RISE Social and Health Impact Center
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB - Affärs- och Innovationsområde Hälsa och Life Science |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 5 500 000 |
| Project duration | June 2018 - March 2021 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
The aim is to establish a national centre of expertise, Social & Health Impact Center (SHIC), to support public and third sector in the transition to proactive and preventive welfare services. By Q1 2021, SHIC is an established actor with a wide range of collaborations were the capacity to support implementation with cross-sectoral needs assessments, organisational and financial formats and impact measurement is tested and refined. SHIC is a requested partner both nationally and internationally.
Expected results and effects
With SHIC, there is a new capacity in Sweden which excels in driving outcomes focused social innovation in close collaboration with funders and providers. SHIC has the work processes, tools and networks to implement the latest available evidence for improved social and health outcomes for groups with the largest needs. The result is more and better designed cross-sectorial services, such as social outcomes contracts, with the potential to scale and long-term impact.
Planned approach and implementation
The initiative is based on the identified need for a national centre which works both strategically on supporting an eco-system which can scale proactive and preventive services and works operationally. Accordingly, since the start in 2018, the focus has been in establishing collaborations with public and third sector where SHIC provides practical support for analysing needs and organisations, change management, implementation, and evaluation as well as initiating dialogues and suggesting forms for national outcomes financing.