Guidance on programming social innovation in the Structural Funds 1. The role of social innovation in Cohesion policy 48
2. Programming Social Innovation 55 Part 4: Ten Practical Steps to Implement Social Innovation 59
Senior Director and Distinguished Fellow with Cisco†s Internet Business Solutions Group Chairman of SIX †Social Innovation exchange
Social media have brought about fast changes in how people communicate with each other, but also in how they relate to the public sphere.
Stimulating innovation, entrepreneurship and the knowledge-based society is at the core of the Europe 2020 Strategy
1 http://ec. europa. eu/bepa/pdf/publications pdf/social innovation. pdf-see Page 7 Part 1:
users and providers4) and LEADER5 In sum, Social innovation approaches are notably innovations in the internationally recognised Oslo
find new ways of involving users and citizens and encourage thinking out of the box.
which users are directly involved in design and delivery. In the context of cohesion policy, these approaches nearly always
Hans Schlappa and Peter Ramsden http://urbact. eu/fileadmin/general library/URBACT 16 08 11 PRE BAT-3. pdf 8 involve widening the range of stakeholders and deepening their engagement in deliberative
In the Social Innovation Camp, an inter disciplinary group brings together software designers and experts in social issues.
stakeholders and users, in a participatory way. Their programme"La Transfo"has installed already social innovation laboratories in a number of French regions. http://www. la27eregion. fr
thinking and user-centered creation as main methods. It is a mix between a training center, a
innovation, using the Internet as a way to innovate more collaboratively integrating the citizen in the
core process. http://www. citilab. eu/en The Danish Business Authority (responsible for managing the Structural Funds), in the framework of
using design methods and co-creation with users to improve public services. http://www. erhvervsstyrelsen. dk/preventing burdens
ï Participative and empowering of citizens and users rather than †top down†and expert-led
trends in demography, community and social media, poverty, the environment, health and well -being, or ethical goods
working together and involving users 10 http://ec. europa. eu/research/innovation-union/index en. cfm?
%•150 million Europeans †some 30%-have used never the internet. This group is largely
Bridging this digital divide can help members of disadvantaged social groups to participate on a more equal footing in the
14http://ec. europa. eu/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/pdf/library/methodology/leader approach en. pdf 15http://ec. europa. eu/bepa/pdf/publications pdf/social innovation. pdf
16http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/policy/social-innovation/social-inno-event en. htm 17http://ec. europa. eu/internal market/social business/index en. htm
18 http://i3s. ec. europa. eu/commitment/33. html 19 http://ec. europa. eu/social/main. jsp?
This gives a core role for the public sector at regional and local level Christian Bason, the director of Mindlab21, a Danish agency for social innovation operating within
data on social enterprises in Hungary, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the UK22 tell us that 75%of these
-innovation/strengthening-social-innovation en. pdf 18 This means that the assessment has to look at the track record and nature of the organisation that is
whether the future users of new ideas are involved. Over time the innovative project idea itself may change as prototypes are tested and rejected,
processes and for selection panels that are independent of the political process and allow selection
and innovation, telecommunications, environment, energy and transport, but also social infrastructures like hospitals, schools and nurseries.
Developing high tech solutions for a group of people with both limited financial means and also
working with a user volume considerably lower than the requirements of high volume electronics manufacturers is not an easy market choice,
be also a special mobility support for disabled pedestrians and the user of the aging group
interaction with end users and patience since you need solutions which must be operational in almost any circumstance.
