ABSI Connect
ABSI Connect seeks to bridge and amplify social, economic and ecological impact initiatives that are successfully challenging the status quo in Alberta. In Phase One, the inaugural cohort of Fellows set out to get at the heart of the question: How can we do better at solving complex social and environmental problems in our province? We were tasked with the opportunity to strengthen understanding, provide capacity, resources, time, convening, and connection, and share the stories of what is happening around social innovation in Alberta.
Through the process, we identified a common agenda of six pathways forward that could help Alberta move towards a bold, inclusive and radically fruitful social innovation ecosystem. We are now in Phase 2, with a new operating model, and have set our minds, hearts and actions on the next set of questions: How do we put what we have learned into action and in service to the ecosystem as a whole? How do we support the move from common agenda to common action?
ABSI'S CONTRIBUTION
An ABSI Fellow is a member of the core stewardship team.
That same Fellows is actioning the pathways of deep collaboration, fostering the move from strategic planning to adaptive planning, and developing the craft of social innovation for Alberta, with a focus on Edmonton.
