EU working group GECES published report on Social Entrepreneurship
The working group of the European Commission in charge of social entrepreneurship (GECES) recently published it’s report.
Doctoral dissertation: Debunking the heroic social entrepreneurship myth
Social entrepreneurship is about mundane work and not about heroism, argues Eeva Houtbeckers in her dissertation that was defended on 28th of October. Social entrepreneurship has been developed as a reaction to “conventional” entrepreneurship, which is connected with maximising profits and taking risks. The uncritical understanding of social entrepreneurship repeats the myth of a heroic…
First partnership between UK bank and Crowdfunding portal
Santander teams up withcrowdfunding platform Crowdfunder to launch new £200,000 fund to support social enterprises and community projects across the UK This means that innovative community projects, that support social change, are now able to present their ideas on Crowdfunder.co.uk and unlock matched funding of up to £10k from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund. The new…
Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises – Nordic Perspectives
”Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises – Nordic Perspectives” is a new book on social enterprises in a particular Nordic perspective. The book is edited by professor Linda Lundgaard Andersen and Roger Spear from Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Roskilde University and Marlin Gawell from Södertörns högskola in Stockholm. Migrant women stepping into ethnic catering; homeless…
Policy brief on scaling the impact of social enterprises
A new policy brief on strategies and policies to scale the social impact of social enterprises has been produced within a multiannual cooperation between the LEED programme of the OECD and the Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission. The brief explaining what a social enterprise is and what scaling means in…
What would happen if we support circular economy with tax exemptions? Look at Sweden
Can you imagine the new opportunities for the social enterprises in the circular economy sector if some other countries would follow the Sweden’s lead to make certain services VAT exempt? Would you stop throwing things away and get them repaired instead, if it were cheaper to do so? This is the qustions being asked and…
Social Entrepreneurs Need To Be Futurists, Too
we just came across an interesting article on Fast Company about a new type of social entrepreneurs that would like to share with you. What if we tried to prevent future problems, instead of just solving the ones in front of us? This is the question asked.
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Get inspiration from global examples!
There are many proven way how a slightly tired social entrepreneur can get new inspiration and ideas. One of those methods is to look at international examples of social entrepreneurship. Sometimes these are mind-blowing examples of social innovation. In other cases, a reader feels that (s)he can do much better in own country. Here are…
Development of methodology and training for social entrepreneurship awareness and promotion in Latvia
A number of non-governmental organizations (including Social innovation centre), companies will prepare two methodologies and train the Ministry of Welfare and financial institutions “Altum” employees on how to recognize and promote social enterprises in Latvia. Two methodologies will be developed, based on public tendering process: – Selection criteria and the application of the methodology for…
Something to look forward to: Slush 2016
As many of us are in a real holiday mood and occasionally the sun is giving us its best shines – I thought it wise to remind us about the fact that Winter is Coming. Meaning: all the seminars, trainings and events that start taking place right after the holiday season and will give us…
