Life-Long Learning & Capacity Building
Training approach in the complexity of social entrepreneurship
Cristina Barna
Assoc.Prof.PhD
Member GECES Group EC
Expert - Institute of Social Economy (CSDF), Romania
Outline
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Enabling social entrepreneurs in a new ecosystem:
Updating capacity building: focus on Lifelong learning programmes
Discussion on a selected best practice example: Prometeus
project – Institute of Social Economy(CSDF) Romania –
Training School for Entrepreneurship in Social
Economy
Times requiring reflections …
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ENABLING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN A NEW ECOSYSTEM:
UPDATING CAPACITY BUILDING: FOCUS ON LIFELONG LEARNING
PROGRAMMES
A new ecosystem for social entrepreneurs
Dynamic
needs of social
entrepreneurs
Updating
capacity
building
A new
ecosystem for
social
entrepreneurs
Shifting from
human capital
to social
capital
Gaps and areas
for
improvement
in lifelong
learning?
Dynamic
needs of
stakeholders
2.
A SELECTED BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLE: PROMETEUS PROJECT, ROMANIA
Romania: social economy realities
Social economy – a new old field
•History
of SE in Romania before 1989 Revolution (1835 – one of the first
form of SE in Romania; 1885 – crowd source investment applied by Literary
Society “Romanian Athenaeum” – national public subscription “Give 1 Leu
for Athenaeum”)
• SE concept has been launched in the public arena in Romania by the
European Social Fund - Operational Programme for Human Resource
Development.
•SE actors: associations, foundations, coops, credit unions, sheltered
workshops
•CIRIEC report 2012:
a country with scant or no recognition of the
concept of SE, Romania has a rather small ratio of paid employment in the
social economy compared to total paid employment - of 1,77% of
workforce employed
•a long debated draft Law on Social Economy; to be adopted in 2014
Romanian social entrepreneurs
needs:
•To
understand the sensibilities of the concepts –
social entrepreneurship/social economy/social
business – social enterprise
• To position themselves in Romanian social
economy; to be visible
•To gain experiences from other European social
entrepreneurs; to embrace more models of SE;
• SE Models: replication vs adaptation vs
creativity?
• Start-up funding
•To understand economic dimension of social
business/social enterprises
• Support for economic sustainability on long
term
"PROMETEUS project - Promoting social economy in Romania
through research, education and training at European standards"
Why “a gift of fire” for Romanian Social Entrepreneurs ?
Best Practice: training – consultancy – study visits
Project co-financed by ESF,HRD-OP, 2007 - 2013
PARTNERSHIP:
Capacity Building and Prometeus project
Creating capacity for
Romanian social
entrepreneurs (1)
Training
School for
Entrepreneu
rship in
Social
Economy
Focus on Lifelong learning experience
1. Training of Trainers in Social Economy at EURICSE
20 researchers /
higher education
professors
specialized in
social economy
4 students
scholarships
20 trainers in
social economy
2. Training School of Entrepreneurship in Social Economy
Best practice
exchange
20 managers
15
organizations
Training for
120
participants
432 training
hours
Consultancy
for 30
managers
1200
consultancy
hours
Prizes
22000 euro
11 managers
Handbook for
social
enterprise
manager
Creating capacity
for Romanian
social
entrepreneurs (2)
8 national research
reports
24 case studies
2 editions SE Atlas
Information
Debates
Politics
8 regional public debates
Institute of
Social
Economy
Award
“Possible
mission: social
entrepreneurshi
p” for CSDF –
Public
participation
awards 2012
3.
SOME REFLECTIONS ON CAPACITY BUILDING PARADIGM
Conclusions in times requiring reflections….
Invitation to debates around the POSTER!
POSTER SESSION
Thank you for your attention!