Following the Social Entrepreneurship Forum (SEF) 2014 and 2015, the SEF 2016 will take place on 25 – 27 November in Athens.
The SEF is an open platform for the promotion of social entrepreneurship based on shared values, principles and features. The main purpose of the SEF is to stimulate the dialogue among social economy enterprises, stakeholders and support organizations, to boost efficient networking and cooperation, to develop appropriate dedicated financial-economic tools, as well as to contribute in the self-organisation of the community. The Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2015 reached a Code of Conduct for Social Enterprises.
For 2016 the emphasis will be put on:
- Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship in Greece – the next day
- Building the ecosystem for social enterprises
- Social impact
- Creation of support organisations
- Financial-economic tools
- Networking of initiatives and social enterprises which are assuming an active role in tackling the refugee crisis
Social Entrepreneurship Forum 2016
Agricultural University of Athens & Impact Hub Athens
25-27 November 2016
Draft schedule
| Friday 25/11/16 (Agricultural University of Athens) | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Registration |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Welcoming and Opening:
Yiorgos Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher Euricse – GECES Yiorgos Papadoulis, Rector of Agricultural University of Athens (tbc) |
| 17:30-20:00 | Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship in Greece – future steps |
| 17.30 – 17.45 | Introductory speech by Vassilis Bellis, General Director of Development Agency of Karditsa (ANKA) |
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Discussion Panel 17:45 – 19:00
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Developments and Perspectives of Social Economy – Policy, Legislation, Finance
Moderators: Yiorgos Alexopoulos, Senior Researcher Euricse-GECES Popi Sourmaidou, Social Cooperative Enterprises Network of Central Macedonia |
| Ourania Antonopoulou, Alternate Minister of Labour (tbc) | |
| Representative of European Commission (tbc) | |
| Riccardo Aguglia (EIF) | |
| Representative of Region of Attica (tbc) | |
| Simel Esim, Head, Cooperatives Unit, International Labour Organization (ILO) | |
| Representative of REVES | |
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Discussion Panel 19:00 – 20:30 |
The perspective of Social Economy under the prism of social economy actors
Moderators: Vassilis Bellis, General Director of Development Agency of Karditsa (ANKA) Olga Theodorikakou, KLIMAKA and Klimax Plus |
| Eleni Papatheodosiou, President of Social Cooperative Enterprises Network of Central Macedonia | |
| Kostas Nikolaou, Representative of PROSKALO | |
| Sotiris Koipidis, President of Panhellenic Federation of KOISPE | |
| Representative of Cooperative Bank of Karditsa | |
| Dimitris Kokkinakis, Impact Hub Athens | |
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| Sunday 27/11/16 (Impact Hub Athens) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 – 11.30
11.30-14.00 |
Social entrepreneurship and inclusion of refugees
Brief presentations · Nikos Chrysogelos, Wind of Renewal · Jan Olsson, European Network of Cities and Regions for Social Economy (REVES) · Simel Esim, Inernational Labour Organisation (ILO) · Representative of the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives (CECOP ) (tbc) · Representative of UNHCR (tbc) World Cafe Networking of initiatives and social enterprises from Greece and abroad which deal with various aspects of the refugee issue, with the participation of: – WELCOMMON: housing and social inclusion project for refugees – Solidarity Salt, Vivian Karavia and Elissabeth Koulouri – Athens Development and Destination Management Agency – Social Cooperative Enterprises Network of Central Macedonia, Eleni Papatheodosiou – ILO Refuggee response work in Turkey – PRAKSIS (tbc) – METADRASI (tbc) – ANTIGONE / OIKOPOLIS (tbc) – The Elpída Home for Refugees (tbc) Μoderators: Nikos Chrysogelos, Wind of Renewal Sofia Lamprou, Impact Hub Athens |
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| 14.00-14.30 |
Conclusions – Recommendations – Next Steps of Social Entrepreneurship Forum |
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| 15.00-16.00 | Optional site visit: WELCOMMON housing and social inclusion project for refugees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
