The main goal of the project is to create a new research, development and innovation ecosystem concerning the social welfare and health care service reform in South Ostrobothnia, Tampere and Satakunta regions.
The model of the innovation ecosystem describes how collaboration and co-creation activities are organised in social welfare and health care and how research and competences are linked to regional economy and economic renewal through development and experimentation.
In the project models for development and experimentation are tested and good practices for collaboration are recognised. In order to do that, the project utilises the principles of cyclical innovation process in which ideas for innovation and development are gathered from various groups: clients, research and specialists in the field.
Goal
The objectives of the project in short are:
(1) create a research, development and innovation ecosystem operating in South Ostrobothnia, Tampere and Satakunta regions which brings together service producers, companies, third sector actors, higher education and clients in the field of social welfare and wellbeing
(2) introduce a new service innovation process which helps to recognise developable ideas for new services and can be utilised not only in the three regions involved but also nationally
(3) promote new research-based, user-driven and tested service innovation ideas and concepts in the field.
(4) develop a plan on how the innovation ecosystem can be developed in the future so that collaboration between researchers, teachers, service producers and clients may be tightened and how actors may share responsibility in development of social welfare and wellbeing services.
Funding source
Euroopan alukehitysrahasto (EAKR) 2014-2020
