IDEANNOVASHIP

1. IDEANNOVASHIP “Innovate and Ideate for Social Entrepreneurship” Project BG01-KA205-022771 FINAL CONFERENCE Sofia, Bulgaria 30th January 2018

2. BULGARIA The main fields of activity of social enterprises in Bulgaria are: ■ Social services delivery; ■ Employment of people with disabilities; ■ Mediation in finding a job for unemployed people; ■ Provision of health services; ■ Activities in the sphere of education, etc.

3. GREECE The fields of activity of social enterprises in Greece are very varied. ■ The three different types of Koin.S.Ep. have the following fields of activity: – Social Integration Koin.S.Ep., operate mainly in the fields of offering training/ various forms of internships to help disadvantages workers enter the labour market and sheltered employment – Social Care Koin.S.Ep., are by definition offering social care, such as care to the elderly. – Koin.S.Ep. with a social and productive purpose operate in a very varied range of activities, including: work integration tailored for a variety of target groups and providing a range of services such as environmental protection, childcare, support for education and training, sports, music and cultural activities, enable participation in the digital society. ■ Women’s agricultural cooperatives are active in the field of employment opportunities for women, maintaining tradition and preventing the desertion of remote areas, producing food of good quality, fostering tourism ■ Koi.S.P.E.s operate in tourism, environment, agriculture, services.

4. ITALY • Social enterprises in Italy • social care • health care and social health • education • environmental protection • protection of cultural heritage • university education • formal training • social tourism • services instrumental • social enterprises.

5. SLOVENIAThe spectrum of social enterprises in Slovenia • Social care and Family care, Care of disabled • Science, research, education and training (education) • Assurance and organization of youth work • Protection and promotion of health • Assurance of social inclusion, fostering of employment and vocational training of persons, who are unemployed or at risk of unemployment • Ecologic production of food. Protection of nature, regulation and protection of the environment and protection of animals. • Social tourism. Support services for social enterprises • Culture, technical culture, protection of technical heritage • Sports, recreation and socialization •

6. SPAIN • The Spanish social entrepreneurs are involved in these areas: • Health • Education • Human rights • Citizens participation • Economic Development • Environment

7. TURKEY Social enterprises and organizations that have emerged in Turkey are as follows: Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV) This foundation was established in 1993 by Turkey’s leading civil society officers. The foundation is the umbrella of over 100 foundations share the same vision to raise awareness on social entrepreneurship, strengthen the legal and operational infrastructure of not for profit organizations in Turkey. b-fit b-fit’s founder, Hülya Bedriya won the social entrepreneur of the year award in 2013 by the Schwab Foundation for establishing an all-women fitness club franchise in 2006. Bedriya saw the need for gyms for women as 80% of the gyms in Turkey catered for men only and it is considered culturally inappropriate for men and women to gym together. Her idea of social innovation ship led her to create a huge and successful brand with over 160,000 gyms members and 220 gyms across Turkey. Bedirya enabled a lot of women to become business owners by allowing only women to own her franchises.

8. Social Innovation in the partner countries BULGARIA Nothing like any other” is the expression which describes the work of Maria’s World Foundation. Finding no service matching their aspirations for a full and dignified life for Maria, a young woman with intellectual disabilities, her family founded the organization. Taking ideas from experienced models from other countries, they can now teach those others back. They run quality training programmes on ‘empowerment’ and run other services and products (such as a restaurant) provided by the beneficiaries. Their impact is also measured by the employability of their beneficiaries with employers outside the security of the World Foundation.

9. Social Innovation in the partner countries BULGARIA • The award winning Ucha.se (I teach myself) counted over 12 million views of video lessons after its launch and has been praised for its simple and attractive language which is making studying attractive and easy. Ucha.se has been voted Number 1 Educational site and has won the Best startup award. Its videos provide 12 million answers to the question-slogan “Who says students don’t want to study?!”

10. Social Innovation in the partner countriesGREECE Shediais the only Greek street magazine and member of the International Network of Street Papers – INSP, www.street-papers.org. As it happens with all street magazines worldwide, Shedia is sold exclusively on the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki (on crowded city spots such as metro stations, central squares etc), by official vendors. Vendors come from socially vulnerable population groups such as homeless people and long-term unemployed and socially excluded fellow citizens experiencing poverty.

