social innovation in Latvia

we are on the way!

There is still a long road towards unanimous understanding about social innovation as a common approach. Nonetheless, each of us has come across it at some point – we just need to learn to spot such solutions in our life.
Do you recognize any of the examples mentioned below?

Community fridges and gardens
Digital solutions for driving creation of new laws
Clothes swap parties
Community initiatives for managing unused buildings
Apps for support to people with special needs
Technology courses for fostering female employment in the field
Libraries of things

Innovative digital solutions for modernising education
Innovation labs for student collaboration projects
Initiatives for solving challenges of companies within study process

Platforms for initiating new laws
Participatory budgeting
Digital citizenship
Voting online
Digital recipes for medications
Gardening initiatives in schools

Digital apps for distributing leftover food
Charity shops
Farmers’ direct buying clubs
Using aquaponics in farming
Apps for collecting anonymous opinion of employees
4-day workweek

Community fridges and gardens
Digital solutions for driving creation of new laws
Clothes swap parties
Community initiatives for managing unused buildings
Apps for support to people with special needs
Technology courses for fostering female employment in the field
Libraries of things

Innovative digital solutions for modernising education
Innovation labs for student collaboration projects
Initiatives for solving challenges of companies within study process

Platforms for initiating new laws
Participatory budgeting
Digital citizenship
Voting online
Digital recipes for medications
Gardening initiatives in schools

Digital apps for distributing leftover food
Charity shops
Farmers’ direct buying clubs
Using aquaponics in farming
Apps for collecting anonymous opinion of employees
4-day workweek

examples

Social innovation is a solution that is relevant in particular time and place. Here you will see recent as well as past examples.

National-scale environmental cleanup event, that is based on a broad volunteer involvement.

The Big Cleanup

talkas.lv

System for separating and recycling packaging of drinks, that allows decreasing the amount of waste.

Deposit system

depozitapunkts.lv

Platform where inhabitants can vote for initiatives with the goal to submit them in the Latvian parliament for discussing.

Platform for participation

Manabalss.lv

Library where anyone can lend different daily appliances, thus decreasing the need to purchase them.

Library of things

goethe.de

Innovation platform that enables students to develop solutions to challenges submitted by companies in a 12 week design thinking program.

Demola

demola.lv

Free of charge IT training program for women that aims increasing their employability.

She Goes Tech

shegoestech.lv

Participatory budgeting platform, where inhabitants of Vidzeme region can vote for the culture projects they like the most.

Platform 'Vote Vidzeme'

balso.vidzeme.lv

latest research

Here you will find the most recent research about social innovation in Latvia. If you wish to share your own work, please contact us directly.

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Awareness about social innovation in the Latvian society

SIC, 2022

The aim of this research is to explore the awareness about social innovations in the society of Latvia, as well as their motivation to take part in the processes that foster it.

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Social Innovation: Challenges and Solutions in Latvia

RTU, 2019

The aim of the monograph “Social innovation: challenges and solutions in Latvia” is to analyse the opportunities for the involvement of the society in social innovation processes in Latvia. It is one of the first and most voluminous researches about this topic in Latvia.

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Mapping of social innovation development ecosystem in Latvia

Society Integration Fund of Latvia, 2022

This report focuses on social services and highlights the factors that foster and also hinder the ability of mature social innovation initiatives to create larger impact – through expansion, scaling-up and implementation in national policies of the partner country.

(available soon)