Seminar in Vilnius by Fredrik Björk, Malmö University, hosted by Y2Y foundation

1. Global trends in Social
entrepreneurship
Fredrik Björk, Malmö University

2. Swedish Institutet - SAYP
• Summer Academy Young Professionals (in
Government/Policymakers/NGOs)
• Building ”awareness, capacity and resilience in
the practice of governance”
• Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova,
Sweden and Ukraine
• Open for application now: [link]

3. SAYP
• Two weeks on location in Malmö
• Public management, governance,
transparency, leadership, gender equality and
public ethics
• Cross-sector collaboration, social and public
innovation

4. Malmö University
• Social innovation – important topic
• Forum for social innovation Sweden (MSI)
• International master’s programme –
”Leadership for sustainability” (SALSU)
• Collaborative projects with stakeholders in
public administration, business and civil
society

5. Social entreprenurship
• ”Entreprenurship with a social purpose”
• Historically: Vulnerable groups
• Social enterprises / charities adopting
business approaches
• US/UK background
• Central/souther Europe: Cooperatives

6. Three phases of social
entrepreneurship discourse
1: The ”Heroes” – stories of inspiring individuals
2: Professionalization/”managerialization” of
NGOs
3: Grass-root activism connected globally
through open platforms

7. Global trends in social
entrepreneurship
• Global
• Innovations/ideas spread quickly around the
world, inspiring local adaptations
• Open platforms/case collections
• Urban farming; bee-keeping; bikes

8. Mainstream
• Cross-sector collaboration
• CSR
• Purpose-driven business

9. Sustainability
• Integrated perspective – social & ecological
• Systems thinking
• ’Industrial symbiosis’
• Circular economy
• Sharing economy – ex. ’AirDonkey’

10. Impact
• Focus on impact, not output
• Impact investment – public/private
• Retirement funds (US; Switzerland etc.)
• Measuring impact (Ex. SROI)

11. Digital/tech
• ’Social innovation’/design discourse
• Socially & ecologically minded startups

12. Legal forms, frameworks, policy
• B-corps, CICs (tax breaks, benefits)
• Social enterprise certifications
• Social considerations in public procurement
• Public/third sector partnerships

13. Ecosystem
• Local/regional/global
• Resources – social impact bonds,
crowdfunding etc.
• Actors – intermediaries
• Capacity building
• Report: ”Agenda for an ecosystem for social
innovation in Sweden”

14. Check out my blog!
• http://blogg.mah.se/ur
binnovate/
• fredrik.bjork@mah.se