Project description
New tools for a social innovation overhaul
In a world facing pressing social challenges, Europe is at a crossroads. Issues such as inequality, environmental sustainability, and social well-being demand innovative solutions. In this context, the EU-funded CRAFT project aims to bolster the region’s ecosystem for social entrepreneurship. With a focus on knowledge sharing and resource mobilisation, it promises to harness the power of collaboration, innovation, and digital connectivity. Specifically, the project will establish a European peer-to-peer academy for social and impact entrepreneurship support. This academy will provide social entrepreneurship support organisations with the tools and skills needed to magnify their impact. A digital ecosystem will serve as a hub of best practices, knowledge, and tools.
Objective
Through events, summits, gathering of existing tools for best practice and a digital ecosystem for social entrepreneurs, we will strengthen the ecosystem for social innovation in Europe.
We will create a European peer-to-peer academy for social & impact entrepreneurship support. Co-owned by European support organizations, we will endeavor to increase the capacities of social entrepreneurship support organizations in Europe. The academy aims to sustainably boost the impact of the European ecosystem for social & impact-driven entrepreneurship.
We will gather and promote tools and facilitate locally based events, and facilitate summits where knowledge, methods, best practices, and tools are disseminated. In addition, we will build on existing digital platforms to create a social innovation ecosystem where best practices, knowledge and tools will be granted free of charge for social entrepreneurs.
Key output from the project:
- Registration of best practice out before and after intervention. The registration forms from the first registration will be used to select relevant tools to be included in the digital ecosystem.
- Two social innovation policy summits and a final conference for actors in the social innovation ecosystem.
- Collection of tools from actors working with social innovation. The tools may come from relevant accelerators, investors, incubators and public entities such as universities and government.
All activities and tools will be free accessible at the digital ecosystem. The digital ecosystem will be built on existing software systems.
The digital ecosystem will be a strong European network with various actors within different branches and knowledge from professionals within the field.
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.3.2 - European innovation ecosystems
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HORIZON.3.2.3 - Joint programmes close to innovators
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-01
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Austria
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