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Impact investing for climate change

As maintained in a report recently issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD, 2017], policies on climate changes are key for development and growth, as are structural reforms and environmental investments. The combination of these three elements is crucial to promote inclusive and sustainable growth, contributing to the increase in market competition…

How to change the world: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas” by David Bornstein (Book Review)
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How to change the world: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas” by David Bornstein (Book Review)

Quoted as the bible in the field of social enterprise I was eager to discover what lay within my Kindle edition of “How to change the world: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas” by David Bornstein. I was certainly not disappointed, and more so, inspired. The book weaves the tale of Bill Drayton …

Social entrepreneurship online course by University of Pennsylvania
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Social entrepreneurship online course by University of Pennsylvania

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…

Smart villages – a new way providing services in rural areas
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Smart villages – a new way providing services in rural areas

European Network for Rural Development published a material about Smart Villages in May 2018. There is a full overview about the concept of Smart Villages, the meaning and importance of the concept. Community-lead actions are responding directly to local needs and opportunities and can be fully innovative. Social enterprises in rural areas with a high…

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Initiatives to promote social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic countries

Report Social entrepreneurship and social innovation – Initiatives to promote social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic countries presents the results from a survey of initiatives to support social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the Nordic Region. The survey addresses the challenges faced by the Nordic countries with regard to maintaining and further developing…

Unleashing the Impact of your Social Enterprise
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Unleashing the Impact of your Social Enterprise

Recent exploration on worldwide known educational platform Coursera has lead to discovery of some valuable resources, which might help social entrepreneurs in defining the social impact of their social and commercial activities. As it is not always clear what to measure, how to measure and how to communicate the impact, there are some video interviews…

A web-based training course for social business advisors
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A web-based training course for social business advisors

This training material is set as a self-study course. Learnes – business advisors – can apply for new skills to provide appropriate advice to social entrepreneurs. This is a web-based training course, which contains 12 modules: Module 1: Understanding Social Entrepreneurship Module 2: Role of Business Advisors Module 3: Structures for the Development of Social…

A toolkit for social business advisors
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A toolkit for social business advisors

This toolkit is for social business advisors or potential business advisors to improve the quality of the consulting and reach the additional value of consulting session. This toolkit is adapted to the social business advisors specially and contains 8 advisory techniques for groups of social entrepreneurs. It presents alternative advisory techniques and guidance, that when…