space for Social In… Written by rachel.schonEducationEmploymentEngaging citizensEnvironmentFunding and financeGovernanceMetrics and measurementNetworksScaling impactSocial exclusionSocial innovationAustriaFinlandGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectSIMPACT Boosting the Impact of Social Innovation in Europe through Economic Underpinnings (SIMPACT) Keywords: Social Innovation, Economic Foundation, Empowering People SIMPACT with its 12 partners from ten… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensGovernanceMetrics and measurementNetworksScaling impactSocial enterpriseSocial exclusionSocial innovationRead more 0|Default projectSEFORIS Social Enterprise as Force for more Inclusive and Innovative Societies (SEFORIS) The “seforïs” research project seeks to understand the potential of social enterprise within the Eu… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensSocial enterpriseRead more 0|Default 11.02.2014 BlogFan Activism In the past fortnight, J.K. Rowling broke many of her young fans’ hearts when she revealed that she didn’t believe her characters Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger to be ideally suited t… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensSocial innovationRead more 0|Default projectThird Sector Impact The research project Third Sector Impact, which is part of the EU’s seventh framework program, is a collaborative project involving 14 research institutes in Europe. It was launched in Januar… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensNetworksScaling impactSocial innovationAustriaBelgiumCroatiaFranceGermanyItalyNetherlandsNorwayPolandSpainUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 24.07.2013 BlogSocial engagement of Poles The study "Social engagement of Poles" carried out by the research institute TNS for Groupon Poland clearly shows that Poles appreciate the potential for joint action. The majority (61%) … Written by Witold KwasnickiDemocracyEngaging citizensRead more 0|Default 14.06.2013 BlogVolunteering in Portugal The Satellite Account for the Social Economy published last April by the Portuguese National Institute of Statistics includes the results of a survey on volunteer work done in 2012. Here are some o… Written by Américo.MendesEngaging citizensSocial innovationPortugalRead more 0|Default 13.05.2013 BlogHarnessing Mutuals in the Public Sector In March 2013 ResPublica published a new essay collection entitled ‘Making it Mutual: The ownership revolution that Britain needs.’ Within its pages, policy-makers and practitioners cal… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensGovernanceHealth and social careHousingPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationWelfare servicesUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 01.05.2013 BlogFive roles for participation to improve performance in social economy organisations In our previous blog-post we talked about the FAS Project, a nationwide training-action project of the confederation representing social welfare organisations in Portugal that has been going on sin… Written by Américo.MendesEngaging citizensSocial economySocial innovationPortugalRead more 0|Default 03.04.2013 eventTelePresence: The sharing economy and social innovation In April, we will run two TelePresence events, kindly hosted by the Social Innovation Exchange (SIX) and Cisco. You can read more about SIX TelePresence events here. Our first TelePresence on April… Written by william.millershipEngaging citizensScaling impactSocial economySocial innovationDenmarkFranceSpainUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 22.03.2013 BlogKaBOOM! using the internet to scale impact KaBOOM! Using the internet to scale impact Darell Hammond and Dawn Hutchison founded KaBOOM! in 1996 after Hammond read a tragic story of two children suffocating to death while playing in an aband… Written by william.millershipChildcareCites and communitiesEngaging citizensScaling impactSocial innovationRead more 0|Default projectCOCOPS The COCOPS project (Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future) seeks to comparatively and quantitatively assess the impact of New Public Management-style reforms in European coun… Written by william.millershipEngaging citizensGovernancePublic sector innovationSocial cohesionSocial innovationBelgiumEstoniaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorwaySpainUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 19.03.2013 BlogExisting challenges and the blossoming of social innovation in Greece Social innovation is a completely new term for Greece. The Greek social economy is not yet developed or better to say is quite fragmented while the voluntarism rates are quite low, unlike other Eur… Written by eirini.kalemakiEngaging citizensSocial economySocial innovationGreeceRead more 0|Default 07.03.2013 BlogSocial innovation in local government Is social innovation a phenomenon that should take place completely detached from the realm of government? Should local governments just let go and let social innovators invent and drive the local … Written by John.LauritzenCites