4 lessons on growing the SI community's policy impactOver the past three years, SIC has tried to give greater policy visibility and support to the many community activists, grassroots initiatives, social organisations and others that we’ve worked with. In this blog we r…31 Jan 2019Practitioner policy tools; Influencing policy; Social innovation policy; #SIDeclaration(Not) Goodbye, stay connected with us!After three exciting years of research, experimentation, learning, policy and connecting networks across Europe, the Social Innovation Community (SIC) project comes to an end. Now, the project ended, this website will n…31 Jan 2019ArticleAccess SIC tools and case studies via the Learning RepositorySIC presents you the Learning Repository (LR). Here you can continue to find blogs and resources related to public sector and the use of social innovation to improve the welfare system. You can find lots of the cont…29 Jan 2019ArticleBecome a SIC co-host tackling practical challenges in your city/regionDo you want to collaborate and continue to run SIC activities in your city or region? We are looking for partners who want to support and collaborate with us to continue to run SIC activities. For example, if you wa…27 Jan 2019ArticleFinal event review: More experimentation, pleaseClick here to know what happened in the final event breakout session about expriementation.18 Dec 2018ArticleEU Commissioner: “The EU will put more money into social innovation”We went to Web Summit to share the #SIDeclaration with European decision makers. Here’s what happened.20 Nov 2018ArticleFor a Fairer, More Inclusive Europe, Sign the #SIDeclarationWhile industries like pharmaceuticals and automotive are good at getting decision-makers’ attention, the social innovation community often has less influence. We want this to change. Sign the #SIDeclaration today to l…15 Oct 2018#SIDeclarationWhat kind of conditions are important for public sector innovation? This is a collection of interviews with key participants from the SIC Summer School in San Sebastían. The focus of the Summer School was social innovation in the public sector. Participants who were interviewed represe…16 Jul 2018ArticleHow can a Summer School model contribute to improving the relationship between social innovation and the public sector? This is a collection of interviews with key participants from the SIC Summer School in San Sebastían. The focus of the Summer School was social innovation in the public sector. Participants who were interviewed represe…13 Jul 2018ArticleWhat does the future of social innovation in the public sector look like?This is a collection of interviews with key participants from the SIC Summer School in San Sebastían. The focus of the Summer School was social innovation in the public sector. Participants who were interviewed represe…11 Jul 2018ArticleSpreading social innovation to where it is needed mostRegional empowerment and peer learning enabled by the SIC summer school @Samsun, Turkey01 Jun 2018ArticleThe future of social innovation EuropeSIC played a key role in the conference “Opening to an Era of Social Innovation” in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2017. We asked policy makers and experts about what they think is needed to make social innovation a…25 Jan 2018ArticleRegions as ecosystemsSummer School @Bologna, Italy - Why we cannot cut cultural budgets if we are to reach social innovation and economic renewal17 Jul 2017ArticleResearch Landscape of Social Innovation: What you need to know”Research Landscape of Social Innovation” depicts topics, actors and networks in a young field of study An increasing number of projects, conferences and research initiatives are addressing social innovation, est…23 May 2017ArticlePolicy prompt sheet: Applying the seven principles of social innovation to policySocial Innovation Community has developed a framework outlining how policy can both support social innovation and can be socially innovative in itself. Following on from our ‘Seven principles of socially innovative po…03 Oct 2016ArticleSeven principles of socially innovative policymakingAs part of the SIC mission to support policy makers in creating innovative and flexible policies that support social innovation, SIC partner Nesta have developed seven principles of socially innovative policymaking Y…03 Oct 2016ArticleCo-creating a Social Innovation Research Agenda for Europe To date, social innovation practice has been ahead of theory. Research has been catching up in recent years, partly owing to increased interest from research funded bodies.It is widely acknowledged that social innovat…07 Jul 2016Methods and tools