Social Entrepreneurship Network in the Baltic Sea Region
Social Platform is delighted to welcome you to our new Made in Social Europe Exhibition 2020 – a collection of 19 inspiring practices from civil society organisations who are a part of Social Platform’s European member networks. In November 2017, European Union leaders proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights and stressed their united political commitment to…
We recommend to read and learn from this study prepared for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs called “Social Impact Investment – Best Practices and Recommendations for the Next Generation” (Mackevičiūtė, R. et al., Social Impact Investment – Best practices and recommendations for the next generation, Publication for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs,…
The European Parliament’s Research Department have just published a new briefing on the future for the Social Economy at EU level. After defining the Social Economy, the briefing focuses on the five pillars for EU intervention on social economy: 1. Access to finance; 2. Access to markets to encourage cooperation between traditional and social…
This compendium derives policy lessons for boosting social enterprises from the analysis of 20 initiatives in several EU member-countries, covering a range of policy areas from legal frameworks, finance, market access, and support structures, to education and skills. Social enterprises can only meet their full potential if an enabling environment is in place to allow…
This study aims to benchmark diffuse initiatives and policies at EU level as well as national level to promote successful approaches using digital technologies in social economy and social enterprises. It will do so to reinforce their e-skills and the uptake of new technologies in their entrepreneurial strategy discuss the opportunities and challenges they face…
Read more here: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=9510&furtherNews=yes A new call for proposals was launched under the Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI), with the aim of contributing to the development of finance markets for social enterprises across Europe. © Shutterstock / ByEmo Proposed actions in this call for proposals are expected to focus on designing financial instruments and mechanisms for social…
The business environment constitutes one of the essential elements of the country’s competitiveness. The Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania wishes to help business. In Lithuania social business are confused with corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. In fact social business is something different. In Spring 2015, the Ministry of Economy approved the…
If you think, that social enterprises need more visibility in your country, you should definitely submit your application to the European Social Economy Regions 2018 call! It is your chance to build effective networks of the social economy and social innovation stakeholders and to raise awareness about the social economy at regional and local level. This publication…
Europoje, kurios dalis esame ir mes, siekiant konkurencingos socialinės ekonomikos , socialinės inovacijos yra būtinos. Nors pastaraisiais metais daug girdima ir kalbama apie socialinį verslą, kuris galima sakyti ir yra socialinė inovacija, vis dar šioje srityje nematyti didelio proveržio. Kadangi socialinis verslas gali veikti įvairiom formom, tačiau nuo tradicinio verslo modelio skiriasi tuo, kad pirminė…
European Commission has just announced interesting call for proposals that focuses on the issue that is also critical in Baltic Sea Region: youth unemployment. The novel aspect – at least for three Baltic countries – is the focus on legal form of cooperative. The call for proposals requires the solutions to enable young people to create…
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