Activities of the Social Innovation Centers as an indicator of the sustainability of the regional social system
The ongoing social changes require the search and implementation of innovative approaches to solve pressing problems in the social sphere and achieve social sustainability. The mixed results of social management in modern Russia predetermine the need for structural changes. Social innovation centers, the idea of creating of which arose in 2011, are called upon to provide a qualitatively new level to support the activities of social entrepreneurs seeking to solve social problems by innovative methods. The article shows that the activities of such centers is a kind of indicator of the sustainability of the social system of the region. Based on the study of the activities of the Social Innovation Centers in the regions of Russia, a system of indicators has been formed that can be used to make conclusions about: 1) the nature of the transformation of the environment for the development of social entrepreneurship; 2) the social activity of civil society.