On July 16, the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Government approved the creation of the Consortium for the State Center of Competences in Social Innovation (CECIS).

The purpose of the CECIS will be to promote, accompany and articulate social innovation aimed at complex social challenges, providing technical, methodological and strategic support to public administrations, promoting collective learning, experimentation and the connection between scientific and technological knowledge and public action.

The Consortium will have the participation of the General State Administration, through the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 and the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Center for Technological Development and Innovation E.P.E. (CDTI), the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and Agirre Lehendakaria Center for Social and Political Studies (University of the Basque Country), which will provide the necessary resources and capabilities for its operation.