What an inspiring session! Thank you to everyone who joined our latest CSSBoost webinar on how social innovation can empower communities to embrace circular systemic solutions.
We explored:
✅ Creative ways to engage communities
✅ Tools to support a just and circular transition
✅ Lessons from local initiatives making a difference on the ground
Let’s keep the momentum going and continue to co-create circular, systemic solutions that work for people and the planet 🌍
Organised by “CSSBoost”
| While many businesses and European initiatives are continuously developing circular systemic solutions for boosting and reinforcing circular economy principles across Europe, their deployment and uptake among consumers and wider social groups must be addressed to achieve overall success and appropriate social acceptance. One of the main reasons behind slow progress in this transition is the fact that circular business models usually take place on a micro-level (individual firms), which limits their ability to realise the systemic implementation of circular economy principles that often span across firms, other stakeholders, or even entire cities and regions. This webinar will look at these challenges from two perspectives – the creation of solutions and business models on one side and their deployment and uptake on the other. It will bring together relevant and experienced researchers, practitioners, and solution developers in the field of social innovation, creating a diverse group of speakers. Thanks to the variety of experts, it will address the different perspectives and features in social innovations from several different points of view. A panel discussion will address the development of social innovation action plans and their deployment and application. Join us and gain insights from experts, projects, and cities leading systemic change through social innovation. Agenda: Opening words and introduction to the project Georgios Arampatzis, Technical University of Crete, Social innovation in CCRI projects Jan Wynarski, CCRI-CS, O Social innovation in the CSSboost project Cristina Barahona, Social CRM Research Center Leipzig; Marianthi Liapi, Konstantinos-Alketas Ouggrinis, Technical University of Crete, Panel discussion between CCRI projects with a strong social innovation feature Jaana Koivisto, City of Tampere, on behalf of the TREASoURcE project Ola Bakovska and Hannah Beisel, Circle Economy, on behalf of the SOLSTICE project Kaisa Sibelius, Forum Virium (on behalf of Helsinki Municipality) |