and communitiesEngaging citizensGovernancePublic sector innovationSocial innovationDenmarkRead more 0|Default 31.01.2013 BlogSocial Frontiers: Open Call for Social Innovation Research Announcing a new call for forward-thinking research on social innovation Today we’ve published a call for proposals for a major research and policy conference on social innovation, to be held… Written by Laura.buntDemocracyEngaging citizensMetrics and measurementPublic sector innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 17.12.2012 BlogExperimental spaces for social innovation In 2012, the Rockefeller Foundation commissioned research looking at some of the methodologies that are leading to social innovations around the world, with a particular focus on Africa and Asia. A… Written by anna.daviesEngaging citizensPublic sector innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 13.12.2012 BlogWhat can we learn from Carlota Perez? Carlota Perez is one of the world’s most influential thinkers on innovation and its relationship with economic growth and development. She describes ‘great surges of development’ … Written by julie.simonCites and communitiesEngaging citizensFunding and financeGovernanceNetworksPublic sector innovationService innovationSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 20.11.2012 BlogReport from the launch of the first social innovation municipality network In late September 2012, the “Danish Municipality Network on Social Innovation” was launched in Copenhagen, Denmark. With representatives of around one-third of Danish local governments … Written by John.LauritzenEngaging citizensPublic sector innovationSocial innovationDenmarkRead more 0|Default 07.11.2012 BlogSocial innovation and citizen engagement: towards a framework One of the key strands of TEPSIE work we’re leading at the Young Foundation is looking at the relationship between citizen engagement and social innovation. Although participation and engagem… Written by anna.daviesEngaging citizensSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 27.11.2012 eventFacing New Challenges: How social innovation contributes to active inclusion Facing New Challenges: How social innovation contributes to active inclusion 27 November 2012, 10:00-16:00 EESC, 7th floor, Trèves Building, 74, rue de Trèves, 1040 Brussels This SOLI… Written by robert.patrickEmploymentEngaging citizensHealth and social careService innovationSocial exclusionSocial innovationBelgiumRead more 0|Default 16.10.2012 BlogConference Report: The Cow and the Squirrel On 24-25 September, researchers, policymakers, social entrepreneurs and other key social innovation actors gathered in Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden to discuss solutions to Europe&… Written by John.LauritzenEngaging citizensFunding and financeNetworksSocial cohesionSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 28.08.2012 BlogNew social innovation network in Denmark The Danish welfare system is traditionally based on a large public sector. With the average working Dane paying 44,2% in marginal tax, the public sector is expected to be the actor that detects soc… Written by robert.patrickEngaging citizensNetworksPublic sector innovationScaling impactSocial innovationDenmarkRead more 0|Default projectTEPSIE The Theoretical, Empirical and Policy Foundations for Social Innovation in Europe TEPSIE is a research collaboration between six European institutions aimed at understanding the theoretical, empiri… Written by robert.patrickDemocracyEngaging citizensFunding and financeMetrics and measurementNetworksPublic sector innovationSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationDenmarkGermanyGreecePolandPortugalUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectSINGOCOM Social Innovation, Governance and Community Building From Territorial Innovation Models (TIM) to Alternative Models for Local Innovation (ALMOLIN), over the last 15 to 20 years, the European scient… Written by robert.patrickCites and communitiesDemocracyEngaging citizensGovernanceNetworksScaling impactSocial cohesionSocial economySocial exclusionSocial innovationAustriaBelgiumFranceGermanyItalyUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default projectKATARSIS Growing Inequality and Social Innovation: Alternative Knowledge and Practice in Overcoming Social Exclusion in Europe KATARSIS brought together theorists, researchers and practitioners interested i… Written by robert.patrickDemocracyEducationEmploymentEngaging citizensGovernanceHealth and social careHousingSocial economySocial innovationRead more 0|Default 07.09.2015 eventEvent: The ‘Unusual Suspects Festival’ 7-9 October 2015- Glasgow The ‘Unusual Suspects Festival’ will, this year, be held in Glasgow from 7th-9th October 2015. The event will be bringing together a range of participants from Scotland and around the W… Written by Charlotte HealesEngaging citizensSocial enterpriseSocial innovationUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 11.05.2015 BlogCRESSI Project publishes first reports The CRESSI Project is a four year project funded by