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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Social Innovation in Rural Areas
University of Padova and Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza
You were introduced to a range of approaches for actioning social innovation initiatives as you explored the role of communities and society in innovation development. Using global case-studies, you have analysed new approaches proposed by 26 partners involved in the EU H2020 research project, SIMRA. You have explored the findings of the project, led by the project partners themselves.
3 weeks, 6 hours per week
Laura Secco
University of Padova
David Miller, Javier Sierra
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza
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Learning outcomes
- Develop critical understanding of the concept of social innovation and its influence on social, economic and environmental outcomes in rural areas
- Identify diverse roles of communities and civil society in the development of social innovation initiatives
- Improve awareness of the multiple applications of rural social innovation to support social well-being
- Explore a range of tools and methods to better support social innovation
- Develop competences for identifying, categorising and analysing cases of social innovation in Europe and non-European Mediterranean countries
- Classify factors that affect the development of social innovation in rural areas
- Assess social innovation through innovative techniques of evaluation
- Compare the policy contexts for social innovation in rural areas and their role in stimulating or constraining its development
Syllabus
1 - Introduction to Social Innovation
2 - Characteristics of social innovation in rural areas
3 - Social innovation in rural areas in practice
4 - Good practices and adaptive management in social innovation projects
5 - Methods to evaluate social innovation in rural areas
6 - Policy needs and policies for supporting social innovation in rural areas
Issued on 5th April 2020
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