Collaboration and Funding Strategies for the National Competence Centres
We are pleased to invite you to the joint online workshop ‘Collaboration and Funding Strategies for National Competence Centres’ organised by the Community of Practice on Social Innovation with the National Competence Centres Working Group, which will take place online on Friday, 27 June 2025, from 9:00 to 12:50 (CEST).
The objectives of this event are to explore funding road map for the National Competence Centers and the different types of collaboration with ESF+ Managing Authorities to support Social Innovation.
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Agenda
| Time (CEST) | Topic and speaker |
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| 08:45 - 09:00 |
Technical Set-Up
Participants log-in through the link at least 15 minutes before the beginning of the event to test the tools and have the informal chat with other participants.
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| 09:00 - 09:05 |
Opening and Welcome
Lucrezia Ioannoni Fiore,
Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (EMPL), European Commission
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| 09:05 - 09:15 |
Introduction to the Event
Armelle Ledan,
Lead Thematic Expert of the Community of Practice on Social Innovation
Gorka Espiau,
Lead Thematic Expert of the National Competence Centres Working Group
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| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Funding of the National Competence Centres
Examples of NCC funding in different Member States - testimonials:
Filipe Almeida, Portugal Inovação Social, Portugal Zofia Komorowska and Kuba Wygnański, Shipyard Foundation, Poland Berta González Antón, State Secretary for Social Rights, Spain Followed by Q&A Gorka Espiau,
Lead Thematic Expert of the National Competence Centres Working Group
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Breakout Session facilitated by Thematic Experts
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| 10:30 - 10:50 |
Feedback from Breakout Session
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| 10:50 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Collaboration between the ESF+ Managing Authorities and the National Competence Centres to Support Social Innovation
Examples of collaborations in different Member States - testimonials:
Barbara Willsberger, L&R Social Research, Austria Anna Tengqvist, Forum for Social Innovation, Sweden Followed by Q&A Armelle Ledan,
Lead Thematic Expert of the Community of Practice on Social Innovation
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| 11:45 - 12:15 |
Breakout Session facilitated by Thematic Experts
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| 12:15 - 12:35 |
Feedback from Breakout Session
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| 12:35 - 12:50 |
Conclusions
Armelle Ledan,
Lead Thematic Expert of the Community of Practice on Social Innovation
Gorka Espiau,
Lead Thematic Expert of the National Competence Centres Working Group
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