Socijalne inovacije kao doprinos jačanju socijalne kohezije i ublažavanju socijalne krize u europskim urbanim socijalnim programima

Social innovation in a post-conflict setting: examining external factors affecting social service NGOs

“…This finding is somewhat inconsistent with previous studies conducted in high-income countries on social innovation, which found that such factors are of considerable importance (Anheier et al 2014;Krlev et al 2019b). However, this finding aligns with the results of the studies by Bežovan, Matančević, and Baturina (2016) and Bozic (2020). These studies found that Southeastern European countries with experience of post-communist and post-conflict development lack structural mechanisms such as public policies, strategies, and legislation to support such approaches, but this does not prevent local NGOs from trying to innovate in the field, which is typically initiated by international donors support and implemented in collaboration with non-state actors such as NGOs.…”

The Psychosocial Aspect of Large-Scale Crises: Building Resilient Communities

“…One possible way towards healthier social environment and higher levels of resilience is by implementing various social innovations. Social innovations most often occur in response to unmet social needs (usually triggered by some kind of crisis) and the main goal of social innovations is to address global challenges in terms of forming sustainable systems that create and maintain socio-economic-environmentally resilient communities, with them being adaptable and flexible to various twists and turns (Bežovan, 2016;Brandsen, Evers, Cattacin and Zimmer, 2016;Horgan and Dimitrijević, 2018).…”

“…-existence of well-coordinated and adequately trained crisis teams, crisis plans and various templates for communication of the crisis management activities to the public (pre-prepared procedures, advice, guidelines, established crisis team role responsibilities…) -initial damage control, carrying out activities to return to normal functioning as soon as possible, and providing emergency medical, psychological or any other form of assistance (first aid, accommodation, food, water, clothing, protection from the weather, psychological first aid, psycho education, translators…) -encouragement of more partaking and networked way of cooperation and decision-making among various participants in the crisis (competent services, governments, companies, associations, experts, professional helpers, volunteers, general public…) -working on higher levels of resilience by creating and maintaing sustainable systems (educational, health, social, economic, political…) that create and maintain resilient communities (mental, social, economic, environ-mental…) adaptable to various twists and turns, through e.g. social innovations (Bežovan, 2016;Brandsen et al, 2016;Horgan and Dimitrijević, 2018) -creating and maintaining socio-economic-environmental resilience through for example: (1) sharing of resources, (2) cooperation and making joint conclusions and decisions based on the cooperation of experts from the various fields and across the globe, (3) environmentally more sustainable production, (4) creating and maintaining healthy and tolerant social environments, (5) viewing large-scale crisis as an opportunity for potential positive change and an opportunity for personal growth and community development……”