Social Entrepreneurship Network in the Baltic Sea Region
On June 4th the first Baltic – UK Social Entrepreneurship Forum took place. In this phygital* event a row of social entrepreneurs, as well as the government officials shared their stories and knowledge about the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in their respective countries. Throughout the day it allowed not only to find out more about the current…
Euclid Network (EN) in collaboration with organizations in eight European countries has published the first “European Social Enterprise Monitor” report (ESEM) – that collects data on social enterprises in the eight participating countries. This happened at the European Commission’s European Social Economy Summit (#EUSES) on 26 May 2021. The ESEM project was launched in 2020…
Before we jump into a list of some of our favorite social entrepreneurs, it’s worth a brief mention of what social entrepreneurship is in the first place. Social entrepreneurship, as a movement and as a term, is moving aggressively into the mainstream. And with this rise in popularity, more and more change agents are racing…
1. What is Social Entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship uses business to offer new ideas for wide-scale social and environmental impact. Social entrepreneurship unites the passion of a social mission with an image of business-like discipline, innovation, and determination. Many social entrepreneurs launch whole new ventures applying innovative and often risk-taking approaches to create scalable solutions, which…
Have you ever wondered what the term “social impact ” stands for and why so many companies indicate it as their core value? CauseLabs – a software company whose mission is growing positive impact, explains what are social impact companies and why do they matter. If you pay any attention to business news and trends, then…
The Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia has come with the evaluation report on the Social entrepreneurship support system in Latvia (full report available in Latvian), specifically focusing on the assessment of socially responsible entrepreneurs, their impact, and support mechanisms in order to provide viable recommendations for improvement of legal framework addressing social…
The Yunus & Youth Global Fellowship (Y&Y Fellowship) is a virtual, six-month program that is designed specifically for operating social businesses. The program is free, with no fee or equity stake required, and the application season is now open for the seventh global cohort. The Y&Y Fellowship gives you the skills you need to achieve…
Estonia (e-Estonia) is the world’s only fully digitalized nation, where almost 100% percent of all public services are online, from IDs to education to healthcare. Previously, I wrote an article about how AI can actually sharpen inequality in the world unless developing nations implement the proper technological infrastructure to be able to adopt AI in…
With just 3 million inhabitants, Lithuania is a little known Baltic State that leads in social entrepreneurship. This is due to historic policies, strong institutions and a STEM-driven population, all of which encourages innovation. As early as 1996, Lithuania expressed support for youth entrepreneurship when the Parliament launched its “State Youth Policy Conception”, which provided…
Within the framework of the project Pact for Impact launched by the French government to constitute an international community of Social entrepreneurs, the association @LesCanaux is building a database of 1,000 SSE and social entrepreneurship organizations. The principle is to put a cartography online representative of the international ecosystem and large enough to encourage other…
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