IPT, IMEC, TNO, ESA/Estec) and end cross border user organisations, led by I-Cane Social Technology
The I-Cane case demonstrates the combination of funding, close user interaction and cooperation between social enterprises and knowledge institutes can deliver world-class break out solutions
Digital inclusion aims to bridge the digital divide, by actively involving disadvantaged users. In this way, it links well to the Digital Agenda, another flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 strategy37
21st century society increasingly demands digital literacy, and while physical access to ICT has never
People without basic digital skills and access to the Internet are barred from a multitude of information and services and thus often face difficulties in finding
and reflections and this data is analysed at a local and regional level by project staff to identify any patterns
Indeed, participation is the core of the innovation by the CNAIS in addition to the integrated service
central role in service provision because of cultural and linguistic proximity to the service-users and facilitate interaction between State services
http://urbact. eu/fileadmin/Projects/Reg gov/outputs media/Handbook sustainment. pdf 39 http://www. soziale-stadt. nrw. de/programmhintergrund
the west, a gasworks site. There are 20 condominium buildings with 1700 people living there. Only a
41 Recent data tobe found on CIRIEC 2012 42 http://www. euclidnetwork. eu/news-and-events/sector-news/517-research-a-new-approach-to-welfare-generating-experiences-study
-on-the-contribution-made-by-the-nonprofit-sector-to-social-and-territorial-cohesion-in-the-emilia-romagna-region. html
45 http://www. avise. org/spip. php? article2232 31 marginalised groups. The example from the City of Nantes below illustrates how a procurement
their money together, often via the Internet, in order to support efforts initiated by other people or
www. european-microfinance. org/index2 en. php Jobs for injured fishermen, supported by a Fisheries Local Action Group, in Charente-Maritime
http://ec. europa. eu/regional policy/thefunds/doc/code bonne conduite. pdf The Kiã t Program, self employment and microcredit for Roma in Hungary
FEA has developed an Internet-based electronic service and a credit assessment management system to handle microcredit.
Internet-based system was selected as one of the five best practices by the scientific committee in
community-based and deploy social networks (not just virtual ones) 51 Finland has used the ERDF to co-finance a living lab focused on health and welfare services.
combines technological advances with social innovations involving the user group plus all relevant stakeholders, bringing together public services and private enterprises
a social innovation producing user-driven innovations (Western Finland) 52 Piloting stage This Living Lab is a finalist or the Regiostars 2013 competition53.
Users are participating actively in the product development, service design and usability testing processes. The testing of welfare services and technologies have taken place in real life
user-driven innovations and enhances cooperation between municipalities and business. The new Cooperation Model improves business opportunities for companies
/61 Financed by ERDF, see also http://www. avise. org/spip. php? article825&var recherche=FEDER 62 http://socialinnovation. ca
Google, which allows employees to spend 20%of their time on their own projects, and IKEA which
Commission's proposal for the regulatory framework of the future (2014-2020) programming period This guide aims to raise awareness-of project promoters, beneficiaries, planners, managing
Guidance on programming social innovation in the Structural Funds 49 enterprises, etc. -on how this framework can be used for implementing social innovation in favour of
In terms of programming, the provision translates into the possibility to design social innovation programmes through every ESF investment priority.
user-led initiatives, using socially innovative methods, there are already some existing examples in the current period like in the living labs
including regeneration of brownfield sites and reduction of air pollution In thematic objective (8) promoting employment and supporting labour mobility, the possible
methods, design, citizen and user ivolvement etc to put this into practice On the other hand, the future Cohesion Policy sets up a number of programming tools, such as
Financial Instruments or Integrated Territorial Investments, which offer both new possibilities and wider flexibility to adapt to the specific nature of social innovation processes.
2. Programming Social Innovation Programming options In the current programming period, there have been two types of systemic approaches to
programming social innovation in ESF operational programmes. 85 ï A dedicated priority axis or sub-axis has been included in BE (Flanders), AT and FI
ï Horizontal principles/priorities across all axes have been applied in LU, PT, UK (Northern -Ireland and Scotland
In principle, programming can follow multiple approaches and also combine these. Possibilities range from one or some specific social innovation interventions linked to specific themes to mainstreaming
social innovation throughout the OP 1. Member States or regions can identify the part of a specific priority axis where they
The principle of Innovation in the new ESF programmes (2007-2013 †A framework for programming.
Member States on Innovation and Mainstreaming. http://ec. europa. eu/employment social/equal/data/document/200606-reflection
-note-inno en. pdf 56 2. Social innovation interventions can also take the form of a dedicated priority axis
ï Themes, users and beneficiaries identified for innovative activities in each priority axis where appropriate) and what flexibilities will be available to cater for new and emerging
http://www. pakte. at/attach/200606-reflection-note-inno en. pdf 87 Idem 57 health care by e g. improving the accessibility of these services, the training of teachers and mentors
Is there a strong involvement of stakeholders and users ï Up-scaling. Is the impact of the project or programme measured?
