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Summary of the day Slide 2 Conference question How can higher education foster interactions between the current economic systems (public, private and social) to promote social enterprise cultures for human-centred, sustainable development in our communities? to address issues around promoting social entrepreneurship cultures in higher education, the development of cross-sector collaboration for social aim. Slide 3 Conference objectives a. Address issues and opportunities around promoting social entrepreneurship cultures in higher education through cross-sector collaborations, with the university as a facilitating agent. b. Exchange research, studies and examples of best practice in cross sector collaboration promoted by universities worldwide. c. Present the findings of the social/solidarity economy handbook which contains the voice, opinions and experience of people from within the social and solidarity economy in Europe, Africa and the Americas. d. Offer opportunities to learn about innovative contexts and the capabilities necessary to develop and foster effective collaborations. e. Promote an international network of participants for study, research and good practices in cross-sector collaboration in the field of social/solidarity economy with a five-year vision (2015-2020). Slide 4 The International Team conference documentation Simona & Natalia filming Enrique, Charles, Iman, Aurelia note taking Slide 5 Summary of the day 1 st September day 1 Exploring cross-sector collaboration Slide 6 Agenda day 1 09.00 Registration & Welcome Plenary session Juliet Edwards, European Commission Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UK 11.15 Coffee break and networking 11.40 Plenary session Chad Lubelsky from J.W. McConnell Foundation, Canada. RE-CODE project 12.15 Social economy project partners - welcome! 13.00 Lunch and networking 14.15 Parallel sessions: Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact programme session 15.45 Coffee break and networking 16.10 Choice: Round table or Learning skills workshops 17.40 Summary of day Slide 7 Agenda day 1 09.00 Registration & Welcome Plenary session Juliet Edwards, European Commission Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UK 11.15 Coffee break and networking 11.40 Plenary session Chad Lubelsky from J.W. McConnell Foundation, Canada. RE-CODE project 12.15 Social economy project partners - welcome! 13.00 Lunch and networking 14.15 Parallel sessions: Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact programme session 15.45 Coffee break and networking 16.10 Choice: Round table or Learning skills workshops 17.40 Summary of day Slide 8 Plenary sessions - day 1 Juliet Edwards Policy Officer Higher Education, European Commission Title: European perspective about European Union Innovation and Entrepreneurship programmes in Higher Education Institutions Tim Curtis University of Northampton, UK How do we maximise the social utility & environmental impact of universities? Chad Lubelsky J.W. McConnell Foundation, Canada. RECODE - a platform dedicated to catalyzing social innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education Slide 9 Plenary sessions - day 1 Juliet Edwards Policy Officer Higher Education, European Commission Title: European perspective about European Union Innovation and Entrepreneurship programmes in Higher Education Institutions Tim Curtis University of Northampton, UK How do we maximise the social utility & environmental impact of universities? Chad Lubelsky J.W. McConnell Foundation, Canada. RECODE - a platform dedicated to catalyzing social innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education (Social enterprises) pockets of untapped potential CSS is absolutely essential to what we do it is at the heart of the commissions agenda Slide 10 Plenary sessions - day 1 Juliet Edwards Policy Officer Higher Education, European Commission Title: European perspective about European Union Innovation and Entrepreneurship programmes in Higher Education Institutions Tim Curtis University of Northampton, UK How do we maximise the social utility & environmental impact of universities? Chad Lubelsky J.W. McConnell Foundation, Canada. RECODE - a platform dedicated to catalyzing social innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education We need to change the rules of the universities, the same with social enterprises: we can play by the rules or start changing them (methaphor: Lift-tower) the middle is pretty hard to change, boring but essential to connect strategic intentions with grassroots most universities focus on bottom & top, we (at Northampton) try to connect the two. Fail fast, fail often. There is no better way to learn than failure The purpose of university and college is to change the world, but WE change the world Slide 11 Plenary sessions day 1 Problem of language/semantics policy makers: cultures of European countries universities: business jargon/terms terms are now at best confusing borderline alienating Chad Skills policy making: workforce flexibility universities: elicit how students use skills Change in individuals Role of universities: to change society all change starts by change in individuals Chad Student is the unit, the agent of social innovation (change maker) Tim Build upon existing structure you dont need to reinvent the wheel Ana Mara, Peru (Chad, metaphor scaffolding) we are trying to build on top of the system, not to tear it down Slide 12 Agenda day 1 09.00 Registration & Welcome Plenary session Juliet Edwards, European Commission Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UK 11.15 Coffee break and networking 11.40 Plenary session Chad Lubelsky from J.W. McConnell Foundation, Canada. RE-CODE project 12.15 Social economy project partners - welcome! 