The document discusses fostering social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It describes social entrepreneurs as seeking to solve social problems without profit motives. It notes that social innovations can help counter challenges like youth unemployment by providing new opportunities and qualifications. The document advocates supporting social innovations through initiatives like social impact labs, scholarships, and networking to enable ideas and address social issues.
2. Norbert Kunz
• CEO of iq consult
• Ashoka Fellow (2007)
• Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010
• Member of the Global Agenda Council on
Social Innovation (World Economic Forum)
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• Member of le Groupe d'experts de la
Commission sur l'entrepreneuriat social
(GECES)
3. Sustainability
“sustainable development is development that
meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs”
United Nations General Assembly (1987) Report of the World Commission on
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Environment and Development: Our Common Future. Transmitted to the General
Assembly as an Annex to document A/42/427 - Development and International Co-
operation: Environment. Retrieved on: 2009-02-15
6. Over 30.000 people die every single day
…due to poverty, hunger and easily preventable
deseases and illnesses
More than 1 Billion people live in poverty
In Europe, one in five is under the poverty line (100 M
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people)
External factors like „climate change“ aggravate
problems further
10. Causes
The rules of competition doesn`t work for natural goods or
social goods
Local problems have global causes – global problems have
local causes
The gap between rich and poor is widening; the resulting
conflicts are becoming more and more pressing
The spheres of influence of the national political
institutions are so limited that they can hardly set
priorities, much less cause an actual change
The influence of the international institutions on the
global development process is entirely unsatisfactory
In relation to the high speed with which technological and
economic developments change things, the political
decision-making processes take far too long.
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12. The dynamics of economic development differ strongly across
the European regions with impact on employment rates
GDP per capita, 2008 Unemployment rate, 2008
(scale: <15.000 to >30.000) (scale: <4% to >10%)
Extensive variation in economic power Despite slow rise in employment rates in EU
between regions across Europe and within as a whole, peripheric regions suffer from
countries with lowest values in south- enormous unemployment rates and fall
eastern, western and southern peripherals behind
Source: EUROSTAT annual report of the European regions, 2010
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13. EU General vs. Youth unemployment, Feb. 2012
Umemployment Youth unemployment
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Source: derStandart.at
http://derstandard.at/1333185006677/Februar-Hoechste-Arbeitslosigkeit-in-EU-seit-1997
Accessed: 26/06/2012
14. EU Youth unemployment (<25), March 2012
Greece 51.20%
Spain 51.10%
Portugal 36.10%
Italy 35.90%
EU 22.60%
Eurozone 22.10%
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UK 21.90%
France 21.80%
Austria 8.60%
Germany 7.90%
0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00%
Source: Eurostat
15. Youth unemployment in 2012
Facts
EU unemployment rate reached 10,2 % in Feb. 2012
EU youth unemployment rate more than 21% in Feb.
2012
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Highest youth unemployment rates, over 50% !! …in
Greece and Spain and over 30 % !!! in
Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovakia, Irland and
Bulgaria
16. A lack of economic dynamic leads to a vicious circle
High
unemployment
rates
No perspectives for
Lack of workplaces
youths & graduates
Unattractive
conditions for Brain drain
companies
Decrease of
purchasing power
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17. Consequences
....if we can`t stop the circle
not enough economic capacitiy to ensure the needs of the
population (lack of skilled workers, lack of shops, lack of
culture, lack of replacement)
The public service loose the ability to take the responsibilty
for the existence provision (lack of schools, lack of
physicans, lack of kindergarten)
The dependence to get support from outside grows
There is no capacity to change the situation (lack of
competences and creativtiy)
18. How can we counteract these challenges?
People with innovative ideas from the entire social
spectrum
People...
with creative thinking and who looks beyond one’s
own nose
who assume their own responsibilities and take
their own decisions
who set priorities and self-organise
who set objectives and engage to achieve them
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19. Entrepreneurship as solution?
Joseph Schumpeter
The entrepreneur is a creator of change
Entrepreneurial behavior consists of four qualities:
Discovery of chances
Realization of innovations
Acquisition and use of resources
Tolerance for risk
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20. Social Entrepreneur
A social entrepreneur is an entrepreneur…
who seeks to solve an unsolved or not adequately solved
social problem
who does not seek any financial profit, rather whose
mission is social improvement
whose values are based on democracy and human dignity
who involves an appropriate organisation in fulfilling
goals, an organization whose goal is sustainable
development
who strives to motivate others to contribute
who is able to acquire the necessary financial and material
resources
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22. Social Entrepreneur
Social Entrepreneurs
NPO Social Business
Welfare-Org.
