But as the GCSI’s 2025 global survey confirmed, these solutions often struggle to grow or influence wider systems. This is not because they are ineffective. It is because the systems around them are not designed to support adaptation, learning, or scale.
The Government Council on Social Innovation was established to help change that. Its strategy, shaped by input from more than 50 countries, identifies seven areas that need targeted action. These include national policy development, inclusive financing, knowledge-sharing infrastructure, and measurement frameworks that reflect local realities.
For example, the strategy notes that most countries lack national coordination on social innovation and have limited access to shared tools or legal frameworks. This makes it harder for successful innovations to be understood, adapted, and sustained in other places.
The work ahead is not about exporting one solution globally. It is about helping effective ideas travel and take root elsewhere through collaboration, peer learning, and public systems that are designed to support what already works.
Read the strategy at https://governmentcouncil.org
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