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6 Questions To Ask Before You Start A Social Enterprise
Eager to change the world? Here’s what you need to figure out before you can start. Treating diseases, addressing climate change, expanding access to…
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20 Best Social Enterprise Blogs & Websites
The best Social Enterprise blog list curated from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers, domain authority & freshness. 1. NextBillion…
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Social innovation VS Social Entrepreneurship
Welcome to the Social Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship section. This section will help you understand the fundamentals of Social Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship. This…
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Mentorship program for Ukrainians in Vilnius
Let’s admit it – the best way to get to know a new city is with the help of a local. After all, if…
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The complete guide to growing and scaling your social enterprise
We’ve learned a few things in helping support over 900 social enterprises around the world scale their operations with the help of our Experteers,…
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The relationship between social entrepreneurship and sustainable development from economic growth perspective: 15 ‘RCEP’ countries
Social entrepreneurship plays a role in sustainable development to value creation, delivering and capturing, in this article, researchers attempted to find the nature of…
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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Social enterprises combine societal goals with an entrepreneurial spirit. These organisations focus on achieving wider social, environmental or community objectives. The European Commission aims…
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PAPER
Social innovation drivers in social enterprises: systematic reviewBy gathering and organizing dispersed knowledge about the SI process in SEs, this paper can help the social entrepreneurs, policy makers and supporting organisations of…
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Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, Concepts, and ToolsSocial entrepreneurship and social innovation both seek to improve the world through social change. Whereas social entrepreneurship revolves around the business side of change,…
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Social Innovation: Comparative perspectivesSocial innovation is a topic that is more and more being discussed on both national and European levels (hence, the announcement of this being…
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Youth Associations and Entrepreneurship: Insights from Case Studies in PortugalYoung people in western societies currently live in a paradoxical social condition: never has a generation been so qualified, nurturing high aspirations and expectations throughout school,…
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Upshots of Intrinsic Traits on Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among Young Business GraduatesIn this study they deliberated some personality traits that boost the intentions towards social entrepreneurships. These personality traits were LKM (loving-kindness meditation), compassion, and entrepreneurship…
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RESEARCH
Rise Up: Understanding Youth Social Entrepreneurs and Their EcosystemsIn introducing Youth 2030, the UN strategy for supporting youth to turn their “ideas into action,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged that youth are “a vast source of…
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RESEARCH
The role of social entrepreneurship for youth purpose developmentDespite the burgeoning research on social entrepreneurship in recent years, there is limited research on youths as a context for theorizing. This article examines the influence…
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GUIDEBOOK
Social business roadmapThe Social Business Roadmap has the aim to support young people in creating a social enterprise in 10 simple steps. It is an entrepreneurial…
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ONLINE COURSES
HP Life online skills-training programHP LIFE is a free, skills-training program for entrepreneurs, business owners, and lifelong learners all over the world. These free online training courses are designed to…
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IMPACT MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX
For the organisations working with the youthThis toolbox helps organizations and organizers to plan, implement and communicate the positive changes that they aim to create with their initiative or organisation in the lives…
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GUIDELINES
Social impact communication in youth organisations and youth social enterprisesWithin the project BALTIC: YOUTH: IMPACT, the Latvian Social Entrepreneurship Association together with the Baltic partners has developed Social Impact Communication Guidelines. The goal…
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EaSI Technical Assistance for social enterprise finance
Social enterprises contribute to the European policy in the area of employment and social inclusion and are particularly relevant for the implementation of the…
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Campus StarterKit for developing Social entrepreneurship
When combined with the educator’s passion, expertise, and leadership skills, social entrepreneurship has the potential to engage students in any field of study to…
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BOOK REVIEW
Making Change: Youth Social Entrepreneurship as an Approach to Positive Youth and Community DevelopmentEngaging youth as leaders of social change offers the exponential benefits of personal empowerment, community enhancement, and economic transformation. Grounded both in interdisciplinary theory…
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Official Launch of the 2020 World Youth Report: Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda
2 Jul 2020 – Briefing by Mr. Elliot Harris, UN Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development as well as a youth social…
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How to participate in the Erasmus+ for Young Entrepreneurs Programme
The European exchange programme for Entrepreneurs Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs helps provide aspiring European entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to start and/or successfully run a…
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Laern more about the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a cross-border programme facilitating the exchange of entrepreneurial and management experience. The exchange is implemented by a stay of…
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Check the Social Economy Talks podcasts!
