03 May Grass­roots Radio at the work­shop on dig­i­tal social inno­va­tion

Fri­day April 26th a high lev­el work­shop titled The road ahead for dig­i­tal social inno­va­tion: How can the EU sup­port tech as a force for empow­er­ment and social impact? took place in Brus­sels, orga­nized by the glob­al inno­va­tion foun­da­tion Nes­ta, as part of the dig­i­tal social inno­va­tion (DSI4EU) project.

AMARC Europe attend­ed this pol­i­cy work­shop as part­ner of the Grass­roots Radio project. The event involved sev­er­al Col­lec­tive Aware­ness Plat­forms for Sus­tain­abil­i­ty & Social Inno­va­tion (CAPSSI) projects like Grass­roots Radio. It explored how the Euro­pean insti­tu­tions can sup­port Dig­i­tal Social Inno­va­tion (DSI) and cre­ate a future where tech­nol­o­gy empow­ers cit­i­zens to tack­le our biggest social and envi­ron­men­tal chal­lenges.

After a series of short DSI suc­cess sto­ries, EU offi­cials brought the vision of the EU Com­mis­sion. An inter­dis­ci­pli­nary approach to social inno­va­tion is strong­ly need­ed and IT can offer unprece­dent­ed oppor­tu­ni­ties to con­nect peo­ple and rein­force the social aspect of inno­va­tion.