European Community of Practice

Ton de Korte described the Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation (NSCI) with this powerpoint presentation.

In summary, the objectives of NSCI are:

• to gather & spread infomation (website & d-base:tools, best practices, collective labor agreements, books, articles & research
• to provide knowledge: courses, NCSI-academy, congresses
• actions: support or develop social innovative projects 

Their recommendations to a decision-maker would be:

• keep it simple
• emphasise the practical relevance rather than theoretical discussions

If you are interested in the NSCI you can also read about the Community of Practice visit to the centre earlier this year.

See how Ton defines social innovation in this video: