Research Project SFERA PUBBLICA

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IDA MEGLIO – ANTONIO BONETTI

January 2014

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“War is peace. Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength”

THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH George ORWELL – “1984”

…….BUT……

“We are in favour of Peace, Freedom, Education, and Human Rights

for all the people”

Ida MEGLIO – Antonio BONETTI

Table of Contents 1. Introduction p. 3

2. Main international institutions, think tanks and advocacy groups that promote Social Innovation p. 3

3. Public institutions and initiatives that support Social Innovation p. 5

4. Innovative social businesses, social e-platforms and projects p. 6

5. Magazines, reviews and blogs that deal with Social Innovation p. 7

N.B. Completed on 28 January 2014

Ida MEGLIO is an expert in Strategic Planning, Communication, Marketing, and Social Innovation. Mailto: idameglio@libero.it Antonio BONETTI is an independent expert in Local Economic Development, Strategic Planning, and EU Funds (for Social Innovation). Mailto: a.bonetti@ymail.com

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1. Introduction

Social Innovation (SI) has risen to the top of political agenda. Nonetheless, “the conditions under which social innovations develop, flourish and sustain and finally lead to societal change are not yet fully understood both in political and academic circles.”1 Besides, it is not easy to turn new ideas to cope with old and new social problems into reality. The purpose of this Tool is to promote knowledge-sharing and improve creative collaboration between many actors who are increasingly engaging in social innovation (and social entrepreneurship as well). This Tool is simply a short list of reference websites aimed at scholars and practitioners who deal with the challenge of finding new solutions to pressing social needs. In a nutshell, that is the ultimate rationale for any project of social innovation. “Social innovation is in the mouths of many today, at policy level and on the ground.”2 Furthermore, “can be about projects, but also about process, strategy and governance.”3 As a result, this guide is aimed at providing scholars, pioneers, practitioners and public officials with a list of public and private institutions, public initiatives and hands-on projects regarding social innovation. It concerns mainly Italian and European institutions and projects. For more information on initiatives by Governments and experimentations see The Open Book of Social Innovation available at www.nesta.org.u/publications/open-book-of-social-innovation. Institutions engaged in the topic (public bodies at every tier, non-profit organisations, think tanks and advocacy groups) and projects are identified by name, location (when possible), and website. A list of magazines, reviews and blogs focused on this topic ends the Tool.

2. Main international institutions, think tanks and advocacy groups that promote Social Innovation

INSTITUTIONS WEBSITE ADDRESS STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS- CENTER FOR SI (Stanford, USA)

http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu

SIX – SOCIAL INNOVATION EXCHANGE (London, UK)

www.socialinnovationexchange.org

EUCLIDE NETWORK (London, UK) www.euclidenetwork.eu SCHWAB FOUNDATION (Geneva, Switzerland) www.schwabfound.org THINK PUBLIC (UK) www.thinkpublic.com THE YOUNG FOUNDATION (London, UK) www.youngfoundation.org TORONTO CENTER FOR SI (Toronto – Canada)

http://socialinnovation.ca

MARS – Canadian Social Incubator (Canada) www.marsdd.com THE IMPACT HUB (community) www.impacthub.net

1 European Commission -DG Research and Innovation, Social Innovation Research in the European Union, 2013, p. 5 2 European Commission - DG Regio – DG Employment, Guide to Social Innovation, 2013, p. 5 3 European Commission - DG Regio – DG Employment, Guide to Social Innovation, 2013, p. 57.

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(follows)

INSTITUTIONS WEBSITE ADDRESS ASHOKA – Innovators for the Public (Arlington – USA)

www.ashoka.org

CHANGEMAKERS - ASHOKA (Arlington – USA) www.changemakers.com BUSINESS FIGHTS POVERTY (community) www.businessfightspoverty.com PIONEERSPOST (London, UK) www.pioneerspost.com COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION (Rachel Botsman)*

www.collaborativeconsumpiton.com

SOCIAL EDGE (USA) www.skollfoundation.org/tag/social-edge/ CRITICAL MASS (Utrecht – The Netherlands) http://criticalmass.nu/english SOCIETING (community) www.societing.org LEAN IMPACT – Lean for Social Good (San Francisco, USA)

www.leanimpact.org

GOOD.IS (New York - San Francisco, USA) www.good.is LONDON CREATIVE LABS (London, UK) www.londoncreativelabs.uk SOCIAL ENTERPRISE UK (UK) www.socialenterprise.org.uk IDEAVIBES (Ottawa, Canada) www.ideavibes.com SOCIAL INNOVATION CAMP (community) www.sicamp.org ZSI (Vienna - Austria) www.zsi.at DENOKINN – SI Park in the Basque country www.denokinn.eu PEERBY (community) https//peerby.com NURSEFAMILYPARTNERSHIP (USA) http://www.nursefamilypartnership.org/ EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION http://innovator.eai.eu/#! LIVING LABAS European Network of Living Labs http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/ SITRA – Housing, care and support (London, UK) www.sitra.org PARTICIPLE – To design the new generation of public services (London, UK)

