A ‘grand tour of social innovation in Europe – in 6 minutes and 20 seconds’

By Henriette van Eijl and Liesbet de Letter

Gdynia 22-11-2011

SIE/SIX Winter school

(disclaimer: opinions presented here do not commit the EC)

• Diverse• Same common elements – adapted to

local needs• Diversity leads to problems with

definition• How to assess value – and who pays?• How to upscale benefits?

What does social innovation in Europe look like?

2011 saw a great harvest for social innovation in Europe:

• Launched Social Innovation Europe Initiative: virtual hub and meetings

• Inserted social innovation in many EU budget proposals: Horizon2020, Structural Funds

2011 saw a great harvest for social innovation in Europe:

• Inserted social innovation in many EU policy actions: Innovation Strategy, Social Business Initiative, etc

• activities in Member States, regions and local communities: social, economics, health, care

2012-2013 is ‘make-or-break’ !Budgets: Proposals for EU funding: MS and MEP

determine their positions, with public consultations (YOU!)

Practical planning for period 2014-2020: smart specialisation in regions, MS priorities (YOU!)

Do not forget: unspend budgets of current period (YOU!)

2012-2013 is ‘make-or-break’ !

Actions: Social innovation can deliver solutions

towards meeting targets set in National Reform Programmes in Member States

Implementation of Social Business Initiative

Actions (TBC) on: incubators for social innovation/ social enterprises and workplace innovation

Social Innovation for Europe Initiative: how to continue post-2012?

Some details about Structural funds:

role of European Commission and Member States?

Member States are in (mostly) in charge of setting priorities and management of

structural funds

• Comprehensive investment strategy: aligned with Europe 2020 objectives

• Coherence with National Reform Programmes

• Coordination: cohesion policy, rural development, maritime + fisheries funds

• Objectives and indicators to measure progress towards Europe 2020 targets

• Effectiveness: ex-ante conditionalities, performance framework

• Efficiency: reduction of administrative burden for beneficiaries, alignment of eligibility rules of different EU instruments

Partnership

Contract

Operational Programmes

Common Strategic

Framework

Structural Funds post 2013:11 Thematic Objectives to Deliver

Europe 2020Where can social innovation contribute?• Strengthening research, technological development and

innovation• Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and

communication technologies• Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized

enterprises, the agricultural sector (for the EAFRD) and the fisheries and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF)

• Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors• Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and

management• Protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency• Promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key

network infrastructures• Promoting employment and supporting labour mobility• Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty• Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning• Enhancing institutional capacity and an efficient public administration

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Green Growth Digital agenda

Skills

Clusters

SMEs Support

Social Innovation

Financial engineering

Connecting Universities

Key Enabling Technologies

Research infrastructures

Cultural and creative industries

Innovative Public Procurement

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Policy Delivery Instruments

Economic Rationale

CP Regulations 2013-20(COM) “The contribution of Regional Policy to smart Growth”(COM) “The contribution of Regional Policy to sustainable Growth”Innovation Union Flagship

Policy Rationale

Smart Specialisation GUIDE

“Knowledge for Growth” FWP Evaluation Endogenous Growth

Innovation Systems“Innovative milieux” Evolutionary Economics

Economic Geography

Policy ExperimentationRIS-RITTs 1994-2004

Innovation Union self-assessment toolRegional Innovation MonitorOECD 2011 “Regions and Innovation Policy”IRE-RIS GuideDirectory “No-Nonsense” to build S3

Diagnostic Systèmes d’Innovation (Praguer)

Entrepreneurship and incubation

Internationalisation

Competitive Advantage – M-Porter Industrial districts

Methodological support

For more information:

• www.socialinnovationeurope.eu

• www.inforegio.europa.eu

Henriette.van-eijl@ec.europa.euLiesbet.de-letter@ec.europa.eu