Innovation and societal challenges Why and how to

Innovation and societal challenges Why and how to transform innovation policies to face transition challenges? Part 2

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Build alliances between stakeholders : what for ? ● Deal with complexity: societal challenges are at the same time peopleoriented, local, territorial, global ● Face multidimensional challenges with multidisciplinary skills ● Create adapted and relevant solutions with the direct involvement of targeted people ● Share knowledge ● Mutualise resources, join forces, reduce costs ● Develop a systemic approach of the project ● Act rapidly: make test, trial-error, learn, iterate, prototype ● Participate in a global change: start small and scale-up in order to maximize the social/positive/environmental impact. 3

Discover Social Innovation Ecosystems Click on each actor to discover its specific role in Social Innovation and see examples of cooperations! Make sure you are using the Slideshow mode to activate hyperlinks Experts Incubators Finance Platforms People Associations NGOs Foundations Public, State Organizations Social Enter-prises Companies 4

Social Enterprises WHO Social Enter- prises entrepreneurs, cooperatives, social and solidarity-based economy enterprises Examples + ecosystem back to the map Missions in Social innovation Model of shared governance Bring ideas, creativity People-oriented, needs-oriented Willing to create systemic changes and sustainable improvements ● Committed to sustain and maximize positive impact ● ● EU Mapping : Mapping study of social enterprises and their ecosystems, EMES, International Research Network. (Europe) Impact. Hub : Hub to gather social and citizen entrepreneurship with infrastructures (Worldwide) 5

back to the map People Role in Social innovation WHO People Community Ecosytem-centric ● ● ● User as innovator Citizen as innovator Customer as innovator Beneficiaries Investor Examples Wi. SEED : Crowdfunding platform to invest in social/environmental projects (Start-ups, cooperatives, SMEs…) (France) Start-up de territoire groups of citizens and local actors invent and implement operational solutions to territorial needs (France) 6

Associations, NGOs, Foundations Non profit sector Example WHO Non-profit organisations : associations, foundations Non-governmental organisations back to the map Role in Social innovation ● Non-profit oriented: based on motivation ● Knowledge on a specific study area ● Links to community, a territory people with specificities ● Ability to federate ● Skill-based sponsorship ● Financing Ashoka : Non-profit organization based on charity, dedicated to form a community of changemakers (Worldwide) 7

Public organizations Public, State Organizations Example back to the map Role in Social innovation WHO Public organizations state organizations business support organizations ● Public and common services oriented ● Knowledge of a territory ● Link to citizen needs ● Ability to federate ● Ability to direct public policies ● Facilitate actions using network ● Support activities development La 27 eme Region : A lab to transform public policies, test new innovation methods for designing public policy involving all public stakeholders (France) 8

back to the map Companies WHO Companies small and medium enterprises big companies Role in Social innovation ● Push factor for the market and the society : “nudge” effect ● Scaled for productivity, mass-effect ● Share facilities ● Skill-based sponsorship ● Knowledge of specific markets and users Example Social Joint Venture (SJV) in favor of social integration (France)LIVA 9

back to the map Experts WHO Experts R&D, academics, universities laboratories advisory offices Role in Social innovation ● Knowledge in specific area: R&D, technological, social and science ● Consulting: project, change, innovation management, development ● Impact evaluation or measurement Example REC innovation : Network of entrepreneurs and experts in social innovation linked to the territories (France) 10

back to the map Finance WHO Finance Examples Foundations, banks, investment funds, States, Public finance, Europe funds, calls for proposal, incubator Role in Social innovation ● Lever effect ● Take part of the risks ● Finance specific steps (beginning, R&D, scale-up…) ● Long term partnership ● Crowdfunding FA-SE : Network of invest funds for impact entreprises (Europe) LITA : Impact Invest funds for impact entreprises (Europe) 11

back to the map Incubators WHO Incubators Business incubator, activities catalysors, Role in Social innovation ● Support entrepreneurs in their activities: feasibility, development… ● Accelerate business development ● Finance activities Example INCO : Accelerating and financing for incubators and social start-ups (Worldwide) 12

back to the map Platforms Role in Social innovation WHO Platforms Example Territory platforms, living-lab, open social innovation lab, think-tank Sharing knowledge Think of new solutions Connections between entities Create new methodologies Facilitate network Third place that favors meetings and creating new projects ● Hybrid business models ● Shared governance model ● ● ● Convergences : International platform/ think tank, for mobilisation, advocacy and promotion of Sustainable Development Goals (Zero Carbon, Zero exclusion, Zero poverty) on territories. Gathering over 500 organizations. 13

From the ecosystem to alliances Now you know the different types of actors you may look for in your ecosystem to start building new forms of alliances. Some stakeholders already are active partners, you can create opportunities for them too while opening up to new stakeholdersand type of actors. The interconnectivity of your different networks will be a powerful tool. Learn from others, be inspired, apply mechanisms from other areas and communities and build on your experience of innovation processes and risk management * ! * To go further on this topic, refer to ASIS training 4 on risk management in SI 14

An example of an innovant social business Andyamo is an example of a social business tightly working with its ecosystem : public authorities, companies and a community of beneficiaries. This French start-up launched in the Alps region is part of the international movement Tech for Good. Click here to watch the video ! 15

