European Community of Practice

Overview

A July highlight was the interesting visit to the Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation (NCSI) following a Steering Group meeting at the Centre. There was a slight increase in the number of people visiting the site in July with the event report of the visit to NCSI attracting the most visits. A survey to find out the innovation strategies was sent out and the plans for the European Open Days began.

Reflections and next steps
Given the uncertainty about the future of this CoP after December there was a positive air and significant activity and suggestions for activities. The number of people completing the survey was disappointing. Some next steps:

• Pay attention to the suggestions made by the working groups at the SG meeting;
• Continue with the policy of social reporting, attracting visitors to the site and keeping a memory of the work of this CoP.
• Resend the survey and interpret the results together in order to write a report about its implications.

For a copy of the full report, please see the attached documents.