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About us

Vision

We envision a social and ecological reorganization of our economy and society, in order to address the many societal challenges and to create an inclusive and just society on a level playing field.

mission

We are working towards the development of the best possible framework conditions for Social Innovation to flourish. We support national and international Social Innovation actors to implement and establish innovative ideas.

Goals

The main focus of the Competence Centre for Social Innovation is to enhance the conditions for the promotion of civil innovation processes. To achieve this, we are working on many levels.

Advocacy

Establish social innovation as key component of the national innovation politics ​
Sensitise civil society to social innovation and raise awareness of its potential and important role in society

Analyse The Ecosystem

European Social Entrepreneurship Monitor
Evaluation of national and transnational experiences
Best-practice analyses

Capacity Building

Consult and coach desicion makers
Promote & develop finance structures of social innovation from both EaSI Programme and the ESF

Strategy

Write Policy Papers
Write national social innovation strategy
Develop financing concepts

Transnational Activities

Regular transfer and exchange of knowledge and experiences
Transnational action workshops
Transnational conferences and symposia


Team

The Competence Centre for Social Innovation Germany is a joint project of SEND e.V., PHINEO gAG, FASE GmbH, Technical University Dortmund, Diakonisches Werk Schleswig-Holstein with the affiliated partners Ashoka Germany, Centre for Social Investment, Institute for Work and Technology, Ministry for Economics, Labour and Energy of the Federal State of Brandenburg with the lead Partner Social Impact gGmbH.

Norbert Kunz
- Social Impact -
project leader
Strategy & ESF-Management
kunz@socialimpact.eu

Florian Birk
- Social Impact -
project manager
birk@socialimpact.eu

Héline Dedier
- Social Impact -
project assistant
dedier@socialimpact.eu

Lina Rieth
- Social Impact -
communications management
rieth@socialimpact.eu

Dr. Christoph Kaletka
- TU Dortmund -
Social Innovation Ecosystem & Transnational Activities
christoph.kaletka@tu-dortmund.de

Dr. Grit Kühne
- Diakonie Schleswig-Holstein -
Welfare
g.kuehne@diakonie-sh.de

Katrin Elsemann
- SEND e.V. -
Advocacy
katrin.elsemann@send-ev.de

Dr. Markus Freiburg
- FASE -
Impact Financing
mfreiburg@fa-se.de

Odin Mühlenbein
- Ashoka -
Systemic Change
omuehlenbein@ashoka.org

Young-jin Choi
- Phineo -
Impact measurement
young-jin.choi@phineo.org

Dr. Volker Offermann
- Ministry of Economics, Labour and Energy of the Federal State of Brandenburg -
Start-ups & Social Innovation in Brandenburg
volker.offermann@mwae.brandenburg.de

Dr. Judith Terstriep
- Institute for Work and Technology -
Social Innovation Measurement
terstriep@iat.eu

The Competence Centre for Social Innovation Germany is a joint project of von Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland e.V., PHINEO gAG, FASE GmbH, Technical University Dortmund, Diakonisches Werk Schleswig-Holstein with the project lead partner Social Impact gGmbH and is funded by the European Commission via the European Social Fund and the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation.