jueves, 23 de diciembre de 2010
This is Social Innovation
viernes, 17 de diciembre de 2010
Urban Ecópolis
El proceso para la identificación de nuevas iniciativas sociales y económicas en la Zona Media de Navarra toca a su fin. Después de 7 meses de trabajo, hemos conseguido formular un proyecto denominado Urban Ecópolis que tendría 5 líneas de trabajo fundamentales: (1) Agricultura Urbana (2) Canales Cortos de Comercialización (3) Cluster de empresas medioambientales (4) Reciclaje de productos agrícolas no industriales y (5) Valorización del Patrimonio Agrícola.
jueves, 16 de diciembre de 2010
Will, you are a genius!
I recently landed by coincidence on Will Lark´s personal web site. Have a look because it is just incredible all the amazing work he has designed being so young. It is a privilege to have him here working with us in the Hiriko project.
miércoles, 15 de diciembre de 2010
SI Park in Budapest
Emerging Actors of Financial Markets. Considering Full Cost Recovery (FCR) for the enhancement of long term organizational sustainability. 13-14, January 2011.MagNet Community Bank, Budapest.
January 13, 2011:
9.00 – 9.15 Opening (Mr. Péter Pálvölgyi, executive director, DemNet Hungary; Mr. Filippo Addarri, executive director, EUCLID Network)
9.15 – 10.45 Overview on Hungarian civil society (sustainability, advocacy capacities, development concept)
Ms. Nilda Bullain, director, European Center for Not-for-profit Law (ECNL)
Mr. Péter Nizák, program leader, Open Society Institute
Mr. Tamás Scsaurszki, board member, Hungarian Donors Forum
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 Introduction to two research reports
Ms. Laura Tóth, researcher, NESsT – "How social enterprises can commit to sustainability of civil society and what are the obstacles to do so in Hungary? " (legal and fiscal environment of social enterprises in Hungary)
Ms. Barbara Erős, strategic program leader, DemNet Hungary – „Emerging actors, services, partnership models on the financial market” (relationship between civil society and financial market actors)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Mr. Gorka Espiau Idoiaga, Social Innovation Park, Spain (introduction to establishment, activities and operation of SIP)
Ms. Ewa Konczal, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public Central Europe, Poland (definition for social innovation, social venture capital, a model for social financing, Ashoka Fellows)
Mr. Áron Jakab, Fruit of Care, Hungary (introduction to establishment, activities and operation model of organization for employment of people with special needs)
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 - 16.45 Accessible financial services, alternative financial mechanisms, new forms of partnerships
Mr. Bruno Dunkel, general secretary, CoopEst, Belgium (introduction to international model)
Mr. Bernard Bayot, director, Network for Alternative Financing, Belgium (introduction to international model)
Mr. Gábor Winkler, director, Microcredit Bank Zrt, Hungary
Mr. Adam Szinai, Sustainability management and internal communication, Marketing and communication, CIB Bank (tbc)
16.45 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.00 Recommendations – primarily invited experts asked to share their ideas and reflections for recomendations
January 14, 2011.:
9.00 – 10.30 Social enterprises and their financing
Ms. Michele Rigby, Social Enterprise East of England, U.K.
Mr. Hugues Sibille, Mouves Avise Ides, Network of Social Entrepreneurs, France
Ms. Laura Tóth, research colleague, NESsT, Hungary
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 12.15 Social cooperatives and their financing
Mr. Jean-Philippe Poulnot, Cheque Déjeuner, France
Mr. Ákos Nyitrai, member of executive board, National Union of Social Cooperatives, Hungary
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 European financial regulation reform – what are the modifications expected, what is influencable?
Mr. Filippo Addarri, director, EUCLID Network
Ms. Nilda Bullain, director, European Center for Not-for-profit Law (ECNL)
14.30 – 15.00 Recommendations, reflections and closing
lunes, 29 de noviembre de 2010
Thank you Eli and John
Eli Malinsky, the international Ambassador of the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto was visiting Bilbao a couple of days ago. We had met in Singapore previously but he wanted to know more about the Social Innovation Park that DenokInn is promoting. He has written a very encouraging article about his stay among us. John Craig has also written an interesting piece at the Innovation Unit. Thank you all.
martes, 23 de noviembre de 2010
Innovación en Cuidados Paliativos
Charles Leadbeater acaba de publicar a través del Think Tank británico Demos, un estudio sobre la fase final de la vida que puede ser una auténtica revolución. Este trabajo demuestra la mejora de la calidad del servicio y el ahorro que se puede generar, desarrollando un sistema de cuidados especializados en el domicilio. En Euskadi, el Hospital San Juán de Dios es una referencia en este campo y el programa Saiatu está impulsando una nueva iniciativa con la misma filosofía.
