Our projects
Eurocities and UNICEF Drive Scalability of Local Childhood Policies in Eastern Europe
Scalability and Impact
LIFE-GiDOMUS: Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Energy Rehabilitation
Social Impact Financing
What we do
We transform social systems through evidence-based solutions.
Why Choose Us
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Tackling complex social challenges through social innovation
We work with approaches that recognize the systemic nature of major social challenges—such as poverty, inequality, or exclusion. We don’t offer simple solutions to complex problems. We apply systems thinking, multi-level analytical tools, and collaborative approaches to understand structural causes and design interventions with transformative potential.
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Experimenting with evidence-based solutions
We create safe spaces to test, refine, and validate solutions before scaling them. Combining creativity with rigor enables us to experiment with impact hypotheses, prototype interventions, and continuously incorporate data. Experimentation is not an end in itself but a strategy to reduce uncertainty and maximize real results.
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Impact-oriented financing
We help organizations and institutions link financial resources with the social outcomes they aim to achieve. We design blended financing mechanisms, pay-for-performance systems, and hybrid models that ensure economic sustainability without losing sight of the social purpose. We promote a new way of financing, focused on value created, not just activity performed.
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Building internal capacity for adaptive management during solution implementation
Implementation is not a final stage but a living process. We support organizations in developing their ability to learn while acting. We do this by integrating real-time decision-making systems, feedback structures, and a culture of strategic flexibility. This enables improved outcomes and agile responses to changing contexts.
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Scaling impact upward, outward, and deep
Not all scaling is the same. We work across three dimensions of scalability: upward (influencing public policies and institutional structures), outward (replicating best practices across territories or sectors), and deep (changing mindsets, cultures, and power relations). Systemic impact requires combining these dimensions according to context and strategy.
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Developing the social ecosystem for systemic transformation
No organization can transform reality alone. That’s why we work to identify, connect, and energize key actors in a territory or sector. By facilitating alliances, co-creation processes, and common frameworks for action, we help build social innovation ecosystems that reinforce collective impact and sustain long-term change.
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Evaluating for learning and continuous improvement of solutions
Evaluation is not just an external requirement but an essential tool for growth and adaptation. At UpSocial, we design evaluation systems that support strategic decision-making, generate useful knowledge, and continuously improve solutions. They combine methodological rigor with participatory approaches and add value to the people and organizations involved.
Who we are
At UpSocial, we are a team committed to social innovation. We identify, adapt, and scale proven solutions to generate positive and transformative impact in response to social challenges.
Since 2010, we have been working to connect people, ideas, and organizations with a clear purpose: building a more just, sustainable, and inclusive future. Our work is grounded in evidence, cross-sector collaboration, and impact measurement, which enables us to implement effective solutions that drive systemic change and deliver verifiable results.
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