More than a hundred people from all over Central Europe attended the digital Social Entrepreneurship Conference 2022 – SUPPORTING THE ECONOMY OF POSITIVE CHANGE on March 23rd 2022.

We are inviting you to attend the online Conference: Supporting Economy of Positive Change to be held on March 23rd 2022; 10AM – 1PM and is dedicated towards supporting and connecting actors of positive social impact – socially responsible businesses, investors, foundations, civil society and social enterprises. 

The Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (Development Bank of Saxony-Anhalt) is happy to announce the completion of the second German capacity building seminar.

The Merseburg Innovation Technology Center has successfully held the first of two German Capacity Building Seminars. 

The Croatian tandem partners are organising an all day live event, which will be held at the Polytechnic University of Karlovac on September 29th. 

The German partners, mitz Merseburg and Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt, are looking forward to host the two upcoming capacity building seminars on the 23^rd and 30^th of September. Both seminars will be held online.

Through key activities, a nine-month pilot support program for social entrepreneurs and their business ideas and projects with a positive social and / or environmental impact was implemented. 

During a nine-month pilot program, the Development Bank of Saxony-Anhalt and MITZ Merseburg supported young startups - and those who wanted to become founders – in
developing their socially innovative ideas into marketable business models, thus
creating sustainable solutions for rural areas in Saxony-Anhalt.

At the end of the first pilot phase, the Italian
partners, Finpiemonte and Fondazione
Brodolini, organized an online meeting on
March 22, «Support for new SEs: from theory
to practice»

The free child protection app "KiSchu" offers help in identifying child welfare risks. It is the first app of its kind in Germany. The app „KiSchu“ supports assessing whether a suspected child is at risk of harm. 

In conclusion of the  the first phase of the pilot, the Italian partners Finpiemonte and Fondazione Giacomo  Brodolini organized the mid-term  meeting  March 22 entitled « Support for new SEs: from theory to practice »

We are inviting you to attend the 2021 Impact Conference, a two-day online event to be held on April 27 - 28; 10AM - 2PM.

The meeting opened with a presentation of how the call was designed and how the local territories were involved through the scouting process.

The meeting was fruitful and it  was an important opportunity to exchange experiences .

Fondazione Brodolini launched the 2nd December a national panel to discuss opportunities and challenges posed by the spread of smart working for cohesion policies in Italian internal areas.

Encouraging smart working is also an element of success for DelFin which supports the birth and growth of social entrepreneurship in rural area in Piedmont Region.

Achieving financial sustainability can be a challenge for social entrepreneurs.

During the month of November, German pilot participants had the opportunity to take part in online trainings, workshops and individual mentoring on the topic of financing and funding businesses.

Interreg DelFin - we want to encourage ecosystem players to commit to the promotion of SE and the development of an ecosystem 

The town of Duga Resa conducted their pilot visit on November 3, 2020. The meeting took place online and served as an exchange between project partners and stakeholders. Fortunately, project partners from all other countries, meaning Germany, Italy and Hungary, were able to participate in the meeting.

Duga Resa finished the first part of the pilot project, and is announcing a pilot visit.

The first half of the pilot phase in Germany is already over, which means it is time for the midterm workshop!

The workshop teams examined the pilot program from two different perspectives: the organizational (internal) and the participant’s (external) perspective.

The first pilot visit was held by German tandem partners on October 7, 2020. The purpose of this online meeting was to give insights into the German pilot program and to exchange experiences made during the first phase of the program.

Finpiemonte and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini facilitated the stakeholder meeting to present the ten projects selected among 55 applications for the pilot program. 

More than fifteen participants with ten different ideas shape their future businesses with our help.

Italian kickoff meeting of the is an
experimentation of a spread incubation program over territories, involving the internal areas of 3 provinces of Piedmont.

German tandem partners entered the official pilot phase with their pilot kick-off workshop, which was held on July 9, 2020. 

Delfin toolbox is online now - business support structures/services, financing schemes, evaluation tools. Toolbox with practical information on how to support social entrepreneurship. Check it out!

"Social challenges in rural and mountain communities" initiative will involve 293 municipalities in 3 different provinces - Torino, Cuneo and Biella.

Instead of meeting in person in the cosy town of Duga Resa in Croatia and seeing the progress made in the local pilot project for social entrepreneurs, they will have their first online meeting of this format - due to covid-19 situation that has affected us all. 

German tandem partners started their search for potential participants for their pilot program until - deadline is May 25, 2020.

Multiplier event presented social enterprises from Hajdu-Bihar county and other parts of Hungary. These were Balmaz Tészta, Strázsa Tanya, Hajdú-Bihar County Enterprise Development Foundation and Badur Foundation.

Italian partners held two additional meetings with local stakeholders.

How to promote Social Entrepreneurship especially in rural regions?

Finpiemonte  and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, met the stakeholders of Cuneo to share the next steps of the Delfin project for the implementation of pilot actions. 

The Italian partners, Finpiemonte and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini,  met  the main association of cooperatives in Turin Province.

The tandem partner of Piedmont met, through online conferences, with four good practices from Germany and Croatia.

Social enterprises realize business ideas that not only generate financial profit but also make a positive contribution to society and the environment. In order to promote them and their business models, financing and consulting services must be further developed.

Finpiemonte and Fondazione Brodolini met the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella, LAG (local action group) of Biella  and the social consortium Il filo da tessere.

On the 5th of September the 1st regional stakeholder meeting for Hajdú-Bihar County Government took place in Debrecen. Hajdú-Bihar County Government and IFKA invited stakeholders involved in the support of social entrepreneurship and also social enterpreneurs active in the region.

The 8th of July 2019 the stakeholders meeting for Piedmont Region took place in Torino. 

Fondazione Brodolini and FinPiemonte invited stakeholders involved in the theme of supporting social entrepreneurship in internal area of the region.

Transnational Transfer Workshop Croatia took place in Zagreb on November 26, 2019. The purpose of the workshop was to provide input for the development of tools and instruments for promoting social entrepreneurship.

On the 2nd of December 2019 the Transnational Transfer Workshop of the German tandem partners took place in Merseburg.

On the 2nd of July the 1st regional stakeholder meeting in Saxony-Anhalt took place. 

The DelFin kickoff meeting was held in Magdeburg, Germany, on 14-15 May 2019.