At the end of May and beginning of June, three international workshops were held as part of the Social(i)Makers project – “The importance of impact management”, “Transnational collaboration among social entrepreneurs” and “Education for social innovation”. The primary goal of the workshop series was to exchange experiences between local and international experts. The meeting also focused on discussing pressing issues related to the social innovation ecosystem from an international perspective, and consequently, identifying possible measures to support policy and cooperation on these issues. The findings gathered during the workshops will serve to define a transnational strategy for supporting social innovation in Central Europe.
WORKSHOP 1
Title: The importance of impact management
Date: May 28, 2020
Topics discussed: What does impact management mean? Why is it important for social entrepreneurs? What do investors expect from impact assessments? Do we need European standards on these issues?
Invited experts: Sarah Ulrich, result-reporting.com, and Ewa Konczal, European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
WORKSHOP 2:
Title: Transnational collaboration among social entrepreneurs
Date: June 4, 2020
Topics discussed: How can we support international collaboration? How can we learn from each other so that we can then leverage each other’s experience in practice? What are the motivations for transnational collaboration, and what resources are needed? How can we increase scalability at the transnational level?
Invited experts: Patrizia Bussi, European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE) and Suzanne Wisse-Huiskes, EUCLID Network
WORKSHOP 3:
Education for social innovation
Date: June 9, 2020
Topics discussed: What skills are needed to create social innovation? How can we develop entrepreneurship education, especially social entrepreneurship, in schools and universities across Europe? What do we need to acquire the necessary skills?
Invited experts: Christina Weber, Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, and Daniela Kellerova, Pontis Foundation – Project “Open Future”
Social(i)Makers is an international project implemented by partner organizations from seven Central European countries: Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Italy, as part of the Interreg Central Europe Programme. Its goal is to disseminate knowledge and tools for implementing social innovation. More information about the project: https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/Social(i)Makers.html, https://www.facebook.com/socialimakers/
