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Time: Thursday 13 August 2015 10 am – 1 pm
Place: VerdensKulturCentret, Sankt Hans Torv, Nørre Alle 7, København N
Theme: Status for Social Enterprises in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Poland and Denmark.
Language: English
The event was organized by Social Entrepreneurs in Denmark in cooporation with The National Centre for Social Enterprise
VIDEO FROM THE ROUNDTABLE MEETING IS AVAILABLE HERE
On August 13th 2015 Social Entrepreneurs in Denmark in cooporation with The National Centre for Social Enterprises was hosting a Roundtable meeting on the status for Social Enterprises in The Baltic Region. There was 32 participants.
At the meeting representatives from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Poland and Denmark, gave a status on Social Enterprises in their country followed by clearifying questions from the participants to the representatives.
The meeting was part of the events around The ERASMUS+ project ”Social entrepreneurship development in Baltic Sea region”, and at the meeting two of the intellectual outputs from the project was presented:
1. The rapport Social Enterprise Sector Snapshot Around The Baltic Sea. Read the rapport here
2. The publication How to Choose Proper Business Model for Social Enterprise, a new educational material for everyone who wants to start at social enterprise. Read the publication here
Per Bach from Social Entrepreneurs in Denmark welcomed everyone and stressed that the meeting was a rare oppertunity to discuss social enterprises in an interantional context.
Afterwards from Ulrik Boe Kjeldsen from The National Centre for Social Enterprises gave a status for Social Enterprises in Denmark ant told about the tasks of the Centre.
See presentation here
Iiro Niemi from Social Entrepreneurship Academy of Finland gave a status on Social Enterprises in Finland.
See presentation here
Jaan Aps from Estonian Social Enterprise Network gave a status on Social Enterprises in Estonia.
See presentation here
Renate Lukjanska, coordinator of the project ”Social entrepreneurship development in Baltic Sea region”, and from Biedrība „Sociālās inovācijas centrs” gave a status for Social Enterprises in Latvia.
See presentation here
Mindaugas Danys from Socialines ir ekonomines pletros centras gave a status on Social Enterprises in Lithuania.
See presentation here
Anna Cebula from Centrum Rozwoju Inicjatyw Spolecznych CRIS gave a status on Social Enterprises in Poland.
See presentation here
Bert-Ola Bergstrand from Social Kapital Forum was not able to be present at the meeting, but you can see his presentation on the status for Social Enterprises in Sweden here
After some clarifying questions for the presenters and a short brake the participants were divided into 4 smaller groups where the following questions were debated:
What are the biggest challenges to be overcome to create more Social Enterprises in The Baltic Sea Region?
Is it possible to cooperate between countries in The Baltic Sea Region to promote Social Enterprises?
Finally there was a short wrap-up with the most important points from the debate.
It was the general opinion that it would be good to continue to build network between the stakeholders in the social enterprise field in the countries around The Baltic Sea, to share knowlege and to look into possibilities for cross-border trade between social enterprises in the Baltic Sea Region.