accessed at http://entrepreneur-social. net/innovation/wp-content/uploads/Grille caracterisation innovation-sociale. pdf 59 This summary table shows, for example, a model authorities can choose to promote social
More information on the European union is available on the Internet (http://europa. eu Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European union, 2014
ISBN 978-92-79-39417-1 (PDF doi: 10.2796/27161 The illustration of the cover page as well as chapter headings ones come from a fresco designed live during
-edged in footnotes mentioning the relevant references and internet links BEPA would also like to thank Sid-Ahmed Talbi and Carmen Tresguerres for their help
3. 3. 1. 2. Database of labels and certifications of social enterprises...110 3. 3. 1. 3. Social innovation prizes...
http://www. oxfordmartin. ox. ac. uk/downloads/commission/Oxford martin now for the long term. pdf 4 Local employment initiatives, EQUAL, LEADER, URBAN, â€;
http://www. aeidl. eu/en. html 9p A r T I †S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N, A n E w P A t H
safety sensors in cars and smartphone-based urban transport planners) and social innovation to support the uptake of new services (shared electric vehicle fleets and
6 http://ec. europa. eu/bepa/pdf/publications pdf/social innovation. pdf 10 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
at the core of EU policies The second change that we have identified as significant for the future is linked to the
hundreds of †core actors†from all over Europe who attended the meeting. They were not only describing their perceptions
social networks generation, as well as the renewed necessity for Europe to develop its innovation capabilities and the mounting interest in quality of life, are boosting factors
services to users and involve stakeholders; and y last but not least, ideas, the third corner of the action triangle, have developed also
/uploads/2014/02/20131203 socialplatform positionpaper social innovation. pdf 10 GECES http://ec. europa. eu/internal market/social business/expert-group/index en. htm
https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=b9c3pppxk1w 12 The Solution Revolution: How business, government and social enterprises are teaming up to solve society†s
The rise of the collaborative economy †from Airbnb (the social networking service for bed and breakfast) to car sharing
internet, which is leading to new models of collaborative production and content sharing which radically change the competition and supply and demand equations of traditional
of the large number of social networks of active citizens and communities who of -ten operate under the radar?
Gadget, Concept or Mobilising Idea?;www. cccg umontreal. ca. It is defined as †a hybrid,
the social good (including open data and public federated identity management The internet ecosystem currently faces two major and urgent problems
In 2011 the Commission launched an initiative to pool a range of European funds to promote
•a handful of non-European companies continue to consolidate their leading positions in data aggregation and
Most users have accepted their exploitative business models in exchange for free services. This deal not only undermines privacy
and weakens data protection, but also commodifies knowledge, identity, and personal data. Unfortunately, most European ICT research is developed to fit into this centralised model,
which only aggravates the situation; and •the European commission has been funding excellent basic research on the Internet of things (Iot) and the
Future Internet area. However, there is no strategic vision guiding EU research. Projects do not give rise to an
alternative playing field since they promote the kind of short-term incremental developments that only reinforce the dominant positions mentioned above.
-tity, security, data, and collective governance, based on democratic and participatory processes. The only practical response is the development of distributed
this includes the need for open data distributed repositories, distributed cloud, distribut -ed search and distributed social networking.
It can also include the development of new mobile platforms able to ensure some basic services at European level, on top of which a whole new open ecosystem of services and appli
-cations could flourish in a participatory innovation model based on open source and open hardware development 2. Public federated identity management for the entire EU:
weave identity management into the EU Digital In -frastructure by applying a federated model to the entire Union.
The aim should be to turn the current passport into an open source mesh-networked device;
3. New governance modalities for big data (main question around collective ownership of data, data portability
and data as knowledge commons: the question is how to ensure user control over personal information in
an ocean of commercially valuable big data. Citizens should be aware that technical solutions do not work by
themselves, therefore legal and commercial solutions have to be based on technology and integrated with the
Defining sensible governance modalities for big data will require substantial collaboration between the public and private sectors, based on a multi-stakeholder model, in order to define
the minimum level of sensible regulation allowing fair competition in the emerging areas of big data
and matching the needs of users The Monti Report raised the need to reinforce the Single Market through a series of
23 http://ec. europa. eu/bepa/pdf/monti report final 10 05 2010 en. pdf 24 http://ec. europa. eu/internal market/smact/index en. htm
entire industry, including the end users or consumers An ecosystem†s framework, in contrast, incorporates the broader environment within
Increasingly, however, digital tools are used also as a core element to mobilise collective intelligence for the co-creation of public goods (e g.
