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Webinar: Empowering people for sustainability transitions – cases from the We make transition!
We make transition! project has engaged a big number of local authorities as well as civil society, business and other local actors to cooperate…
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How to strengthen collaboration between local authorities and civil society actors? – gap analysis
How to strengthen collaboration between local authorities and civil society actors to enhance sustainability? This analysis summarizes and analyses the results of 20 focus…
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Toolbox – Unlocking potential:How to make innovation social?- SI Capacity Building
The Toolbox is a practical companion designed to work seamlessly with the accompanying Textbook, which lays the foundational theory covering topics such as Social…
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Webinar: Civil society making transition
The webinar presents two interesting civil society cases related to urban gardening, circular economy and community building. Participants can share and compare similar cases…
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Social Innovation Across the Baltic States and Sweden: Four Countries, Four Unique Approaches
As social challenges evolve, countries across Europe are taking innovative approaches to strengthen social entrepreneurship and address community needs. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden…
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WEBINAR: Enhancing Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region
Join us for an engaging webinar exploring how technology and artificial intelligence can drive social innovation and create positive societal impacts What to Expect:…
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About the “We make transition!” project
Local and regional authorities have a crucial role in driving resilience – societal ability to adapt and react. Due to the complexity of sustainability…
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Webinar on inspiring civil society cases from Finland and Estonia,
21 January 2025Join us for an engaging webinar on January 21, 2025, featuring inspiring civil society cases from Finland and Estonia. Discover how these communities are…
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Case studies on civil society making sustainability transitions
We collected a variety of inspiring success stories from six Baltic Sea region countries! We make transition! project engages local authorities, civil society actors…
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Case studies on civil society making sustainability transitions
We make transition! collected a variety of inspiring success stories of “civil society making sustainability transitions”. Case studies are related to social sustainability, circular…
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About the We make transition! project
Local and regional authorities have a crucial role in driving resilience – societal ability to adapt and react. Due to the complexity of sustainability…
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BSR vision of sustainable life
We How does sustainable future 2035 look like from the point of view of various civil society actors? We make transition! project invited a…
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New educational modules for social entrepreneurs are available
The social economy is a business model that works for the future of Europe. Within the RevitaLESE project, we have developed several educational models…
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The Social Innovation Tournament
Save the date! The Social Innovation Tournament is approaching. It recognises and supports the best European impact entrepreneurs. It promotes innovative ideas and rewards…
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WEBINAR
What is the role of civil society in making sustainability transition?Local authorities have a crucial role in driving resilience – societal ability to adapt and react – but due to complexity of the challenges,…
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Staying Resilient: 8 Ways to Prevent Burnout Working in Social Economy
Staying resilient while working in a social enterprise requires adopting unconventional strategies to avoid burnout. While social entrepreneurs often face unique challenges that can lead to burnout, including working with limited resources, managing complex projects, and balancing multiple stakeholders, there are many ways to prevent burnout beyond taking breaks and practicing self-care. Here are eight strategies to help social entrepreneurs stay energized and motivated while making a positive social impact! 1. Connect with Nature Social…
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How does Social Entrepreneurship relate with Sustainable Development Goals?
Social entrepreneurship is the process by which individuals, startups and entrepreneurs develop and fund solutions that directly address social issues. Organizations that are active in…
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How to write a press release to achieve social impact?
A press release is an effective tool to disseminate information to the media and the public about important events, developments, and initiatives. With the right approach, a…
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How to advance gender equality through the social economy?
