MedRiSSE fosters debate on public sector involvement in social innovation projects in Mediterranean countries

The National University of An-Najah, Palestinian partner of MedRiSSE, organised a webinar on the 10th November 2022 entitled "Public Institutions and Social Innovation Projects: Building Trust" which was attended by more than 30 participants from five different countries. During the session, questions such as the definition of the Social and Solidarity Economy or how to get commitment and involvement from the public sector were put on the table, allowing participants to present their opinions and experiences.

Dr. Imad Brik from An-Najah National University started the webinar with welcoming remarks, introduced the project, and the goal of this series of webinars focusing on Social Solidarity Economy.

Mr. Basim Dudeen as guest speaker was invited to speak about: Building Social Innovation Projects: how to gain the support of the Government. He highlighted in his presentation the Palestinian efforts in supporting Economic empowerment projects, and the achievements done till now.

The webinar was able to tackle three main questions with active and positive participation from the guests, and it was agreed the social innovation projects need more technical and financial supports, a regulation with clear criteria, and raising awareness about both SSE and social innovation projects.

This webinar is the second of ten that the MedRiSSE project will organise, allowing both partners and stakeholders to learn about the context and reality of social innovation and to help to increase the knowledge of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Mediterranean countries.