What Is Social Innovation?
Social innovation is used to describe a very broad range of activity. This includes: the development of new products, services and programmes; social entrepreneurship and the activity of social enterprises; the reconfiguration of social relations and power structures; workplace innovation; new models of local economic development; societal transformation and system change; non-profit management; and enterprise-led sustainable development.
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Why Is Social Innovation Important?
Long-standing issues such as unemployment, child poverty and growing inequalities remain challenges for governments and communities across
Europe.
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