Award for the WINS Social Innovation Incubator

2020-11-04

Award for the WINS Social Innovation Incubator

The results of the 10th competition entitled “Local Government of Equal Opportunities” for the best projects for people with disabilities, implemented by Polish local governments, have been announced. The WINS Incubator for Social Innovation, implemented by the Regional Center of Social Policy in Poznan, the Marshall Office of the Wielkopolska Region, the City of Poznan and PSNC won in the “District/Region” category.

The WINS Incubator was established within the framework of the project “Recipe for Social Innovation in Wielkopolska Region – care services for dependent people”. The aim of the Incubator is to provide financial and substantive support for the development of 30 innovative ideas, micro-solutions in the field of care services adapted to the local needs of dependent people: elderly people, adults with disabilities, as well as children with disabilities and their carers.

As part of the WINS project, PSNC supports participants in the development and testing of innovative solutions by providing the infrastructure of the FutureLabs Laboratories and providing its expertise. The FutureLabs, created as a result of the structural project, is a place thanks to which Wielkopolska innovators have the opportunity to develop their activity in relations with Polish and foreign companies, universities and non-governmental organizations. In a historic tenement house located in the center of Poznan, are located so called living labs, i.e. spaces equipped with the most modern ICT devices, where companies and organizations from Wielkopolska Region can design, test or demonstrate innovative solutions. The topics discussed in the FutureLabs cover a number of socially important areas, such as the school of the future, preservation of cultural heritage and care for dependant people. What is important, FutureLabs has dedicated tele-rehabilitation and e-inclusion spaces.

The competition is organized by the Foundation of the Institute of Regional Development.