Center for Social Innovation

National Agency to Overcome Extreme Poverty ANSPE

March 6th 2014

Dimensions – Red Unidos

Node that articulates actors in order to generate innovative, pertinent, sustainable and scalable solutions to improve the quality of life of the population living in extreme poverty in Colombia.

Center for Social Innovation (CIS)

Social Innovation: solution (product, service, practice or management model)

InnovativeTestedSustainableCost-EfficientGreater impact on families in extreme poverty

Source: Revista Semana Sostenible-Edición mayo 2013

Center for Social Innovation

This is what we do

Social Innovation Projects

Social Innovation Projects

Participatory Social Innovation

Open Social Innovation

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SI Project Footprint

Working with over 2,700 families in 34 ProjectsHousing Nutrition

Income/Employment.

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Regions with S.I. Projects

• 50% located in the Atlantic Coast• 21% in Antioquia & Coffee Zone• 21% Central• 7% South

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Participatory Social Innovations

Atlántico

620 Families• Parque Saco Recicla• Home Vegetable

Gardens• Solid Waste

Management• Clothing association

Arjona, Bolivar

30 women 40 children

Puebloviejo, Magdalena

60 women Differentiated and gender-sensitive approachSocial Businesses

Sabanalarga, Atlántico

60 FamiliesParticipatory Rural Innovation

Antioquia

221 Families Water Filters

Chia. Cundinamarca

175 families240 Children

Children as Changing Agents

El Morro, Casanarel

190 families

Open Social Innovations

Putumayo: 104 familiesRisaralda: 139 families La Guajira: 311 families

Arjona, BolivarCundinamarca

Innovative Solutions for housing improvements

Valle del Cauca

Income Generation

“100 mil viviendas” Government Programme

Platforms and applications to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of people who live in extreme poverty

Antioquia

Food Security through the use of food in high level of maturity

Popayán, Cauca

Solutions to improve the quality of the milk produced by farmers.

Knowledge Management Promotion and

Dissemination of SI

Hilando: mapping innovation and articulating networks on Social Innovation

The aim is to identify actors and initiatives on social innovation to improve the quality of life of vulnerable families, and to expand and strengthen the social innovation community of actors.

www.hilando.gov.co

Hilando: mapping innovation and articulating networks on Social Innovation

Research

Through innovative methodologies we ensure the appropriate identification of challenges and the co-creation of the solutions with the community. We

recognized that communities are an invaluable source of knowledge and agents of their own change.

Partnerships with Academia

This partnerships are fundamental to promote, disseminate and strengthen social innovation, generating a favorable environment for social innovation.

Desing students work on innovative solutions to specific challenges, developing a participative process, and co-creating those solutions with the

families.

Social Technologies

Social Technologies are fundamental to:

Connect actors, share information and create solutions collectively.

Increase awareness regarding social innovation.

Improve synergies between government and different actors.

Public Policy

www.politicadeinnovacionsocial.co

Social Innovation Node

East Node• Santander • Norte de Santander

Caribbean Node• Atlántico• Bolívar• Guajira• Magdalena

South West Node• Valle del Cauca• Cauca• Nariño• Choco

Antioquia Node

Center Node• Cundinamarca• Boyacá • Tolima

Coffee Zone Node• Caldas• Quindío• Risaralda

Regional Nodes

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