www.participle.net

CIVA LABS (UK) www.civa.org.uk +SOCIAL GOOD (community) www.plussocialgood.org OPEN WEAR – Collaborative clothing (community) www.openwear.org COMMUNITY CATALYSTS (UK) www.communitycatalysts.co.uk AVANZI (Milan, Italy) www.avanzi.org MAKE A CUBE (Milan, Italy) www.makeachange.it MAKE A CHANGE (Milan, Italy) www.makeacube.com MANAGER NON PROFIT (Milan, Italy) www.managernonprofit.org ASVI Social Innovation Lab (Rome, Italy) www.asvi.it/social-innovation-lab IRIS NETWORK (network) - Italy www.irisnetwork.it SODALITAS SOCIAL INNOVATION – Fondazione SODALITAS (Italy)

www.socialinnovation.sodalitas.it

FOUNDAZIONE UNIPOLIS CULTURABILITY (Italy)

www.culturability.org

ITALIA CAMP (Italy) www.italiacamp.it/ UMAN FOUNDATION (Rome, Italy) www.umanfoundation.org/ita/startup_sociali.html UNICREDIT FOUNDATION (Italy) https://www.unicreditfoundation.org/it/programs/cohe

sion.html * Rachel Botsman (www.RatchelBotsman.com)

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3. Public Institutions and Initiatives that support Social Innovation

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND INITIATIVES WEBSITE ADDRESS NESTA (British National Innovation Agency - London, UK)

www.nesta.org.uk

INNOVATION IN JOBS - Living map of job innovations supported by NESTA (London, UK)

www.jobinnovators.org

IDEA (initiative supported by the UK Government) www.idea.gov.uk MIND LAB (Copenhagen, Denmark) www.mind-lab.dk/en HELSINKI DESIGN LAB (Helsinki – Finland) http://helsinkidesignlab.org WHITE HOUSE – SICP* (United States) www.whitehouse.gov/administration.sicp.asp

TACSI – The Australian Center for SI (Australia) www.tacsi.org.au SOCIAL INNOVATION EUROPE Initiative (European Commission)

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/ policy/social-innovation/index_en.htm www.socialinnovationeurope.eu www.socialinnovator.info

SOCIAL BUSINESS INITIATIVE (SBI) (European Commission)

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/social_business/ index_en.htm

SOCIAL ECONOMY EUROPE (Europe) www.socialeconomy.eu.org REVES - European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy

www.revesnetwork.eu

SI in New Zealand (Dunedin, New Zealand) www.socialinnovation.org/nz MIUR - Italian Ministry of Education and Research ( Rome, Italy)

www.ponrec.it/socialinnovation http://siagenda.miur.it

SOCIAL INNOVATION – REGION OF SICILY (Italy)

www.euroinfosicilia.it/innovazione-sociale/

BOLLENTI SPIRITI – REGION OF PUGLIA (Italy)

www.bollentispiriti.regione.puglia.it

TORINO SOCIAL INNOVATION (Municipality of Turin, Italy)

www.torinosocialinnovation.it

KUBLAI Project (Italy) www.progettokublai.net E-PART (Municipality of Udine, Italy) www.epart.it/udine * THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION

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4. Innovative social businesses, social e-platform, and projects4

SOCIAL BUSINESSES AND PROJECTS WEBSITE ADDRESS FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Thailand, Honduras, Mexico, Egypt, Myanmar

www.friends-international.org

SOCIAL EARTH (social enterprise) www.socialearth.org GRAMEEM CREATIVE LAB (Bangladesh – Germany)

www.grameencreativelab.com

The B-TEAM (project by Richard Branson) http://bteam.org FIRST BOOK (USA) www.firstbook.org I-CANE Mobility solutions for blind people www.i-cane.org PER MICRO (Italy) www.permicro.it JURATRI (Lons-le-Saunier, France) http://juratri.fr VELIB (Paris, France) www.velib.paris.fr FOUNDACION MODERNA - Participatory regional plan Navarra Moderna (Spain)

www.modernanavarra.com

FIX MY STREET (community) www.fixmystreet.com/ MY HEALTH INNOVATION www.myhealthinnovation.com UK FABIAN SOCIETY (UK) www.fabians.org.uk SLOW FOOD (Italy) www.slowfood.it WE FAB – Makers e nuova cultura del fare (Italy) www.wefab.it 8 PLANNING MINDS Urban Planners (Milan, Italy)

http://8planningminds.com

ACRA CCS (Milan, Italy) www.acraccs.org ANGELS FOR TRAVELLERS Travel tips (Naples, Italy)

www.angelsfortravellers.com

FIX MY STREET (community) www.fixmystreet.com/ BIKE4AFRICA Bambini nel Deserto (Modena – Italy) www.bike4africa.it/ PERIPHÈRIA (project financed by the EU) www.peripheria.eu PROCIVIBUS – Protezione civile partecipata (Italy) www.procivibus.it/ IPA – Innovations for Policy Action (Washington – USA)

www.poverty-action.org/

PROJECT ORACLE – Children and Youth Evidence Hub (London, UK)

www.project-oracle.com

CLIMATE PROJECT (worldwide) www.theclimateproject.org

4 Also, see: - World Economic Forum – Global Agenda Council on SI http://www.weforum.org/content/global-agenda-council-social-innovation-2012-2014 - Global Philanthropy Forum http://philanthropyforum.org/

