This document provides the agenda for a 5-day training event on business education for sustainability. Over the course of the event, participants will engage in panels on social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, and business and sustainable development. The agenda includes sessions on concepts of social entrepreneurship and CSR, social challenges, strategic CSR, sustainable development models and indicators, and a community engagement workshop. Participants will also visit a social enterprise in Varna and have a fusion cuisine demonstration. The goal is to teach concepts of CSR, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable local and regional development.

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BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY: TEACHING CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE LOCAL AND REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
(BEST)
SHORT-TERM TRAINING EVENT
19 – 23 June 2017
Venue: Varna University of Management/ International Management Institute,
13a Oborishte Str., Varna 9000, Bulgaria
Conference Room, 4th Floor
A G E N D A
19th June, 2017
9.30 –
10.00
Registration
Varna University of Management: Conference Room
Welcome greetings Prof. Dr.Stanislav Ivanov
Vice Rector (Research)
Varna University of Management
Overview of the BEST Courses on
Corporate Social Responsibility, Social
Entrepreneurship and Sustainable
Development
Introduction of the training agenda
Tzvetalina Genova,
International Management Institute
10.00 –
14.00
Panel: Social Entrepreneurship
Introduction to entrepreneurship and
social entrepreneurship
Session 1: Introduction to
Entrepreneurship
Coffee-break
Session 2: Developing Entrepreneurial
Mind Set and skills
Coffee-break
Session 3: Social Entrepreneurship –
Basic concepts, Opportunities, Social
Problems
Anna Zygoura,
Petros Rodakinias,
University of Thessaly

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14.00 –
15.00
Lunch-break On-site catering for the participants
15.00 –
17.00
Panel: Social Entrepreneurship
Social Challenges and the Quest for
Sustainability
Vaida Bartkute- Norkuniene
Utena University of Applied Science
19.30 - Welcome Dinner Stariyat Chinar (The Old Sycamore)
11, Preslav Str., Varna, 9000
http://www.stariachinar.com/preslav/en/
(costs covered by the participants)
20th June, 2017
9.30 Registration
Varna University of Management: Conference Room
Meeting in the Lobby of the VUM to walk
together to the Social Teahouse in Varna
Tzvetalina Genova,
International Management Institute
10.15 –
12.30
Panel: Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship in Varna
Visit to the Social Teahouse – the
alternative social space in Varna
(http://thesocialteahouse.bg/)
INNOWAVE Varna: Varna European
Youth Capital 2017
Team of the Social Teahouse
12.30 –
14.00
Lunch-break Halba Beer Yard
34 Maria Luiza Blvd.
Varna
(costs covered by the participants)
14.00 –
16.30
Panel: Social Entrepreneurship
The Practice and Business Models of
Social Enterprises
Dr.Thomas Domboka
Birmingham City University
16.30 – Discussion and Closure Remarks for
the Social Entrepreneurship Panel
21st June, 2017
9.30 Registration
Varna University of Management: Conference Room
Introduction of the training agenda Tzvetalina Genova,
International Management Institute

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10.00 –
11.30
Panel: CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility:
Concepts, Challenges, Critics
Coffee-break
Dr. Miroslava Dimitrova,
International Management Institute
11.30 –
13.30
Panel: CSR
Strategic CSR
Damla Aktan
Itir Bagdadi
Izmir University of Economics
13.30 –
14.30
Lunch-break On-site catering for the participants
14.30 –
17.00
Panel: CSR
Socially responsible and ethical marketing
CSR and environmental issues
Marius Pečkys
International School of Law and Business
22nd June, 2017
9.30 Registration
Varna University of Management: Conference Room
Introduction of the training agenda Tzvetalina Genova,
International Management Institute
10.00 –
12.30
Panel: CSR
Managing CSR Initiatives
Coffee-break
Dr. Anna Paula Monte
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
12.30 -
13.30
Panel: CSR
Community Engagement Workshop
Gillian McCurdy
University College Birmingham
13.00 –
14.00
Lunch-break On-site catering for the participants
14.00 –
15.30
Panel: CSR
Work Experience Opportunities for Students
in the UK
Coffee-break
Discussion and Closure Remarks for
the Social Entrepreneurship Panel
Gillian McCurdy
University College Birmingham
16.00 – Fusion Cuisine Demonstration Chef Radi Stamboov
(http://radistambolov.eu/en/)
Chef Stambolov is one of the leading Bulgarian pastry-
makers and chockolatiers, jury member in the “Lord of the

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Chefs” TV show. In addition, he is actively participating in
different social projects and cooperates with SOS Kinderdorf-
Bulgaria.
23rd June, 2017
9.30 Registration
Varna University of Management, Conference Room
Introduction of the training agenda Tzvetalina Genova,
International Management Institute
10.00-
12.00
Panel: Business and Sustainable
Development
Sustainability and Sustainable
Development
Coffee-break
Beatrice Bellet,
Mariola Garcia
Asociación INDICO Instituto Internacional de Desarrollo
Profesional y Coaching
12.00 –
14.00
Panel: Business and Sustainable
Development
Models, Principles and Indicators of
Sustainable Development
João Gonçalves
Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação
14.00 –
15.00
Lunch-break On-site catering for the participants
15.00 –
16.00
Discussion and Closure Remarks for
the panel Business and Sustainable
Development
Award of Certificates
19.30 Farewell Dinner Mr BABA (Ship at the seaside)
http://www.mrbaba.net/en
(costs covered by the participants)