“Social Economy Talks” is a Podcast series from Social Economy Europe about the most relevant upcoming issues in the social economy sphere. It will…
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Youth initiative: a framework for youth entrepreneurship
We want to share with you the report written by Rossella Soldi (Progress Consulting S.r.l.) and Simona Cavallini (Fondazione FORMIT). It does not represent the…
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Calling all youth social entrepreneurs!
In 2022 EC adopted the Social Economy Action Plan, which you can read on EC’s website (link below) or find more info on our…
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Social innovation in the Baltic Sea RegionIt is not a secret that social innovation is on the hype for the last few years and this is going to stay, at least…
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The EU Pact for Skills – Skills partnership for the Proximity & Social Economy ecosystem
Today we recommend another great reading and educational material on the social economy – The EU Pact for Skills – Skills partnership for the Proximity…
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YBI launches Green & Social Entrepreneurship Month
Throughout our global network, we are seeing more and more young entrepreneurs build businesses that deliver profit with purpose. They are the entrepreneurs working…
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Social entrepreneurship teaching resources handbookSocial entrepreneurship education has grown dramatically from the first class taught at Harvard University by Dr. Greg Dees in the mid 1990’s and the first European…
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Innovative Social Entrepreneurship: Development of Youth Social ActivityThe aim of the work is to study the accelerators of social initiatives as a specific social environment and the practice of experimental testing and development…
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Entrepreneurial Literacy and Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among YouthThe youth will be the leaders of the country and the determinants of the continuity of government in the future. Malaysia now has many young…
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STUDY
Systemic Design Principles in Social Innovation: A Study of Expert Practices and Design RationaleIn recent decades, design has expanded from a practice aimed at designing things to one that helps to address complex societal challenges. In this context,…
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Tackling Green and Social Washing with Ethical Finance
This is the fourth and final episode of the miniseries Finance4Good. In this episode we introduce the ideas of green and social washing from…
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Buying for social impact – Good practice from around the EU
Buying for Social Impact (BSI) is a project commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the European Commission Directorate-General…
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How can social innovation and social entrepreneurship build the resilience of the future workforce?
With digitalization, globalization and an aging population the landscape of work is rapidly changing. Projections show that in the next 10 years in the…
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Podcast on Impact Measurement, Citizen Participation and Governance
Welcome to Episode three of Social EcPodcast Miniseries – Finance 4 Good! In this episode we build upon the previous two episodes, in which…
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DALBA – Beer that means more
Meet DALBA, social enterprise which is a part of NESs’t Fund network which is investing in entrepreneurial solutions that lift people out of poverty. In…
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Youth Building Skills and Gaining Opportunities Through Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
“Nearly 90% of young people today live in low and middle-income countries. Around 200 million adolescent people are not in education programs and 13%…
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Young People and Social Innovation in Europe
By Ljupka Janevska. “Social innovation is the process of developing creative ideas that will eventually ‘’grow’’ into practical solutions, which will improve the overall…
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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…
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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…
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Model and invitation to Impact Procurement in Lithuania
Impact Procurement: New Opportunities for Social Businesses and NGOs to Develop Quality Public Services and Collaborate with Municipalities A procurement model where the ordering…
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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…
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6 Lessons for a More Human-Centered Leadership Practice
It is no secret that human-centered design thinking is an approach to problem-solving that is perfectly suited for social economy organizations, social innovators and changemakers tackling…
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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,…
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Leadership programme for girls
Future Heroes is a growth mindset-driven leadership & entrepreneurship program for girls aged 13 -17 to unlock their potential and create positive impact in…
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#MySocialRights video competition for youth!
Full info: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&furtherNews=yes&newsId=10066#navItem-1 Are you interested in social rights in Europe? Looking for an opportunity to shine a light on social issues that matter to…
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Social Entrepreneurship Innovation Camp Methodology Handbook
Social Entrepreneurship Innovation Camp Methodology Handbook (2021) Social Entrepreneurship Innovation Camp Methodology Handbook is an outline of the guidelines for organizing innovation camps or…
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From Tczew with Love
“Szafa serc”/Wardrobe of Hearts/ Charity Shop is a new social initiative based in Tczew, Poland, which started its’ activity in June this year. Recently…
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EU Youth Guarantee supporting unemployed youth!
What is the reinforced Youth Guarantee? The reinforced Youth Guarantee is a commitment by all Member States to ensure that all young people under the…
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Social Economy entities from Pomorskie Region will be present at the St. Dominics Fair in Gdańsk, Poland!
