Funded by the EU's FP7 framework, the LIPSE research project (Learning Innovation in Public Sector Environments) identifies drivers and barriers to succesfull social innovation in the public se...
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...
On Friday I attended the WILCO final conference which took place in Brussels. The project has generated some real insights and for me personally, identified a number of issues which are worth furth...
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...
ServPPIN is a research project which focuses on the role of public and private services on growth and welfare and the particular role of public-private innovation networks (PPIN). Public-private in...
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...
When comparing the structural configuration of Social Economies across Europe, it becomes evident that associations are a significant share of the population. However, people tend to associate asso...
This week, a new research project looking at the drivers and barriers to social innovation in the public sector was announced. Funded by the EU's FP7 framework, the LIPSE research project (Lear...
Paradigm shifts modelling and innovative approaches PASHMINA aims to better address global changes in a long term time perspective (2030-2050), by developing a new set of tools - models and indicat...
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...
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...
Welfare innovations at the local level in favour of cohesion The effort to strengthen social cohesion and lower social inequalities has been among Europe’s main policy challenges. Local welfa...
From the 22nd to the 23rd June 2015 Social Innovation Europe (SIE) held an event in Berlin: ‘Exploring Ecosystems for Social Innovation’. The event brought together diverse participants...
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...
The need for more sustainability and responsible conduct in the finance and banking sector has moved into the focus of attention only in the last few years – not just in the aftermath of the ...
On December 10th 2012 the first Roundtable on “Investing in Social Entrepreneurship” took place in Hamburg. The roundtable was organized by iq consult in cooperation with BBO Wirtschaft...
Politicians, scientists and practitioners discussed the results of a biennial research project on social entrepreneurship during a parliamentary evening at the Mercator Centre Berlin. Representativ...
