Training on Social Entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
pp. 302-317
Author(s):  
Natalia Padilla-Zea ◽  
Stefania Aceto ◽  
Daniel Burgos
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Training Plan ◽  
The Social ◽  
Gamified Learning

Social Seducement is an Erasmus+ project aimed to improve the social inclusiveness of adults in risks of social exclusion by training them in the social economy. To do it, the gamified learning tool Social PlaNet was developed, trying to offer an efficient and attractive training plan on social economy entrepreneurship. This particular kind of economy brings several benefits to this target group, since it develops the action to benefit the local community and is usually run in groups. Moreover, the fact of training in entrepreneurship also provides long-term unemployed people to own their possibilities of work and, that way, to feel included in society again. In this chapter, an overview of the project and its outcomes are presented.

Training on Social Economy Entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-173
Author(s):  
Natalia Padilla-Zea ◽  
Stefania Aceto ◽  
Daniel Burgos
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Gamified Learning

Social PlaNet is a gamified learning platform to train social economy entrepreneurship, which has been developed in the Social Seducement Erasmus+ project. The main aim of this project is offering a labour option to long-term unemployed people in scenarios with poor working offers by promoting self-employment and local development. As a result of the shared work of partners from different disciplines, Social PlaNet has been developed based on the selection of a good pedagogical approach, the challenges of managing disadvantaged groups of people and the need to increase motivation while keeping the process similar to reality. From this research, the gamification approach inserted in a graphic scenario has been revealed as a good option to promote the acquisition of soft and inter-personal skills. Furthermore, the figure of facilitator is a engine to foster, guide and monitor the group of these groups of potential social entrepreneurs.

THE USE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE FIELD OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO BUILD SOCIAL SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE THREATENED BY SOCIAL EXCLUSION. EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-216
Author(s):  
Michał Czuba
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
The People ◽  
European Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
Socially Excluded

The main problem of this article is the possibility of using social entrepreneurship related to the provision of communal services to strengthen the sense of social security in people threatened by social exclusion. This problem is important because ensuring social security in a direct and indirect way is the task of the state. This task also ap-plies to people who are socially excluded or at risk of this phenomenon. Its implemen-tation may take place with the participation of social economy entities, supported by the state in a financial manner as well as through appropriate legislation in the scope of shaping the conditions for the development of the social economy. The aim of this study is to get to know the scope of social economy enterprises in the municipal services and their impact on people employed in this type of institutions, including the possibility of increasing the sense of social security of this people and confirming or denying that the majority of people working in this type social economy entities are people who are socially excluded or threatened with this phenomenon.

scholarly journals CURRENT STATUS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND STATE

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1587-1592
Author(s):  
Venelin Terziev ◽  
Nikolay Nichev ◽  
Marin Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Economic Indicator ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One

In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives within the framework of the sustainable and inclusive growth. Social benefits are measured by integration and employment of disadvantaged people, the contribution to the process of social inclusion of other vulnerable people, and the economic indicator is expressed by saved public funds for social welfare, on the one hand, and the additional funds compensating the social costs of long-term unemployment.What is important to happen is to create suitable conditions for the development of social enterprises with the widest possible range - vulnerable groups themselves and their problems are diverse and different, and the „answer“ to their needs must be flexible in order to be efficient and effective; „way to solutions“ is not important (the path may be different, as are diverse and vast opportunities for economic initiatives) that leads to the result itself, the result is important - better integration and sustainable tackling of social exclusion.

scholarly journals MEASURING THE EFFICIENCY OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
A. N. Timokhovich ◽  
O. I. Nikuradze
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
The Social ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Definition Of

The problems of measuring the efficiency of social entrepreneurship have been affected. The aim of the study is to identify the most relevant methods for measuring social value and evaluating the effects that arise as a result of the activities of social organizations. Various interpretations of the definition of the term “social entrepreneurship” have been given in the article. The main elements of the process of social entrepreneurship, features of the goal setting and risks of activities in the study area have been emphasized. The stages of planning activities in the field of social entrepreneurship have been described. The most common problems of measurements and evaluation of social effects that social entrepreneurs have to deal with in the process of carrying out activities related to the implementation of social projects: difficulty in achieving a quantitative evaluation, difficulty in predicting the long-term effect of activities, limitations on costs, time resources, indicators of accuracy and interpretation of results have been revealed. Problems in forecasting the effectiveness of social projects have been identified. The main methods that can be used by social entrepreneurs and organizations for measuring the social value and assessing impact of ongoing activities (method of cost-benefit analysis, method of social accounting, method of social return on investment, method of analysis of the main resources of efficiency) have been analysed. Recommendations for social entrepreneurs have been formulated.

