EVENTS – INNOVATING SOCIAL INNOVATION

State of the Art Workshop for organisations working with marginalised young people

The ISI programme in a nutshell

ISI integrates a range of research projects that have been carried out over the past five years under various European Union initiatives and presents and applies the results in interactive workshops.

Format and content of the programme

The ISI programme is delivered in interactive workshops. The first workshop will be delivered on Wednesday 12th November, 2014. This workshop focuses on three key themes:

Theme 1 – ‘Navigating the Landscape’. The focus of this theme is on immersion in the current state of the art in social innovation for marginalised young people. Presentations will review theory and practice in the field; good practice case examples of social innovation; key findings and key messages from the evidence base. Small group interactive sessions will engage participants in applying the results to their own practices.
Theme 2 – ‘What works?’ The focus of this theme is on success factors, barriers to success and impacts assessment. A presentation will identify what works under which conditions, drawing on the learning from good practice cases and will review methods and techniques used in evaluating social innovation. Small group interactive sessions will engage participants in applying the results to improve their own service delivery and evaluation approaches.
Theme 3 – ‘Developing Organisational Intelligence’. The focus of this theme is on supporting organisational innovation in the field of services for marginalised young people. Presentations will cover the ‘IGUANA’ organisational innovation approach. Small group interactive sessions will engage participants in applying the IGUANA organisational intelligence self-assessment tools to identify ways in which their organisations can further develop their innovation capacity.

Additional workshops, based on the preferences expressed by participants in the first workshop, will be delivered if required.

The ISI workshop is free of charge. The programme is funded under the EC ‘Prevention of Crime’ programme.

The kick off workshop has been re-scheduled and will now run on Monday 15th December at the Tavistock Institute, 30 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4UE. It starts with a buffet lunch at 1 pm and finishes at 5.30 pm.

If you would like to attend please contact Dr Joe Cullen, the SME City UK project Director, by e-mail or use the contact page on this site.

To find out more about the SME City project in general, visit the EU web-site at

http://sharemycity.org/progetto.php

Click below for a full workshop outline

ISI workshop outline