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El concepto de innovación social puede aplicarse a numerosas áreas y es cada vez más habitual encontrarlo en el contexto de los servicios sociales. Se ha desarrollado una investigación descriptiva mediante análisis documental para identificar y analizar cuantitativa y cualitativamente una muestra de iniciativas de servicios sociales que han sido catalogadas como innovadoras por parte de agentes relevantes del sistema entre 2016 y 2022 en España. Los resultados permiten establecer una aproximación inicial sobre las líneas de actuación que se están considerando innovadoras en servicios sociales y valorar en qué medida están preconfigurando futuras transformaciones del conjunto del sistema.
Social innovation is a concept that is currently a regular part of political, academic, and professional discourses. One of the most widely used definitions is that of the Eu- ropean Commission (2013), which identifies it as “new ideas as products, services, and models to meet social needs and create new social relationships or collaborations. It represents new responses to pressing social demands, which affect the process of social interactions. It is aimed at social wellbeing. Social innovations are innovations that are social in both their ends and their means. They are innovations that are not only good for society but also enhance individuals’ capacity to act”. In general, it can be understood as any action in which people are involved with the aim of seeking different ways to satisfy social needs, although, depending on the field of action in which it is applied, the definition and the elements that comprise it may vary.
