“Empowering self-employability potentials through start-ups and SMEs”
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“Empowering self-employability potentials through start-ups and SMEs”

Development of the Innovation Management and Utilization in New Entrepreneurs and Adult Education Ecosystem and Methodological Framework (eBook) is part of the project results of UInno’s project “Up-Skilling unemployed and low skilled workers by selfcentred innovation approaches, to empower their self-employability potentials through start-ups and SMEs”. Project is funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus +…

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Personal Strength and Weakness Assessment Checklist

The Personal Strength and Weakness Assessment Checklist will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses by asking you to rate yourself in several areas that are important to small business ownership. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses is important because (1) it can tell you whether you’re ready to start a small business, (2) in choosing a new…

Good Practices on Workplace Innovation for (SMEs) Small and medium-sized enterprises
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Good Practices on Workplace Innovation for (SMEs) Small and medium-sized enterprises

The  Online Manual of Good Practices on Workplace Innovation is a useful tool for those SMEs that need practical advice on possible innovation actions to implement within their companies to improve their organisational processes and increase their competitiveness. It will include inspiring case studies to give an idea to SMEs owners and employees on possible concrete actions to…

“Manual on social entrepreneurship”
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“Manual on social entrepreneurship”

This manual contains the results of the comparative study in Europe on success stories of Social Entreprises with a significant social impact on the territories in which they operate. It will also provide information about the methods of approach and teaching to young people, in particular disadvantaged young people, on how to start a startup,…

SE4Y – SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR YOUTH
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SE4Y – SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR YOUTH

The project will bring together 6 partners from different countries wishing to promote SE, self employment through raising awareness on social issues, strengthening young people participation and helping them to become responsible active members of our society by enriching their competences. SE4You (Social Entrepreneurship for youth) aims to support young people who want to learn and…

Learn more about the latest #socialeconomy developments in Spain!
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Learn more about the latest #socialeconomy developments in Spain!

The concept of the “social economy” has gained attention and momentum in recent years although the degree of recognition varies largely from one Member State to another. Spain is an example where the social economy benefits from wide recognition. It is the first European country to enact a law on the social economy concept in…

Third Sector and Social Economy – what is the difference?
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Third Sector and Social Economy – what is the difference?

Two terms that can often be encountered in the context of social entrepreneurship and social innovation are “third sector” and “social economy”. However, they are significantly less self-explanatory than the more commonly known “non-governmental sector”, “the non-profit sector” or “the charity sector”. To confuse things more, in scholarly articles  “third sector” and “social economy” often seem to be used interchangeably. But what do these…

The Social Economy, the Future of Europe The Social Economy, the Future of Europe – report from the meeting during the Frensh Presidency of the Council of EU
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The Social Economy, the Future of Europe The Social Economy, the Future of Europe – report from the meeting during the Frensh Presidency of the Council of EU

The social and solidarity economy (SSE) is one of the pillars on which the European Union intends to build its resilience, an objective affirmed by the European Commission on 9 December 2021, when it presented a new action plan on the social economy. European Ministers responsible for the Social Economy will meet in Paris on…

Get to know asperIT Foundation from Poland, who joined the NEEST portfolio in 2021!
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Get to know asperIT Foundation from Poland, who joined the NEEST portfolio in 2021!

NEEST provides a portfolio with tailored financial support, business mentoring and strategic networking over a five-year period. NESsT offers investment packages up to $150,000 in the form of grants, patient working capital loans and recoverable grants over a five-year period. We encourage co-investments and are proactive towards introducing you to our co-investment partners. Our team also…

DIY Toolkit: practical tools to trigger and support social innovation
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DIY Toolkit: practical tools to trigger and support social innovation

DIY stands for “Development, Impact and You” and the DIY Toolkit is a digital platform with a collection of practical social innovation tools for social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers to help them  invent, adopt or adapt ideas that create a social impact. DIY Toolkit has been created by NESTA in partnership with Rockefeller Foundation. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzSvjYRuCQ8[/embedyt] Key…