the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme that was initiated in February 2014. CRESSI explores the economic underpinnings of social innovation, … Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensPublic sector innovationSocial exclusionSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 01.04.2015 BlogCollective Intelligence: Evidence Based Activism in Patients’ Organisations On the 12th March, Nesta held an event titled 'Collective Intelligence: Evidence based activism in Patients' Organisations'. I was delighted when I saw that Nesta was hosting a discussi… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensHealth and social careSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 22.10.2014 eventWorld Health and Design Forum In October I visited the Dutch city of Eindhoven for the World Health and Design Forum. Planned in conjunction with Dutch Design Week, the event aimed to boost social innovation and inspire people … Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensHealth and social carePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial enterpriseSocial innovationNetherlandsRead more 0|Default 12.11.2014 eventSI Live SI Live is a two-day international event exploring the future of social innovation research, incubation and action. It will bring together leading social innovators, academics and practitioners to … Written by rachel.schonChildcareCites and communitiesEducationEngaging citizensEnvironmentFunding and financeGenderHealth and social careMetrics and measurementNetworksScaling impactSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationPortugalRead more 0|Default 30.10.2014 BlogPartnership to Explore New Funding Sources for Innovators By Georg Mildenberger In a 2013 SIR blog article, Rachel Schon discussed the TEPSIE telepresence, where Gunnar Glänzel and I highlighted the mismatch between the needs of innovators and the re… Written by Gunnar.GlänzelCites and communitiesDemocracyEngaging citizensFunding and financeNetworksRead more 0|Default 19.10.2014 BlogPostgraduate studies on Social Innovation in Poland One of the most known Polish private university, Kozminski University, organize for the first time postgraduate studies on "Social innovation in the economy". The aim of the study is to p… Written by Witold KwasnickiCites and communitiesEducationEngaging citizensSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationPolandRead more 0|Default 27.08.2014 BlogALS #IceBucketChallenge: A Social Innovation or not? The ALS #icebucketchallenge is thriving and obviously causing some debate in and beyond social media these days. And it goes like this: In front of a camera, a person pours a bucket of ice water ov… Written by Gunnar.GlänzelEngaging citizensFunding and financeHealth and social careSocial exclusionSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 16.07.2014 BlogSocial Innovation Labs As part of Tepsie’s work on the ecosystem necessary to support social innovation, I recently conducted some research on social innovation labs. Social innovation labs aim to provide a neutral… Written by rachel.schonCites and communitiesEngaging citizensPublic sector innovationSocial exclusionSocial innovationWelfare servicesFinlandNetherlandsRead more 0|Default 14.07.2014 BlogSocial Innovation in Russia – examples (Written by Łukasz Gajewski) Our engagement in Working Package 8 of the TEPSIE Project leaded us to find examples of Social Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe. In a case of Eastern Europe it… Written by Witold KwasnickiDemocracyEngaging citizensSocial cohesionSocial exclusionSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 13.05.2014 BlogScaling up inclusive innovation: asking the right questions? This guest post from SPRU Senior Lecturer Adrian Smith explores the relationship between concepts of grassroots innovation and truly democratic innovation. This post is based on Adrian's contri… Written by Adrian SmithEngaging citizensEnvironmentScaling impactSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 01.05.2014 BlogSocial Economy education in Poland Problems of Social Economy and Social Innovation become more and more particular in Poland. As a kind of response to demand for knowledge of that matter School of Public Administration at the Unive… Written by Witold KwasnickiEducationEngaging citizensSocial economySocial innovationPolandRead more 0|Default 13.03.2014 BlogSocial Dialogue in Social Firms Social enterprises tend to favour a participatory management structure, that has until recently been overlooked by bodies which exist to adjudicate disputes between workers and their employees. Rec… Written by rachel.schonEmploymentEngaging citizensSocial economySocial enterpriseRead more 0|Default 28.02.2014 BlogCompetition for Social Enterprise in Poland For the first time in Poland, NESsT and J. P. Morgan are organizing jointly "Competition for Social Enterprise – 2014". The aim of the Competition is to support the development of social … Written by Witold KwasnickiEngaging citizensFunding and financeSocial enterpriseSocial exclusionSocial innovationPolandRead