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Social Innovation & Community Development

Innovation can solve more than market problems. FICI uses invention and entrepreneurship to address social, economic and community challenges, and leads this work internationally: in 2026, FICI’s President was appointed Director of IFIA’s Department of Social Innovation & Community Development.

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Areas of focus

  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Accessibility
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Community well-being
  • Public services
  • Youth innovation
  • Inclusive entrepreneurship
  • Employment creation
  • Community economic development

Expanding access for

  • Youth
  • Women
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Newcomers
  • Indigenous communities
  • Students
  • Underserved and underrepresented communities

IFIA’s Department of Social Innovation & Community Development

Approved by IFIA’s 52nd Executive Committee meeting and presented by FICI, the department creates a global platform for social innovation, bringing together inventors, entrepreneurs, governments, universities, innovation organizations and community partners. Its official public platform is Inclusive Innovators. It is organized around five pillars:

  1. 1Social innovation
  2. 2Inventor development
  3. 3Community and economic development
  4. 4Innovation access programs
  5. 5Events and global networking

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