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SPIS-Social Progress Innovation Sweden

The goal of SPIS is to establish a strong and sustainable cross-sectoral organization in Umeå municipality that, through innovation, develops new solutions to societal challenges. RISE participates with researcher and as support for developing prototypes for new innovative system solutions.

In recent years, several innovation processes have been initiated by Umeå Municipality in collaboration with national and international actors. Those processes need to be coordinated to create synergies, support scaling up and implementation with the long-term goal of eventually establishing an internationally competitive local innovation system.

This local innovation system is an important part of the regional innovation system in northern Sweden. SPIS will establish a strong and sustainable cross-sectoral organization, which can coordinate ongoing innovation processes, initiate new processes that build on or complement the existing processes and act as a driving force for new initiatives.

Such a structure helps the municipal organization to meet future challenges by increasing the administrations' flexibility and ability to cooperate with civil society, other municipalities and regions, the business community and academia. A majority of these challenges are the consequences of global change processes, such as migration, labor market restructuring and climate change. Umeå's innovation platform will therefore have a strong international perspective.

Summary

Project name

SPIS-Social Progress Innovation Sweden

Status

Active

Region

Region Västerbotten

RISE role in project

Följeforskare, stöd för systemomställning genom design

Project start

Duration

36 months

Total budget

2 099 999

Partner

Umeå kommun

Funders

Vinnova

Project members

Supports the UN sustainability goals

10. Reduced inequalities
11. Sustainable cities and communities
13. Climate action