Refers to how an I-US build will (or will not) contribute to fostering or harnessing the social innovation potential of the community where it is planned or in place.

Social innovation is the reconfiguring of social practices, in response to societal challenges, which seeks to enhance outcomes on societal well-being and necessarily includes the engagement of civil society actors.

It represents the community’s capacity for developing new social practices that can meet social needs more effectively than existing approaches.

Metrics include:

• Number of Community-led Initiatives (Count of initiatives generated from within the community per year)
• Adoption Rate of New Social Technologies (Speed and extent to which new technologies for social benefit are adopted within the community)