13.00 Lunch and networking 14.15 Parallel sessions: Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact programme session 15.45 Coffee break and networking 16.10 Choice: Round table or Learning skills workshops 17.40 Summary of day Slide 13 Welcome from project partners Project name changed over the course of 3 years Core idea: Learning from each other (embraced in project) Presentation of handbook open-source 3 languages beta stage not a recipe it is not a cook book, but a source of questions 8 chapters, holistic! Perspectives & case studies from different continents Outcome = different models created by partners Erasmus Project Enhancing the studies and practice of social and solidarity economy in higher education Slide 14 Welcome from project partners Report from partners Creation of handbook: involvement of students the drive to change the world brought us together Peoples right to be heard, A world in which people come before the economy The solution cannot always be found by using statistics People contributed by own experience even if they have never heard of the concepts before that we talked about today Encourage people to take their own actions - responsibility to change Not monetary gains of the project, but by individual actions in the community Ana Mara, Peru Miguel Filipe, Portugal Slide 15 Agenda day 1 09.00 Registration & Welcome Plenary session Juliet Edwards, European Commission Tim Curtis, University of Northampton, UK 11.15 Coffee break and networking 11.40 Plenary session Chad Lubelsky from J.W. McConnell Foundation, Canada. RE-CODE project 12.15 Social economy project partners - welcome! 13.00 Lunch and networking 14.15 Parallel sessions: Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact programme session 15.45 Coffee break and networking 16.10 Choice: Round table or Learning skills workshops 17.40 Summary of day Slide 16 Parallel sessions day 1 1.1. Livelihoods, gender and empowerment 1.3 ESS y Comunicacin y Responsabilidad social de las ESS 1.4 British Council Students for Social Impact What new insights did you gain from the parallel session? What actions will this parallel session prompt you to take? Who would you like to talk to related to the parallel session and/or the conference? Indigenous knowledge + solutions in Africa exist but often stumbled upon - more needed! Look at impact of solidarity economy on community engagement Students for Social Impact v ery talented, thoughtful & reflective group Sport can be a good initiative for change Search for theoretical vs. practical frameworks for womens empowerment Exchange with the University of Mexico Insights on participative research and cooperation between academic and societal organisations Talk about the broad criteria of the common goods balance indicators (orig. Spanish) Build a research network by sharing these insights with colleagues Solidarity practice as a university subject (orig. Spanish) Look for social impact in the chain of providers for the service I work with, to further awareness The presenter of the cape town sport project Slide 17 What else happened today? Slide 18 Slide 19 Enjoy your evening & see you tomorrow! Slide 20 Summary of the day 2 nd September 2 nd day Experiencing the power of cross-sector collaboration Slide 21 Agenda day 2 9.15 Plenary session Hiroshi Ishida, Caux Round Table, Japan Saioa Arando, Mondragon University/Mondragon Knowledge Innovation (MIK) 10.20Coffee break and networking 10.50 Parallel sessions Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact (SSIM) programme session 12.20 Choice: (continued from day 1) Round table or Learning skills workshops 13.30 Lunch and networking 16.00 - 19.00 Social enterprise and co-operative fair Showcase of best practices in cross-sector collaboration. Conference posters Slide 22 Agenda day 2 9.15 Plenary session Hiroshi Ishida, Caux Round Table, Japan Saioa Arando, Mondragon University/Mondragon Knowledge Innovation (MIK) 10.20Coffee break and networking 10.50 Parallel sessions Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact (SSIM) programme session 12.20 Choice: (continued from day 1) Round table or Learning skills workshops 13.30 Lunch and networking 16.00 - 19.00 Social enterprise and co-operative fair Showcase of best practices in cross-sector collaboration. Conference posters Slide 23 Plenary session - Hiroshi Ishida Hiroshi Ishida Caux Round Table, Japan The power of cross sector collaboration How to create a business in a moral way? We have to find the balance between civil society needs and companies growth. Trust yourself, make yourself able to trust. Saioa Arando Mondragon University/Mondragon Knowledge Innovation (Inter) Cooperation for growth Collaboration should be a behaviour rather than a tool or an end in itself Intercooperating can be understood as a business strategy and a solidarity mechanism When it comes to intercooperating, we always have to give up something, and that is hard to do. Slide 24 Agenda day 2 9.15 Plenary session Hiroshi Ishida, Caux Round Table, Japan Saioa Arando, Mondragon University/Mondragon Knowledge Innovation (MIK) 10.20Coffee break and networking 10.50 Parallel sessions Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact (SSIM) programme session 12.20 Choice: (continued from day 1) Round table or Learning skills workshops 13.30 Lunch and networking 16.00 - 19.00 Social enterprise and co-operative fair Showcase of best practices in cross-sector collaboration. Conference posters Slide 25 Parallel sessions day 2 2.1 Ethical business models 2.2 ESS y Desarrollo comunitario e inclusin social 2.3 ESS y Gnero New insights Actions Who to talk to there are alternatives to the traditional co- operative model at the level of human motivation giving marginalised people a second chance community and solidarity initiatives appear and expand in all countries the idea of a feminist economy within the social economy read and learn more about shared vs. common ownership spreading and projecting the social economy in universities analyse data differentiated by gender include the question of gender in discussion at my organisation with all the speakers Rory: research & John: model testing Rory about a mapping exercise on Solidarity Economy Slide 26 Agenda day 2 9.15 Plenary session Hiroshi Ishida, Caux Round Table, Japan Saioa Arando, Mondragon University/Mondragon Knowledge Innovation (MIK) 10.20Coffee break and networking 10.50 Parallel sessions Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact (SSIM) programme session 12.20 Choice: (continued from day 1) Round table or Learning skills workshops 13.30 Lunch and networking 16.00 - 19.00 Social enterprise and co-operative fair Showcase of best practices in cross-sector collaboration. Conference posters Slide 27 Round tables (day 1+2) Universities, social entrepreneurship 1.principles, values and social capital 2.modus operandi and public, social policies (Spanish) 3.social responsibility 4.ecosystems and competences Slide 28 Learning workshops (day 1+2) How to get your project ready for social investors, Helen Hoyle Facilitative Leadership and effective teams, Neil Oliver and Bizz Bliss Five pillar of trust: Encouraging ethical and social values in the multi-sector context, Michael Smith, Talia Smith, Roddy Edwards, Tony Bradley Cmo desarrollar un pensamiento innovador?, Juan Jos Roca Slide 29 Agenda day 2 9.15 Plenary session Hiroshi Ishida, Caux Round Table, Japan Saioa Arando, Mondragon University/Mondragon Knowledge Innovation (MIK) 10.20Coffee break and networking 10.50 Parallel sessions Presentation of conference papers & British Council: Students for Social Impact (SSIM) programme session 12.20 Choice: (continued from day 1) Round table or Learning skills workshops 13.30 Lunch and networking 16.00 - 19.00 Best Practices in cross-sector collaboration Social enterprise and co-operative fair Conference posters Slide 30 Best practices in CSS Edventure Frome, Neil Oliver y Biz Bliss Edventure a school for community enterprise 8-month training programme in community enterprise SHARE is a "library of things" aim is to get people spending less, wasting less and connecting more. Universidad de Quilmes, Claudia Alvarez y Natalia Lindel pictures & video from different forums all across Argentina cross-sector environment forum outputs: 13 points for good practice Listen to each other find common ground need for flexibility & empower ourselves get people from university to learn and help them grow as individuals Slide 31 Conference fair - exhibition Slide 32 Social economy fair make friends! Discuss research Intense conversations Time to relax Networking Slide 33 Enjoy the last conference day! Slide 34 Summary of the day 3 rd September day 3 Building and maxismising cross-sector collaboration ventures Slide 35 Agenda day 3 9.15Summary of day 2 09.30 Plenary session Antonio Cruz, University of Pelotas, Brazil Social economy project partners 11.00Coffee break and networking 11.30 Parallel sessions: Presentation of conference papers and British Council: Students for Social Impact (SSIM) programme session 13.00Lunch and networking 14.15 Plenary session Rory Ridley-Duff, Sheffield Hallam University 15.00 Open space for cross-sector collaboration 16.30Summary of the day Slide 36 Plenary session University of Pelotas, Brazil Social enterprise incubators and social technologies in Southern Brazil: The Case of TECSOL-University Federal of Pelotas not all