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Commitment 26Launch a Social Innovation pilot; promote social innovation in European Social Fund

I3U Project Meeting & Technical WorkshopSeptember 14-15. 2015, ViennaBerenike Ecker

Commitment 26Launch a Social Innovation pilot; promote social innovation in European Social Fund"The Commission will launch a European Social Innovation pilot which will provide expertise and a networked 'virtual hub' for social entrepreneurs and the public and third sectors.It

will promote social innovation through the European Social Fund (ESF) building on the significant investments in social innovation which the ESF has made over the last ten years, all along the innovation cycle. This will be complemented by support to innovative social experiments to be developed in the framework of the European Platform against Poverty.

Social

innovation should become a mainstream focus in the next generation of European Social Fund programmes

. Member States are encouraged to already step up efforts to promote social innovation through the ESF."

Source:

http://i3s.ec.europa.eu/commitment/31.html

Commitment‘s rationaleSeveral obstacles hamper the growth of Social Innovation (SI) in Europe: Insufficient knowledge of the needs of the SI-subject area (e.g. grass roots organisations, social enterprise and social entrepreneurship activities, public sector organisations);The development and

delivery of SI is hindered through the fragmentation of efforts and resources, lack of transparency and visibility, limited financial support and insufficient technical skills;Poor evaluation and diffusion, and little scale-up of good practices;Poor methods of impact evaluation of actions and policies;

SolutionEstablishment of the SI Pilot action – as basis for a European Social Innovation Policy;Establishment of funding mechanisms for funding social and public sector innovators throughout the innovation cycle, by embedding a social innovation approach;Establishment of capacities and support infrastructures in the EU Member States (MS) that assist public administrations and stakeholder organisations in raising awareness of the value of social

innovations;Embedding support for social and public sector innovation in the ‘Innovation Union’ Flagship Initiative through the new ‘Innovation Partnerships’;

Main impact channelsEmbeddedness“Social Innovation culture” – comprises definitions, theoretical framework and operational conceptualisation (including objectives in the context of social challenges) – e.g. The Social Innovation Europe Platform, The European Social Innovation Competition Institutional Environment

(Pilot) actions developing capacities and support infrastructures that assist public administrations and stakeholder organisations in raising awareness of the value of SI (e.g. using social experimentation for reforms, providing financial support to social innovators, sharing good practice, implementation of European Innovation Partnerships)

Governance

(Further) develop networking policies and programmes

in the field of SI in MS, regions and municipalities, and linking these with activities in civil society, such as social entrepreneurs, the third sector, the social economy, business networks, universities, etc.

Resource allocation

Establishment

of funding mechanisms

for funding social and public sector

innovators,

l

earning networks, institutional capacity building, mutual learning and transnational cooperation between MS, innovative and local employment initiatives

Impact instruments (examples)Social Innovation culture The Social Innovation Europe Platform The European Social Innovation Competition Actions developing capacities and support infrastructures for raising awareness of the value of SI: European Innovation Partnerships (Further) develop networking policies and programmes:

Networks of incubators for SI Resource allocation: PROGRESS, EaSI, ESF

Insufficient knowledge of the needs of the SI-subject area Hindered development and delivery of SI through fragmentation of efforts and resources, lack of transparency and visibility, limited financial support and insufficient technical skillsPoor evaluation and diffusion, little scale-up of good practices

Poor methods of impact evaluation of actions and policies

Embeddedness

“Social Innovation culture” – comprises definitions, theoretical framework and operational

conceptualisationInput measuresExpenditure on

research related to SI

,

share

of expenditure of social economy

organisations and private social expenditure

as percentage of

GDP

Innovation

Commitment‘s rationale

Solution

Main impact channels

Results/indicators (selected examples!)

Outcome

(long run)

Establishment of

mechanisms

for funding social and public sector

innovators,

by embedding a social innovation approach

Establishment of capacities and support

infrastructures that assist

public administrations and

organisations in raising awareness of the value of SI

Establishment of the SI Pilot action – as basis for a European Social Innovation Policy

Embedding support for social and public sector innovation in the ‘Innovation Union’ Flagship Initiative through the new ‘Innovation Partnerships’

Governance (Further) develop networking policies and programmes

Ressource allocationEstablishment of funding mechanisms for socially innovative measures

Institut. Environment(Pilot) actions developing capacities and support infrastructures for raising awareness of the value of SI

Impact measuresNumber, nature and depth of new/improved structured networking and co-operation across different MS and at EU levelDegree of SI of activities in comparison to those undertaken by other initiatives at EU and national level

