SozialMarie

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10/28/2025

Social Innovation Fair in Budapest – A Stage for Innovative Initiatives

On 6 November 2025, the Innovation Centre of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) invites participants to the Social Innovation Fair in Budapest. The conference will take place at the Eifel Workshop House and is part of the National Competence Centre (NCC) project ESF-SI-2023-NCC-01-0002 – SI Plus.

10/21/2025

Conference on November 6, 2025, Brno “Social Innovations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in Times of Crises and Societal Change. "

November 6, 2025 | KUMST Brno | Free participation (registration required) This event brings together committed people from social, cultural, and innovative fields to discuss new ideas, share best practices, and inspire future-oriented change. Key topics include social innovation, participatory projects, and building sustainable networks. www.inovaceprozmenu.cz

10/14/2025

How does innovation enter the system? A look back at the webinar with patron Marie Jílková

How can social innovations be effectively incorporated into political decision-making processes? This question was the focus of the webinar with Marie Jílková, patron of SozialMarie Czechia.

10/03/2025

SozialMarie winner My Voice My Choice delivers 1.2M signatures to EU Commission.

Following its SozialMarie Award, youth-led My Voice My Choice reached a milestone: 1.2M signatures enable a direct hearing at the European Commission.

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SozialMarie is a prize for social innovation that is awarded every year to outstanding projects. It honours initiatives that offer novel, sustainable and exemplary solutions to current social challenges. You can find out more about what we mean by social innovation and how the prize is awarded here.

Projects

Every year since 2005, socially innovative projects from various sectors have been honoured with the SozialMarie. Would you like to find out more about the projects, see who has been nominated and who is one of the lucky winners? Click here for the projects.

Insights

Did you know that we have a podcast? Would you like to click through pictures from past events or find out what else we do apart from the SozialMarie application and award ceremony? Take a look at our Insights.

Patrons

What do a workshop, a social media post, bread dough and a charity event have in common? The patron of honour for a nominated project. You can find more information about our inspiring patrons here.