Why a national platform for social innovation?
We need social innovation to deal with the major societal challenges we face - nationally and globally.
Denmark has a long and strong tradition of creating social innovation. The public school, the cooperative movement, the danish folk high school movement and the labour market model are all examples of pioneering social innovation. But social innovation is not a commonly known concept in Denmark, and it is not a political priority. KOTE 0 has to change that.
The EU is investing in infrastructure for social innovation
The European Commission has social innovation high on the agenda and in 2021 to 2027 and 90 billion euros will roll out from the European Social Fund in the EFS+ programme to strengthen social innovation in the member states.
The establishment of a national platform for social innovation is the first step towards these EU funds being able to contribute to supporting social innovation in Denmark.
Danish Social Innovation Academy and Danish Design Center receive support from the European Social Fund for the establishment of KOTE 0, and are part of a pan-European network of national competence centers for social innovation covering 150 organizations in 26 countries.
What should we do?
The goal is to create more social innovation in Denmark. It works KOTE 0 for by
create awareness of the need for social innovation in Denmark among authorities, politicians and others and decision-makers
create awareness of what social innovation is and how it contributes to societal development
build capacity organizations from all sectors of Danish society to engage in social innovation
create an infrastructure that continuously supports social innovation and the ecosystem.
KOTE 0 = sea surface
A kote is the height of a specific terrain point and is used, among other things, in construction to determine a building’s level plan.
Kote 0 (zero) means at the level of the sea surface.
We call the national platform for social innovation in Denmark Kote 0, because it expresses the good foundation that we must build on with collaboration on social innovation.
