Pilot initiative provides tailored support to individuals and families facing complex challenges, helping them overcome barriers and improve their social and economic wellbeing through a person-centred approach.
Shortlisted projects for Social Innovation Forum 2026
The largest socio‑educational volunteer initiative in Romania, mobilizing more than 12000 volunteers to create opportunities and lasting change in the lives of vulnerable children.
Project tackles rural long-term unemployment among adults aged 45+ in Ireland and Greece through guaranteed 12-month employment, employer subsidies, training and personalised career coaching.
Initiative that connects IT experts with grades 6-9 for free hands-on coding and AI workshops, fostering digital literacy, self-efficacy, and early interest in tech careers.
A care-tech platform that connects seniors and families with trusted local students for everyday non-medical support, using AI to handle logistics, payments, and contracts so the time spent together stays fully human.
Inintiative strengthens youngsters capacity to act by giving them new experiences, helping them recognise their talents, increasing their self-confidence and offering better information about education, professions and society.
Creating the conditions for people with cognitive support needs to learn, work and participate alongside everyone else.
YAM, tested by the EU, with 14–15-year-old students, a participatory, neutral and confidential approach where youth lead and adults guide.
Initiative tackles social, economic, and cultural barriers in Southern Italy through empowerment, green skills training, quality jobs, and community-driven innovation.
The project targets NEET youth, building their transversal skills for labour market integration and social engagement through the creation of a gamified learning tool and a specific workshop model.
Reintegrating 2,200+ sick and vulnerable children into education and peers through scalable online/offline peer mentoring by 2,600+ trained volunteers, driving systemic social change.
Initiative that provides skills development and tailored support to help individuals overcome barriers, improve employability, and achieve sustainable inclusion in the labour market and society.
An inclusive approach combining low-threshold support, participation and digital outreach helps underserved people overcome barriers and access education, employment and social opportunities.
A 4-component social innovation ecosystem for neurodivergent employment: individual coaching, employer DEI services, a protected work unit with microgreens farm, and a national media campaign.
A community storytelling and podcast hub empowering vulnerable youth in Turin through multimedia, music, intercultural dialogue and creative participation.
Helping people aged 45+ return to work fast through an employability model that includes personalised support, employer engagement, and a model designed around their barriers and needs.
No single service can tackle vulnerability alone. By bringing together social, health and education professionals in rural areas, the initiative supports 450,000 vulnerable people through coordinated care.
Ensuring employment sustainability and financial resilience through a multi-layered model of well-being and immersion for Ukrainian Refugees in local communities.
The initiative turns digital training into employment opportunities for NEET youth and young women through free, intensive online bootcamps, employer partnerships, and structured placement support.
By using volunteering as a catalyst for connection, the initiative turns integration into a shared community-building process that reduces isolation, strengthens belonging, and promotes inclusion.
An innovative digital platform using history, participation, and storytelling to advance child rights, social inclusion, and democratic engagement.
The world’s most effective digital-democracy platform. Latvian citizens turn ideas into law – 118 initiatives have changed laws since 2011, one even the Constitution.
Volunteer mentoring as a new impactful form of learning to empower and upskill vulnerable youth during their transition to employment.
A comprehensive solution for mental health prevention, early intervention, and support for secondary school students based on a peer-to-peer approach
A digital tool used in client or project work. ZekkiPro visualizes needs of the respondent and strengthens the effectiveness of work.
Empowering Social Innovation Officers as internal change agents who drive collaboration and innovative solutions to societal challenges within public administrations.
ALL.D enriches, transfers and scales up an innovative Labour Insertion Model to improve employment opportunities for long-term unemployed people with disabilities and mental health conditions across Europe.
Patient-centered holistic, qualified social and medical care in Hospice day care center specifically adapted for palliative and hospice patients and their relatives.
Youth-led AI literacy initiative empowering students, professionals and civil society to understand, question and responsibly use AI.
Co-created support for multiply marginalized young adults to stabilize lives and achieve social inclusion.
Young people become Citizen Scientists: they detect microplastics in rivers, feed open global data and build resilience against climate anxiety — backed by GreenTech Innovations.