Small & Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Social Innovation Cooperation Promotion Program
促進社會創新合作計畫
Industry chapter08 · Business Startup and Incubation
Eligibility
Existing social-innovation organizations, or anyone seeking to establish one.
What’s offered
Three service tracks: (1) official registration on the public Social Innovation Platform, (2) Social Innovation Experimentation Center support, and (3) Buying Power — matchmaking with corporate procurement budgets.
Program structure
Social Innovation Platform registration
- Eligible: social-innovation organizations including for-profit, non-profit, and informal collectives.
- Services include posting your organization mission, listing your products and services, plus advisory support on legal, financial, and operational questions.
- Process: apply online via the platform → community review → registration confirmed → access to the knowledge-base advisory service.
Social Innovation Experimentation Center
- Eligible: organizations aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (no duplicates allowed).
- Services: incubator residencies, mentor pairings, thematic curriculum.
- Application window: rolling, opens four times per year per the official site.
- Process: open call → first review (paper) → final selection → result announcement.
Marketing exposure & resource matching (Buying Power)
- Eligible: registered social-innovation organizations.
- Promotes Buying Power — connects social-innovation suppliers with corporate procurement teams to grow brand recognition and market traction.
- Application window: rolling, opens twice per year per the official site.
- Process: online sign-up → application review → matching session → result announcement.
Application window
Per official website. Experimentation Center: 4 cycles per year. Buying Power: 2 cycles per year.
Who to contact
Social Innovation Advisory Service
社會創新諮詢服務
Ms. Hsiao (蕭小姐)
English-language application support: not confirmed. Plan to bring a Mandarin-fluent collaborator to the first conversation.