SIHI Week: creating an enabling environment for social innovation in health research and partnerships

Objectives of the hubs network

• to build capacity for cross-partner collaborations within the SIHI network and co-design ideas for regional and global collaboration,
• to introduce social innovation to the new partners and finalize hub and;
• to share lessons learnt and tools

Objectives of the partners meeting

• To better understand the value of social innovations in health and the need for research to sustain these and scale up their impact,
• To discuss the role of foundations and of the private sector in creating an enabling environment for social innovations to thrive in the Global South,
• To explore innovative partnerships between global health actors, SIHI country hubs and other research institutions, governments, foundations, the private sector, and other stakeholders

Objectives of social innovation monitoring & evaluation

• To review exceptional submissions to the social innovation open call and systematic review,
• To harmonize data into a research checklist and M&E framework on social innovation in health and;
• To identify research priorities related to social innovation in health measurement