This document provides an overview of the ChiC project and its activities to coordinate and promote the CAPSSI initiative. The key points are: 1. ChiC is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to strengthen the CAPSSI ecosystem by connecting related projects, promoting impact, and providing tools to grow social innovation. 2. Some of ChiC's main actions include developing promotional materials, knowledge sharing resources, best practices, and recommendations to define and assess impact. 3. Upcoming events coordinated by ChiC include a CAPSSI community workshop in September 2016 in Bratislava and the Digital Social Innovation Fair in February 2017 in Rome.

1. SIC
Support Action SIC
Network
of Networks
Digital
Social
Innovation
DG INSO:
New Forms of
Innovation
ChiC
CAPSSI Support Action
CAPSSI
Collective Awareness Platforms
for Sustainability and
Social Innovation
DG CONNECT:
ICT
SIC/DSI4EU and CAPSSI/ChiC

2. Coordinating high impact
for CAPSSI - ChIC
An overview of activities
Martin Potts, Martel Innovate
martin.potts@martel-innovate.com
26 September 2016

3. Coordinating high Impact for CAPSSI
CAPSSI
Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and
Social Innovation
• ChIC promoting CAPSSI for the whole CAPS community
• ChiC is an H2020 CAPSSI Coordination and Support Action
• Partners: Martel Innovate (Coordinator), T6 Ecosystem, Un. Of Thessaly
• Duration: 30 months (started in June 2016)
• Capitalising on achievements of previous & related projects/efforts
At the service of the whole CAPSSI ecosystem to strengthen it!

4. CAPSSI Ecosystem
22 new projects
from the 2nd Call

5. Main objectives
CONNECT
Establish Liaisons
with related
projects & initiatives
IMPACT
Coordinate & Promote
CAPSSI to empower
Digital Social
Innovation
BUILD
Provide the tools to
strengthen & grow
CAPSSI

6. ChiC 4 CAPSSI
ACTIONS
SERVICES
CONTENTS
TOOLS
Comm. & Diss.
Engagement
- Promo material
- Videos
- White papers
- CAPSSI Portal
- Social Media
- Community
workshops
- Communication hub
Knowledge Transfer,
Collab. Learning
- CAPSSI Book
- Tutorials
- Knowledge base
- Knowledge &
Learning Resources
- Digital Social
Innovation Fair
- Accelerator Booths
Defining Good
Practices
- Best practices
- Platforms
- Success Stories
- Methodological
Framework
- Catalogues
- Outputs Mapping
- Story telling
Synthesis &
Recommendations
- KPI/Benchmark
- Roadmap
- Policies
- Best practices
storytelling
- White paper
- Policy workshops
- Impact & Uptake
Assessment
Awareness Consideration Value Retention
Prospects
Leads
Innovators
Promoters
CAPSSI
Community

7. CAPSSI Highlights
• A communication and coordination community hub
• A common place for sharing resources, tools and ideas.
• Subscribe to the CAPSSI NEWS channel!
• CAPSSI Portal: www.capssi.eu
• Contact us at info@capssi.eu
• CAPSSI Community workshop, 28th September in Bratislava
• More details and information can be found at
https://capssi.eu/event/capssi-community-workshop/
• Registration is or free and still open, but few places left!!!
• Digital Social Innovation Fair 2017, 1-2 February in Rome
• REGISTRATION will be for FREE and OPEN soon!!!

8. CAPSSI Community Workshop
• Where
Arcadia Hotel
Bratislava (Slovakia)
• When
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
28th September 2016
• What
• Opportunities for networking with other CAPSSI projects but
• Map your projects’ needs in terms of knowledge and networking
• Discuss common challenges and exchange experience gained so far with
other active players in the community to foster collaborations

9. CAPS - Digital Innovation Fair 2017
• When
1-2 February 2017
• Where
Rome (Italy), exact location TBC
• What
• The DSI Fair 2017 will offer a rich program
featuring an international conference, focused
workshops, networking and hands-on sessions.
The line-up of top speakers includes experts and
practitioners, as well as policy makers and civil
society players.

10. Help us
spreading the
voice and
advertise the
event!!!

11. Thank you for your attention
capssi.eu
The ChiC project is funded by the EU and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education Research and Innovation. The views expressed are solely those of the presenter