European Community of Practice

Overview
November saw the lead up to the closing EQUAL event in December and the closing activities for CoPIM. Work was also done on the recommendations to ESF decision-makers for social innovation (http://innovation.esflive.eu/node/760) and social reporting toolbox. There were also preparations for the social reporting of the final EQUAL event.

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Reflections and next steps

(for the full report, please see the attachments)

Overview

October saw two major events - the EU Open Day workshop and the Lisbon workshop. There was also a Steering Group meeting for preparing recommendations for ESF decision-makers.

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Overview

Activity picked up in September in preparation for the Lisbon workshop, EU Open Days and Steering Group meeting which will all take place in October.

Reflections and next steps...

Overview

August was generally a quiet month. The registration process and preparations were made for the Lisbon seminar. A social reporting plan started in preparation for the CoPIM events in Lisbon and Brussels, leading up to their presentation at the EQUAL event “Powering a new future” in Lisbon in December. Preparations for the next Steering Group meeting to take place in Brussels before the EU Open Days.

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.

Overview
June was a transition month between a cycle of activities that have been extended until December. A survey about the impact of the Warsaw seminar was written and sent to members to complete online. Preparations began for the next steering group meeting and visit to the Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation.

Conclusions and Next Steps

The principal activity in April was the Warsaw seminar which took place at the beginning of the month.

Recommendations

The Innovation Mainstreaming CoP is nearing the end of a cycle and the beginning of another. This would be a good moment to review the domain, community and practices, including such questions as:

Overview

March was a month of preparation for the seminar and Warsaw, with weekly telephone conferences being an important and emerging practice for preparing events. There was an increase in tools and in the organisation of tools into domains....

Recommendations/next steps

February began with a productive Steering Group meeting on the 1st day of the month at Racine in Paris. Preparations for the seminar in Warsaw were underway in the google group, a telephone conference and the opening of a group in Polish.

For the full report, see the attached document.

Overview

During December there was a face-to-face meeting for facilitators in Lisbon and a face-to-face meeting in Brussels for the Steering Group. Most of the activity, both for facilitators and steering group members appears to take place in face-to-face meetings and encounters.

Conclusions and Recommendations
Visits to the online space were down in December compared to November, which is what you might expect over Christmas. In the meantime there are some issues to be considered: