On February 16, the IX International Conference «Social Innovations: New Solutions of Old Problems» was held in Kiev in Nivki-hall, organized by the Ukrainian Charity Forum. The conference brought together delegates from 11 countries and touched upon the main international trends that are being introduced in Ukraine: 1) social innovations for business and non-governmental organizations; 2) positive experience of social enterprises and social responsibility of business; 3) the emergence of a «fourth sector» whose main aim is to earn money, but to spend it not on own needs, but to direct them to resolve urgent social challenges, 4) socially responsible leadership, 5) gender in the social sphere etc. At the same time, there were five discussion sections. Oleg Velichko, Director of «Techno-Image» Ltd., represented the interests of a socially responsible business team that has been engaged in charitable activities and patronship for more than 12 years, has implemented social initiatives in the form of projects, events and actions for the territorial community and the vulnerable social group of the Dnepropetrovsk region. Interregional and international exchange of experience took place, as a result of which the team of the company «Techno-Image» hopes to introduce a number of social innovations in 2017.