more 0|Default 04.02.2014 BlogThe future of social services innovation Last Wednesday, the INNOSERV team hosted its final workshop in Paris, marking the end of this two year project looking at social services innovations across Europe. This was a great opportunity to … Written by anna.daviesEngaging citizensService innovationSocial cohesionSocial innovationWelfare servicesRead more 0|Default 31.01.2014 BlogThieves, pirates and social entrepreneurs “What do pirates, terrorists, computer hackers and inner city gangs have in common with Silicon Valley?” It turns out that the two young ladies' project entitled ‘The Misfit E… Written by Witold KwasnickiCites and communitiesEducationEngaging citizensSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationPolandRead more 0|Default 07.11.2013 BlogGREEK DEBT FREE initiative: A smart way of reducing the Greek debt The Greek society after suffering the effects of the economic crisis, started to make its first steps in constructing the foundation of social economy. More and more actions were initiated in order… Written by ioanna.garefiEngaging citizensFunding and financeGreeceRead more 0|Default 23.10.2013 BlogSocial innovation as municipal activity in Poland Just to promote sustainable city development leaders of Lodz (city in the Central Poland – http://en.uml.lodz.pl/) co-finance activities of non-governmental organizations via Social Innovation Fund… Written by Witold KwasnickiChildcareCites and communitiesEngaging citizensPublic sector innovationSocial innovationPolandRead more 0|Default 21.10.2013 BlogBeing someone’s eyes A few weeks ago I attended TEDxCopenhagen, a one day conference emphasizing the spread of big visions and ideas. My favorite TED talk of the day was Hans Jørgen Wiberg’s talk on micro … Written by Rasmus.ThaarupEngaging citizensNetworksSocial economySocial enterpriseSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 05.09.2013 BlogNudging citizens towards social innovation? What is nudge and what does it have to do with social innovation? Much has been said about how Barack Obama harnessed the power of the social web in his ultimately successful bid for the White Hous… Written by Gwendolyn.CarpenterDemocracyEngaging citizensGovernanceHealth and social careNetworksPublic sector innovationSocial innovationDenmarkUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 14.08.2013 BlogREScoops Breed Innovation A Renewable Energy Sources Cooperative (REScoop) is a group of citizens who collectively invest in renewable energy. There are approximately 3.000 REScoops across Europe. They work together on a lo… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensEnvironmentPublic sector innovationDenmarkGermanyNetherlandsRead more 0|Default 09.08.2013 BlogDiffusion as a Social Process Diffusion, understood as ‘the act of spreading something more widely’ is fundamentally about processes of change. It is unsurprising therefore that it is the subject of intense interest… Written by rachel.schonEngaging citizensMetrics and measurementNetworksSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 15.07.2013 BlogSocial innovation toolkit: How to think in new boxes. How does a not-for-profit organisation or NGO go about working innovatively, and find new solutions to complex social problems? Although cases of innovative projects are all around us, these anecdo… Written by Nafiz.HuqEngaging citizensSocial innovationRead more 0|Default 08.07.2013 BlogConnected Localism? The future of local government In a new collection of essays published by LGiU, the Local Government Information Unit, Jonathan Carr-West argues that English local government is at a crossroads. Funding has been cut and challeng… Written by rachel.schonCites and communitiesDemocracyEngaging citizensGovernancePublic sector innovationService innovationSocial cohesionUnited KingdomRead more 0|Default 25.06.2013 Blog‘Slacktivism’ vs. thick, impactful civic participation Earlier this year, Unicef in Sweden launched a new campaign with the tagline: "Like us on Facebook and we will vaccinate zero children against Polio". It was accompanied by a video of a y… Written by anna.daviesEngaging citizensSocial economyRead more 0|Default 04.06.2013 BlogInformal Citizen Networks: The case of Greece Since 2009 Greece has experienced a severe financial recession and the government has adopted austerity measures that have had a severe impact on the lives of citizens. At the same time, we are see… Written by ioanna.garefiCites and communitiesEngaging citizensSocial cohesionSocial innovationGreeceRead more 0|Default 20.05.2013 BlogHow well are you being served? Trends and issues in European social services innovation Jeremy Millard (Danish Technological Institute) and Anna Davies (Young Foundation) report back from the INNOSERV international workshop on innovation in social services, 17 May 2013, Brussels INNOS… Written by Jeremy.MillardChildcareEmploymentEngaging citizensHousingPublic sector innovationRead more SI Research Research Home Blog Social Innovation Social Enterprise SI in the Public Sector Social Frontiers 2013 Events About Add project
