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Meet the five consortia and their partners

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4 countries · 19 core organisations

ESIA

European Social Innovation Alliance

Connecting social innovation actors, research, public authorities and social finance to strengthen national ecosystems and international knowledge exchange.

Coordinated by Social Impact gGmbH · Germany

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Germany

Social Impact gGmbH (coordinator)
Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship (FASE)
Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany (SEND)
TU Dortmund University
Wider Sense TraFo gGmbH
Westphalian University of Applied Sciences (Gelsenkirchen)
Heidelberg University
Diakonisches Werk Schleswig-Holstein

Estonia

National Foundation of Civil Society (KÜSK)
Tallinn University
Good Deed Foundation
Development Centre of Võru County
University of Tartu
Social Enterprise Estonia

Luxembourg

Ministry of Labour

Netherlands

Social Enterprise NL
Kennisland
Utrecht University
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

Associated partners (7)

Germany

German Trade Union Confederation – Lower Saxony (DGB)
Brandenburg Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour and Energy
SAP
Diakonie Deutschland

Estonia

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Ministry of the Interior
Social Innovation Lab

ESF+ project overview ↗

4 countries · 4 core organisations

BIRDS

Boosting Initiatives & Resources to Develop Social Innovation

Strengthening regional support ecosystems, social impact assessment, financing and pathways for scaling social innovations.

Coordinated by Avise · France

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France

Avise (coordinator)

Portugal

Agência para o Desenvolvimento e Coesão / Portugal Social Innovation

Spain

General Directorate of Family Diversity and Social Services – Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030

Sweden

Forum for Social Innovation Sweden (Mötesplats Social Innovation, Malmö University)

Associated partners (16)

France

General Delegation for Employment and Vocational Training
Directorate-General of the Treasury
French Chamber of the Social and Solidarity Economy
ESSEC Group Association
France Active
Institut Jean-Baptiste Godin
INCO Ventures
Le Labo de l’ESS
CNRS Provence-Corse Delegation
Fondation d’Entreprise du Groupe Macif
Régions de France
Sciences Po Bordeaux

Portugal

Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia Social (CASES)
Centre for the Social Economy and Social Innovation
GRACE – Empresas Responsáveis

Spain

European Social Fund Administrative Unit (Ministry of Labour and Social Economy)

ESF+ project overview ↗

5 countries · 8 core organisations

SI plus

Social Innovation plus – National Competence Centres

Developing professional NCC capacity, supporting inclusive local solutions and strengthening cross-border learning partnerships.

Coordinated by L&R Social Research GmbH · Austria

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Austria

L&R Social Research GmbH (coordinator)
Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI)

Hungary

Eötvös Loránd University / National Laboratory for Social Innovation

Latvia

Society Integration Foundation
Latvian Social Entrepreneurship Association
Ministry of Welfare of Latvia

Malta

Ministry responsible for European Funds

Slovakia

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic

ESF+ project overview ↗

5 countries · 26 core organisations

SEED2SCALE

SEEDing competences TO SCALE up social innovation ecosystems

Consolidating national competence centres through co-design, sustainable governance, ecosystem partnerships and scaling capacity.

Coordinated by City of Turin · Italy

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Italy

City of Turin (coordinator)
Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
Politecnico di Milano
Politecnico di Torino
University of Bologna
EURICSE

Croatia

ACT Group
Development Agency of the Town of Novska
Novska Youth Association
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
HashNet Croatia

Greece

Agricultural University of Athens
Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family – Directorate for Social and Solidarity Economy
Development Agency of Karditsa (ANKA)
People’s University of Social Solidarity Economy (UnivSSE Coop)
Kollektiva for Social Innovation and Culture
Electra Energy
LDK Socioeconomic Development Consultants
HIGGS – Higher Incubator Giving Growth & Sustainability
Association of Social and Solidarity Economy Organisations of the South Aegean

Romania

Grupul de Consultanță pentru Dezvoltare (DCG)

Slovenia

Center Noordung
HashNet Slovenia
BSC Kranj
Impact Hub Ljubljana
Technology Park Ljubljana

Associated partners (14)

Italy

Territorial Cohesion Agency
Ministry of Labour and Social Policies

Croatia

University of Zagreb – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development
Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Poslovna Inteligencija

Greece

Research Organisation for the Commons and Peer-to-Peer Practices

Slovenia

Municipality of Kranj
Institute for Economic Democracy
Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
Primorska Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Foundation for Improving Employment Opportunities
Development Agency Kozjansko
Sklad 05 – Social Investment Foundation

ESF+ project overview ↗

6 countries · 7 core organisations*

INSISST

International Network for Social Innovation Scaling and Systemic Transformation

Learning across public, academic, business and civil-society sectors to scale promising social innovations and reinforce long-term NCC capacity.

Coordinated by Sociale InnovatieFabriek · Belgium

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Belgium

Sociale InnovatieFabriek (coordinator)

Denmark

Danish Social Innovation Academy

Finland

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)¹

Czechia

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Ireland

Rethink Ireland
Genio

Poland

Shipyard Foundation (Fundacja Stocznia)

Associated partners (24)

Belgium

Ashoka Belgium
Architecture Workroom Brussels
Solifin
Blenders
Centre for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CenSE), Odisee University of Applied Sciences
De Stuyverij
Federal Public Service Social Security
ESF Wallonia-Brussels
Flemish Department for European Programmes
Growfunding
IDROPS
Public Sector Innovation Network Flanders
LUCA School of Arts
Province of Antwerp
(S)heDIDIT
The Shift
SYNTRUM
Timelab
Trividend
Voices That Count

Poland

Ashoka Poland

Ireland

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Department of Rural and Community Development
The Wheel

¹ THL is named as a Finnish partner on the INSISST consortium website; it is not listed among the beneficiaries in the published grant-agreement overview.

ESF+ project overview ↗

Organisation names follow the ESF+ list of signed grant agreements and partner sources; short names are used where helpful. The Finnish partner THL is identified by the INSISST consortium website. Listed roles are based on the published grant-agreement overview and may evolve during the projects.

From national competence to a connected European field

The diversity of these organisations is a shared resource for Europe. By bringing national experience into transnational exchange, the NCCs can help develop knowledge, relationships and support structures that enable social innovations to travel, adapt and create lasting value in different contexts.

The European Social Innovation Alliance is a joint project of Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Niedersachsen, Development Center of Võru County, Diakonie Deutschland, Diakonie Schleswig-Holstein, FASE, Good Deed Foundation, CAOP, Ministry of Economics, Affairs & Communications Estonia, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Action Brandenburg, Ministry of Interior Estonia, Ministry of Labour Luxembourg, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment Netherlands, National Foundation of Civil Society (KÜSK), SAP, Social Entrepreneurship Network Germany, Social Enterprise Estonia, Social Enterprise Netherlands, Social Innovation Lab Estonia, Tallinn University, TU Dortmund University, University of Tartu, University of Utrecht, University of Gelsenkirchen, University of Heidelberg and Wider Sense. The lead partner is Social Impact. The project is co-funded by the European Union as part of the ESF+ Social Innovation+ Initiative.