Social Economy Support Centre from Gdańsk (dobrarobota.org) invites you to Pomorska Street in Gdańsk during the St. Dominics Fair in Gdańsk, Poland, where you…
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YOUTH SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: POTENTIAL AND CHALLENGES
Numerous studies show that today’s young people are highly motivated to generate positive social change (Lewis, 2016; Punadi and Rizal, 2017). Social entrepreneurship may…
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Social Enterprises and the Future of Public Services – An Interview with Scott Darraugh, CEO of Social adVentures
The Social Enterprise UK invites us to a great webinar to be carried out next week, on July 15th 12:00 (London), where Scott Darraugh, CEO of Social adVentures, will…
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Read the latest guidelines “How to stimulate social entrepreneurship via non-formal and informal learning methods”
Although young people constitute a substantial part of citizens worldwide, they are not fully recognised in policies and strategies, as a separate group of interest.…
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How social entrepreneurship helps to educate the world?
How do social entrepreneurs and the projects they create impact the world at large? Maximillian Goetz, founder of the non-profit organization Robotics for All,…
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50 Social Entrepreneurs Changing the World
Before we jump into a list of some of our favorite social entrepreneurs, it’s worth a brief mention of what social entrepreneurship is in…
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The Ultimate Guide to Social Entrepreneurship
1. What is Social Entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship uses business to offer new ideas for wide-scale social and environmental impact. Social entrepreneurship unites the passion…
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Calling all young entrepreneurs – report “Mapping of Barriers to Social Inclusion of Young People in Vulnerable Situations”
The report called “Finding a place in modern Europe” by Authors: Jelena Markovic Miguel Angel Garcia Lopez Sever Dzigurski, With the support of the researchers…
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Regional Strategies for the Social Economy – OECD Report with examples from France, Spain, Sweden and Poland
This paper by OECD https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/industry-and-services/regional-strategies-for-the-social-economy_76995b39-en explores the linkages between regional strategies for the social economy and regional development in four EU countries: France, Spain,…
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Handbook for trainers in Social Entrepreneurship
The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development presents the handbook created for trainers regarding the training courses in Social Economy and Entrepreneurship. The educational material was created in…
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5 ways social enterprise funders can act differently in 2021
As world is rapidly changing in face of the COVID-19 crisis we highly recommend you reading this article by Lior Ipp from Roddenberry Foundation,…
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The Best Podcast for Social Entrepreneurs & Changemakers
Through The Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Podcast delivered by Grow Ensemble, host Cory Ames and his expert guests shed light on social entrepreneurship, discussing the experience of running, growing,…
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The Sustainable Development Goals and YOUth
‘The Sustainable Development Goals and YOUth’ is a material developed in 2015, just after the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been agreed on to…
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Pioneers Post – The Social Enterprise Magazine
If you are not familiar with Pioneers Post yet, we encourage you to check the independent news network for the global impact community. As a journalism platform,…
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THE TRIPLE LAYERED BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS – A TOOL TO DESIGN MORE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS
A creative approach to sustainability can be applied upon an organization’s business model. Authors begin their research with the assumption that business model innovation that takes…
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UpLink – a place where ideas can become a reality
Imagine you had a ‘eureka’ moment – an idea for a new way of doing something that could, in some way, make the world…
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Campus StarterKit for faculty and staff
The Campus Starter Kit is designed to help higher education leaders build hubs of social innovation by tapping into the creativity and ingenuity of…
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MIRO – where teams get works done
The online collaborative whiteboard platform to bring teams together, anytime, anywhere. For a while, we’ve been hearing that remote work and therefore remote jobs are the trend of…
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Handbook for trainers in Social Entrepreneurship
The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development presents the handbook created for trainers regarding the training courses in Social Economy and Entrepreneurship. The educational material was created in…
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Raising Venture Capital With Impact – Webinar Series in Feb-Mar
The EIB Institute is hosting a series of five webinars on “Raising venture capital with impact” with Wladimir Nikoluk from ImmerLearn . This series will explore…
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Ashoka – Everyone a Changemaker
Ashoka is an international organization that promotes social entrepreneurship by affiliating individual social entrepreneurs into the Ashoka organization. Their stated mission is “to shape a…
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THE YOUTH’S PERSPECTIVE TO SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
We recommend this scholarly article on youth social entrepreneurship available here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324359854_THE_YOUTH’S_PERSPECTIVE_TO_SOCIAL_ENTREPRENEURSHIP_DEVELOPMENT Urmanaviciene, Audrone & Raisiene, Agota. (2018). THE YOUTH’S PERSPECTIVE TO SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT.…
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TOOLKIT FOR MENTORS: #NGO TRAINED APPRENTICESHIP IN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS
Co-funded by the EEA grants project SOCIAL INNOVATORS presents an innovative model of simultaneously addressing the challenges of high rates of youth unemployment and…
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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…
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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…
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Knowledge capital in social and commercial entrepreneurship: Investigating the role of informal institutions
Abstract This paper utilizes the lenses of knowledge capital and institutional theories to examine the role knowledge capital plays in the context of entry…
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See How Young Entrepreneurs Are Transforming Communities Worldwide
Today’s young social entrepreneurs are driving change in new and unexpected ways. In these videos prepared by YouthActionNet Fellows , Laureate Global Fellows share their motivations,…
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Social INTRApreneurs – How Do They Contribute To The Common Good?
