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This chapter illustrates via a piloted application how one of the five steps of the CASI Framework (CASI-F), which is designed for the management and assessment of sustainable innovation, can be applied to monitor policy developments. To this end, we reviewed 96 policy recommendations from CASI policy briefs concerning the Europe 2020 strategy, with a special focus on resource efficiency. The results show that CASI-F can provide a useful additional tool for analysing and reflecting on the outcomes of a policy watch. In particular, CASI-F provides opportunities to review how policy recommendations relate to policy levels and types of stakeholder. ; Non peer reviewed

Along the last decade, the key role of social innovation in providing answers to intricate and interdependent societal challenges has been an important issue in the literature, as well as in the political discourse. At the EU level, various flagship initiatives within the Europe 2020 strategy integrate and emphasize its potential contribution to the overarching objective of smart and inclusive growth. Yet, the literature on the impulse that social innovation may give to economic growth and, more specific, to innovation performance is rather scarce. In this paper, we attempt to look into the linkages between social innovation and economy, with emphasis on the contribution social innovation may have to higher general innovation performance at national level.

The Protocol for Socially Responsible Territory is the result of a local sustainability management experience, which has demonstrated the importance of public administration in social innovation. This article describes the process through which such protocol was obtained, its characteristics and its principles as well as the strengths that this protocol offers. The definition of Socially Responsible Territory (TSR) is presented as a contribution to the theoretical development of a new research area, whose prospects are favored by the potential practical effects on public and corporate alliances locally. This protocol offers competitive advantages to governments who are preparing to seize the opportunities from the Europe 2020 Strategy for Growth.

This article is a case study of Atlantic Philanthropies' work in Northern Ireland, where it supported three thematic intervention areas: aging; children and young people; and reconciliation and human rights. Atlantic, a limited-life foundation that has been making grants since 1982 in eight countries, will close down by 2020 and is engaged in an exit strategy. Atlantic's original funding approach involved supporting key nongovernmental organizations to drive and advocate for change; its work helped to support and consolidate the peace process in that country. Its exit strategy has involved a formal partnership arrangement with the Northern Ireland Assembly to take external interventions to scale and mainstream services previously funded through NGOs. This article draws on qualitative data gathered through interviews with key stakeholders — the funder, government officials, and NGOs — and considers the consequences of this approach for sustaining and mainstreaming policies and practices. It also offers both specific and general lessons on partnering with government as an exit strategy.

CommOCEAN is for communicators working in marine institutes, governmental bodies and NGO's, and marine scientists looking to develop skills in modern ocean science communication, wherever in the world they are working. The conference programme seeks to combine hands-on exercises in current science communication skills for disseminating ocean research and technology, with plenty of expertise-sharing, social interaction and fascinating marine science along the way. Dissemination, outreach and communication of scientific knowledge has never been more important in today's society, where social inclusion is an integral part of environmental protection and sustainable development. This is particularly true for the world of ocean research, a world that is largely hidden from our view, representing an added challenge to the communication of marine research. From its inception, the Ocean Literacy movement has advocated closer interaction between marine scientists, educators and other stakeholders (the public, policy-makers, private sector), and inspired new events and networks all over the world. CommOCEAN is a prime example of such an initiative. The conference, as the International Marine Science Communication Conference, was launched by the European Marine Board Communications Panel (EMBCP) and organised in the first instance by its Portuguese partners (CIIMAR, Ciencia Viva) in Porto in 2014. It focused on a target audience of young marine scientists and communicators wanting to be trained in science communication skills. The second event held in Bruges-Ostend was organized by (VLIZ, and UNESCO/IOC/IODE) and incorporated a 1-day training program in the InnovOcean facilities in Ostend. The third conference was held in Southampton, UK in 2018 organised by the NOC. Due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 4th conference took place as a virtual event online, hosted and organised by the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (Institute of Oceanology PAN, Poland).