{"id":3327,"date":"2022-05-10T05:24:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T05:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/six.stimulatingminds.co.uk\/?page_id=3327"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:31:53","slug":"story-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/what-we-do\/field-building\/story-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SIX has contributed to the social innovation field building in Europe over the last decade, responding to the narratives and challenges faced by the region. After the financial crisis, there was a momentum to think about social innovation as part of pathways for recovery. SIX\u2019s initial attention was focused on influencing policy at the EU level to embed \u201csocial\u201d in innovation, and expanded our work through community building and connecting research, practice, policy communities across the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n    <!-- TINY SLIDER VERSION -->\n   \n    <div class=\"alignfull timeline_horizontal\">\n            <div class=\"slider\">\n                                    \n                                           \n\n                    <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-07-at-15.36.17.png);\">\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            <p>In the wake of the financial crisis, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Barosso focuses on Europe\u2019s recovery. He is interested in including \u2018social\u2019 in innovation policy and SIX is commissioned to help his Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA) understand how social innovation can help.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                    \n                                           \n\n                    <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/5549977514_62a8f58ce5_o.jpg);\">\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            <p>Social Innovation Europe (SIE) is launched by President Barosso in Brussels &#8211; Europe&#8217;s first network showing what social innovation is in Europe and where it is happening<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                    \n                                           \n\n                    <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-22.04.07.png);\">\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                    \n                                           \n\n                    <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/financing-social-impact-cover.png);\">\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SIX instigates and coordinates SI Live &#8211; the first event explicitly linking research and practice.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                    \n                                           \n\n                    <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-27-at-14.38.22.png);\">\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SIX builds a consortium of 12 organisations including academia, NGOs, think tanks across 7 countries and wins a contract to take your work in Europe to the next level.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                    \n                                           \n\n                    <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/drawnalism_0.jpg);\">\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                    \n                                           \n\n                    <div class=\"slide\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/web_summit_1-Moedas-deeclaration.jpeg);\">\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 policy recommendations calling for a fairer, more inclusive Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                    \n                                        \n                    \n                                        \n                                                <\/div>\n\n            <script type=\"module\">\n        import {tns} from 'https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/themes\/six\/node_modules\/tiny-slider\/src\/tiny-slider.js';\n        var slider = tns({\n            container: '.slider',\n            mode: 'carousel',\n            items: 1,\n            slideBy: 1,\n            loop: false,\n            autoplay: false,\n            nav: false,\n            controls: false\n        });\n\n        \/\/var timelineselect = document.querySelector(\".timelineselect\");\n\n        const setActive = el => {\n            [...el.parentElement.children].forEach(sib => sib.classList.remove('active'))\n            el.classList.add('active')\n        }\n        let spans = [...document.body.querySelectorAll('.timeline > li')]\n        spans.forEach(el => el.addEventListener('click', e => setActive(el)))\n\n\n                document.querySelector('.goto-button-0').onclick = function () { slider.goTo(0); 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this.classList.add(\"active\");  };\n        \n    <\/script>\n\n    \n            <ul class=\"timeline\">\n                                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-0 active\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2008-2009<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">Social innovation as a recovery plan<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-1\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2011<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">A new network in Europe<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-2\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2011-2015<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">Social innovation research accelerates<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-3\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2015<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">Connecting research and practice<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-4\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2016<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">SIE becomes SIC<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-5\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2017<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">Building a Community <\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-6\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2018<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">Co-creating the Lisbon Declaration<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-7\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2019<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">Applying recommendations<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"timelineselect goto-button-8\"><p class=\"txt-purple\">2020-2022<\/p>                            <p class=\"txt-purple\">Building and facilitating exchange between competence centres across Europe<\/p>\n                        <\/li>\n                                                <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"noborder has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017-london\"><strong>20<\/strong>08-09<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recovery through social innovation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the financial crisis, President Barosso focuses on Europe\u2019s recovery. He is interested in including \u2018social\u2019 in innovation policy. Geoff Mulgan and Diogo Vasconcelos worked with the Bureau of European Policy Advisers to organise a workshop on social innovation in January 2009. This workshop considered some leading experiments in the social field and shortly after, SIX was commissioned to <a href=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/first-study-on-social-innovation-for-bepa-2\/\">write a paper on social innovation in Europe<\/a> &#8211; what it is, who does it, what are the barriers, and recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following this, Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA) produced&nbsp;Empowering people, driving change: Social innovation in the European Union <a href=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/docl_17731_35611801.pdf\">BEPA &#8211; Empowering people, driving change<\/a>. The&nbsp;report suggests a European Social Innovation Initiative which could entail up to 40 measures to improve social innovation governance, funding, implementation and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some could be implemented straightaway, while others would need further preparation and negotiation. These measures are certainly not exhaustive, and are organised around the three approaches to social innovation (social demand, societal challenge and systemic change) which echo the three pillars of the Europe 2020 strategy to form an inclusive, sustainable and smart Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-07-at-14.46.09-1024x589.