Seminar Minutes and References Session 2, 5th of April 2016

Session topic

Phase A: Identifying Challenges and Setting Goals A.2 Defining the Social Entreprise - Addressing Social Challenges

Session date: Tuesday, 5th of April 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET

Agenda

• Introduction to the project and the seminar by Dr. Ellen Fetzer, HfWU, Germany
• Thematic input: Defining the Social Entreprise by Dr Roger Evans, EMU, Tartu
• Social Entrepreneurs report: Interview with Corina Angelescu from the Universitatea Alternativă Bucharest
• Seminar sequence and assignments

Session slides and recordings

• you can access the slides and recordings on ILIAS (open access)

Next steps for active participants

Assignment 1 - Your local challenge

• Read the detailed description of this assignment
• Thanks for uploading all your challenges!
• You will receive a list per e-mail with your group and tutor contacts
• Contact your group members and arrange an online meeting before the next session on April 12
• In your group reflect on the challenges and identify your strongest common interest areas
• Deepen the analysis of your challenge. What are the important cause-effect relationships? What are the vicious circles? Who are the actors?
• Identify the commonalities and differences between your countries/regions with regard to the challenge
• Prepare a 5-slides presentation with your findings until Monday, April 18
• Present your findings in the Connect room during our plenary session until Tuesday, April 19
• Your group will receive a group working page on the wiki within the next days

Assignment 2 - Field Research

• Read the detailed description of this assignment
• Read the Guideline for Field Research and the accompanying materials
• Identify a social enterprise for your field study preferably before April 12 and inform your tutors about your decision.
• Keep in mind the timeline of this assignment, there will be a presentation already on May 10

Further references

• check out your resources page

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Next Session: A.3 Design Thinking

Session date: Tuesday, 12th of April 2016, 16 00 - 17 30 pm CET

Thematic input: 'The Design Thinking Method' by Frauke Godat, Kiel University, Germany

Social Entrepreneurs report: Addressing environmental challenges:

Presentation and interview with Dieter van den Broeck from Commonland – 4 Returns on Landscape Investment