involving stakeholders and end users can often double or treble the impact of budgets and or investments
en. pdf 36 Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Poland, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Belgium
http://www. uclouvain. be/461789. html 42 Social innovations as drivers of social change, J. Howaldt, R. Kopp & M. Schwarz, 2013
46 http://www. stiglitz-sen-fitoussi. fr/documents/rapport anglais. pdf 47 http://ec. europa. eu/environment/beyond gdp/index en. html
48 COM (2009) 433 final 49 http://ec. europa. eu/environment/enveco/pdf/SWD 2013 303. pdf
50 www. betterlifeindex. org 25p A r T I †S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N, A n E w P A t H
Poverty Action Lab, 52 which has grown now into a global network of professors who use randomised evaluations to answer critical policy questions in the fight against poverty
56 http://ec. europa. eu/internal market/smact/docs/single-market-act2 en. pdf 57 The Regulation on European social entrepreneurship funds (Eusefs) was published in the Official Journal on
service users as well as investors, allowing for lighter and cheaper processes for small ventures. The dynamics of involving all stakeholders (from investors to service users
is designed to maintain the balance between the overriding need to deliver measurable social impact and the need for a profitable operation that can meet investor expecta
60 http://ec. europa. eu/commission 2010-2014/president/news/archives/2013/10/pdf/20131002 1-emu en. pdf
65 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/files/epsis-2013 en. pdf 66 http://ec. europa. eu/research/innovation-union/pdf/psi eg. pdf
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insufficiently precise and systematic use of measurement and data There are efforts underway to address these barriers, both in the European union (e g
y Embracing creative disruption from technology (the pervasive use of social media mobility, big data, cloud computing packaged in new digital government offerings
y Adopting an attitude of experimentation and entrepreneurship (government itself needs to become bolder and more entrepreneurial
http://ec. europa. eu/bepa/pdf/conferences/note-psi -reportweb. pdf 70 http://www. povertyactionlab. org/about-j-pal
3. Achievements and lessons learned Providing an overall evaluation of social innovations in Europe †including
71 http://ec. europa. eu/regional policy/sources/docgener/presenta/social innovation/social innovation 2013. pdf 36 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
through primary and secondary research) and analyse data on the scale, characteristics and patterns of development of social enterprise in each country studied
en. pdf 37p A r T I †S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N, A n E w P A t H
and future directions-Policy Review http://ec. europa. eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/social innovation. pdf 74 Its first results were presented
/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?/uri=CELEX: 32014l0025; http://eur-lex. europa. eu/legal-content/EN/TXT
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78 http://ec. europa. eu/europe2020/pdf/csr2014/nrp2014 germany en. pdf 79 http://ec. europa. eu/regional policy/thefunds/instruments/jasmine cgc en. cfm
examples include Google, which allows employees to spend 20%of their time on their own projects,
Developing high-tech solutions for a group of people with both limited financial means and also working with a user
and end cross-border user organisations, led by I-Cane Social Technology BV and the I-Cane Foundation.
The I-Cane case demonstrates the combination of funding, close user interaction and cooperation between social
Indeed, participation is the core of innovation at the CNAIS in addition to the integrated service delivery.
because of cultural and linguistic proximity to the service-users and facilitate interaction between state services
the development of user-driven innovations and enhances cooperation between munic -ipalities and business. The new cooperation Model improves business opportunities for
user-driven innovations This Living Lab was a finalist of the Regiostars 2013 competition. It is an innovation platform that enables a new
Users participate actively in product development, service design and usability testing processes. The testing of welfare services and
82 cf. http://ec. europa. eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/IR10. pdf 83 cf.
85 http://www. sustainable-lifestyles. eu/publications/publications. html Policy implications and recommendations on supporting social innovation to achieve
Innovations in services to address users The majority of the social innovations identified in the survey as important and promising are service innovations.
