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Rock the Block, an initiative from Greece, rethinks affordable housing by working directly with residents. Instead of treating housing only as a financial issue, it brings together technical upgrades, green solutions and community participation to improve both living conditions and neighbourhood life. In this Social Innovation Spotlight episode, we present how the initiative helps build […]

Backed by 81 organisations from 18 countries, including 15 National Competence Centres, the Declaration calls on the European Commission and MFF negotiators to create visible funding pathways for social innovation and to strengthen the ecosystem infrastructure needed to deliver it in practice. Europe’s budget for the next seven years is currently being negotiated, but once

Yesterday we wrapped up two days of exchange in Madrid with sessions that brought the conversation to what the last 18 months of NCC work have taught us and what comes next for social innovation in Europe’s funding architecture. 18 months of NCC experience: what we’ve learnedSEED2SCALE took the stage to present what our consortium

Day 1 at the NCC Community of Practice in Madrid Yesterday, the National Competence Centers from the SEED2SCALE consortium joined social innovation practitioners and policymakers from across Europe for the first day of the NCC Community of Practice event hosted in Spain. Here are some highlights from day 1:

In this Social Innovation Spotlight episode, we present Help2Go, an initiative from Slovenia that brings volunteering, petitions and donations into one mobile app. It makes it easier for people to find causes they care about and take action, while also helping NGOs reach new volunteers and grow their impact. With features like an interactive map

In Bologna, a festival is rethinking the way we travel and invites people to explore places in a slower and more meaningful way. Visitors are not just tourists, but “temporary citizens” who connect with local life and culture. With hundreds of events and over 700 organisations involved, the festival shows how tourism can support local

In this Social Innovation Spotlight episode, we present an initiative from Croatia that has created two living labs where new technologies and social solutions are tested in real-life settings. These spaces bring together elderly people, persons with disabilities, caregivers, and innovators to co-develop solutions based on real needs, not assumptions. With an ageing population and

What if the solution to the housing crisis isn’t building more homes, but using the ones we already have? In Thessaloniki, Greece, an initiative is turning vacant housing into affordable homes for people who need them most. Through a Social Rental Agency, unused apartments are renovated, improved for energy efficiency, and offered to low-income households.

The Social Innovation episode today is about a project in Slovenia that shows how social entrepreneurship can create real opportunities for Roma communities. Through intensive training and focused mentorship, Roma participants developed skills in entrepreneurship, cooperative management, marketing, and administration. They also learned how to turn ideas into concrete business plans, gaining confidence to take

This week, the organisations from the SEED2SCALE consortium met in Zagreb to align on how social innovation can be pushed better from theory to practice. From Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Greece and Romania, the National Competence Centres came together to look at what’s working in social innovation today, and where things still need to move forward.