"With around 27 million citizens currently out of work, social innovation – innovative ideas that meet social needs – is essential for meeting the job challenge. For the second consecutive year, the Social Innovation Competition aims to remedy European unemployment by encouraging creative solutions. More than five years after the onset of the global financial crisis, it is clear that there is no easy fix for the current economic malaise. But instead of merely wishing for things to change, the European Commission is enlisting Europe’s innovative problem solvers in an effort jumpstart recovery." (Quoted from article)