Developing new social innovations

Improving social innovation

Description

Developing new social innovations involves designing and implementing novel solutions to address unmet social needs and systemic challenges. This strategy focuses on creating practical, scalable approaches—such as new services, models, or partnerships—that improve social outcomes and remedy persistent problems like inequality, exclusion, or inefficiency. By mobilizing resources, engaging stakeholders, and testing prototypes, social innovation aims to generate sustainable impact, fill gaps left by existing systems, and adapt to evolving community needs.

Implementation

The Institute for Social Inventions, London helps to implement some of the best projects it recognizes in competitions, acting as a consultancy to voluntary groups and others. It tries to launch four major projects a year. Projects started include the Natural Death Centre, The Befriending Network, Apprentice Master Alliance, the Council for Posterity, the Hippocratic Oath for Scientists and the East Europe Constitution Design Forum.