KEY CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION AND INCLUSION IN THE CASE OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ACROSS EU COUNTRIES
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29 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2019
Abstract
THE AIM OF THE PRESENT PAPER WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE LATEST INNOVATION STRATEGIES STAKEHOLDERS PERFORM TO SUCCED IN THEIR WORK WITH IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, IN ORDER TO ENABLE PROPER SOCIAL INCLUSION. MOREOVER, WE AIMED TO INVESTIGATE THE SOCIAL INNOVATION MO DEL, THE VALUE CO - CREATION AND THE TYPOLOGY OF THE OFFERING, IN ORDER TO GENERATE CHANGE IN ADDRESSING THE PRESSING ISSUES OF MIGRATION AND FLIGHT. THE METHODOLOGY USED FOR THIS PAPER IS BASED ON FIRST HAND QUANTITATIVE DATA PROVIDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, ACTIVISTS, MANAGERS, CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS INVOLVED IN MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING RELATED ISSUES IN SIX SOG -TIM PARTNER COUNTRIES (N= 451). DATA COLLECTION WAS PERFORMED IN ITALY, GREECE, POLAND, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA AND SPAIN, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF AN INTER -EUROPEAN ACADEMIC SURVEY FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, “SOCIAL GROWTH ON TRAFFICKING AND IMMIGRATION” (SOG-TIM) PROJECT3. THE MAIN FINDINGS OF OUR PAPER INSIST ON FOSTERING THE KNOWLEDGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOCIAL INNOVATION MODEL FETURES DEVELOPED BY INTERVIEWEE ORGANISATIONS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE BUSINESS MODEL VENTURES AND TO PROVIDE VIABLE SOLUTIONS FOR BETTER EMPOWERING COMPETITIVE BUSINESS FOR RESCUED VICTIMS OF REFUGEE CRISIS, MIGRAT ION AND HUMAN SLAVERY.
Keywords
MIGRATION
REGUGEES
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
SOCIAL INNOVATION
NOGS
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