Social Entrepreneurship Network in the Baltic Sea Region
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship manages the largest network of late-stage social entrepreneurs in the world. Yet when you talk to most entrepreneurs in our community, they describe their impact as a “drop in the ocean”. They say things such as: “I’m not even 5% of the way to where I want to be”. For a…
The pioneer Post recently published an interesting article on the internationalisation of social enterprises. Here is a short excerpt and lin to the full article: Social entrepreneurs are great at tackling locally-rooted problems – but they may be overlooking opportunities to grow and develop if they’re not considering overseas markets. Research suggests much more support…
Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra organizes impact bootcamps for Finnish social enterprises during spring 2019. Bootcamps are a continuation program for previous year’s impact accelerators. The programs consists of 3 workshops: Basics of impact – Feb 28th Measuring impact – March 28th Impact-driven business development – May 5th. Workshops are held in Finnish. Ask for more…
You have an idea for an impact business, but don’t quite know how to take it forward? CauseArtist has compiled a nice article that explains, with examples, how you can use Non-profit model For-profit social enterprise model, or Cooperative model for taking your idea forward. Read the original article: What Social Impact Business Model is Right for…
New challenges require new ways of thinking. Old business and entrepreneurship text-book examples might not be relevant anymore and, what is more, they are not enough to inspire or to help generate ideas for solving emerging challenges. New tools should be used in order to tackle new problems and get to the core of a…
How do we create innovative and effective solutions to social problems around the world ? This course was designed for individuals and organizations who want to identify and bring about transformative societal change. Professors Jim Thompson and Ian “Mac” MacMillan help you develop both a strategy and a framework for your social enterprise based on…
Arvoliitto – The association for social enterprises in Finland and Laatukeskus – Excellence Finland – The Finnish Association for Quality have started to develop a new impact management and quality system tailored for social enterprises and other impact organizations. The new system and it’s tools will enhance also the social procurement practices of municipalities. The…
Read this great article on the World Bank blog on “Why education matters for economic development” by Harry Anthony Patrinos. This content is delivered to you in the framework of the SEBS2 project co-funded by the Erasmus+, as our aim is to popularize social business and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region. http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/why-education-matters-economic-development There…
What Social Enterprise Is Social enterprise is, about using a market-driven business model to address critical social and environmental issues. Many people believe that a fundamental element of social enterprise – is collective ownership. Until we come up with a broader term than “social enterprise”, some would advocate for a broad interpretation that does not limit…
Smart Village is a new concept in the field of EU policies. ‘Smart and Competitive Rural Areas’ is one of the broad themes of the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) in the 2014-2020 programming period. Smart Villages is one of the sub-themes of the EU Rural Development policy’s. Smart Villages are “rural areas and communities which…
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