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-07-at-14.46.09-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-07-at-14.46.09.png 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"noborder has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017-london\"><strong>20<\/strong>11<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Launching Europe&#8217;s first network for social innovation<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Innovation Union strategy launches with funds to set up a social innovation network in Europe. This is the first time social is explicitly included in innovation policy in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SIX wins tender in partnership with Euclid Network and launches SIE in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"5333\" src=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-07-at-17.15.06.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5333\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"noborder has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017-london\"><strong>20<\/strong>11 &#8211; 2015<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investment in understanding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Further investment in social innovation research under Innovation Union programme. SIX connects to these programmes under SIE community spends time in Brussels talking about SI across different DGs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SIE project produced policy papers on <a href=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/financing-social-impact-funding-social-innovation-in-europe\/\">financing<\/a> and measuring SI in Europe, and hosted several events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A new era for social innovation research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several new European funded research projects are launched, including <a href=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/defining-social-innovation-tepsie\/\">TEPSIE ( Theoretical, Empirical and Policy foundations for developing the field of Social Innovation in Europe), <\/a>which SIX contributed to via the Young Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-07-at-17.13.57.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5334\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connecting European and global research agendas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Social Frontiers conference was held in London in November 2013, bringing several of these social innovation research programmes together to learn from each other and influence future agendas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roberto Magabeira Unger gives a keynote on &#8216;The task of the social movement&#8217;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Key Note Speech Roberto Magabeira Unger in conversation with Geoff Mulgan on &#039;The task of the social\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zBfPa_FiExI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the &nbsp;Social Frontiers event, watch more keynote speakers and download the papers,<a href=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/social-frontiers-next-edge-social-innovation-research\/\"> click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>The EC embraces Digital Social innovation&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Commission supported Nesta, Waag Society and other partners win a parallel project to Social Innovation Europe to define and understand the potential of DSI, to map the digital social innovators, their projects and networks, and to develop recom\u00admendations for how policymakers, from the EU to city level, can make the most of DSI. SIX sits on the advisory group to ensure digital and social innovation are not siloed at the European level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the first systematic effort in the DSI network analysis of the emerging digital social innovation (DSI) ecosystem in Europe.&nbsp;The mapping work continued for several more years and now millions of Euros fund DSI related projects across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>An accelerating agenda<\/strong><br>Agnes Hubert, author of the first policy papers and advocate for social innovation in the European Commission reflects on &nbsp; these developments in <a href=\"https:\/\/socialinnovationexchange.org\/legacy\/interview-with-agnes-hubert-how-has-social-innovation-changed-in-europe\/\">this interview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"noborder has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017-london\">2015<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connecting research and practice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SIX instigates and coordinates SI Live &#8211; the first event explicitly linking research and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By this time, there are several European funded programmes exploring different aspects of social innovation, all with their own agendas and all with their own schedules. Instead of hosting dozens of different events, and creating our own silos, we pooled budgets of 4 disconnected projects to host our final events together, supported by Gulbenkian Foundation Portugal, sharing learning between thinkers and doers. This website lists the speakers and the agenda.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SI LIVE: Bringing together social innovation, incubation and action\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/114537090?h=34d0539518&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"noborder has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017-london\">2016<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthening and expanding the European community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Further investment in SI under Horizon 2020 programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SIE becomes SIC&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Whilst there is an increasing number of social innovation organisation in Europe, too often this activity is limited to a small but active few, and is not well-coordinated or visible enough to achieve critical mass. SIC therefore focussed on reconnecting network silos. The consortium ran a series of on- and offline activities &#8211; including practical place-based experiments, learning, policy and research over 3 years&nbsp;from 2016 &#8211; 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"noborder has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017-london\">2017<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Op<strong>ening up to an era of social innovation conference<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2017, the European Commission, Portuguese Government and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation organised a two-day conference in Lisbon, Portugal called <a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/5371630f-332f-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1\/language-en\/format-PDF\/source-87580921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Opening up to an Era of Social Innovation<\/a>\u2019. The aim was to develop a new narrative for social innovation in Europe, and to inform the design of the EU framework programme for research and innovation for the period 2020\u20132027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SIC team attended the event and we seized the opportunity to run one of our policy workshops at the EC-organised event. This was the beginning of a year long co-creating process during which we co-producing the vision and 10 policy ideas. 350 representatives of the SI community from over 19 EU countries contributed during the year. More detail about the process of developing the declaration is available &nbsp;on the SIC website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"noborder has-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017-london\">2018<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Co-creating the Lisbon Declaration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The #SIDeclaration was the most important outcome of the SIC programme. 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