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BalticSeaRegion, EUSBSR, Interreg SouthBaltic, projects

Interreg South Baltic programme 2014-2020 UMBRELLA project approved!

On 8th and 9th November 2017 in Güstrow (Germany), 11 projects have been selected for funding by the delegates of the Monitoring Committee (MC) – Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020. Among them, the ERB led UMBRELLA – Boosting cross-border cooperation capacities of local actors in South Baltic Sea for the Specific Objective...

entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship

Social Enterprise Day 2017!!

#WhoKnew that today we do celebrate #SocialEnterpriseDay ❗? "What exactly is a social enterprise❓ Well, it’s an organization that works to improve the lives of people and the environment, utilizing strategies usually reserved for commercial endeavors." “Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will...

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Save the date of the EUSBSR Annual Forum 2018!

  The 9th Annual Forum of the EUSBSR will be held in Tallinn on 4 – 5 June 2018. The Forum will be hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia together with the Baltic Development Forum in close cooperation with the European Commission and other partners. About 700...

entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship

Who is a social entrepreneur?

  The international development community has increasingly realized that social entrepreneurs have a vital role to play in efforts to tackle global development problems. But what are social entrepreneurs and how do they fill the gaps in the international aid architecture? See more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWAxdYN0dlc&feature=share

entrepreneurship, NCN, NordicCouncilOfMinisters, social entrepreneurship

What exactly is the project: Social entrepreneurship development in the Baltic Sea region?

Why this project? In 2014 Social innovation center has conducted the study “Social enterprise sector snapshot around the Baltic sea” and identified that learning possibilities on social entrepreneurship (SE) offered in the Baltic Sea region are critically low in Latvia and not well served in Poland. There is no formal...