social technology is innovative what is the difference between social and non-social technology Melba Quijano, Colombia Video about collaboration with Erasmus Project Sheffield Hallam University, UK Revealing the social and solidarity economy there is nothing as good as a good theory mutual interaction comes from interaction between all four sectors - Social and solidarity economy as a fourth sector Slide 37 Agenda day 3 9.15Summary of day 2 09.30 Plenary session Antonio Cruz, University of Pelotas, Brazil Social economy project partners 11.00Coffee break and networking 11.30 Parallel sessions: Presentation of conference papers and British Council: Students for Social Impact (SSIM) programme session 13.00Lunch and networking 14.15 Plenary session Rory Ridley-Duff, Sheffield Hallam University 15.00 Open space for cross-sector collaboration 16.30Summary of the day Slide 38 Parallel sessions day 3 New insights Actions Who to talk to The fundamental role of the state A need for public information Link discussions with decision makers Make sure SSE moves away from discussion into concrete action Lets share contact database Email in conference documentation 3.1. SE and community development 3.2. SSE and public policy access to the market and micro credit management 3.3. British council student 3.4. SSE and educational model Getting your hands dirty SSE is a means of acting across the university Find out more about school cooperation Slide 39 Open space for cross-sector collaboration Business models for SE Merit in university owning a business park for social and cooperative enterprise Developing cross-sector partnerships between universities and practitioners Opportunity to share entrepreneurs in practice and theory Opportunities for research What next for the exchange programme Slide 40 Tweets of the day Slide 41 Thank you to. Slide 42 Next? Safe journey home Stay in contact! Conference documentation Close of conference: David Maughan Brown, Professor Emeritus, York St John University Slide 43 Plenary session Antonio Cruz University of Pelotas, Brazil Social enterprise incubators and social technologies in Southern Brazil: The Case of TECSOL-University Federal of Pelotas gap between parts in population & equality: 20% of the richest can access the international market, 20% find it hard to feed themselves not all social technology is innovative what is the difference between social and non-social technology Virtual Market based on trust solidarity farmers this allows us to start build an economy with people The university has such a social debt only 20% who are eligible to study can study, 80% who are eligible to study cant University used to be for the elity now we have to change this situation, move university closer to social problems and involve worker. The university has to work on solving these problems, we have to provide people with this training and this is how university can have an impact. Trust & dialog to get students involved. Initially they were willing to work, but they could receive scholarships symbolic gesture 20Dollars/week. Having efforts recognised/a way to recognise their efforts. The national programme by the labour ministery fund the scholarships Obstacles: interidsciplinary work demands that we go closer together, but we cant go too far away. We have to stay true to our ultimate goal Slide 44 Plenary session Rory Ridley-Duff Sheffield Hallam University, UK Revealing the social and solidarity economy based on work undertaken for the second edition of Understanding Social Enterprise: Theory and Practice, advances theoretical understanding of the social and solidarity economy. pr esent three distinct alternatives to the public and private sector, each with their own claim to be part of the social economy. there is nothing as good as a good theory Theoretical conception of the social economy these behaviours are lived ideologies Move towards member owned businesses rather than investor owned social enterprise is an umbrella term SE as response to neoliberalism Elena Ostrum 1990, governing the commons, (collective action, nove price) challenge the tragedy of the commons (1968) Design principles (#5) for sustainable development with group-ownership of property (Ostrom 1990) Social solidarity concept: Shows how social and solidarity economy intersects with voluntary, private, public sectors Social economy transcends traditional sector boundaries Social enterprise = useful umbrella term Three sector model is not going far enough anymore => four sector model Slide 45 Presentation of project partners Melba Quijano, Colombia Video about collaboration with Erasmus Project Communication for development and social change A new way to understand empowerment and a new way to reach social change Created communication study group, many women involved. Most want to become TV presenter, but then they decided to go out and explore the world A survey to look at communication from a different point of view to build a bridge with universities Mike Calvert Presentation of experience of Kenyan womens microfinance project.