Aging in Place

2018 ◽  
pp. 259-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Yuk Fai Fong ◽  
Vincent T. Law
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Residential Homes ◽  
The Social

Aging is a function of time and is a natural and integral part of the life cycle. Aging process differs among individuals and brings all kinds of changes, affecting not just the physical body and its functions, but also to the social, psychological and financial situations to individuals. Aging in place (AIP) is a common preference among older people for remaining in their local community and maintaining their social networks throughout the aging process. Issues about appropriateness of aging in place, long-term care, and residential homes are discussed. Some models and recommendations are discussed, completed with thoughts on future studies.

Social Entrepreneurship and Related Concepts

2021 ◽  
pp. 273-294
Author(s):  
Cristina López-Cózar-Navarro ◽  
Tiziana Priede-Bergamini
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

In the past few decades, a new way of responding to social and environmental problems has emerge: the social entrepreneurship. It is presented as a special type of venture, in which the creation of social value prevails over the maximization of profits. Thus, the main objective of these types of ventures is to serve the community and to search for a positive social change. In this chapter, in addition to presenting the concept of social entrepreneurship and its various approaches within the so-called third sector and the emergent fourth sector, the main sources of funding that can be used by social entrepreneurs are also presented, especially business angels and crowdfunding, are detailed. New paradigms such as the collaborative economy and the circular economy are also addressed within social economy, highlighting the relationship with social entrepreneurship and the path of opportunity to foster new ventures in these fields.

scholarly journals Applying Citizen Science for Sustainable Development: Rainfall Monitoring in Western Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Paul ◽  
Katarzyna Cieslik ◽  
Neeraj Sah ◽  
Puja Shakya ◽  
Binod Prasad Parajuli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Science Clubs

We introduce a case-study agnostic framework for the application of citizen science in a sustainable development context. This framework is tested against an activity in two secondary schools in western Nepal. While the purpose of this activity is to generate locally relevant knowledge on the physical processes behind natural hazards, we concentrate here on its implementation, i.e., to obtain a better understanding of the dynamic of the activity and to learn how it should be implemented. We determined the social capital of secondary schools as a gateway to the local community: they provide a unique setting to bring different stakeholders together. We find that co-designing a teaching programme is an effective means of both complementing local curricula and ensuring continued buy-in of local stakeholders (i.e., teachers). Student engagement depends on the local relevance of teaching materials, with more holistic or global concepts, such as climate change of lesser importance. Our activity focused on rainfall, including student-led data collection. These rainfall data provide a very good fit to co-located rain gauge data, with an average difference on weekly readings of 11.8%, reducing to 8.3% when averaged over all student readings. The autonomous development of student-organized science clubs suggested that our original framework underestimated students' capacity to apply knowledge elsewhere creatively. These clubs may be used to obtain participant feedback to improve and tailor future activities. Quantitative assessment of long-term sustainability remains challenging, due in part to high levels of student turnover. We suggest that integrating scientists wherever possible within a school or local community has a direct and positive result on participant retention.

scholarly journals Educational Activities for Developing Social Entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Gorzelany ◽  
Magdalena Gorzelany-Dziadkowiec
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Initiatives

The purpose of this article is to analyse educational activities undertaken in the area ofsocial entrepreneurship. The main conclusions are that respondents do not know about social entrepreneurship and social initiatives are undertaken only to a minimal extent; education for social entrepreneurship is at an unacceptable level. Thus, education in economics in Poland should be enriched with social economy and social entrepreneurship. An essential element that can positively affect the development of social entrepreneurship is the support of social activities undertaken by young people within a broader debate about the social dimension of our lives.

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