89 http://ec. europa. eu/regional policy/sources/docgener/presenta/social innovation/social innovation 2013. pdf 90 http://ec. europa. eu/research/innovation-union/ic2014/index en. cfm
91 http://europa. eu/espas/pdf/espas-report-societal-trends. pdf 92 European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (http://europa. eu/espas
•The internet divide will persist within and between countries †in terms of access to networks and the internet
y The interaction of the widening skills gap, digital divide and unequal benefits of technological innovations could lead to a vicious cycle for vulnerable groups, such as
bridging the digital divide between Member States; matching migrant skills to the labour market, as well as those of the young unemployed
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term. As a consequence, social impact measurement and comparison (covering eco -nomic, environmental and social issues) will become mainstream in the social economy
collaborative approach (crowdsourcing, funding, etc. will be an interesting alternative to traditional political investment. Indeed, effective social enterprises will be consid
Europe 2020 priorities in areas like innovation, the digital economy, employment, youth industrial policy, poverty, and resource efficiency.
and the ongoing efforts made to design proper indicators to monitor improvements in the use of resources in a manner that can drive policy developments
-der to unleash digital potential and spread the digital culture across the EU While not explicitly making a case for social innovation in its seven priority areas and
manages to give the digital economy the necessary political attention. It gave rise to the cooperation and commitment of various Commission services around a common
PDF 106 Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union, SEC (2010), page 21 64 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
†To meet the evolving needs and expectations of public service users against a backdrop of fiscal austerity, the public sector needs to innovate more than Ever more and more
beyond that to develop new internet-enabled services. At EU level it is important to de
secure a growth in skills†(http://ec. europa. eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/kina25943enc. pdf) and †New skills
Pathways towards full employment†(http://ec. europa. eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/new -skils-and-jobs-in-europe en. pdf
66 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
PDF 111 Several FP7 research projects (Socioeconomic Sciences and Humanities programme) delivered results relevant for this flagship initiative.
of research result (http://ec. europa. eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/social-inclusion-of-youth en. pdf
of social enterprises, database of labels support for local and national authorities to build integrated strategies for social
-tive†s dedicated website. 120 They will be completed by the end of 2014 In the Single Market Act II, the Commission also committed to developing a methodology
-declaration en. pdf 123 http://eur-lex. europa. eu/Lexuriserv/Lexuriserv. do? uri=OJ: L: 2012: 315: 0001: 0056:
PDF 124 http://ec. europa. eu/energy/gas electricity/doc/forum citizen energy/20140106 vulnerable consumer report. pdf 70 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
C H A n G E s b. Empowering the consumer An important aspect of empowering consumers is to provide them with detailed infor
Enabling both energy and ICT/telecom companies to compete in providing energy-relat -ed services will ensure that innovative services (such as effective support of demand
Synergies between energy, ICT and telecom sectors must be exploited fully to reach the EU goals of consumer empowerment, energy affordability and decarbonisa
-ergy literacy and can be compared to the rise of the internet, which has enabled users to participate strongly in a two-directional flow of information
d. Social lessons from Energy technology demonstration The Energy Research Knowledge Centre (ERKC) will also include socioeconomic analysis
public acceptability, user participation and behavioural aspects of energy technologies 1. 4. A new approach to social policy:
the ESF and ERDF and it will receive particular attention in the programming exercise which started in 2014 with an informal dialogue procedure with the Member States†au
innovation in the programming of their investments We will first review the three main funding schemes in the field of social innovation
States and the programming documents will present their contribution to social innovation. The focus of ESF support will fall on employment and social policies:
In the current programming period (2014-20) the European Social Fund (ESF) will also contribute to the 20%climate mainstreaming target by supporting the labour force
The ERDF has contributed to social innovation alongside the ESF in past programming periods and there are a number of ways in
so during the new programming period, covering the years 2014-20. In this respect, the strategic choices made by Member States and their regions in the areas where they
-vation, as one of the crosscutting objectives for the programming period, and provides a broad range of concrete instruments to cope with the different conditions and needs of
environmental conditions of the programming area, identification of needs, selection of measures and assessment of ex ante conditionalities.
which the LEADER approach has evolved in the 2014-20 programming period, which may also be supported by the other ESI funds,
Horizon 2020 is the funding arm of Innovation Union and a core part of Europe 2020 and the European Research Area.
