Business and Innovation Centres Tools for Social Innovation David Tee Senior Consultant, EBN JIdFE 2012, Île-deFrance Europe Days 29 th November 2012, Brussels
EBN since 1984, a non-profit membership- driven organisation designed to support the Business and Innovation Centres in their mission a reference point for innovation, entrepreneurship, SMEs & regional development 150+ members accredited under the BIC Quality System a focus on supporting innovation of all types through incubation and internationalisation
BICs and Social Innovation many BICs are natural social innovators established in areas with social issues requiring economic regeneration significant public ownership raison d’être not commercial but to have a positive social impact 67% of income from public subsidies
Mixed Innovation not just focussed on technological innovation market innovation process innovation social innovation
IncubationEntrepreneurs Social Innovation Social Ventures Commercial Start-ups Social Incubation Social Enterprises A Possible Model
BIC Services
Soft-Landing Programme organisation of a network of Soft Landing “certified hubs” trustworthy providers of short term business support to BICs’ client companies visiting from elsewhere BIC company Example:
FP7-CDRP-2013-INCUBATORS Project that focuses on the development of a network of social innovation incubators Proposal development led by EBN Includes many key European SI players including PRICE Identify most effective methodologies for supporting SI within the incubation context
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