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Figure 1: The ‘novelty’ content of social innovation As you get acquainted with the selected projects,
presented in poster format in Slovenian and Eng-
lish, I wish you a pleasant and sparkling read and
problem solving
INPUTS of society an insight into the diversity of conditions, meth-
ods of their operation and final results, which all
have the same common feature – innovation. In
light of the above, a big thank you goes to all
project leaders and participants, as well as (co)
financiers who believe and trust that our original
ideas will develop into something good and use-
institutionalisation
PROCESSES and social participation ful for people and society of tomorrow.
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