Do you know youth support programme “YOUTH PROP UP”?
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Do you know youth support programme “YOUTH PROP UP”?

The Youth Prop Up action plan is part of the wider Estonian Youth Guarantee National Action Plan initiated by the European Union. The main aim is in supporting young people in need, who may have been made redundant or have not completed their education and are not currently studying. The programme attempts to assist them in realising their potential…

New EU & Council of Europe study „Social inclusion, digitalisation and young people”
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New EU & Council of Europe study „Social inclusion, digitalisation and young people”

This study aims to explore the existing state of play when it comes to digitalisation and social inclusion of young people. The overall question leading this study was: “What is the intersection between social inclusion and digitalisation?” Read the full report here: https://pjp-eu.coe.int/documents/42128013/47261953/053120+Study+on+SID+Web.pdf/0057379c-2180-dd3e-7537-71c468f3cf9d?fbclid=IwAR34n763ROD8XTkGeUVk-vHCL8dVBXZQchdSL4SqCfG_ykpRm9JPX94Yt7c  Executive summary: Social inclusion is a process that enables a young person to…

37 ICT tools for youth workers, trainers and project managers
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37 ICT tools for youth workers, trainers and project managers

The term of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) generally means all devices, networking components, applications and systems that combined allow people and organisations (i.e., companies, non-profit agencies, governments and institutions) to interact in the digital world. If you are a trainer, a youth worker, a project manager or only a user interested in ICT tools,…

Firms with benefits: A systematic review of responsible entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility literature
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Firms with benefits: A systematic review of responsible entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility literature

The scholarly literature has so far paid limited attention to responsibility by commercial entrepreneurs. This scientific paper compares responsible entrepreneurship (RE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholarship in order to identify future fields of research. For this purpose, authors assess the strengths and weaknesses of extant RE scholarship through the lens of CSR. They have reviewed 11,260…

Internship at Social Enterprise Estonia and moving towards a greener lifestyle.

Internship at Social Enterprise Estonia and moving towards a greener lifestyle.

I am Katerina Chantzi and I am a social scientist. I am very excited to be an intern at Social Enterprise Estonia during my studies at Tallinn University in Social Entrepreneurship Master’s Programme. I started my internship in June 2020, a time when we were slightly starting to get out of our lockdown “caves” and…

Impact measurement and management tools for social entrepreneurs

Impact measurement and management tools for social entrepreneurs

Interreg Central Europe website shared great info on their currently running project “CE Responsible – Empowering Social Business in Central Europe” . The aim of it is to connect successful entrepreneurs with social entrepreneurs through our soon developed platform to make strong, long-term connections. It’s a win-win situation: while the social entrepreneurs gain the knowledge and…

Polish Certificate of Quality of Social and Solidarity 2020 awards granted!
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Polish Certificate of Quality of Social and Solidarity 2020 awards granted!

The competition for granting the Certificate of Quality of Social and Solidarity 2020 is aimed at awarding those entities that successfully combine economic activity with social commitment. The awarded certificates will contribute to building the brand of specific entities and the entire social economy sector. One of the categories will also include local governments that…

Made in Social Europe Exhibition 2020
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Made in Social Europe Exhibition 2020

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…

Social Impact Investment – Best Practices and Recommendations for the Next Generation
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Social Impact Investment – Best Practices and Recommendations for the Next Generation

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,…