Private
CSR
Business
Private
Public Hybrids with Sustainable Business with Traditional
finance, fundin additional income social respon- business
g and donation income with social sibility (shared
activities value)
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23. Definition: Social Innovation
The goal of social innovation is to satisfy needs that aren’t
served by the market or that are not completely served by
the market either by the state
What sets social innovations apart is that their
content, their goals and the methods used are all “social”
In this way, we define social innovations as new ideas, be
they products or services, that:
seek to solve social problems
create a social return (more efficiently and effectively)
open the doors to new participation from target groups
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24. Support to social innovations
human rights Social innovations are directed to
the solution of social problems
poverty education
youth unemployment Social innovations are
products and
climate protection services, which
democracy
Are directed to the
promotion of culture elimination of social
Players of social innovations
equal rights problems
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spread those and others will
Integration follow are innovative, long-
term, and value-driven
HUNGER
alternative ensure social return
generation of energy They serve as an example and players of social innovations
health other others will be mobilised renounce profits in favour of
maximising the social impact
regional
development
25. Social Entrepreneur
People with
purchase power
Social People with
Business ltd. purchase
power
Social
Entrepreneurship People without
purchase power
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26. Social Entrepreneurship?
Social innovation is the aera for smart people
On the „social market place“ can small companies beat big
ones
Social innovations are mostly regional oriented
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Social innovation is labor-intensive
27. Perception of the Feasibility of Self-
employment in the EU, 2009
EU 27
15 - 24
25 - 29
40 - 54
> 55
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Women (all)
Men (all)
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Very or quite feasible
Not very or not feasible
Source: Commission (2009), Eurobarometer, "Entrepreneurship in the
European Union and Beyond"
29. Youth and social entrepreneurship
What is needed ?
Structural services
give room to ideas and creativity
Educational services
qualify youth to take responsibility
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Finance
making the first steps possible
iq consult has developed a model to support
entrepreneurship in metropol areas / especially for the
Social Sector
30. Social impact lab
The social impact lab is a central place to learn, exchange
ideas and work – espacially for existing social businesses
and youth who want to engage in social entrepreneurship
What we offer:
High quality information
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Qualification offers to build professional skills
Consulting, coaching and mentoring to enable more
efficient and effective action
Access to finance. Making concepts a reality and
scaling successful projects
Matching with potential partners and introduction in
the right networks
31. Social Impact Enterprise Scholarships
Young social entrepreneurs face very special
challenges when trying to set up social enterprises
Our response:
Supporting Social Entrepreneurship through
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scholarships for young social entrepreneurs.
Scholarships include a working place in a social
impact LAB, access to networks, coaching and
mentoring by experienced SAP employees and a
grant option.
The program was developed by iq consult and made possible by
32. Thank you very much!
Norbert Kunz
iq consult gmbh
Muskauer Straße 24
10997 Berlin
kunz@iq-consult.com
www.iq-consult.com
33. -Soziale Innovationen finden in Märkten statt, in denen andere
Konkurrenzbeziehungen exisitieren. Hier sind keine GP unterwegs, hier
werden keinen Menschen ausgebeutet, hier bedarf es intellektuellen
Kapitals. Hier können die Kleinen die Großen schlagen.
-Soziale Innovationen sind in aller Regel arbeitsintensiv
- Mit der Förderung von sozialen Innovationen können wir beides
erreichen, wir können jungen qualifizierten Menschen eine Perspektive
geben und ihr Potenzial nutzen.
Social Entrepreneur
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34. Principles
New forms of learning and leadership
We create participation opportunities for all ( Co-working and co-
learning spaces etc) to foster the horizontal accountability. We are looking for new
forms of leadership
Comprehensive approaches
It is more than a high quality business advice; it is work on the framework
Scaling
We don`t only invest in new ideas but also contribute to
the spread of successful models
35. Principles: Our theorie of Change
Ownership
Solutions must be developed together with the target groups
preferably from them themselves but never without them!
Strength – strengthen!
Strategies must start with the strengths of people and
communities and not with the weaknesses!
Create partnership!
We must invest more in networks than in competition between all groups
of society and we need new forms of governance between public
institutions, private companies and the third sector!
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36. Fostering Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Why?
Wenn wir die Richtung nicht kennen, müssen wir das Tempo
erhöhen! Mark Twain
-Soziale Innovationen finden in Märkten statt, in denen andere
Konkurrenzbeziehungen exisitieren. Hier sind keine GP
unterwegs, hier werden keinen Menschen ausgebeutet, hier
bedarf es intellektuellen Kapitals. Hier können die Kleinen die
Großen schlagen.
-Soziale Innovationen sind in aller Regel arbeitsintensiv
- Mit der Förderung von sozialen Innovationen können wir
beides erreichen, wir können jungen qualifizierten Menschen
eine Perspektive geben und ihr Potenzial nutzen.