Sorpresa en Business Global Conference
En opinión de Michael Schrage, el ponente estrella invitado por la SPRI al Business Global Conference, el coche eléctrico de fabricación vasca, Hiriko, es en la actualidad uno de los cinco proyectos más innovadores a nivel global. En este vídeo de Mikel Agirregabiría puedes encontrar toda la conferencia .
martes, 9 de noviembre de 2010
Churras y merinas
miércoles, 3 de noviembre de 2010
Chong Chan Yau
Estos días he tenido la oportunidad de volver a Hong Kong para estudiar con el gobierno de esta ciudad-estado la mejor manera de impulsar un proyecto piloto de Hiriko. Además de nuestros socios del MIT-Media Lab y The London School of Economics, hemos sumado a esta aventura a Carbon Care Asia. Esta entidad con base en Hong Kong está liderada por Chong Chan Yau, una persona de esas que merece la pena conocer. Además de trabajar en el gobierno de la ciudad y dirigir durante varios años OXFAM en esta parte del mundo, ahora es la cara visible de la lucha por la sostenibilidad y uno de los impulsores de Dialogue in The Dark.
martes, 19 de octubre de 2010
Huertas Urbanas
domingo, 3 de octubre de 2010
Social Innovation Park in Bilbao- SIX Summer School 2010
Social Innovation Park Bilbao Pecha Kucha- SIX and the City Summer School
viernes, 1 de octubre de 2010
Filippo in Bilbao
Filippo Addarii, the Director of Euclid Network has been visiting Bilbao this week. We are exploring the possibility of intensifying the collaboration between the Social Innovation Park and the European network of civil society professionals. This is a picture taken in Eutokia, the Bilbao hub that Innovalab and Denokinn and many other Basque social innovators are launching.
jueves, 23 de septiembre de 2010
Crazy Summer
I know, this blog hasn´t been updated in a very long time. The reason is simple, too much traveling. In early August, Hiriko was invited to present the prototype to Volkswagen Electric Mobility Team. A couple of weeks later, the FabLab annual conference was celebrated in Amsterdam and we were requested to present the Bermeo Fab Lab there . September has also started with a similar tune, an Hiriko delegation had as very promising meeting with the Hong Kong Government to explore potential areas of collaboration in the field of mobility on demand and we also participated in Singapore´s SIX summer school.
viernes, 20 de agosto de 2010
Thank you Louise
This is a very flattering post published by Louise Pulford, the coordinator of Social Innovation Exchange at the Young Foundation about the Social Innovation Park that DenokInn is promoting in Bilbao.
Basque Fab Lab as a case study
The International Network of Fab Labs, the Digital Fabrication Laboratories created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is celebrating their 6th annual conference in Amsterdam this week. There are already about 50 of this revolutionary laboratories around the world but Neil Gershenfeld decided to present our lab as a case study. You can find here all the information about this event.
lunes, 9 de agosto de 2010
Volkswagen likes Hiriko
Yesterday we were in Berlin invited by Volkswagen´s sister company Carmeq to present the Hiriko project to VW Senior Staff. As you can see in the picture, Dr. Volkmar Tannenberg, Volkswagen Executive Director of Electric and Electronic Development was really interested listening to Retro´s details about the car. Representatives of the big electric german companies and Stefan Gulas, the inventor of the incredible Erockit electric bike were also there. Thank you everybody.
martes, 20 de julio de 2010
New Fab Labs in Ireland
I was lucky to have the opportunity of visiting Belfast last week. The purpose of this trip was to explore the possibility of launching two new FabLabs in Northern Ireland. Pat Colgan, an old friend who serves as the Chief Executive of SEUPB (Special European Union Programmes Body) invited me and M.I.T. Professor Neil Gershenfeld to explore with local partners the possibility of applying innovation to bring divided communities together. They think that our Fab Lab in Bermeo can be an inspiring example for implementing peace building programmes innovatively.
