{"id":21657,"date":"2018-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidaeuroprogettazione.eu\/european-social-innovation-competition-social-innovation-competition\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:31:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:31:59","slug":"european-social-innovation-competition-social-innovation-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/european-social-innovation-competition-social-innovation-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"European Social Innovation Competition: social innovation competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next March 20, the launch event of the largest <\/span><i>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contest<\/span>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> European social innovation, <strong><em>European Social Innovation Competition<\/em><\/strong>: leading European representatives in innovation, business and policy will announce the competition theme for 2018, officially opening this year&#8217;s competition. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are interested in the topic, <strong>it is a unique opportunity! <\/strong> <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does it work? The theme for 2017 was.  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JrwOkvwZtOc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Equality rebooted&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  (Restart equality). The competition focused on harnessing new technologies to bridge social gaps and was held in three stages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 semifinalists (out of 800 applicants) were invited to participate in a <\/span><i>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Innovation Academy<\/span>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to conduct networking activities with other leading organizations in the field;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 finalists were invited to the award ceremony. <strong>The 3 final winners received a prize of \u20ac50,000 each<\/strong>;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during 2018 there will be a new competition among the 30 semifinalists to award an additional \u20ac50,000 to the project with the best results and impact in the meantime.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The themes change each year: integration of migrants and refugees (2016); growth and social progress (2015); new types of jobs that can address social priorities (2014); and new ways to create quality jobs (2013).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information about the 2018 edition, which will be presented at the March 20 event, will be available soon.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/launch-event-european-social-innovation-competition-2018-registration-42526189979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (registration is open until March 6); alternatively,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can follow it through <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/EUSocialInnov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">twitter<\/span>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/growth\/industry\/innovation\/policy\/social\/competition_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated website<\/span>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the event agenda, theme and rules for participation in the <\/span><i>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contest<\/span>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can also keep up to date by subscribing to the  <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/eusic.challenges.org\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newsletter<\/span>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the European Social Innovation Competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May the best man win!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next March 20, the launch event of the largest contest European social innovation, European Social Innovation Competition: leading European representatives in innovation, business and policy will announce the competition theme for 2018, officially opening this year&#8217;s competition. 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