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Reinvent Innovation policies How should policy makers and other societal stakeholders behave in the context of societal challenges ? Which role and position should they get ? The challenges faced by modern economies urgently call for new forms of collective action between public, private stakeholders in order to : - better support social impact projects and the development of social enterprises - better integrate social challenges into research and innovation policies This new approach of innovation public policies is emerging, building traditional innovation impact, experience, networks and opening up to other tools and methods coming from other actors and fields of actions. 17

How to get started ? Cooperation: take part in a Social Innovation project Learn Share Cooperate 18

How to get started ? Cooperation: take part in a Social Innovation project Learn Inform Train Get inspired Understand societal challenges Open up to existing projects and trends, watch needs expressed by society, motivation of civil servants Train civil servants to innovative ways of working Acquire knowledge on socially-driven innovation Get tools allowing to follow innovative projects Be inspired by other public or private projects, initiatives extract good practices from model cases What for ? Sensitize citizens and actors to social issues Communicate on positive impact projects and demonstrate social utility Acculturate to agile processes Be ready to help/ support the management of complex projects Test mechanisms from others areas or communities 19

How to get started ? Cooperation: take part in a Social Innovation project Share Communicate Mutualise Connect What for ? Inform on societal challenges Highlight successful social projects ⇒ nudge effect * Promote some of them among differents actors Expose the social utility of projects – inform Favor the circularity and mutualisation of resources, methodologies, technologies, knowledge, skills Match similar needs / skills Facilitate the addressing of multidisciplinary issues Identify stakeholders, select stakeholders to work with Favor links between people from different areas : facilitate, inter-connect, network, third places. . . Inspire people to engage Favor cooperation between actors Create links in the ecosystem for social innovation * See “Nudge” effect in Resources slide 20

How to get started ? Cooperation: take part in a Social Innovation project Cooperate Federate Work together Co-drive Involve actively elected representatives and civil servants - Federate on a shared vision, shared issues Build a common project with stakeholders Involve all relevant stakeholders (process of selection ? governance ? ) Build partnerships : mid or long-term relationship based on shared risk and reward Try, apply and adapt tools you have discovered Collectively drive the project What for ? Governance plays a crucial role in social projects Cooperation and collective intelligence generate value creation and can be a source of innovation Social innovation is madefor and by the people concerned 21

Moving a step forward Be a changemaker: re-invent innovation policies Experiment iterate before up-scale Use new indicators based on the social impact desired Open to all social innovation specificities To go further on that topic, refer to ASIS recommendations for public actors. 22

Moving a step forward Be a changemaker: re-invent innovation policies Experiment iterate before up-scale Adapt Innovate Prototype ● Adapt the way of working : collaborative-based mode ● Identify and involve stakeholders : inclusion of beneficiaries and people ● Share vision, values ⇒ share the decision making and management (which governance? ) ● Take advantages from innovation processes (plan - do - act rapidly , fail early, learn fast) ● Apply mechanisms and systems from other areas ● Involve stakeholders from creativity to implementation of an idea ⇒ create new with your ecosystem Begin with prototyping : test, experiment, trial-error tolerance, iterate up-scale after having demonstrated sustainability 23

Moving a step forward Be a changemaker: re-invent innovation policies Use new indicators based on the social impact desired How to demonstrate the sustainability ? Define new indicators Harmonize Re-define the values of a social project : what for? for who ? Value description : which criteria ? Who are the people involved and to be involved ? To demonstrate utility : define new indicators based on the impact desired Help to develop tools for measuring impact Use common mechanisms and indicators with others stakeholders in order to compare projects and harmonize policies To go further on that topic, refer to ASIS guidelines n° 1 on indicators and social impact evaluation 24

Moving a step forward Be a changemaker: re-invent innovation policies Open to all social innovation specificities Promote Facilitate Support - The cooperation between actors (communicate, create events, . . . ) The mutualisation of places, resources, methodologies, technologies from your ecosystem that can be source of innovation Facilitate the implementation of the projects at differents steps : - prototyping test that need public territories, areas - connect people with your network (ecosystem) for feasibility, development - help the up-scaling in taking active participation Adapt the way of supporting with mechanisms adapted to socially-driven innovation - management project with different actors : governance - detection of project with societal value : with a common grid of characterization - follow-up with indicators based on impact 25

Conclusion of the training Innovation is one of the solutions to meet the extremely demanding social and environmental challenges our alpine space region is facing. This is already happening in projects with new forms of partnerships and alliances, new ways of collaborating. Actors from innovation field, social entrepreneurs and public actors all have the keys to become change makers and they need one another to make a sustainable difference. 26

Resources Centre of resources : ● ● ● European resource OECD: Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities Portail AVISE (French and English) : Publications Forum on Social Innovation (OECD): Proceedings ● Tools to improve your social and inclusive entrepreneurship Policy The Better entrepreneurship Policy Tool (OECD and European commission) Tools: Example of experimentations: ● ● Nudge effect (Europe): TEN Methodologic Pack to create a Social Joint Venture: JVS (french) Public innovation (France): la 27 eme région Interreg project: OSIRIS Example of ecosystem (France): Map of an exhaustive map of a social innovation ecosystem Techforgood 27

Thank you for joining us on this training. Now take the quiz and test your knowledge ! See you soon on the ASIS platformhttps: //socialinnovationstrategy. eu/ Authors : Camille Marie – Héloïse Boyer 28