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Organisation for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (ODSME) from the Republic of Moldova, the Webinar and Workshop on “Webinar + Workshop: 22 reasons to become a social entrepreneur”.

The event was supported by Lucia Gavriliță social entrepreneurs. It created the foundation “Health in live green”it provides information on how to cure, prevent disease and achieve well-being. It is also President of the Alliance of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities of the Republic of Moldova, Executive Director AO ‘Speranta’.

From the experience of Lucia Gavrilița, “Social entrepreneurship can be a passionate and impactful activity, and our unwavering energy is absolutely important to invest it in bringing about positive change and solving certain problems for the community, society and the world at large.”

At the event, Lucia Gavriliță quoted the newspaper The Guardian who writes that “even the crisis has not prevented people from reducing their environmental impact, which shows that market demand for social mission enterprises is stable.’

Social entrepreneurship, after Lucia Gavriliță, has to strike a balance between employees and customers.

Relations beyond economic purpose are another asset of social entrepreneurship. It is social relationships that actually facilitate the activity of social enterprises. When I interact with someone with health problems, I learn a lot. These persons shall be of particular experience.’ explains Lucia Gavriliță.

During the event, the entrepreneur also proposed several exercises to the participants that will help potential social entrepreneurs identify the niche in which to operate, so that it is unique and impactful.

The recording of the event can be accessed via this link: https://bit.ly/3naYQDP

The series of training events dedicated to the promotion and development of Social Entrepreneurship continues. The events agenda can be consulted HERE.

Previously, the events have taken place:

● Webinar + Workshop: “General notions of social entrepreneurship. Benefits and opportunities” (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3pX1tuI)

● Webinar + Workshop: “Legal and practical aspects of obtaining the status of social enterprise” (Registration link: https://bit.ly/2ZGUBX9 )

● Webinar + Workshop: ‘Procedure for obtaining the job subsidy for disadvantaged persons’ (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3k48MNn)

● Webinar + Workshop: ‘Accounting and financial reporting in social enterprises’ (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3nXaktF)

● Webinar + Workshop: ‘Tax issues and relief in social enterprises” (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3mNuret)

● Webinar + Workshop: “Particularities of social business creation and management” (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3qlmteH )

● Webinar + Workshop: “Social Entrepreneurship Business Models. Feasible Business Ideas, which can be developed in social enterprises” (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3wsqEGN)

● Webinar + Workshop: “Opportunities to promote social entrepreneurship services. Free opportunities” (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3C4zfAx)

● Webinar and Workshop: Regulatory framework and policies for social services (Registration link: https://bit.ly/3D8yAiH)

For pre-registration at events of the Organisation for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, interested persons are invited to fill in the form: https://forms.gle/s8xG2quRTw4zZFPC8

Registered persons will receive the access link to their events.

Campaign initiated and supported by the transnational Finance4SocialChange project, co-financed by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI). The aim of the project is to promote social impact and stimulate the development of companies interested in solving community problems. ODSME is a partner, along with 19 other institutions from 15 countries in the Danube region.