Center for Social Innovation

National Agency to Overcome Extreme

Poverty ANSPE

March 6th 2014

Dimensions – Red Unidos

Node that articulates actors in order to generate innovative, pertinent, sustainable and scalable

solutions to improve the quality of life of the population living in extreme poverty in Colombia.

Center for Social Innovation (CIS)

Social Innovation: solution (product, service, practice or management model)

Innovative

Tested

Sustainable

Cost-Efficient

Greater impact on families in extreme poverty

Source: Revista Semana Sostenible-Edición mayo 2013

Center for Social Innovation

This is what we do

Social Innovation Projects

Social Innovation Projects

Participatory

Social Innovation

Open Social

Innovation

+

SI Project Footprint

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1.

Identific

ation

2.

Income

and

Employ

3.

Educatio

n and

Training

4. Health5.

Nutrition

6.

Housing

7. Family

Dynamic

s

8.

Banking

and

Savings

9. Access

to

Justice

10. Early

Childhoo

d

Total D

IM.

14 1 1 1 3

11 1 1 1 3

15 1 1 1 3

12 1 1 2

22 1 1 2

24 1 1 2

25 1 1 2

2 1 1 2

16 1 1 2

13 1 1 2

9 1 1 2

1 1 1 2

4 1 1

13 1 1

13 1 1

13 1 1

17 1 1

18 1 1

19 1 1

20 1 1

21 1 1

23 1 1

10 1 1

3 1 1

6 1 1

5 1 1

8 1 1

7 1 1

26 1 1

Total 1 8 0 2 12 15 4 2 0 0

DIM. 3% 28% 0% 7% 41% 52% 14% 7% 0% 0%

Working with over 2,700 families in 34 Projects

Housing

Nutrition

Income/Employment.

Families

400

Size of bubble

= families

Map Legend

Regions

with S.I.

Projects

• 50% located in the Atlantic Coast

• 21% in Antioquia & Coffee Zone

• 21% Central

• 7% South

Located in

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Participatory Social Innovations

Atlántico

620 Families

• Parque Saco Recicla

• Home Vegetable

Gardens

• Solid Waste

Management

• Clothing association

Arjona, Bolivar

30 women

40 children

Puebloviejo, Magdalena

60 women

Differentiated and gender-

sensitive approach

Social Businesses

Sabanalarga, Atlántico

60 Families

Participatory Rural

Innovation

Antioquia

221 Families

Water Filters

Chia. Cundinamarca

175 families

240 Children

Children as Changing

Agents

El Morro, Casanarel

190 families

Open Social Innovations

Putumayo: 104 families

Risaralda: 139 families

La Guajira: 311 families

Arjona, Bolivar

Cundinamarca

Innovative Solutions for

housing improvements

Valle del Cauca

Income Generation

“100 mil viviendas”

Government Programme

Platforms and

applications to contribute

to the improvement of the

quality of life of people

who live in extreme

poverty

Antioquia

Food Security through the

use of food in high level

of maturity

Popayán, Cauca

Solutions to improve the

quality of the milk

produced by farmers.

Knowledge Management

Promotion and

Dissemination of SI

Hilando: mapping innovation and articulating

networks on Social Innovation

The aim is to identify actors and

initiatives on social innovation to

improve the quality of life of

vulnerable families, and to expand

and strengthen the social innovation

community of actors.

www.hilando.gov.co

Hilando: mapping innovation and articulating

networks on Social Innovation

Research

Through innovative methodologies we ensure the appropriate identification of

challenges and the co-creation of the solutions with the community. We

recognized that communities are an invaluable source of knowledge and

agents of their own change.

Partnerships with Academia

This partnerships are fundamental to promote, disseminate and strengthen

social innovation, generating a favorable environment for social innovation.

Desing students work on innovative solutions to specific

challenges, developing a participative process, and co-creating those

solutions with the families.

Social Technologies

Social Technologies are

fundamental to:

Connect actors, share information

and create solutions collectively.

Increase awareness regarding

social innovation.

Improve synergies between

government and different actors.

Public Policy

www.politicadeinnovacionsocial.co

Social Innovation Node

East Node

• Santander

• Norte de Santander

Caribbean

Node

• Atlántico

• Bolívar

• Guajira

• Magdalena

South West Node

• Valle del Cauca

• Cauca

• Nariño

• Choco

Antioquia Node

Center Node

• Cundinamarca

• Boyacá

• Tolima

Coffee Zone Node

• Caldas

• Quindío

• Risaralda

Regional Nodes

Thanks!

@CisColombia@ANSPExtrema

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