Project title: Region of Social innovations
Project acronym: ROSI
Programme: Interreg VI – A IPA Programme Croatia – Serbia 2021 - 2027
Lead Beneficiary: Open University Subotica Ltd.
Project Partners:
Vukovar Development Agency Ltd.
Provincial Secretariat for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government
Adult Education Institution Studium Vukovar
Total project budget: 350.326,88 EUR
Project implementation period: 01.07.2024 - 31.12.2025

Project description:

Project overall objective is creation of environment and supporting system for the development of social innovations in the cross-border region. It will respect existing resources and potentials of targeted areas and create systematic solutions for social innovations in CB region through creation of educational concept, development of Living Labs for social innovations, pools of actors supporting the social initiatives and online knowledge base tool for idea exchange and cooperation.

Project main outputs:

- Developed concept of education for social innovations including curriculum for the course, manual and video materials that can be used by educational institutions, employment services and business support institutions.
- Created pool of supporters of social innovations in 4 cities serving to complete and upgrade the work of Living Labs for all interested in social innovations - young adults, unemployed persons, NGOs.
- Development of two Living Labs in Subotica and Vukovar serving for education, idea generation, idea development, idea testing and mentoring for all actors interested in social innovations and mutual cooperation.
- Development of online platform for education, networking and cooperation in the field of social innovations for diverse CB stakeholders.