-nologies, pilots of new services with end users, where social innovation can have an important place, and projects that will validate
-erence to service user choice. There is growing evidence, includ -ing from the PROGRESS funded social experimentation Housing
to promote culture as the core of the EU€ s social fabric and a trigger for innovation to
As the new programming period for the Funds emphasised the alignment of the Funds†activities with the priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the CSRS, the conference
the 2014-20 programming period for the ESIF, in particular the ESF and the Easi pro
plenary panels, short flash sessions and a new format called †Vox pops†in which citizens contribute their ideas on culture
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data necessary to measure the efficacy of the programme 3. 1. 4. New practices for making policy
149 http://ec. europa. eu/regional policy/sources/docgener/presenta/social innovation/social innovation 2013. pdf http://s3platform. jrc. ec. europa. eu/documents/10157/47822/Guide%20to%20social%20innovation. pdf
150 http://urbact. eu/.http://urbact. eu/fileadmin/general library/19765 urbact ws3 youth low final. pdf 95p A r T I I †M A i N d E V E L O P m E N t S i N e U P O
L I C i e S ex ante (preparation of the decisions) or ex post (implementation. The European union
Social Impact Measurement) and closely monitors EU initiatives The Enterprise Policy Group bringing together decision-makers from Member States
A study has also been launched to crowdsource policy insights for new sources of growth and jobs in the digital economy through an online platform.
Citizens will identify barriers to growth, job creation and investment, and ultimately propose new policy or
151 http://ec. europa. eu/research/innovation-union/pdf/psi eg. pdf. http://ec. europa. eu/internal market/social
The development and use of a web-based application, the Toolkit, designed to facilitate partner search
For open innovation to be implemented in practice, crowdsourcing or Open Functional Platforms are needed, where all actors, including end users,
can interact and new ideas can be captured costlessly and more effectively, for example through Living Labs
Living Labs158 offer a new, integrated, user-centred approach to innovative economic and social developments.
through users A Living Lab is an open innovation ecosystem in a real-life setting where user-driven
innovation is the co-creation process for new services, products and societal infrastruc -tures. Living Labs encompass societal and technological dimensions simultaneously in a
APOLLON159) and intend to bring together the Future Internet, the Living Labs and the †Smart Cities†communities (e g.
By placing the user at the centre of the innovation lifecycle in a real-life setting, the
laboratory combining the informal character of social networks with the methodological rigour of foresights Besides the standard tools available in most social networks (e g. blogs, polls, content
subscription, update notification, messaging, creation of groupsâ€), Futurium†s participa -tory tools offer a number of special features such as knowledge harvesting tools to
of social networks and internet and also interactivity which is at the very heart of our
In January 2014, a new website on the European Company (Societas Europeae †SE) was created.
The website is available in English, French and German170. The Your Europe portal will also provide a link to the SE website.
As a result, there are also plans to create a similar website for the SCE 3. 1. 5. 2. Proposal for a European Foundation
The February 2012 proposal for a European Foundation Statute aims to make it easier for public benefit purpose entities to carry out their activities across the EU. These en
-163 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/craft/social economy/doc/coop-communication-en en. pdf
165 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/sce final study part i. pdf 166 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail. cfm?
168 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/smes/1 en act part1 v7 en. pdf and http://ec. europa. eu
169 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/public-consultation-files/summary replies en. pdf http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail. cfm?
-tives †JASPER, JESSICA and JASMINE177 †were developed in the 2007-13 programming period by the European commission, the European Investment Bank Group and other
-ing for users of crowdfunding, and assess the existing self-regulatory frameworks in terms of improving transparency and reducing the risks of fraud.
a core part of the initiative from the outset 3. 2. 7. Dormant funds Dormant funds are bank accounts where there has been no customer activity for a cer
More information and data collection concerning the use and volume of dormant ac -counts in each Member State is necessary
180 http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/sme/files/mutuals/prospects mutuals fin en. pdf; Public Consultation on Mutual Societies;
/promoting-entrepreneurship/files/mutual/mutual-sy-rep-11-10-13 en. pdf 110 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
3. 3. 1. 2. Database of labels and certifications of social enterprises Key Action 6 of the SBI has to be implemented by the European commission after the
-ing for ideas on a given social/societal issue in a crowdsourcing mode The first edition of the competition proved to be a success. Europeans were invited
182 Diogo Vasconcelos chaired a Business Panel on Future EU innovation policy in January 2009 to provide input
platform does this through a searchable database, which has been used to collect data ranging from organisation listings, news events,
and interviews to articles and an edi -torial. Moreover, the website features case studies of the most successful social innova
-tions, profiles of leading social innovators, analyses by thought leaders, and information on the latest related policies
Over the course of two years, the website has emerged as a valuable tool on the dis
-ing position when typing †social innovation†into search engines. It hosts a community of practitioners with about 5000 registered members and has welcomed more than
terms of diversity of content and users but also in terms of functionalities. There is an agreement between the different Commission†s services to run the next phase under the
/files/funding-social-innovation en. pdf), the report on social innovation metrics (http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise
/policies/innovation/files/social-innovation/strengthening-social-innovation en. pdf) and the report on systemic innovation (http://ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/files/social-innovation/systemic-innovation
-report en. pdf Example of a social innovation research project to mitigate climate change A Decarbonisation Platform for Citizen Empowerment and Translating Collective Awareness into Behavioural Change
The project†s core innovations are built around a context-specific repository of carbon reduction strategies.
