A
Social Enterprise combines entrepreneurial activity with a social purpose.
Its main aim is to have a social impact.
Its main aim is to have a social impact.
“Sustain your life through social
entrepreneurship” is
an Erasmus + KA2 Strategic partnership project managed by PRISM and funded with
the support of the European Union. It aims at equipping young people with the
necessary knowledge and tools to activate a social enterprise
Officially the project started in January 2016 with the kick off meeting
of the partners in Palermo. During the meeting they focused on contents and
upcoming steps for implementation.
The month of July 2016 has been a crucial moment for the implementation
of the project, two important steps of the above-mentioned project have been
implemented:
- The first Training Course - an international training held in
Caltanissetta, from the 6th to the 10th, where 28 young
people from Italy, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Lithuania, and Netherlands worked
side by side. The training whose title is "Turning needs into social
start ups" was implemented by PRISM. It equipped participants
with project management competencies and tools necessary to build a sustainable
social enterprise. It focused on all phases of the Project Cycle
Management linked to a holistic approach for nonviolent community
development. Through a non-formal, intercultural and creative learning process,
the combination of study visits of local social enterprises, the testimony of
local entrepreneurs operating in the social field and group work (both
practical and theoretical) it has been possible to transfer to participants the
knowledge and practical tools to start up a social business, offering
innovative solutions to identified local community’s needs.
- The Second transnational meeting in Las Palmas, Canary Islands
(Spain) from the 14th to the 15th of July. The main focus
of the transnational meeting was about the TC in Caltanissetta, the assessment
tools to better evaluate the feedbacks of the participants, the organization of
the next Training Courses and the preparation of the project outputs according
to the TCs feedbacks. Moreover, the partnership had the opportunity to evaluate
the work implemented so far and to set the next important steps of the project,
also through a discussion on the internal evaluation and quality assurance of
the project, on the results of the communication strategy and on the financial
aspects of the project.
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Here are some quotes from the participants of the TC in Caltanisetta, Italy:
“We
all tried to collaborate and had the chance to share our experiences and
knowledge about the social entrepreneurship phenomenon and its potential in the
youth field and non-formal education in our own countries and also in Europe.”
“This project aims at the creation of a favourable environment to
encourage and enable young people to pursue social entrepreneurship in their
local communities. Entrepreneurship and self-employment could help young people
to develop new key competences, respond to the emerging social needs and fully
participate in society.”
“What I've learned from the Training Course in Caltanisetta is that with
creativity you can find new ways for your entrepreneurship. What I've learned
the most is that international contact can give you new ideas. In every country
the will handle social needs in a different way. They gave me inspiration for
starting new activities and to try to start a social centre in Surinam”.
