15th July 2025, 14.00-15.30 CEST
To participate in the webinar, please register here: 
https://tu-dortmund.zoom.us/meeting/register/q8iV_9FZS7eb1wKQXJMopw

In the past decades, the European Union has played a pioneering role in promoting social innovation and establishing better framework conditions for its co-creation and diffusion. Programmes such as Horizon (including the EU missions) and ESF (including the EaSI strand) have enabled research activities and the practical implementation of social innovations. Networks were made possible with COST. There are also numerous examples in other European programmes and the successes have been visible through the dissemination and establishment of new concepts for the (co-)creation and frameworks of innovation in general and social innovation inparticular, such as Industry 5.0 or Living Labs. A strong, cross-sector community has emerged and become visible.

In times of new and still unsolved social and political, as well as continuing ecological challenges, the new multi-annual financial framework is now just around the corner. This gives us the opportunity to look at the status quo and future opportunities. In the webinar, 5 renown international experts will delve deep into single programmes and practice fields to provide a detailed overview and facilitate subsequent in-depth discussions:

Agenda (14:00-15:30 CEST)

European Programmes:
1. Horizon Europe (Christoph Kaletka, TU Dortmund University)
2. Social Innovation Networks (Cost, Missions) - Klaus Schuch (ZSI)
3. Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) / European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) programme – Barbara Glinsner (ZSI)

Practice fields:
4. Living Labs – Toni Caro (eoh for good)
5. Social Innovation in Industry – Antonius Schröder (TU Dortmund University)