ii) a cross-platform social media application to provide eco-feedback and engage citizens in games with a purpose;
-cial media, distributed knowledge creation and data from real environments (†Internet of Thingsâ€) in order to create new forms of social innovation.
a focus on participatory internet-based collaboration and the engagement of existing grassroots communities. Moreover, they exploit peer-behaviour reinforcements and cit
-izen web platforms to target sustainability challenges. Experiments in social innovation are expected to provide collective solutions to pressing needs (including policy needs
y demonstrating the innovative combination of network solutions (social networks sensor networks, knowledge co-creation networks
-tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and the World bank will provide a rich stream of input data and amplify
the impact by promoting the adoption of project technologies among large user communities 116 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
y Increasing trust in collectively-generated statistics (WEB-COSI: this is about en -gaging communities in the discussion and definition of official (e g. from the OECD
data is collected and produced y Increasing awareness of the potential of the network effect (CAP2020:
Web-COSI Web Communities for Statistics for Social Innovation aims to improve the way people engage with statistics, wheth
-er they are produced officially or generated via community-based organisations. Under the mantra †Statistics for
Everyoneâ€, Web-COSI will be exploring innovative ways to bring the production, promotion, access and engagement
with statistics to life so that we can enjoy easier access to data and improve policy †beyond GDP€ in all kinds of
Web-COSI is designed to improve people†s engagement with statistics and aims to *increase trust in collectively generated statistics
production and visualisation of data related to societal progress and wellbeing *facilitate access, uploading and use of data produced by grassroots civil society organisations
*promote the use of a broader range of statistics to inform the development of new indicators
*involving communities to foster the use of locally generated grassroots data (bottom up *distilling best practice from civil society initiatives supporting the need for official and nonofficial statistics in
y proposing new promising models of participatory innovation based on open software and open hardware y achieving a better understanding of the techno-social issues related to key aspects
of the networked society, such as online reputation systems, motivations and incen -tives for online collaboration, digital identity, privacy, net neutrality, new economic
models beyond GDP and collective intelligence, quality requirements for user-gen -erated knowledge y demonstrating collaborative concepts based on the internet offering solutions to
societal and sustainability challenges, making use of commons, knowledge sharing social exchange, and community-wide participation at local and global scale
public commitments on the CSR issues relevant to each sector and jointly monitor pro -gressâ€
The CAPS participants share data and collaborate to reach collective sustainability goals on open source platforms (open
in terms of software but also hardware, such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi innovations considered to be low-cost state-of-the-art platform technology components.
The ini -tiative is part of the digital agenda†s R&d activities. CAPS enable Europe†s leading edge
-tifying good practices through which societal benefits can be delivered via the internet and other ICT
human rights, environmental footprinting of ICT networks, Safer Internet, Better Internet for Kids, Online Behavioural Advertising, Do Not Track, Internet of things, accessibility
and inclusion, etc Currently, participation in various CSR-related initiatives is limited predominantly to large international companies and organisations.
and act as the core of a knowledge network or cluster serving the local economy and society.
-based programming in emergencies has become commonplace: communities empowered to use local markets via vouchers or smart cards
In humanitarian aid, the †bottom line†can be measured in terms of lives saved. So does this mean that we are
-versity rankings and allowing users to create individualised multidimensional rankings adapted to their needs and priorities,
data on European higher education learning mobility and employment in cooperation with Eurostat Furthermore, a European Alliance for Apprenticeships has been established to drive
For example, the †European Citizens†Panel †New democratic toolbox for new Institutions†197 tested the participatory methods of organising panels
on a large scale, with randomly chosen citizens, to develop operational recommenda -tions on effective tools for involving citizens in the decision-making process of the Eu
Four national citizens†panels were held in Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Latvia, as well as a European event bringing citizens, experts and decision-makers into dialogue
The national panels enabled citizens to discuss the use of participatory democracy methods on a European scale.
