BalticSeaRegion, entrepreneurship, Erasmus+, NGOs, projects, slider, social entrepreneurship

An Overview of Baltic Youth Impact

A consortium of partners has released a paper on impact management needs and challenges of youth associations in the Baltics, and the best practice examples. It provides an overview of whether and how youth organizations and social enterprises in the three Baltic States — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — measure their...

entrepreneurship, Erasmus+, NGOs, projects, slider, social entrepreneurship

Social Economy mainstreamed into the ESF Plus & the ERDF

Important information coming from the European Social Fund+ (ESF+) and European Regional Development Fund. Click on links to read full documents. ESF Plus Regulation, approved yesterday, states:    Social economy enterprises could play a key role in delivering on social innovation and contributing to economic and social resilience. The definition...

entrepreneurship, Erasmus+, NGOs, social entrepreneurship

Online conference: DIRECTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLISH SOCIAL ECONOMY

Our friends from neighbouring region -  WAMA COOP Association from Olsztyn, Poland, acting as a local Social Economy Support Centre (OWES) invites you to participate in the conference on DIRECTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS, which will be held online on the ClickMeeting platform on June 22, 2021 from...

entrepreneurship, Erasmus+, NGOs, projects, social entrepreneurship

Financing the social economy in Poland – Updated case study April 2021

European Commission, together with the European Investment Bank and FI.Compas has prepared the latest version of the report presenting the financial landscape for social economy actors in Poland. From the Fi.Compass website: Financial instruments under ESF have long been supporting Social Economy Enterprises in Poland. This updated case study focuses...

entrepreneurship, Erasmus+, projects, social entrepreneurship

EU Study: “Making Socially Responsible Public Procurement Work: 71 Good Practice Cases” #WeBuySocialEU

Socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) is about achieving positive social outcomes in public contracts. Procurement affects a large number of people, whether as users of public services, those involved in production and delivery, or staff of the buying organisation. Beyond those directly affected, SRPP has the potential to influence the...