martes, 6 de julio de 2010
Nuevos nichos para la innovación
lunes, 5 de julio de 2010
Hiriko in Brussels and Amsterdam
I had the opportunity to watch Holland beating Brazil in Amsterdam last week. As you can see in the picture,there was a great atmosphere in the city after such a big surprise. We had been in Brussels that morning presenting the Hiriko project to a delegation of 50 ABN-AMRO private wealth investors.
lunes, 28 de junio de 2010
In Istanbul with BMW Foundation
Last weekend I had the priviledge to be invited by the BMW Foundation to their 3rd European Young Leaders Forum.
lunes, 21 de junio de 2010
martes, 15 de junio de 2010
Agur eta ohore Professor
William J. Mitchell, the former dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning, who pioneered urban designs for networked, "smart" cities and helped oversee an ambitious building program that transformed MIT's physical campus, died on June 11 after a long battle with cancer. He was 65.
Mitchell was considered one of the world's leading urban theorists. Through the work of his Smart Cities research group at the MIT Media Lab, he pioneered new approaches to integrating design and technology to make cities more responsive to their citizens and more efficient in their use of resources. He likened tomorrow's cities to living organisms or very-large-scale robots, with nervous systems that enable them to sense changes in the needs of their inhabitants and external conditions, and respond to these needs. A major portion of this new urban infrastructure focused on revamping urban transportation as we know it, and included the development of the CityCar, a light-weight, electric, shared vehicle that folds and stacks like supermarket shopping carts at convenient locations and has all essential mechanical systems housed in the car's wheels. This is the origin of Hiriko, the city car that will be fabricated in the Basque region
viernes, 11 de junio de 2010
Filippo´s thoughts
Dear friends,
I'm flying back from Budapest where I've spent the last 3 days working with our member Barbara Erös of DemNet (Network for Democracy) and group of contacts developing joint actions in the next 18 months. Hungary will hold the European Presidency next year. The Hungarian group inspired me a reflection I would like to share with all of you. It might be interesting for next week discussion.
In 2008 Euclid Network made its entrance in Hungary running a large conference like the one in Madrid. Our partner was the third largest bank in the country but we didn't have any strong partnership with NGOs. It was a success but without follow-up. The network didn't develop at all in the country until we recently identified Barbara as our local champion. Since then she and her organisation DemNet have gathered a group of civil society/social economy leaders keen on exchanging with peers across borders and has facilitated the communication between the European network and the national group. Today the Hungarians are fully on board in European projects and the Euclid working group is a source of innovation in the country.
In our experince Euclid Network can be effective only if it develops a strong partnership with a local organisation. The local partner - an individual or organisation - coordinates members in the country and facilitates the flow of information, contacts and opportunities between the European and national levels. The members provide inputs, ideas and take part in specific initiatives.I hope next week meeting will help identify the partner and group of members to activate an effective collaboration with the European network and all its members. It would also useful to clarify which areas are of most interest for participants.
Together we can replicate the Hungarian story in Spain! See you next week.
Filippo
jueves, 10 de junio de 2010
El primer coche eléctrico Hiriko, comprado en una subasta benéfica en Londres
Un empresario escocés ha adquirido en una subasta benéfica en Londres un prototipo a escala del coche eléctrico "Hiriko" que se desarrolla en el Parque Tecnológico de Álava y que se prevé comercializar dentro de dos años.Según han informado hoy a Efe los promotores de esta iniciativa, un empresario escocés, Ian Watson, ha comprado por 7.000 libras esterlinas, unos 8.400 euros, el prototipo de Hiriko en una subasta dedicada a la fundación benéfica Príncipe Carlos.
Representantes del grupo empresarial vasco que desarrolla este modelo junto al Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts (MIT) han acudido a esta subasta con un prototipo a escala 1:2, es decir la mitad del tamaño que se fabricará, invitados por la organización. Los responsables de Hiriko, Carlos Fernández Isoird e Iñigo Antia, junto al ingeniero William Lark, han acudido a esta subasta anual, que en esta ocasión se ha dedicado a las energías renovables y la sostenibilidad.
