Social Innovation Policies with the Involvement of Social Economy Organizations. Survey Evidence from European Countries.

In this paper, we investigate significant social innovation policies (related to the concept of social investment) involving the role of Social Economy organizations, and we discuss some relevant national and regional social innovation experiences by relying upon the current national and international literature, reports and website information. The Working Paper is organized as follows. Section 1 is dedicated to briefly analyze the term “Social Innovation”. In Section 2, we investigate significant social innovation experiences involving the role of Social Economy organizations. We will carry out this analysis by reporting and rephrasing the answers to Question Q6 of the Template as given by the Academic Partners of the Innosi Project and to some email correspondence; and, whenever possible, by further analyzing in greater details some national social innovation experiences by relying upon the current national and international literature, reports and website information. In Section 3 we advance some concluding remarks.