How to facilitate interaction between research and public policy: Paolo Rosso"The Public Administration should be a driving force of social innovation, while very often it is a weakening element of social innovation because it does not have sufficient knowledge and skills to take advantage of this social innovation and take it to a more advanced stage. In the framework of the European project Social Innovation Communities (SIC), Sinnergiak Social Innovation (UPV/EHU) organized the Transformative Research session "Youth, employment and precarious work" on Decemb…24 Jan 2018Article Highlights 01 Is it possible for #socialinnovations to tackle both the symptoms of #socialneed as well as the root causes that underlie them?02 Young Academy Accelerator now open for applications!03 Bureaucratic Compass: Addressing administrative hurdles for freelancers04 A community for self-education Introduction to social network analysis As in the real world, even on the social media, people have a preference relationship with certain…28 Feb 2018 15:00EventConnecting territories: the role of European Regions and Cities in the future EU policies for R&IAs Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation (R&I) programme for the period 2013-2020, dr…20 Feb 2018 17:00Event CoR MOOC 2018: Make the most of EU resources for your region and cityThe European Comittee of the Regions (CoR) is the first EU body that developed and delivered two M…15 Feb 2018 16:45EventLabs for Social InnovationWe are pleased to present you the final outputs of the project Labs for Social Innovation, carried…12 Dec 2017Article Policy Report: How EU Employment Policy is driving Social InnovationSIC has produced its second 'state of the union' report, researching and mapping how EU employment policy is driving social innovation throughout Europe. The European Commission has recognised a need to address fun…11 Dec 2017Social innovation policy; European policyEvidence for Society. Transforming the future of European people through researchThe Conference “Evidence for Society. Transforming the future of European people through research” (November, the 8th,) is jointly organized by the IMPACT-EV Consortium and Ms Soledad Cabezón, Member of the Europe…8 Nov 2017 15:30EventA universal language for colour-blindness SIC spoke with Miguel Neiva, 1 of the 4 winners of the 6th edition of the Social Innovation Tournament hosted by the European Investment Bank this year in Latvia, Riga. He shares his project ColorADD, a tool designed t…04 Oct 2017Article ‘FÊTE DES POSSIBLES’: TWO EVONEERS’ JOURNEY WORKSHOPS AT AEIDL(30 August 2017) - On 19 and 26 September, AEIDL organised a workshop on the "Evoneers’ Journey”, a training curriculum at the heart of the SIRCle project. The Social Innovation for Resilient Communities (SIR…19 Sep 2017 15:30EventRethink Activism Festival A new positive movement of global activism is renewing society from the bottom up. People with dreams of a better world have already started by building little pieces of it themselves. Growing vegetables on rooftops, op…15 Sep 2017 16:45 — 17 Sep 16:45EventCreating ripples in Brussels(12 September 2017) - On 29 June, AEIDL hosted a conference to celebrate the completion and promote and disseminate the results of the SIRCle project. AEIDL will now be offering two workshops on 19 and 26 September in B…30 Aug 2017ArticleOpen Call: SIC's Social Learning RelayStarting this November SIC will organise 3 Social Learning Relays to stimulate and support learning across the SIC networks. Would you like to boost the transformative impact of your SI initiative and network? Join u…28 Aug 2017ArticleThe largest participatory project everNeighbourhoods made by everyone, for everyone – that is the aim of a new multi-million pound initiative set to launch in Barking and Dagenham later this year. Every One Every Day, formed out of a partnership betwee…02 Aug 2017ArticleStories of digital social innovation: Education, work and skillsThis is part of a series of blogs profiling inspiring examples of digital social innovation (DSI), which was originally posted on the Nesta blog. It is reposted here under a CC 4.0 License. At the bottom of this page yo…18 Jul 2017ArticleThe importance of networking in the academic communityFollowing our 2nd Summer School in Bologna, SIC interviewed Benedette, a PhD student at Yunus Centre for Social Business and health at Glasgow Caledonian University. She was one of the 50 participants to attend our Summ…17 Jul 2017ArticleRegions as ecosystemsWhy we cannot cut cultural budgets if we are to reach social innovation and economic renewal Last month the second Social Innovation Community (SIC) Summer School #SUMSIC2017 was held in Bologna, Italy, arranged by t…17 Jul 2017Article Pages› Last 1 2 3
