Government Champions of Social Innovation and Impact
The Government Champions for Social Innovation and Impact (GCSII) Working Group will come together to formalise and accelerate the growth of the global social innovation sector, with government playing a prominent role.
Purpose
The ultimate goal of the working group is to catalyse a global momentum around social innovation. This will rely on global endorsements regarding the creation of social innovation sectors and calls for stakeholders across the entire ecosystem to act. Gaining these endorsements will require both international and national efforts of showcasing innovations across the ecosystems and ensuring wide societal visibility.
Members
Zarah Bruhn – Germany
Commissioner for Social Innovation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Filipe Almeida – Portugal
President, Portugal Social Innovation
Victor Meseguer Sanchez – Spain
Special Commissioner for the Social Economy, Government of Spain
Lucas Ramalho Maciel – Brazil
Director of New Economies, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
Juan Manuel Martinez Louvier- Mexico
Director General, National Institute of the Social Economy
Vivi Yulaswati – Indonesia
Deputy Minister for Maritime and Natural Resources, Indonesia Ministry of National Development Planning
Asta Jurgute – Lithuania
Head of the European Competence Centre for Social Innovation
Alfie Othman – Singapore
CEO raiSE
Vanessa Schummer
Head of the Social and Solidarity Department
Group Objectives and sample activities
Best practices and peer-to-peer learning
Create a forum in which heads of social innovation units from different global governments are able to share and exchange best practices regarding social innovation.
Innovative Financing Solutions
Create working papers on alternative financing structures for the social innovation sector.
Promote alternative structures with colleagues in similar roles around the world
Policy framework exchange
Create toolkits and policy frameworks can be developed to facilitate the creation of policies and guidelines that can help further develop the sector.
National and global social innovation sector development
Ensure that social innovation is a key priority in global forums such as the UNGA and G20 Summits
Ensure that social innovation is a key priority in regional forums such as the AU and the EU General Assemblies.
Co- create and pilot innovative national / global projects
Create a global baseline on sector concept definitions.