The Community of Practice on Innovation & Mainstreaming aims to widely share tools and practices that promote innovation in the European Social Fund (ESF) programs. It involves ESF managers and project leaders from Portugal, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Poland, and Spain. The community offers methods, tools, and practices related to promoting innovation and mainstreaming in ESF programs. Its activities include developing a website to share tools and practices, gathering innovation tools, and hosting events to share learning. Outcomes include recommendations to ensure innovation in ESF and an online toolkit of over 30 tools.

1. CoP Innovation & Mainstreaming Mission Members What do we offer? Our values Activities Outcomes Ana Vale, Portugal Open Days, October 2008

2. Mission The Community of Practice on Innovation & Mainstreaming is about the widespread sharing of tools and practices that promote innovation

3. Aims get to know the methods, tools and approaches that enable innovation and mainstreaming in ESF share different management practices & tools that promote innovation in ESF involve and mobilize ESF managers, their operators and projects leaders towards innovation and mainstreaming

4. Members Portugal Northern Ireland Belgium Flemish & French Poland Spain and any ESF Programme manager willing to promote innovation

5. What do we offer? Methods, tools, approaches and practices related to promoting innovation and mainstreaming in the ESF programmes.

6. Our values commited to learning proud of our practices enthusiastic to let people know

7. Activities Developing the site: http://innovation.esflive.eu/ Gathering tools & practices Sharing tools and learning with each other 2 events: Warsaw, Lisbon – 27th October

8. Outcomes Recommendations chart to ensure innovation & mainstreaming in ESF Tool kit: 30 tools already available Social reporting tool box