Project "Action Plan for Social Entrepreneurship": PRESS RELEASE

On Thursday, November 29th, 2018, in Thessaloniki, the Region of Central Macedonia and the Regional Development Fund of Central Macedonia held an Information and Awareness Event, in which representatives of organizations related to Social and Solidarity Economy participated, on subject "Tools for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship - European and Greek institutional framework". This event was an activity within the framework of the project “Cross border Action Plan for the Development and Operation of an Executive Mechanism for the Support and Promotion of Social Entrepreneurship in the context of the Social Economy and Social Innovation” with acronym "Action Plan for Social Entrepreneurship". The project is co-funded by the European Cross Border Cooperation Program INTERREG V-A “GREECE-BULGARIA 2014-2020" and the Region of Central Macedonia participates as the Lead Beneficiary.
 

During the event, whose main goal was to disseminate and, in parallel, to support the Social Entrepreneurship and the Social and Solidarity Economy in general, were presented the important tools that will be generated by the project “Action Plan for Social Entrepreneurship”, which addresses the way that Social and Solidarity Economy can provide a model for the development of an economy with an emphasis on the social impact, on the cultivation of social solidarity and on the promotion of democratic management principles. The international experience shows that the Social and Solidarity Economy can mobilize and leverage the social forces, gaining multiple benefits for all the people involved.

The presentations of the Event are available on the official website of the Project: http://www.apfse.gr.

Read the whole press release here.