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This is European Social Innovation

There is no shortage of social innovations in Europe. And yet despite this, the field of social innovation has yet to mature enough to be up to the multitude of presenting social challenges.

In order to move from its current state of fragmented good ideas, to a place where social innovations are making a more consistent, more efficient impact across all areas of need, successful social innovations must be more visible in Europe.

Euclid Network in partnership with The European Commission and Social Innovation eXchange (SIX) will identify 10 large-scale successful examples of socially innovative initiatives, with the aim of raising the profile of social innovation across Europe and creating an impact beyond the established social innovation community.

Our goal is to showcase 10 socially innovative initiatives which can help people in Europe and beyond to understand and promote social innovation.

Have a look at some of the case studies that we have recieved so far:

ICT and Social Innovation (UK)
Merseyside Employable Communities (UK)
Integrated Support for Work Inclusion (Italy)
Technology Empowering Education (Ireland)
Dreams Academy (Turkey)
Garbage Ladies (Turkey)
Zoes: Equo-Sustainable Zone (Italy)
'One' Social Impact Bond (UK)
Structural Cooperation (Kazakhstan)
World Cafe Europe (Germany)
Garrigues: Latin American Judges (Spain)
Cornerstone Family Intervention Service (UK)
Work Where You Live (UK)
Postcode Lottery (Netherlands)
Removing Barriers Movement (Turkey)
Hiriko Driving Mobility (Spain)
Librino: a suburban open museum (France)
TechSoup Global (UK)
Feminitate (Israel)
Eco-Week (Romania)
Copenhagen Honey Cooperative (Denmark)
Roma Legal Rights (Romania)
Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (Spain)
Weekly Veggie Day (Belgium)
Choices Kingdom (Portugal)
Connected Care (UK)
iq Consult: enterprise (Germany)
MRF: Spinning the wheels of change (Romania)
Creative Cities (Poland)
Culture Museum (Turkey)
Liverpool Mutual Homes (UK)
European Care Certificate (UK)
JERI: Jorvi Early psychosis Recognition and Intervention (Finland)
Different but Equal eTwinning project (Romania)
"I Support My Community" (Portugal)
The Triple Helix (Netherlands)
NETSPAR (Netherlands)
The 27th Region (France)
Patient Opinion (UK)

Discuss social innovation and your examples on Euclid Network's LinkedIn group European Civil Society Leaders

Prizes

10 selected projects featured on a European Commission publication
Peter Droell, Head of Innovation at the European Commission, will use the projects as case studies in future communication about social innovation in the EU. The projects will also be featured in an official European Commission publication on social innovation which will be distributed across Europe.
Invitation to ‘disruptive innovation workshop' at the Social Innovation Park
The social innovation park is a €6million initiative to set up the ‘social silicon valley' - a hub of ideas, inventions, projects and people all working to solve some of Europe's greatest social problems.