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Social innovation is a cross-cutting topic for our social affairs forum. Our work focuses on understanding how to foster innovation, evaluate and implement innovative pilot projects.
New challenges constantly compel local governments to innovate and adapt their services. Social innovation can mean new ways of formulating policies, organisational models, legal frameworks, partnerships and so on.
Cities are best-placed to build the kind of creative, cross-sectoral and cross–cultural thinking that is needed to achieve a socially cohesive Europe. Local authorities and NGOs working in communities notice social problems as they occur. This gives them a clearer insight and perspective far in advance of national governments or EU institutions. It means that they are in a good position to react to these problems and develop innovate solutions to them. This innovation is closely linked to the principle of subsidiarity: giving the people nearest the problem the power to innovatively resolve them.
Our Social Affairs Forum and Cities for Active Inclusion serve as a space for showcasing and fostering social innovation by identifying creative policies and projects. Our members are able to share their ideas and learn from others. It brings cities together to cooperate on joint commitments and action plans. |
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