Center for Social Innovation (CIS) Node that articulates actors in order to generate innovative, pertinent, sustainable and scalable solutions to improve the quality of life of the population living in extreme poverty in Colombia.

1. Center for Social Innovation
National Agency to Overcome Extreme
Poverty ANSPE
March 6th 2014

3. Dimensions – Red Unidos

4. Node that articulates actors in order to generate innovative, pertinent, sustainable and scalable
solutions to improve the quality of life of the population living in extreme poverty in Colombia.
Center for Social Innovation (CIS)
Social Innovation: solution (product, service, practice or management model)
Innovative
Tested
Sustainable
Cost-Efficient
Greater impact on families in extreme poverty

5. Source: Revista Semana Sostenible-Edición mayo 2013
Center for Social Innovation

6. This is what we do

7. Social Innovation Projects

8. Social Innovation Projects
Participatory
Social Innovation
Open Social
Innovation
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9. SI Project Footprint
Working with over 2,700 families in 34 Projects
Housing
Nutrition
Income/Employment.
Families
400
Size of bubble
= families
Map Legend
Regions
with S.I.
Projects
• 50% located in the Atlantic Coast
• 21% in Antioquia & Coffee Zone
• 21% Central
• 7% South
Located in
44%
32%
26%
15%
12%
6% 3%0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
%ofCISProjectsperDimension

10. Participatory Social Innovations
Atlántico
620 Families
• Parque Saco Recicla
• Home Vegetable
Gardens
• Solid Waste
Management
• Clothing association
Arjona, Bolivar
30 women
40 children
Puebloviejo, Magdalena
60 women
Differentiated and gender-
sensitive approach
Social Businesses
Sabanalarga, Atlántico
60 Families
Participatory Rural
Innovation
Antioquia
221 Families
Water Filters
Chia. Cundinamarca
175 families
240 Children
Children as Changing
Agents
El Morro, Casanarel
190 families

11. Open Social Innovations
Putumayo: 104 families
Risaralda: 139 families
La Guajira: 311 families
Arjona, Bolivar
Cundinamarca
Innovative Solutions for
housing improvements
Valle del Cauca
Income Generation
“100 mil viviendas”
Government Programme
Platforms and
applications to contribute
to the improvement of the
quality of life of people
who live in extreme
poverty
Antioquia
Food Security through the
use of food in high level
of maturity
Popayán, Cauca
Solutions to improve the
quality of the milk
produced by farmers.

12. Knowledge Management
Promotion and
Dissemination of SI

13. Hilando: mapping innovation and articulating
networks on Social Innovation
The aim is to identify actors and
initiatives on social innovation to
improve the quality of life of
vulnerable families, and to expand
and strengthen the social innovation
community of actors.
www.hilando.gov.co

14. Hilando: mapping innovation and articulating
networks on Social Innovation

15. Research
Through innovative methodologies we ensure the appropriate identification of
challenges and the co-creation of the solutions with the community. We
recognized that communities are an invaluable source of knowledge and
agents of their own change.

16. Partnerships with Academia
This partnerships are fundamental to promote, disseminate and strengthen
social innovation, generating a favorable environment for social innovation.
Desing students work on innovative solutions to specific challenges,
developing a participative process, and co-creating those solutions with the
families.

17. Social Technologies
Social Technologies are
fundamental to:
Connect actors, share information
and create solutions collectively.
Increase awareness regarding
social innovation.
Improve synergies between
government and different actors.

18. Public Policy

19. www.politicadeinnovacionsocial.co
Social Innovation Node

20. East Node
• Santander
• Norte de Santander
Caribbean
Node
• Atlántico
• Bolívar
• Guajira
• Magdalena
South West Node
• Valle del Cauca
• Cauca
• Nariño
• Choco
Antioquia Node
Center Node
• Cundinamarca
• Boyacá
• Tolima
Coffee Zone Node
• Caldas
• Quindío
• Risaralda
Regional Nodes

21. Thanks!
@CisColombia
@ANSPExtrema
www.facebook.com/centrodeinnovacionsocial
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