In order to achieve the SDGs, it is very clear that we need an economy built on the principles of accountability, inclusivity, and sustainability.…
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Why empowering female social entrepreneurs is key to economic recovery?
We highly recommend reading the article below, which is a part of the Davos Agenda. “The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that no institution or…
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Listen and learn – podcast “Social Economy for the full Inclusion of People with Disabilities”
Welcome to “Social Economy Talks”, a new podcast from Social Economy Europe about the most relevant upcoming issues in the social economy sphere. This is…
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19 EU states signed Toledo Declaration promoting social and solidarity economy
In December 2020 the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy organised a summit in Toledo. Nineteen EU member states have committed to promoting…
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Linking Social Impact with Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competence Building
There are different understandings of social impact, which covers “a common good”, “common actions for social good”, “engaging people into social campaigns”, “helping/caring for…
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“Unravel Tomorrow” MOOC Available for Social Entrepreneurs and Innovators
The “Unravel Tomorrow Learning Journey” offers learning resources to support educators, empowering new social entrepreneurs and social innovators to think about and learn from…
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HOW TO BOOST SOCIAL INNOVATION IN ACADEMY: AN INSIGHT BASED ON THE STUDENTS4CHANGE PROJECT
We highly recommend this interview with Ivon Cepeda by Igone Guerra, about the Students4Change project developed within the Erasmus+ program: Capacity Building the Field of…
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Guide to Social Entrepreneurship and Cultural Events – Youth in Focus
The project “Prosoa Rural – Promoting Social Awareness in Rural Area” aims to develop materials that support educators in rural training centers so that…
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Reporting Innovation: Act to Inspire & Inspire to Act 2020
Over the past two years, Axfoundation has created alliances and collaborations with some 225 partners including private sector as the main driver, contributing to…
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Koch Internship Program for Careers in Social Entrepreneurship
The Koch Internship Program (KIP) is a paid dynamic experiential internship program in U.S. It blends educational opportunities with real work experience. While participating in KIP, interns are…
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Social Enterprises and Their Ecosystems in Europe – Comparative Synthesis Report
“Social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe. Comparative synthesis report” provides an overview of the social enterprise landscape in Europe based on information available…
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Unlocking the Potential of Rural Social Enterprises
To discover benefits of social entrepreneurship activities in rural areas and understand the rural environment that constitutes both challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs, Artur…
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Powerful Communication Tools for Entrepreneurs: Connecting
We all know how important connecting is in our everyday life. Especially now, facing COVID-19 challenges, we appreciate every chance to interact with other…
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Hubro Education – Business simulations
Simulations are the ultimate way to tie theory and practice together. Hubro Education allows students to run virtual companies with their award-winning online business simulation…
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Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education
This report presents the results from the project “Innovation Cluster for Entrepreneurship Education”, which focused on the mini-company method. Mini-companies combine practical and theoretical learning and…
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The Case for Letting Business Solve Social Problems
Michael PorterWhy societies turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve their biggest problems? World known economist, Michael Porter admits he’s biased, as a Harvard Business…
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Social Innovation Academy E-learning Tool
Social Innovation Academy E-learning is a freely available tool to gain theoretical and practical insights on what social innovation is really about. Complemented with tons…
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Travel Massive: Social Enterprises in Tourism Presented
The Social Entrepreneurship in Tourism Competition is the first worldwide competition focusing on social innovation and entrepreneurship in tourism. More than 20 finalists were selected by the Travel Massive community this…
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How business can be used to create value beyond profit?
Real Value is an independent award-winning economics documentary exploring how today’s social entrepreneurs and thought leaders are re-envisioning business as a powerful force for…
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UPSHIFT, UNICEF’s flagship social innovation programme
There are 1.8 billion young people in the world today, nearly 90 per cent of whom live in low- and middle-income countries — the…
