Project description DEENESFRITPL Supporting Europe's most vulnerable citizens Targeted actions are needed to better protect the rights of Europe's most vulnerable citizens, including the poor, the elderly and children. Innovation in social services delivery is essential to create sustainable improvements for users across a range of social services. This EU-funded project is proposing the European Social Catalyst Fund (ESCF) as a key stimulus factor in the delivery of socially innovative initiatives that have the capacity to scale up to make a real impact at national and international levels. The ESCF is designed to bring together public and private resources in a range of collaborations that focus on the role philanthropy and social impact finance play in working with governments to ensure public funds are allocated in the interest of EU citizens. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective As societies evolve and the challenges they face take on old and new form and expression, it is vital that governments and their partners find ways to best serve their citizens. As governments’ management of and impact on the most vulnerable in society is increasingly in the spotlight, innovation in social services delivery is critically needed. This brings into sharp focus why and how a European Social Catalyst Fund (ESCF) can be a key stimulus factor in the delivery of socially innovative initiatives that have the capacity to scale to make a real impact at national and international levels. This proposal intends to establish the ESCF and is based on practical social innovation experience garnered by the Consortium, working with philanthropy and government to bring about sustainable improvements for service users, across a range of social services. The ESCF is designed to bring together public and private resources in a range of collaborations that focuses on the role that philanthropy and social impact finance can play in working with governments to help re-focus public spending in a more cost-effective direction in the interest of EU citizens. Innovations in social services will be identified and supported through the ESCF to develop robust implementation plans to enable scaling. The implementation plans funded from the call will be transferrable across EU countries, subject to tailoring aspects to fit local cultural and operational environments. The Consortium has demonstrated experience of embracing the catalytic role that private finance can play in creating innovations and offers a highly viable route to achieving scale by the public sector. Learnings from this process will be utilised to design a further phase of the ESCF which will focus on supporting the implementation of scaling of innovations. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancepublic servicesnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.6. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies Main Programme H2020-EU.3.6.2.2. - Explore new forms of innovation, with special emphasis on social innovation and creativity and understanding how all forms of innovation are developed, succeed or fail Topic(s) GOVERNANCE-19-2019 - A European Social Catalyst Fund to scale up high performing social innovations in the provision of social services Call for proposal H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2018-2019-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2019 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator THE GENIO TRUST Net EU contribution € 250 000,00 Address Unit 19-21, westland square, pearse street D02 YH27 Dublin Ireland See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all FONDATION ROI BAUDOUIN Belgium Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue brederode 21 1000 Bruxelles See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ROBERT BOSCH STIFTUNG GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Heidehofstrasse 31 70184 Stuttgart See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
