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Boosting Initiatives and Resources to Develop Social Innovation

Boosting Initiatives & Resources to Develop Social Innovation (BIRDS) is a transnational collaborative project between the national centers of excellence for social innovation in France (Avise), Portugal (Portugal Social Innovation), Spain (Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and Agenda 2030), and Sweden (Forum for Social Innovation Sweden). The project aims to strengthen and professionalize these competence centers and build their capacity to work with actors in the field of social innovation.

European Perspectives on Social Impact Assessment

Webinar / European Perspectives on Social Impact Assessment

On February 25, 2026, Avise hosted a webinar presenting the latest work of the BIRDS consortium: a review of methods and ecosystems for assessing social impact. The partner countries shared their key findings and compared national approaches and the use of evidence of impact, while also identifying common challenges and knowledge gaps to strengthen future collaboration and impact-driven social innovation in Europe.

Watch the webinar

View the project results

Access reports, guides, and practical tools. On our partner Avis’s website, you’ll also find events and webinars related to BIRDS.

More about BIRDS

BIRDS

BIRDS is a transnational collaborative project between the national centers of social innovation in France, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.

The project is co-funded by the European Union through the Social Innovation+ Initiative, as one of five transnational consortia for the period 2024–2027. Avise is the coordinating partner.

The project covers four main areas: 

  • Regional support structures for social innovation (led by Sweden and Forum for Social Innovation Sweden)
  • Evaluation, Theory of Change Scaling Up Social Innovation (led by France and Avise)
  • Funding for Social Innovation (led by Portugal and Portugal Social Innovation)
  • Long-term establishment of national centers of excellence (led by Spain and the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and the 2030 Agenda)

Contact

Anna Tengqvist

National and International Coordinator

anna.tengqvist@mau.se 040-665-70-34

Gloria-Karin López

Project Manager

gloria-karin.lopez@mau.se 072-546-48-17

Josefin Aggestam

Project Manager

josefin.aggestam@mau.se

About the project

  • Project Name: BIRDS – Boosting Initiatives & Resources to Develop Social Innovation 
  • Topic: Social innovation, capacity building, regional support structures 
  • Funding source: The European Union through the Social Innovation+ Initiative 
  • Project period: 2024–2027 
  • Project partners: Forum for Social Innovation Sweden, Avise, Portugal Social Innovation, Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and Agenda 2030 
  • Responsible Forum for Social Innovation Sweden node: MSI at Malmö University