En total se subastaron 18 lotes entre representantes de familias empresariales y financieras británicas, así como banqueros de origen ruso, y se recaudaron 30.000 libras, por lo que el coche Hiriko fue por el que más dinero se pagó.Los representantes de Hiriko aprovecharon esta subasta para presentar su presentar su proyecto y contactar con los responsables de la futura franquicia del taller de montaje en Londres.
Hiriko es un coche eléctrico urbano que, por su alto grado de simplificación, se puede desarrollar con un sistema pionero de fabricación. Se trata de un biplaza eléctrico de reducidas dimensiones que podrá alcanzar los 50 kilómetros por hora, con una autonomía de 120 kilómetros y cuyas baterías se podrán recargar en 12 minutos. El nuevo vehículo no requerirá de cadena de montaje como los coches tradicionales, sino que sus siete módulos se podrán ensamblar en cualquier planta con franquicia del mundo. Además de cuatro ruedas direccionales, el vehículo se recogerá a la hora de aparcar y en el espacio donde entra un utilitario tradicional entrarán tres de este modelo.Los promotores calculan que el primer prototipo estará listo el próximo año y su precio de venta al público podría rondar los 9.000 euros.
viernes, 4 de junio de 2010
Esto es innovación abierta
El concepto de innovación abierta está de moda. Los que la practican, la definen como la innovación que busca enriquecerse con el conocimiento de los demás, allá donde se encuentre. El riesgo se encuentra en perder la propia personalidad. Muy cerca de casa, en Tafalla, hemos encontrado un ejemplo real de innovación abierta y con raíces.
La Asociación de Empresarios de la Zona Media de Navarra acaba de lanzar un proceso de innovación abierta para la identificación de nuevas oportunidades de desarrollo en la Zona Media con la colaboración de DenokInn. El Observatorio Navarro de Empleo, a través de la CEN, subvenciona este proyecto en el que participan cerca de 20 representantes sociales, económicos y políticos de la Comarca. La novedad más importante se encuentra en la cantidad y calidad de sectores e instituciones representadas. Y es que más de veinte representantes de la política, la sociedad, la economía y la cultura de la comarca participarán hasta el próximo mes de noviembre en este proceso que busca identificar y definir participativamente nuevas oportunidades de desarrollo social, económico y cultural para la Zona Media de Navarra aunando diferentes voluntades y entidades. Pocas veces encontramos un compromiso con la innovación tan concreto y plural plural de los agentes económicos y sociales de un territorio.
En este proceso participan los alcaldes y alcaldesas de Tafalla, Sangüesa, Caparroso y Puente la Reina, así como del Consorcio de Desarrollo de la Zona Media. Entre las empresas destacan Schneider Electric, Alpi Sistemas, Logistic Biotrans, Galar, Valsay, Javier Olagüe, Marcilla, Nexo, Bodegas Neceas y Frisa. Junto a ellos, representantes sindicales, las entidades sociales más representativas e incluso medios de comunicación locales.viernes, 21 de mayo de 2010
Hiriko in Berlin
On 27 May 2010 the Hiriko City Car, a foldable electric vehicle will be presented to the press in Germany for the first time. The fully-functional prototype will only be presented in Germany on this date. InnoZ, jointly with its partners LSE Enterprise, the knowledge transfer and advisory platform of the London School of Economics and the EUREF Institute Berlin, is advising the Hiriko consortium with regard to the testing and market entry of the Hiriko car in Germany.
miércoles, 12 de mayo de 2010
DenokInn colabora con la Comisión Europea
El pasado lunes se presentó en Madrid el primer concurso para identificar los 10 proyectos socialmente más innovadores de Europa. Se trata de una iniciativa liderada por las redes de innovación social más importantes de Europa, Euclid Network y Social Innovation Exchange en colaboración con la Comisión Europea. Lo más interesante de todo es que las entidades seleccionadas por la Comisión Europea participarán en un proyecto de “identificación de nuevas oportunidades a gran escala” ubicado en el nuevo parque de Innovación Social de Bizkaia impulsado por Denokinn. Os iré dando toda la información en cuanto me pasen las bases del concurso.
