On April 13th 50 social entrepreneurs from Latvia and Estonia gathered for the first time to share their experience and promote cross-border entrepreneurship within social and creative industries. All these entrepreneurs share the goal to reduce the existing social and environmental issues and search for innovative solutions. The market was organized in Kalnciema Quarter in[…]

On March 28th, “Pirmas Blynas” (The First Pancake) was invited to the Equality and Diversity awards as a nominee for the award for Overcoming Obstacles. The jury and public voted in their favor and “Pirmas Blynas” won the award. The pancake restaurant has been awarded for being a social business and its mission to help[…]

Hosted at the University of Education in Freiburg between 8th and 10th of April 2019, the workshop was the final event of the InTSEnSE project. While in Freiburg the project partners discussed on work plan and progress and decided upon the content of the interactive modules, which will be part of the final on-line manual,[…]

While countries like Great Britain and France actively engage in financially supporting and stimulating the social entrepreneurs, in Germany, the framework conditions for this target group are not optimal (see Drucksache 19/6844, 2019). According to the Federal Government, social entrepreneurship includes “all enterprises, economic associations and foundations whose business model is directed towards solving social[…]

In March, I had the opportunity to travel to Sudan to support the British Council in establishing a social enterprise ecosystem. As part of this, I was able to speak about our work on the INTSENSE project, at the Sudan Social Enterprise Forum to around 800 social entrepreneurs, policy makers and academics; and also throughout[…]

For the Intellectual Output 3 of the Intsense Project, Archivio della Memoria is actually leading the ideation, production, editing and uploading of a video library that will be available on the Intsense Youtube channel. The Intsense Video Library will become the basis of an infographic and video case study materials for social enterprise international trading practices.[…]

Brexit is a significant challenge for enterprises in Ireland and the UK and social enterprises involved in international trade are not immune. The uncertainty places constraints on what enterprises and social enterprises can do in terms of forward planning and development. In the context of the InTSEnSE project social enterprises who are trading or planning[…]

In terms of the project, we have been working on the interview data which will form the basis for the educational modules. We are anticipate that this will be complete before we have our final project meeting in Freiburg in April 2019. In terms of dissemination we have been promoting the project locally and Dr[…]

Social entrepreneurship is all about the companies or entrepreneurs dealing with social, ecological, cultural and other issues which are important to society. It does not focus on traditional indicators such as financial benefits but creates economic value in a way that also generates social progress and value for society. Social entrepreneurship is a more responsible[…]

The EUCLID Network is the European network to empower civil society & social enterprise. As part of their work they run Erasmus for Young Social Entrepreneurs, a pan-European programme that brings together aspiring social entrepreneurs with more experienced peers. On the 7th December 2018 EUCLID Network hosted a ‘Gathering to Grow’ event in London, for[…]