SCIROCCO Exchange Tool to Assess Readiness for Demand-Driven Innovation

Successful cases of implementing demand-driven innovation proves that it matters a lot how innovation approaches are designed and implemented to fit the local needs. The healthcare systems are shaped by the context, and features of particular innovative interventions need to “fit” in this context appropriately. If not done effectively, the intervention(s) may not deliver the expected benefits. The SCIROCCO Exchange tool for Demand-Driven Innovation addresses this need by helping stakeholders to understand the local conditions enabling the uptake of innovation. In particular the Tool helps stakeholders to understand:
• the local context and conditions for delivering innovation in health and social care, including its strengths and weaknesses;
• the readiness level of an ecosystem to adopt and scale-up innovation;
• the actions that more progressive regions have taken to be successful and enable information sharing, twinning and coaching to overcome barriers and accelerate results in innovation.
The Tool is being used in the following steps:
• selection of stakeholders to conduct the process;
• individual assessments;
• consensus-building meetings to facilitate complex, multi-stakeholder discussions and guide regions on how to improve their readiness for the implementation and scaling-up of innovation. The main beneficiaries are all innovation intermediaries such as policymakers, SMEs, academia, innovation centres, living-labs, citizens, industry and other.