The revised website of the EU funded capacity building project SUSWELL is online.

SUSWELL establishes local communities of practice in Kosovo and Russia to build capacity through social innovation. It aims to improve and sustain health and well-being at community level in Pristina, Gjakova, Perm, St. Petersburg and Belgorod.

The project objectives are to build increased institutional capacity of higher education institutes, enhanced individual capacity of (future) health and well-being professionals, and greater social capacity in the respective local communities.

Other than traditional health initiatives, the SUSWELL consortium recognises the need for interaction of stakeholders across systems, professions and disciplines.

The initiative is composed of nine higher education institutes and six social stakeholder organisations from seven European countries that are embracing the complexity of health systems and accepting the need of co-creation to allow for social change.

SUSWELL is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

NEXT YANUZ WEBINAR

Establish and embrace, with and for the community – An inspiring common long-term goal 

Jos van Kempen

14 October 2021 I 15:00 to 17:00 CET I Free of Charge

You are cordially invited to attend our webinar on 14th of October. This seminar is the sixth of a series in which we discuss our 11 guiding principles for social innovation.

The webinar will focus on the principle: ‘Establishing and embracing, with and for the community, an inspiring common long-term goal’.

In social innovation, people work on pressing challenges to create true value for society. In order to ensure commitment and continued support from all actors, for this often long-term process, it pays off to take the time upfront to discuss shared values, dreams and agree upon a ‘societal mission’ which resonates with everyone, creates a sense of urgency and purpose and is ethical. In working towards the mission, often smaller goals are developed. The dynamics of the process, in which constant alignment is taking place between activities and goals as well as individual and collective values and needs, can lead to refining and redefining the common goal. 

Jos Kempen will introduce us to this topic and then guide us in an exercise to expand our imaginations. Often when thinking about a desired future we let ourselves be limited by the current system and its limitations. Jos will teach us how to avoid those pitfalls and ensure we harvest our most creative and innovative ideas.  

To get the most out of this exercise, it would be really useful to bring in your own cases as well as your fellow ecosystem stakeholders!

We hope you join us for another inspiring meet up!

Where?

The platform that will be used is Teams. You can join the webinar by clicking this link. 

When and what time?

The seminar is on the 14th of October. We start at 3PM CET. 

How to prepare?

On Yanuz you can find an introduction to our Guiding Principles.

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3. Social innovators use technology as an enabler and equalizer

4. The funding of social innovators needs to evolve

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