RESIST

RESIST – Regional Ecosystems for Social Innovation and Social Transformation:
RESIST is an Interreg Baltic Sea Region core project aiming to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems by making them more inclusive and responsive to social innovators and social entrepreneurs. While many regions already support mainstream innovation, RESIST works with regional authorities, business support organisations and sectoral agencies to adapt existing innovation support systems—such as funding instruments, capacity building schemes and public services—to better meet the needs of solutions addressing societal and environmental challenges. The project pilots new approaches, including the Cluster of Social and Ecological Innovation (CSEI) model and mission-oriented policy tools, to embed social innovation more strategically within regional innovation strategies and foster cross-sectoral collaboration for sustainable and inclusive growth across the Baltic Sea Region.

The RESIST project strengthens regional innovation ecosystems for social innovation and social entrepreneurship by developing models and capacity-building approaches that make existing support systems more accessible for innovators addressing societal and environmental challenges — and socialinterreg.eu is one among many of the results of the RESIST project, created to share, support, and scale these resources.

OUTPUTS:
• CSEI Model and Piloting Summary – A prototypical Cluster of Social and Ecological Innovation framework tailored to regional contexts.
• Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy Guide – A practical guide supporting participatory, mission-driven policy design.
• Social Innovation Impact Measurement Framework – Tools to assess and guide the societal impact of innovation activities.
• Capacity Building Programme & Train-the-Trainers Modules – A modular curriculum strengthening the capabilities of innovation support actors across partner regions.
• Toolbox & Textbook for Social Innovation Capacity Building – Practitioner-oriented resources helping mainstream support organisations adapt their services.

FURTHER RESOURCES:
RESIST project page – Interreg Baltic Sea Region
RESIST project news and piloting insights

DURATION:
November 2023 – October 2026

PROGRAMME:
Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027
Countries involved: Germany, Poland, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Lithuania

CONTACT:
Lead Partner: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Economics and Innovation, Germany
Contact persons:
Ruben Quaas (Email)
Sabine Herrmann (Email)
Laura Heyer(Email)