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Founding social enterprises in Italy

5 October 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Danielle Gluns (WWU) is currently seconded to the Impact Hub Siracusa, Sicily, where she is discussing the activities and structures of social enterprises in Italy. Aiming to mitigate the negative effects of economic crises and stagnation on youth unemployment, the foundation of social enterprises by young people is explicitly supported there. One of several projects, “Bassi Communicati” in Ragusa, provides counselling for young founders to develop their ideas and improve the sustainability of their enterprises. This picture shows Danielle participating in an exchange between the future founders and established entrepreneurs, asking critical questions and providing advice.

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FAB-MOVE and Social Tech

2 October 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

As part of his FAB-MOVE secondment to the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), Yuval Dror (Minga) attended the annual Scottish conference “Social Enterprise Policy and Practice” hosted and organised by the social enterprise support agency CEIS in Glasgow on 6th September. Refering to the rise of digital technology and its opportunities in the development of social enterprises, Yuval presented numerous examples of different social tech initiatives and selected start-ups in Israel.

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FAB-MOVE at the ECPR Conference in Oslo

29 September 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Danielle Gluns and Katharina Obuch (WWU) recently attended the “Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research” (ECPR) that took place in the Norwegian capital from 6th to 9th September. During a panel sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) on the transition of welfare states evaluated from a comparative perspective, the two German researchers presented the previous results of the FAB-MOVE project in the course of their speech “For a Better Tomorrow? Social Enterprises in Different Welfare States under Scrutiny”.

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The FAB-MOVE experience in Berlin

26 September 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Richard Pfeilstetter (US) has just sent us this collage, showing some impressions of his secondment to the Impact Hub Berlin. Besides the exchange of experiences concerning the multiple contexts of social enterprises in Spain and Germany, Richard joined several social events, including amongst others the “Pitch Drive”, a presentation of 14 top start-ups from Africa. Additionally, he visited the “ART CRU Berlin”, the first local gallery exhibiting art created by disabled people as well as the “Theater-Werkstatt Thikwa”, a workshop for people with disabilities offering various options for artistic professionalisation. “Due to my participation in the FAB-MOVE project”, Richard finally stated, “I am gaining a growing comparative understanding of social enterprises all across Europe!”

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Spanish FAB-MOVErs on air

6 September 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Antonia Avalos Torres and Amanda Conde, both members of the non-profit organisation Mujeres Supervivientes (MS) from Sevilla, successfully concluded their month-long secondments to the University of San Andrés (UdeSA) in Buenos Aires. Their short stay will leave a long-lasting impression, since Antonia and Amanda used the opportunity to present the impact of the FAB-MOVE project as well as the work of their organisation in Spain during a radio interview with “Radio Sur”. In addition, they got in touch with several women’s rights organisations and the team of UdeSA, seeking exchange of ideas and experiences.

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From Sicily to Indonesia

9 August 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Totò Biazzo, member of the Impact Hub Siracusa in Sicily, is currently seconded to the Trisakti University in Jakarta, Indonesia. On 1st August, he gave a presentation on social enterprises in Italy and the manifold activities of the Impact Hub in supporting these enterprises and their social or ecological missions. The secondment will help both partners to gain insights into the conditions for and activities of social enterprises in two completely different contexts. Moreover, it will foster the exchange between research and practice.

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Olga Biosca was keynote speaker at Argentinian conference

4 August 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Olga Biosca (GCU) has recently reported on her experience while visiting the University of San Andrés in Buenos Aires for research purposes on Argentinian forms of social enterprises. Apart from discussing the subject of microfinance in the UK and Argentina, she also had the chance to access different case studies on that topic. “This was excellent preparation!”, Olga concluded, as she finally appeared as one of four keynote speakers at the “4th Ibero-American Conference of Development Studies” held at Quilmes University. In the context of debating new perspectives for human and sustainable development, Olga pointed out the potential of social enterprise and microfinance to enhance health and wellbeing.

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Nele Kapretz held workshop in Israel

12 July 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Nele Kapretz (IHB) has just sent us this picture giving a small impression from her workshop on social entrepreneurship, pitching and design thinking at the College of Management (COMAS) in Israel to which Nele had been seconded via FAB-MOVE. Nele reported: “It was great fun and the students were very eager to learn. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen!”

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Partial FAB-MOVE reunion in Belgium

10 July 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

A partial reunion after the Mid-Term meeting has taken place for several FAB-MOVErs in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, where they met for the “6th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise” and presented their research in the course of the FAB-MOVE project. Among the speakers were Tiziana Crisipino (UNICAL), Francesca Caló (GCU), Ben Gidron (COMAS) as well as Katharina Obuch and Benedikt Pahl (WWU). This provided an excellent opportunity to foster the FAB-MOVE “spirit” and to exchange further ideas on the project.

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Secondment to ICDT concluded

2 July 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Carolin Schönert (WWU) has successfully concluded her secondment to FAB-MOVE partner Inverclyde Community Development Trust (ICDT) in Greenock, Scotland. She explored the conditions, innovations and challenges of social enterprises in a liberal welfare state. In particular, Carolin examined the sectoral change from an industrial base to a service society through extensive discussions with practitioners. In this regard, she was also able to fruitfully combine her new insights with the work of another EU-funded project InnoSI.