The social economy is an essential field in promoting gender equality. In most countries, women often make up more than 60% of the workforce,…
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Social Enterprise and The Green Transition
In recent years, we’ve seen a pretty revolutionary cultural shift from consumers, from one of securing the best product for the lowest price to…
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Definition of LESE and Why They Need Support
The term ‘Social Economy’ is one that is being used more and more these days when it comes to implementing the just transition. The…
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SUSTAINABILITY
Handbook on greener habits for young adultsCultivating greener habits always requires initiative – at home, in workplace or leisure time. To foster a sustainable mindset and engage communities more efficiently,…
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GAMIFICATION
Online breakout rooms as a non-formal education tool – project CO-ARTAny type of education nowadays is undergoing major changes, dealing with limited attention spans and the undeniable growth in importance of digital approaches. Nonetheless, the…
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APPLICATIONS OPEN
Young Entrepreneurs ChallengeWith less than 2 weeks to go the applications are open for the Young Entrepreneurs Challenge deadline. The Challenge is an online entrepreneurship competition looking…
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6 Questions To Ask Before You Start A Social Enterprise
Eager to change the world? Here’s what you need to figure out before you can start. Treating diseases, addressing climate change, expanding access to…
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COLLABORATION TOOL
Canva.comIt is not unlikely to consider Canva.com as a tool for graphic design. Because it is! But being efficient in your work and co-work…
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ILO and the OECD adopt international documents on the social economy
On Friday 9 June and Saturday 10 June, two international organizations, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development…
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20 Best Social Enterprise Blogs & Websites
The best Social Enterprise blog list curated from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. 1. NextBillion…
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Social innovation VS Social Entrepreneurship
Welcome to the Social Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship section. This section will help you understand the fundamentals of Social Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship. This…
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Mentorship program for Ukrainians in Vilnius
Let’s admit it – the best way to get to know a new city is with the help of a local. After all, if…
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The complete guide to growing and scaling your social enterprise
We’ve learned a few things in helping support over 900 social enterprises around the world scale their operations with the help of our Experteers,…
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The relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development from economic growth perspective: 15 ‘RCEP’ countries
Social entrepreneurship plays a role in sustainable development to value creation, delivering and capturing, in this article, researchers attempted to find the nature of…
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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Social enterprises combine societal goals with an entrepreneurial spirit. These organisations focus on achieving wider social, environmental or community objectives. The European Commission aims…
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PAPER
Social innovation drivers in social enterprises: systematic reviewBy gathering and organizing dispersed knowledge about the SI process in SEs, this paper can help the social entrepreneurs, policy makers and supporting organisations of…
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BOOK
Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, Concepts, and ToolsSocial entrepreneurship and social innovation both seek to improve the world through social change. Whereas social entrepreneurship revolves around the business side of change,…
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BOOK
Social Innovation: Comparative perspectivesSocial innovation is a topic that is more and more being discussed on both national and European levels (hence, the announcement of this being…
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PAPER
Youth Associations and Entrepreneurship: Insights from Case Studies in PortugalYoung people in western societies currently live in a paradoxical social condition: never has a generation been so qualified, nurturing high aspirations and expectations throughout school,…
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ARTICLE
Upshots of Intrinsic Traits on Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among Young Business GraduatesIn this study they deliberated some personality traits that boost the intentions towards social entrepreneurships. These personality traits were LKM (loving-kindness meditation), compassion, and entrepreneurship…
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RESEARCH
Rise Up: Understanding Youth Social Entrepreneurs and Their EcosystemsIn introducing Youth 2030, the UN strategy for supporting youth to turn their “ideas into action,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged that youth are “a vast source of…
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RESEARCH
The role of social entrepreneurship for youth purpose developmentDespite the burgeoning research on social entrepreneurship in recent years, there is limited research on youths as a context for theorizing. This article examines the influence…
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GUIDEBOOK
Social business roadmapThe Social Business Roadmap has the aim to support young people in creating a social enterprise in 10 simple steps. It is an entrepreneurial…
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ONLINE COURSES
HP Life online skills-training programHP LIFE is a free, skills-training program for entrepreneurs, business owners, and lifelong learners all over the world. These free online training courses are designed to…
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IMPACT MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX
For the organisations working with the youthThis toolbox helps organizations and organizers to plan, implement and communicate the positive changes that they aim to create with their initiative or organisation in the lives…
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VIDEO LECTURES
Successful social entrepreneurship in rural areasWithin the framework of the project “Successful social entrepreneur in rural areas” 30 educational video lectures on various social entrepreneurship topics have been prepared…
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GUIDELINES
Social impact communication in youth organisations and youth social enterprisesWithin the project BALTIC: YOUTH: IMPACT, the Latvian Social Entrepreneurship Association together with the Baltic partners has developed Social Impact Communication Guidelines. The goal…
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EaSI Technical Assistance for social enterprise finance
Social enterprises contribute to the European policy in the area of employment and social inclusion and are particularly relevant for the implementation of the…
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Unlocking the Social Economy
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum have just published the report “Unlocking the Social Economy – Towards an Inclusive and…
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Campus StarterKit for developing Social entrepreneurship
When combined with the educator’s passion, expertise, and leadership skills, social entrepreneurship has the potential to engage students in any field of study to…
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BOOK REVIEW
Making Change: Youth Social Entrepreneurship as an Approach to Positive Youth and Community DevelopmentEngaging youth as leaders of social change offers the exponential benefits of personal empowerment, community enhancement, and economic transformation. Grounded both in interdisciplinary theory…
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Official Launch of the 2020 World Youth Report: Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda
2 Jul 2020 – Briefing by Mr. Elliot Harris, UN Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development as well as a youth social…
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Social Protection & Cooperatives Spotlight – Mobilizing social and solidarity economy units towards universal social protection
This ILO Spotlight brief is jointly developed by the Social Protection Department and the Cooperatives Unit in the Enterprises Department. It focuses on mobilizing…
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Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs stands firmly by the Ukrainian people in these difficult times
The EYE programme has reached out to Ukrainian intermediary organisations and entrepreneurs to support them in this crisis. Immediate emergency measures were taken and implemented by the entire network to support the…
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How to participate in the Erasmus+ for Young Entrepreneurs Programme
The European exchange programme for Entrepreneurs Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs helps provide aspiring European entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to start and/or successfully run a…
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Laern more about the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a cross-border programme facilitating the exchange of entrepreneurial and management experience. The exchange is implemented by a stay of…
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Check the Social Economy Talks podcasts!
“Social Economy Talks” is a Podcast series from Social Economy Europe about the most relevant upcoming issues in the social economy sphere. It will…
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No Green Deal without a Social Deal
We recommend reading the opinion by Norbert KLUGE (Workers – GR II / Germany) (Reference: INT/903-EESC-2020 presenting reflections on the Green Deal and Social Deal in the EU. You…
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the Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP) is now available in 23 EU official languages
The European Commission has today presented an Action Plan to help the European social economy thrive, tapping into its economic and job-creation potential, as…
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The energy of social economy pioneers in Central & Eastern Europe
European Social Economy website posted interesting relation from the meeting held on 13th May – The energy of social economy pioneers in Central & Eastern…
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EC presented guidelines on Social Economy Action Plan in form of Q&A
Questions and answers: the Social Economy Action Plan What is the social economy? There are 2.8 million social economy entities in Europe that…
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Youth initiative: a framework for youth entrepreneurship
We want to share with you the report written by Rossella Soldi (Progress Consulting S.r.l.) and Simona Cavallini (Fondazione FORMIT). It does not represent the…
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Calling all youth social entrepreneurs!
In 2022 EC adopted the Social Economy Action Plan, which you can read on EC’s website (link below) or find more info on our…
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ARTICLE
Social innovation in the Baltic Sea RegionIt is not a secret that social innovation is on the hype for the last few years and this is going to stay, at least…
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Meet the newest Ashoka Fellows in the Nordics
It is interesting that Ashoka has turned to recognize social entrepreneurs in the Nordics for the first time. On May 2 Ashoka has published…
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The EU Pact for Skills – Skills partnership for the Proximity & Social Economy ecosystem
Today we recommend another great reading and educational material on the social economy – The EU Pact for Skills – Skills partnership for the Proximity…
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YBI launches Green & Social Entrepreneurship Month
Throughout our global network, we are seeing more and more young entrepreneurs build businesses that deliver profit with purpose. They are the entrepreneurs working…
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Inclusive Business Creation – Good Practice Compendium
Today we present to you a report from the OECD’s Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED) provides innovative ideas and practical solutions for…
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BOOK
Social entrepreneurship teaching resources handbookSocial entrepreneurship education has grown dramatically from the first class taught at Harvard University by Dr. Greg Dees in the mid 1990’s and the first European…
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PAPER
Innovative Social Entrepreneurship: Development of Youth Social ActivityThe aim of the work is to study the accelerators of social initiatives as a specific social environment and the practice of experimental testing and development…
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PAPER
Entrepreneurial Literacy and Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among YouthThe youth will be the leaders of the country and the determinants of the continuity of government in the future. Malaysia now has many young…
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PAPER
Mapping social innovation networks: Knowledge intensive social services as systems buildersSocial innovations are often seen as the product of social entrepreneurs. This paper instead asserts that social innovations are also routinized. This is the result…
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Read the article – The European Green Deal and the social market economy
We highly recommend reading the article by Martin Dahl – “The European Green Deal and the social market economy” published here: http://czasopisma.isppan.waw.pl/index.php/sm/article/view/1796 Abstract: The European Green Deal…
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STUDY
Systemic Design Principles in Social Innovation: A Study of Expert Practices and Design RationaleIn recent decades, design has expanded from a practice aimed at designing things to one that helps to address complex societal challenges. In this context,…
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Tackling Green and Social Washing with Ethical Finance
This is the fourth and final episode of the miniseries Finance4Good. In this episode we introduce the ideas of green and social washing from…
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Employment and Social Developments in Europe Quarterly Review looks into factors behind the gender pay gap among young people
The Commission has published the latest edition of the Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) Quarterly Review, with a specific thematic focus on…
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Buying for social impact – Good practice from around the EU
Buying for Social Impact (BSI) is a project commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the European Commission Directorate-General…
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Funding opportunities for social economy – update 2022
Social economy and inclusive entrepreneurship are topics with transversal relevance for a variety of policy fields and economic sectors. Funding opportunities can therefore be…
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How can social innovation and social entrepreneurship build the resilience of the future workforce?