Output measures Number of socially innovative measures (e.g. social experimentations, improved labour market integ. and social inclusion) of vulnerable groups (ESF))Number of shared good practices Number of successfully scaled up SI*Number of SI-relevant networks*

GDP

Socially inclusive society and smart growth (through job creation, labour market integration poverty reduction, strengthened human capital)

Commitment 26: Launch a Social Innovation pilot; promote social innovation in European Social Fund

* No source identified

Data/IndicatorsIndicatorsSource

Years Cover-age

Expenditure on research related to social

innovation

European EC,

DG

Research

2010-14

EU

28

Share of expenditure of social economy organisations

as percentage of GDP (national sources, including

expenditures of foundations)

N

ational

sources

2010-14

EU 28

Voluntary private social expenditure as percentage of

GDP (including households, individuals, NGOs)

OECD

Social Expenditure Statistics database

2012-14

34 countries

Number of socially ‘innovative measures‘ (e.g. social experimentations, Improved labour market integration and social inclusion of vulnerable groups)

EC Commission,

DG EMPL

(Monitoring and evaluations of Progress-, EaSI-, ESF-programmes)

2010-14

EU 28

Number of shared good practices

Number, nature and depth of new/improved structured networking and co-operation across different MS and at EU level

Degree of (in)novation of activities in comparison to those undertaken by other initiatives at EU and national level

Number of successfully scaled up SI

-

Number of SI networks

(

networks of incubators for SI, hubs,

labs

)

-

Additional Data/Indicators (selected output and outcome of SI*)Indicators

Proposed indicators

Education

Equality

opportunities

/

inequalties

Disabilities

Equal opportunities / inequalities regarding

disabled people (EUSI)

Gender

Share of women in graduates in ISCED 5 A, 5 B and 6 (OECD)

Equal opportunities/inequalities regarding women / men (EUSI)

Migration

Share of foreign students in all students (OECD)

Equal opportunities/inequalities regarding citizenship groups (EUSI)

Skill acquisition

Social and personal

competence

Educational attainment (OECD Better Life Index)

Subject-specific and methodical competence

PISA

results

in

problem

solving

(OCED)

PISA

results

in

reading

(OECD)

PISA

results

in

math

(OECD)

Employment

Employment rate

Long-term unemployment rate (OECD, Labour Force

Statistics database)

Equality

opportunities

/

inequalities

Female participation in labour force (International

Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the Labour

Markets Net)

Equal opportunities/inequalities regarding

employment of women / man, disabled people,

citizenship, generations (EUSI)

GINI Index (Word Bank)

Income

Average annual earnings of full-time employees

(OCED estimates based on OECD National Accounts

database and Economic outlook)

* Source:

Blueprint

of social

innovation

metrics

–

contributions

to an

understanding

of

opportunities

and

challenges

of social

innovation

measurement

(2013)

Additional Data/Indicators (selected output and outcome of SI*)Indicators

Proposed indicators

Housing

– Access and

poor

housing

Homelessness and poor housing (EUSI)

Social

cohesion

Social

cohesion

between

generations

Care for old-aged household members (EUSI), has

to be controlled for by comparing to levels of

poverty, to separate economic necessity from social

Cohesion

Social

networks

Social network support (Gallup World Poll)

* Source:

Blueprint

of social

innovation

metrics

– contributions to an understanding of opportunities and challenges of social innovation

measurement (2013)

Literature

Bund,

E., Hubrich

,

D.-K.,

Schmitz,

B.,

Mildenberger,

G., Krlev

,

G.

(2013):

Blueprint of

social innovation metrics – contributions to an understanding of opportunities and challenges

of social

innovation measurement.

European

Commission –

7th Framework

Programme,

Brussels.

ECORYS (2014), Assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of ESF Learning Networks, Final Report

European Commission (2012), Strengthening social innovation in Europe, Journey to effective assessment and metrics

European Commission (2013), Guide Social Innovation

European Commission (2014), ESF Expert Evaluation Network, Final Snthesis Report: Main ESF achievements, 2007-2013

European Commission (2014),

Ex-post evaluation of the Programme for employment and social solidarity – PROGRESS 2007-2013 and recommendations for the successor programmes to PROGRESS 2014-2020, Synthesis Report

European Commission (2015), Monitoring good practices in the areas of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Examples of projects funded by DG EMPL in 2011-2012, Report 1 and Report 2European Commission (2015), Performance Monitoring Report of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) 2014

Online Sources: Commitment 26 European Social Innovation Pilot:

http://i3s.ec.europa.eu/commitment/31.html