This is European Social Innovation
Following the idea of visualizing what social innovation is and promote it across Europe, the European Commission in collaboration with SIX, Euclid Network and other social innovation networks will identify 10 large scale successful social innovation initiatives which represent the great potential for employment and sustainable development in times of recession. The competition will be called "This is European Social Innovation". I will keep you informed.
viernes, 7 de mayo de 2010
martes, 27 de abril de 2010
Diferencias entre la innovación social americana y la europea.
Hiriko en el Grupo Noticias
miércoles, 21 de abril de 2010
Good session in Brussels
At the roundtable “Innovation in Funding the third sector and social economy”, organised by Euclid Network (EN) and hosted at the European Parliament by Patrizia Toia MEP, around 30 people among European third sector leaders, MEPs and European officials, gathered together to productively and innovatively discuss the topic of funding for the third sector. Daria Serani, on behalf of Toia MEP, together with Filippo Addarii, Euclid Network, chaired the event.
Daria Serani underlined the importance of civil society and third sector, referring to European Parliament resolution on Social Economy (February 2009), better known as “Toia report”.“Promoting a culture of social innovation and sustainable funding in the third sector and better collaboration with European Institutions are the drivers for EN”, Filippo Addarii, Executive Director of Euclid Network, stressed. The financial crisis has confirmed the need for a new economic model in which the third sector is a leading force together with the other sectors. To rise up to the challenge the sector has to invest in its capacity and develop new income streams to tackle social problems. The EU has to recognized such a role and support it.
A good example of a good practice. The social Innovation Park.
Social leaders have a long tradition of collaborative projects but a business park fully dedicated to social innovation has never been experienced in Europe. The Social Innovation Park (SI Park) is a pioneering initiative promoted by DenokInn, the Basque Centre for Social and Corporate Innovation, aiming to provide the best environment for social leaders and institutions to cooperate, learn from each other and to build new initiatives.
The Social Innovation Park (SI Park) will host in the greater Bilbao area of Northern Spain consolidated third sector initiatives and emerging innovation projects aiming to create the new “Social Silicon Valley”. All of them will benefit from the new resources incorporated to this initiative: the Social Innovation Laboratory (G-Lab), the Social Innovation Academy and the Social Enterprise Generator. SI Park will offer international entities working on this field a unique opportunity to be present in one of the most innovative experiences connected to social enterprising.
The Social Innovation Park will start operating in June 2010, covering initially 72.000 squared meters, and more than 50 entities (NGOs, think tanks, living labs) and companies will be established. This project is supported by national and local authorities with an initial budget of 6 million Euros.
miércoles, 7 de abril de 2010
DenokInn in Brussels
Innovation in funding the third sector and social economyRoundtable hosted by Patrizia Toia MEPOrganized by: Euclid NetworkIn partnership with: Association of Charity Lotteries in the European Union14 April, European Parliament, BrusselsAltiero Spinelli BuildingRoom: ASP 5G30515:00 – 17:00
The third sector/social economy can be a source of growth, employment and innovation for the European Union but its potential has to be freed with appropriate incentives and social investments.This roundtable will explore innovative ways to fund the sector, bringing about pragmatic solutions through connecting third sector leaders and stakeholders and ensuring that the sector is in the driving seat of the European project starting with the framework of Europe 2020. Four case-studies will be presented and discussed:
- Social Innovation Park
- Charity Lottery
- Social Stock Exchange
- Social European Bank
The roundtable will be an interactive and stimulating event using case-studies and bringing together civil society leaders from across Europe, MEPs and European officials.The roundtable is by invitation only and will involve 30 people to ensure an open and productive discussion.This is a pilot event and if is successful we would like to replicate and widen the audience in the future.For further information on the event and to RSVP, please contact Mr. Filippo Addarii, filippo.addarii@euclidnetwork.eu or at +44 7939129249.
martes, 30 de marzo de 2010
Telepresence conference on Social Innovation
Euclid Network (EN) in partnership with the Young Foundation, Social Innovation eXchange (SIX) and Cisco will be running a telepresence event on social innovation. Cisco telepresence creates a live, face-to-face communication experience helping people to meet and share ideas across borders. Using some of the most sophisticated teleconference technology, the event will bring together 5 social innovators from 6 capitals - Paris, London, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid and Brussels - to share their successful stories. European officials will also be in attendence. This is a pilot event and further similar events may be organised if this one is successful.
The event will take place 9 April 15:00 - 17:00 and DenokInn will be the coordinator of the Madrid team.