11. Social Innovation in the partner countries GREECE Street paper vendors buy copies of the magazine for 1,50 euro (at a price of 50% of the cover price) and sell them for 3,00 euro, keeping the proceeds. "Shedia" not only provides employment opportunities for individuals to earn a minimum decent income, but importantly, to build confidence, their capacity to help themselves, to re-integrate into society and finally to improve their economic and social well-being. It is, essentially, a social reintegration process, through which individuals who until yesterday felt "invisible" (their own term), recover their belief that they can and will reach it.

12. How the island of Tinos trades its garbage GREECE The Greek island of Tinos, in Cyclades, suffers from waste disposal. Some people had the idea to pick up the garbage that can be recycled and sell it to companies in Greece that are interested in reusing it. Establishing a social enterprise gave them the means to facilitate their effort. Another remarkable case is the handling of the used, cooking oil, that can affect the sewage system when if it goes down the pipes, let alone the rest of the environment. The social enterprise, “Kalloni — Kellia Tinou”, managed in its 4 years of operation to recycle, 74 tons of used, cooking oil, with the support of the island’s residents who volunteered their own waste.

13. SPRIGIONIAMO SAPORI SOCIAL CO-OPERATIVE  ITALY • The cooperative Sprigioniamo Flavors operates within the Prison of Ragusa, with a workshop production of nougat and other confectionery products made from almonds, pistachio and hazelnut. It also contributes to the economic development of the region through the promotion of local products. In terms of employment Sprigioniamo the cooperative has employed 14 detainees in nearly 3 years.

14. VIA PADOVA 36 –Social Housing ITALY Via Padova 36 promoted by a network social cooperatives and foundations try to address the housing needs of young couples, families in need (almost migrants) and people looking for temporary housing solutions (students, researchers,temporary workers, relatives of in -patients). The main purpose is to offer not only housing services, but also business and social ones. Within the building settled in Via Padova 36 there are two shops: a second hand clothing store with social purpose promoted by the social co-operative Vesti Solidali, and a coffee shop following the fair trade principles. Furthermore, Via Padova 36 is an ancient building offering spaces for cultural events open to the whole neighbourhood as meeting point

15. Sotra –the store for open hearts SLOVENIA SOTRA is a new form of store, which supplies affordable basic products to the most vulnerable group of buyers whose buying ability has been strongly affected by the recent economic crisis. Connecting the suppliers and buyers with an income of less than 490 € per month,SOTRA creates a new market for basic goods. Low-income customers are able to buy products at affordable prices at Sotra, and its employees were former jobseekers who found it particularly difficult to find work.

16. PREMIKI travel agency (by ŠENT) SLOVENIA • PREMIKI travel agency is a provider of accessible tourism products, suchas holidays and sightseeing trips taylored to the individual's wishes and abilities. This includes people in wheelchairs or with mobility issues; people with hearing and visual impairments; people with intellectual and psychological • disabilities; the elderly, etc. • ajority of the supported innovations promise more

17. ONCE (Organizacion Nacional de CiegosEspañoles SPAIN • ONCE (Organizacion Nacional de CiegosEspañoles –Spanish national organisation for blind people-) enjoys a dual institutional nature: partly public in that, as a corporation, it has been entrusted with certain public functions by the State and partly but predominantly a membership-based corporation governed by private law. • What makes ONCE Foundation so popular compared to other foundations is the way that it is financed. Its main income source is a lottery. Although it must be said that this lottery is run by ONCE instead of ONCE Foundation, therefore the main funding source of ONCE Foundation comes from ONCE lottery tickets. Concretely, the 3% of gross receipts obtained from the sales of the ONCE’s lotteries. This figure represents one out of every three euros that the ONCE dedicates to social services. These tickets, “el cupón”, are sold in very distinctive blue stalls placed on all the streets in every city in Spain and all the sellers are blind.

18. PORTAL BERGUEDÀSPAIN • PORTAL BERGUEDÀ was created by the Portal Foundation to provide labour training and employment to young people affected by dual pathology. Young people elaborate dairy products, mainly yogurts, made using the traditional method and under the direction of an artisan in a farm-workshop. The yogurts are sold in gourmet and specialised shops under the brand Delícies del Berguedà.

19. The KAMER FoundationTURKEY • This foundation was formed in 2005 and works to cater for the special needs of families and women to showcase women as valuable workforce to the country by working with local communities. Services of the foundation include mentoring and providing employment opportunities amongst others.

20. Kadın Emeğini Değerlendirme Vakfı (KEDV) TURKEY This Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work has a mission to aid and support initiatives under women leadership from the bottom to top approach. This organization provides microcredit and training programs to its women members who wish to start their own business or also provide childcare services for the children of women who are working.

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