This workshop will address the question which role social entrepreneurship may play in times of crisis and in which way individuals as well as cultural and political associations and foundations can act successfully as entrepreneurs. Especially in urban milieus, social entrepreneurs are facing social and cultural problems: self-administered computer training schools in the "Favelas" of Brazil, new fundraising strategies and the launching of ecologically oriented banks are examples of good practice. How can cultural and citizenship education accompany such initiatives and at the same time foster the link to democratic political action?
Inputs
Project Presentations
- Interner Link: "Ashoka Youth Venture's Changemaker City", presented by Dennis Hoenig-Ohnsorg, ASHOKA Deutschland gGmbH – Youth Venture (Germany) (PDF-Version: 301 KB)
- Interner Link: "URBAN N.O.S.E. – Urban Network of Social Enterprises", presented by Sergio Campanella, URBACT II Lead Expert (Italy) (PDF-Version: 291 KB)
Report
Janneke Sleijpen, Young Urban Achievers – YUA (the Netherlands)