Genio hosted this seminar in Brussels on12 January 2023 which shared recently completed research and practical examples of how social innovations can scale across complex systems in Europe. The seminar drew on the expertise of senior EU and national leaders and featured key lessons from the Service Reform Fund, a €45m programme in Ireland, which involved the scaling of innovative, citizen-centred models of practice across complex social and health systems, using a combination of public and philanthropic funding.

Agenda & Speakers

• Welcome – Professor Brian MacCraith, Chair, Genio Trust.
• Opening address: The importance of scaling social innovation in Europe – a perspective from DG Research and Innovation – Signe Ratso, Acting Director-General of Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.
• Social Innovation and Public Policy - Alfonso Lara-Montero, Chief Executive, European Social Network
• Scaling Social Innovation in the public sector - the Irish experience - Bob Jordan, CEO Housing Agency, Joseph Doyle, National Lead Social Inclusion, Health Services Executive & Dr. John Healy, Deputy Executive Director, Genio
• Lessons from the research on scaling in complex systems – a programme of national social innovation scaling - Dr. Niamh Lally, Principal Investigator, Service Reform Fund, Genio
• Concluding remarks - Stefan Schäfers, Director of European & International Development, King Baudouin Foundation  
• Close Madeleine Clarke, Exeutive Director, Genio