With digitalization, globalization and an aging population the landscape of work is rapidly changing. Projections show that in the next 10 years in the…
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Skoll foundation announces winners of the 2022 Skoll Award for Social Innovation
Skoll Foundation awards several organizations and individuals on their social impact ideas every year. The winners of 2022 have been announced, and in this…
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Social Enterprise Series 2022
The Social Enterprise Series is a 10-week in-depth learning program designed to educate future global changemakers about the practical components of establishing or growing…
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Unlocking Canadian Social Innovation
Please, find below the link to useful material on Social Innovation policies and practices in Canada prepared by the Centre for Social Innovation. The…
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Podcast on Impact Measurement, Citizen Participation and Governance
Welcome to Episode three of Social EcPodcast Miniseries – Finance 4 Good! In this episode we build upon the previous two episodes, in which…
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Webinar: Social enterprise partnerships with corporates – succesful cases from the UK
Social Entrepreneurs in Denmark project Rummelig Genstart hosted a webinar Successful English Social Enterprise Partnerships with Corporates Thursday 17 March 2022. You can see…
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Youth Upskilling and Experience Through Social Innovation
Watch this lively conversation with Estefania Fernandez, a serial educational entrepreneur, youth leader and polyglot originally from Spain. After relocating to Berlin, Estefania created…
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DALBA – Beer that means more
Meet DALBA, social enterprise which is a part of NESs’t Fund network which is investing in entrepreneurial solutions that lift people out of poverty. In…
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The world’s first social enterprise speakers agency
The English charity Expert Impact, which in recent years has matched more than 400 social entrepreneurs with mentors, has just launched the world’s first…
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Nordic Social Entrepreneurship 3.0
Nordic Social Entrepreneurship 3.0 (NSE 3.0) is a new, free online educational program that aims to upgrade adult professionals and improve their ability to…
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Youth Building Skills and Gaining Opportunities Through Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
“Nearly 90% of young people today live in low and middle-income countries. Around 200 million adolescent people are not in education programs and 13%…
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Young People and Social Innovation in Europe
By Ljupka Janevska. “Social innovation is the process of developing creative ideas that will eventually ‘’grow’’ into practical solutions, which will improve the overall…
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Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise 2022 List featuring women leaders in social entrepreneurship
EN’s second annual list honours women trailblazers who are helping to shape the European social enterprise ecosystem and leading it into the mainstream. The list…
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eBOOK
Envisioning the Future of Learning for Creativity, Innovation and EntrepreneurshipFor two years consortium of Erasmus+ VISION project have been working on useful outcomes, and the project concluded in the last December. Proudly they are presenting an outcome…
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The State of Social Enterprise in Europe 2020-2021
The European Social Entrepreneurship Monitor is the only internationally recognized survey on social entrepreneurship that helps bring the needs and aspirations of companies…
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“Empowering self-employability potentials through start-ups and SMEs”
Development of the Innovation Management and Utilization in New Entrepreneurs and Adult Education Ecosystem and Methodological Framework (eBook) is part of the project results…
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Personal Strength and Weakness Assessment Checklist
The Personal Strength and Weakness Assessment Checklist will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses by asking you to rate yourself in several areas that are…
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Optimy: ALL-IN-ONE SOCIAL IMPACT PLATFORM
Empower your impact A simple, flexible and customizable social impact platform. Designed to help you save time, be more efficient and drastically improve your…
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Good Practices on Workplace Innovation for (SMEs) Small and medium-sized enterprises
The Online Manual of Good Practices on Workplace Innovation is a useful tool for those SMEs that need practical advice on possible innovation actions to implement…
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“Manual on social entrepreneurship”
This manual contains the results of the comparative study in Europe on success stories of Social Entreprises with a significant social impact on the…
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European social entrepreneur and ESE – Operational course for social innovation
The European Social Entrepreneur -ESE project coordinated by CO-LABORY During its implementation, project’s participants produced a high-quality materials and provided the best possible education…
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How to start a business: 10 steps to starting a business
Starting a business is exciting—but also demanding. This article addresses some of the most common startup steps to ensure your company is ready for…
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SE4Y – SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR YOUTH
The project will bring together 6 partners from different countries wishing to promote SE, self employment through raising awareness on social issues, strengthening young…
