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The Israeli experience in Italy

22 June 20178 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Yoram Lavi (MINGA) has made his trip back to Israel with a wide range of new experiences and insights after his secondment to the University of Calabria (UNICAL) in Italy. One of his key insights was: “The term of ‘Social Business’ is not 100% understandable and clear to all due to the old existing organizations and sometimes due to lack of clear definition and measurements.” Yoram participated in the university’s life and activities, for example, by offering a workshop on “How political agenda can help to nurture a new market like the one of social entrepreneurs”, thereby commenting on the Israeli experience with social entrepreneurship and engaging in discussions with students.

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FAB-MOVE researchers met in Spain

5 June 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Spanish-South-American FAB-MOVE collaboration in Spain: Maida Pieper from the University of San Andrés (UdeSA) and Richard Pfeilstetter from the University of Seville (US) have visited the Secreteriat for Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship at US. Richard Pfeilstetter reports: “We have met with the director Miguel Torres and Concha Rodríguez in order to exchange experiences of the entrepreneurial management at universities.”

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FAB-MOVE at conference in Croatia

30 May 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Ruth Simsa, a FAB-MOVE researcher from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) who has already been seconded to Spain via the project, has presented her paper “Social entrepreneurship in relation to the Business, the Nonprofit and the Public Sector” to the audience at the “2nd Business and Entrepreneurial Economics Conference” in Croatia. Thereby, she also drew on insights and perspectives of the FAB-MOVE project in one slide.

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Danielle Gluns “fab” moved to Sicily

24 May 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Danielle Gluns from the University of Muenster (WWU) has sent us some information on her current secondment to Italy. Here is what she experienced: “I am member of Annette Zimmer’s team at Muenster University and I am currently seconded to the Impact Hub in Siracuse, Sicily. I am discussing forms of and framework conditions for social enterprises in Italy and Germany, researching and visiting different types of social enterprises as well as catching up on the various activities of the Impact Hub.”

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Impact Hub Siracusa hosted workshop on microfinance

23 May 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Yesterday, FAB-MOVE partner Impact Hub Siracusa hosted a workshop within the projects’ framework, entitled “Microfinance, Integration and Muslim Community in Sicily”. Rosario Sapienza, IHS president and co-founder, sent the following description: “The path of the integration of Muslims in Italy is not only the religious-cultural one that marks the demands of equality that the Muslims advance on their journey from a minority to the same with the largest Italian citizenship. It also crosses broader thematic areas and categories considering that Muslims are also the many immigrants who seek full integration into new communities, whether they are economic, by integrating into the labor market that follows the rhythm driven by socio-economic mobility or more politically, through integration into the community of citizens.”
Among the discussants were e.g. Manlio Cinalli (Sciences Po, Paris), who has been seconded twice within the FAB-MOVE project, as well as Simone Piceno and Rosario Sapienza, both from Impact Hub Siracusa. More details on the event are available here.

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Social enterprises and the Mafia

13 April 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Maria Olivella Rizza, seconded to FAB-MOVE partner Inverclyde Community Development Trust (ICDT) for three months, has published a post on the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) weblog. In the article entitled “From Sicily to Scotland: Social Enterprise and the Mafia”, the researcher from the University of Catania (UNICT) presents her research on “Libera Terra”, a project aiming at “creating job opportunities in the land and property confiscated from the Mafia”, as she writes. You can read the full article here.

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Common workshop by seconded FAB-MOVErs

30 March 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Last week, a common effort of three FAB-MOVE partners has enabled a workshop for graduate students on problems and solutions of social enterprises in Europe. At the University of Seville (US), Paul Bristow, currently visiting US in the course of his secondment, presented his work at Inverclyde Community Development Trust (ICDT) in Greenock, Scotland. Antonia Avalos Torres talked about challenges her organisation Mujeres Supervivientes de Violencias de Género (MS) currently faces. The FAB-MOVE project was introduced to the participants by Richard Pfeilstetter from the University of Seville (US). Drawing on experiences gained from his recent secondment to Gabarage Upcycling Design (GUD) in Vienna, he discussed the current situation of Spanish and Austrian social enterprises and welfare regimes.

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Tiziana Crispino “fab” moved to Scotland

2 March 20179 October 2018
by Fabrizio

Tiziana Crispino from FAB-MOVE partner University of Calabria (UNICAL) has successfully concluded her three-month secondment to the Scottish hosting institution Inverclyde Community Development Trust (ICDT). During her stay, Tiziana met with local practitioners and explored a wide array of local projects, thus grasping an understanding of the ICDT’s work as well as of the social enterprise sector in Scotland. Moreover, she has been interviewed for a blog post by the FAB-MOVE partner Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) which is accessible here.

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FAB-MOVE at the Hitze-Haus Conference in Muenster

13 December 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

FAB-MOVE has been present at the conference “Civil Society and the Welfare State” in Muenster four times: Coordinator Annette Zimmer, Project Manager Katharina Obuch and Student Assistant Christina Grabbe (all WWU Muenster) have presented their research findings on the welfare state and social enterprises in Germany. For the FAB-MOVE team it was moreover a great pleasure to host Salvo Fallica (Impact Hub Syracusa, Italy) who presented the Hub at the conference. Salvatore has just finished his two-months secondment to WWU Muenster. During his stay, he discussed social innovation and enterprises in Italy and Germany with researchers from the university as well as with several practitioners.

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Ilona Matysiak presented her research in Argentina

7 November 20169 October 2018
by Fabrizio

During her two-month secondment to the University of San Andrés (UdeSA) in Buenos Aires, Ilona Matysiak from Warsaw University presented her findings on the Third Sector and social economy in Poland to the Argentinian audience. The research seminar, held in Spanish, aimed at facilitating discussions on commonalities and differences between Poland and Argentina. This output from Ilona’s research has been accompanied by several discussions with staff members and practitioners in Argentina and by her participation in numerous case studies.