SIVSEN team get together again, in Romania
At the end of August 2022, the SIVSEN team got together in the heart of Transylvania, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The team members planned the last steps of the project, and…
The SIVSEN project’s outcomes reach stakeholders in Italy
Over 50 relevant stakeholders participated in the multiplier event in Matera, exploring and discussing the SIVSEN project’s outputs. Educators, students, local community of VET operators, social enterprises, business associations and…
The SIVSEN project’s outcomes reach stakeholders in Sweden
The SIVSEN project meeting and event in Skellefteå, Sweden, kept the partners’ representatives very active and busy. The project meeting started with updates from the partners, their sectors, and their…
Learn about values-based recruitment and other key characteristics of a social enterprise
Learn what values-based recruitment is and about other key characteristics of a social enterprise by watching this video interview with Kate Smith, CEO of Memory Matters. Memory Matters is a…
The SIVSEN Social Enterprise Programme Framework, piloted in Plymouth, UK
City College Plymouth and Plymouth Social Enterprise Network organized a local workshop for social entrepreneurs and higher education representatives to introduce them to the SIVSEN Social Enterprise Programme Framework. SIVSEN…
How SE communities in the UK should get ready for valuable work placements in their businesses for young people
Articulating what social entrepreneurship represents and the benefits it can deliver for communities is seen as a critical first stage in attracting and preparing young people as work experience participants…
How Swedish communities should get ready for valuable work placements in social businesses
Understanding what social entrepreneurship is and what it represents for the communities is seen as essential knowledge for people willing to join Swedish social businesses as apprentices, shows the SIVSEN…
Work experience, virtual experience, internships and student consultancies
Over the years Iridescent Ideas CIC has supported a number of what I would broadly term ‘work opportunities’ for younger people. These have been as formal as paid internships, as…
How Romanian communities should get ready for valuable work placements in social businesses for young people
Understanding what social entrepreneurship is and what it represents for the communities is seen as essential knowledge for young people willing to join Romanian social businesses as apprentices, shows the…