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Annex – Magazines, reviews and blogs that deal with Social Innovation5

MAGAZINES, REVIEWS, BLOGS WEBSITE ADDRESS SSIR - Stanford Social Innovation Review (USA) www.ssir.org Media Company SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUZZ www.socialenterprisebuzz.com Magazine IMPRESA SOCIALE (Italy) www.rivistaimpresasociale.it Magazine VITA (Italy) www.vita.it Magazine CORRIERE INNOVAZIONE / CORRIERE DEL VENETO (Italy)

http://corriereinnovazione.corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/

Blog CHE FUTURO! (Italy) Blog by Riccardo Luna

www.chefuturo.it

Blog ETICA NEWS (Italy) www.eticanews.it/ Blog HUFFINGTON POST (section on Social Entrepreneurship)

www.huffingtonpost.com/news/social-entrepreneurship/

Blog FAI UN SALTO innovazioni e nuove tecnologie per l'impresa sociale (Italy)

http://faiunsalto.wordpress.com/

Blog ASVI4CHANCE (ASVI, Italy) www.asvi.it/category/blog4change/social-business-blog/ Blog by Eugenio LA MESA “on social business” (Italy – Bangladesh )

www.eugeniolamesaonsocialbusiness.com/ita/

Blog NONPROFIT BLOG – Blog by Elena ZANELLA (Italy)

http://elenazanella.it/

Blog THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE – Blog by Emanuele QUINTARELLI (Italy)

www.socialenterprise.it

BOX – Research Projects on Social Innovation cofinanced by the FP7 (EU’s 7th Research Framework Programme – from 2007 to 2013)

CITISPYCE: Combating inequalities through innovative social practices of and for young people in cities across Europe http://www.aston.ac.uk/citispyce COCOPS: Coordinating for cohesion in the public sector of the future http://www.cocops.eu CSEYHP: Combating social exclusion among young homeless populations http://www.movisie.nl/homelessyouth INNOSERV: Social platform on innovative social services http://inno-serv.eu LIPSE: Learning from innovation in public sector environments http://www.lipse.org SELUSI: Social entrepreneurs as lead users for service innovation http://www.selusi.eu SERVPPIN: Public–private services innovation http://www.servppin.com SOCIAL POLIS: Social platform on cities and social cohesion http://www.socialpolis.eu SPREAD: Social platform on sustainable lifestyles 2050 http://www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu TEPSIE: The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe http://www.tepsie.eu WILCO: Welfare innovations at the local level http://www.wilcoproject.eu Source: EC-DG Research and Innovation, Social Innovation Research in the European Union, 2013 Also, see http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/ssh-projects-fp7-5-6-social-innovation_en.pdf.60 Appendix C and http://www.siresearch.eu

5 Also, see the following think tanks: - AICCON – www.aiccon.it - EURICSE – European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises – www.euricse.eu

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Research Project SFERA PUBBLICA

Antonio Bonetti Website/blog: www.bonetti4reforms.com

The acronym SFERA stands for: SF – Social Finance E – Europe R – Reforms A – Agriculture (and rural development). In Italian, the term SFERA PUBBLICA indicates, by and large, the boundaries of public intervention in the economy. These boundaries change over time. Moreover, they are flexible, due to “public” actions carried out by communities, associations, foundations, NGOs, and increasingly the same for profit companies. This means that my personal project research covers the debate over public intervention in the economy, the renewal of objectives, actors and features of social policies and new financial instruments (and new forms of Public Private Partnership) to support public policies. It also covers European policies and funds, as well as topics linked to public policies oriented at improving agricultural practices and food security, because they are part of my professional background. Regardless of the “institutional” features of “SFERA PUBBLICA” (e.g. institutional framework, decentralization of public powers, organisations that are involved in the provision of collective services, etc.) the purposes of this personal research project are: - to discuss new ideas and new trends about public intervention in the economy, from the European jurisdictional level to the local one; - to propose my personal view about reforms in public policies, taking into consideration the decision-making process and the administrative procedures as well. Antonio Bonetti Independent expert in Local Economic Development, Strategic Planning and EU Funds Website: http://www.bonetti4reforms.com LinkedIn profile: http://it.linkedin.com/pub/antonio-bonetti/37/783/2b8 E-mail: a.bonetti@ymail.com Skype ID: a.bonetti70 Mobile Phone: + (39) 335 5914711