Common Good First Consortium Meeting in Alicante

From May 21^st to 23^rd the University of Alicante was host to a meeting of the Common Good First (CGF) consortium, receiving partners from South Africa, Scotland, Iceland, and Norway. With only 6 months remaining in the project, the meeting was crucial to prepare for the project final event, reviewing pending activities and deliverables and discussing the launch and sustainability of the digital platform and the digital storytelling labs.

During this time, the International Project Management Office (OGPI) of the University of Alicante, with the support of professors from the Máster Universitario en Innovación Social y Dinámicas de Cambio,  organized a round table “The Spanish & European perspective and Common Good First” with social innovators and entrepreneurs from around Alicante, as well as students, academics and the CGF partners.

The aim of the event was to present and discuss the situation of social innovation (education, support for social innovation projects and enterprises etc.) in Europe and South Africa, and to review the aims of the CGF project for social impact projects in Europe. Participating projects included:

• MOOCs for foster families
• Working with City Governments to improve social services
• Quality indicators, reports and users’ satisfaction for social services
• Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at FUNDEUN
• SEABELT
• SEN
• ARTEFACTOS
• Out of the Box

More information on the project website.