195 http://eacea. ec. europa. eu/about/call tenders/2011/call tenders 03 2011 en. php 196 (As presented in section 6. 3. 2 of the BEPA 2010 Report
Following the national citizens†panels and the civil society fora, a set of European rec
part in the national panels before being discussed by an international expert panel at an international conference.
Outreach to participants also happens through social media, the Europe Direct Centre, radio announcements, etc. The dialogues centred around the question What kind
debate, fuelled in social media y The economic crisis in Europe. has done the European union enough to solve the
198 The central information hub for the series of dialogues is available on the internet http://ec. europa. eu
registration and social media) are announced in the language of the Member State, while a live broadcast of
the event can be viewed on the website 125p A r T I I †M A i N d E V E L O P m E N t S i N e U P O
measures to develop a good practice database and (potentially) to support networks of social innovation incubators
diseases, sustainable-innovation, internet governance, ethics†assessment, human en -hancement, and synthetic biology 204 http://ec. europa. eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/policy reviews/social innovation. pdf
205 For more information on these projects, see http://ec. europa. eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/ssh-projects-fp7
-5-6-social-innovation en. pdf 127p A r T I I †M A i N d E V E L O P m E N t S i N e U P O
L I C i e S Social innovation research projects starting in 2014 (FP7 SSH Programme SI-DRIVE-Social Innovation:
Against the update of structural data, the project will test these hypotheses on the qualitative
impacts of the Third Sector in terms of capital building (e g. social networks, cultural values or political participation) and
Early School Leaving (ESL) aimed at in depth analyses of existing data and the collec -tion of new empirical data in order to innovate educational systems at the European
national and regional level 3. 4. 3. Digital social innovation A large study launched by the Net Innovation unit of DG Connect in May 2013 explores
the †network effect†(internet connectivity) as well as by new economic models for co-pro -duction and data sharing, the internet of things,
and social or user-generated content Results in progress are being presented at conferences aimed at involving entrepreneurs
academics, students and †geeksâ€. The EC reaches out to NGOS and volunteer citizens to enable them to be collectively aware of social innovation,
diverse and complementary fields (art and design, computer science, engineering, lin -guistics, evidence-based medicine, psychology),
the end users (deaf and hearing poor comprehenders, their educators) from schools in Brighton (UK), and in the Veneto area (Italy
/programmers and older persons. The underpinning rationale is to boost innovation in the healthcare marketplace encouraging start-up development and SMES investments
While addressing this core issue, the overall objective of EGOV4U (CIP ICT PSP) is to empower intermediaries
generated by users in the smart city environment. Sample activity areas considered for piloting are
209 http://ec. europa. eu/clima/policies/roadmap/docs/main report en. pdf 132 S O C i a L I N N O V A t I O N †A d E C a D E O F
-estimation because of lack of empirical data 133p A r T I I †M A i N d E V E L O P m E N t S i N e U P O
210 http://is. jrc. ec. europa. eu/pages/BE/BEINDEX. html 211 http://is. jrc. ec. europa. eu/pages/BE/documents/behavioural-workshop-report en. pdf
Annex I Examples of participatory projects convened by the European commission The examples below show the diversity of applications of participatory leadership practice in the context of
The Strategic Planning and Programming community of practi -tioners has worked relentlessly since 2008 to improve the way stra
leadership practices as their operating system, and have succeeded in formulating solid recommendations for the improvement of one of
the institution†s core processes, most of which have been endorsed by the Secretary-general 137a N N e X I
The conference brought together memorial sites/muse -ums and teachers, Holocaust education and Human rights Education
E-participation and use of social networks should be linked to citizens†deliberations to broaden the scope of those who can become involved, though
http://www. providus. lv/upload file/Projekti/Eiropas%20politika/2010/Final report en. pdf HOW TO OBTAIN EU PUBLICATIONS
3. 3. 1. 2. Database of labels and certifications of social enterprises 3. 3. 1. 3. Social innovation prizes
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