Integration and substantive support for the third sector, strengthening dialogue and partnership between NGO`s, entrepreneurs and local government, and drawing attention to the need to adapt the City of Kielce to climate change - these are the topics of the Kielce NGOs` Congress, which took place on September 4 in Kielce.

Until August 20, Świętokrzyskie social enterprises, including foundations, associations, and social cooperatives, can apply for the "Competition for the best project in the field of social innovation" organized by Kielce Technology Park as part of the Ce Responsible project.

The main goal of the international project Ce Responsible, which together with its partners is implementing the Kielce Technology Park, is to activate non-profit organizations and pro-social enterprises to cooperate. We talk with Michał Piasecki, co-founder of the newly established NGO Center in Kielce, about the current situation of NGOs in our country. 

NGO Centre in Kielce is already open. The Centre offers free training and advisory and infrastructure support to NGO`s and those interested in taking up activities in the field of Social Economy.

We are inviting you to attend the 2021 Impact Conference, a two-day online event to be held on April 27 - 28; 10AM - 2PM. 

Read about great examples of cooperation from Poland

Examples of cooperation from Croatia between alutruistic entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs. 

Information Communication Technology tools can greatly improve daily internal communication of business enterprises and consequently the quality of their products and outputs.If used properly and if there is a solid business strategy (they are only tools, not a guarantee of a successful business), they can improve social entrepreneurs’ internal communication and work pace, public outreach and visibility, customer experience, etc.

Muay Thai Academy works for and thanks to others

They promote the idea of ​​sport by encouraging people to change their way of life. Their potential was noticed by large companies of social potential. The Muay Thai Kielce Academy, a tenant of the KTP, is developing for and thanks to the support of others

Social Enterprise is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.

We are bringing you inspiring stories about social enterprises from our partner regions.

The economic crisis caused by a pandemic, affected them first. Tropem Przygody fights for survival and helps others. This is the philosophy they follow as a social enterprise.

On October 27, 2020, the Regional Centre of the National Business Centre (NPC) in Banská Bystrica held an online information day for social enterprises, production cooperatives and non-governmental organizations that carry out economic activities.

The pandemic that has accompanied us for many months is a difficult time for everyone. New
anti-crisis shield is a series of tools supporting entrepreneurs, employees, but also social
economy entities, including non-governmental organizations. 

Kielce Technology Park is coordinator of their local event that is part of World Entrepreneurship Week – 16-22 November. They organize a series of meetings, events and training courses. The main idea is broadly understood entrepreneurship. 

In September 2020 the Governor of the South Bohemian Region, Ivana Stráská, granted the prizes in Regional Authority Award for social responsibility of organizations in South Bohemia Region.

A platform for those who want to offer help, local farmers offering fresh food delivery to their consumers, a free tool for managing NGOs ... so many ways of solidarity have happened in difficult times.

The Voucher Scheme represents a great innovative solution on how to financially support all small companies that had to close their door business during the lockdown.

During the pandemic crisis across the globe, European countries set up their own informative website where they published the latest public health data about the coronavirus.

Today we need new business models that create value on different levels - thereby going beyond
innovating products or services, and change the fundamentals of how a business makes money.

Our national surveys are online. Your feedback will support us in developing tailor made tools for your enterprise and finding your future partners!

Miret, a social enterprise from Croatia, won at crowdfunding -  exceeding the goal by more than six times!

Wodociągi Kieleckie is the largest water and sewage company in the Świętokrzyskie region. It is also a great example of a socially responsible company.

A city’s house of an open innovative urban culture. 

A little bit different, but still successful. Why? Find out here!

“Skuhna” is a social company offering unique and excellent culinary experience, prepared by migrants from Africa, Asia, and South America. 

Because there is no requirement for a certain legal form, social entrepreneurs in Germany have a wide range of legal forms, which do not necessarily match the definition of social entrepreneurs put forward by the European Commission. 

What kind of legal framework is necessary to promote social entrepreneurship in Austria?

The social entrepreneurship is emerging in Slovakia gradually and young people are eager to work on issues with positive social impact. The companies have to deal with a lack of funding opportunities as specific grants and opportunities to finance social entrepreneurship that is still limited.

Did you know that in Croatia the total number of social enterprises is estimated at 100?

Development of Slovenian social entrepreneurship is governed and monitored primarily by adopted Act on Social Entrepreneurship in 2011 (SEA, 2011)

In 2016, the social economy sector in Poland comprised of 90.9 thousand non-governmental organizations and 1.5 thousand active cooperatives, among which the majority are social cooperatives (60%)

Who said that social entrepreneurship can’t be a strong driver for regional economies?

Social entrepreneurship plays an important role in local development, says Michaela Novotna, executive director in the South Bohemian Agency for Support to Innovation.

In Hungary, any kind of organization can be a social enterprise, provided that it has a social aim and revenues from sales are proven.

Project will be coordinated by the lead partner principle, with following management structures: project management team (project manager, financial manager and communication manager), project Steering committee and work package coordinators. 

^{Work package T1 will provide a CE Roadmap, that will define project activities, which can contribute to upscaling of social entrepreneurship sector capacities in participating countries, by using existing resources of altruistic entrepreneurs.} 

In this work package, CE sustainable framework model, including tailor made policy recommendations will be set and promoted, upon information, knowledge and capacities, identified in previous thematic work packages.   

Coaching materials for empowering social enterprises were finalised and started to be implemented in partner countries.  We organized the first online Impact Conference together with another Interreg project, DelFin. We launched our net4socialchange platform - a great tool for social entrepreneurs. More about everything in the upcoming pages of our new newsletter. 

Our newsletter is out! In the following pages you will find more information about recent developments within work packages; coaching material designed to support social entrepreneurs in implementing innovative solutions and in using ICT tools that can subsequently  improve their internal and external communication.

Enjoy reading our newsletter! We would like to share with you some interesting information about our analysis
we have made on Social Entrepreneurship in our partner countries (Austria, Italy, Czech Republic,
Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia, and Germany).