NEST: co-creating a new form of governance in societal transition for healthy living
The NEST Innovation Alliance co-creates a new form of social innovation ecosystem that acts as a sustainable vehicle for societal transitions and increased capacity in knowledge creation towards healthy living. Our aim is to empower local communities to thrive with social innovation towards a healthy society.
Health is a fundamental right. And therefore, healthy living is of high priority on the EU agenda. Yet, it is a complex challenge that requires to break up the fragmented health sector. Because, to achieve health for all, aligned co-operation is vital, both at systemic and individual levels.
Learning questions
Ten partners from six countries plus one European network partner from higher education, VET, research, and business pick up two main learning questions: How to position and organise a social innovation ecosystem sustainably into long term societal transitions? And how to grow and maintain knowledge and collective agency of the diverse healthy living stakeholders in social innovation ecosystems?
International communities of practice
To answer them, we implement four international communities of practice on a) social business development, b) engaged community science, c) reflexive monitoring, and d) knowledge creation. With it, we learn about appropriate governance and leadership structures, about building engagement and capacity towards sustaining, and about innovative solutions for transformative learning.
Social innovation ecosystem for healthy living (SIEHL)
It leads to a blueprint of a Social Innovation Ecosystem for Healthy Living (SIEHL) with effective governance and sustainable implementation strategies, plus educational courses to empower change agents. A unique feature is that we dock our learning in SIEHL with existing educational structures.
This leads to greater capacity of education institutes to co-create with socio-economic stakeholders towards a quintuple helix. Ultimately leading to more innovative and sustainable solutions for healthy living in local communities, and a healthier and more resilient society in Europe.
Work packages
The project comes in 10 work packages. Every Work package is coordinated by two international stakeholders.
Artevelde University of Applied Sciences has a particular expertise in hybrid project evaluation and as a university embedded in local Community of practice.
Work packages related to monitor the process of the project
- WP1: Project management, administration and integrated quality management
- WP 2: Hybrid project evaluation with ICOP impact assessment and benchmarking
- WP 10: Project impact management with dissemination, exploitation and sustainability
Work packages related to social innovation
- WP 3: Social innovation readiness for ICOP implementation
- WP 4: Social Business Development
- WP 5: Engaged Community Science
- WP 6: Reflective monitoring
- WP 7: Knowledge creation
- WP 8: New Governance in Societal Transition for Health Living – Social Innovation Ecosystem framing
- WP 9: New Governance in Societal Transition for Health Living – Educational systems
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