Joint Venture Project

Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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The Erasmus+ project is coming to an end today. We are happy with the activities and results we have achieved to boost opportunities for people at risk of social exclusion.
💛 Our partners Community Action Dacorum, Centro per lo sviluppo creativo Danilo Dolci, Asociatia Casa Ioana, CEED Bulgaria, and Incubadora Con Valores would like to thank you for supporting our project. We will continue to work from our organisations to combat and build a more inclusive business world for .
Joint Venture's website, email and social media will remain active for anyone interested in the activities and tools developed by the project:
🌐 Visit our website: https://www.jointventureproject.eu/
👍 Follow us on social media
💬 Contact us: [email protected]

How can we measure the of a social enterprise? Check out this tool developed by the project 👉 https://www.jointventureproject.eu/io4-evaluation-of-the-impact-assessment-methodology/
This easy-to-use methodology has resulted from an analysis of existing measurement methods and has been tested with the companies that participated in our Programme.
☝ Download it now at the link above ☝

Joint Venture aimed to create a new, hybrid model of collaboration between entrepreneurs at risk of exclusion, NGOs and the business world: companies identified entrepreneurial opportunities and these business ideas were carried out by entrepreneurs together with NGOs.
www.jointventureproject.eu

In the project, we have developed an Methodology to help socially-excluded entrepreneurs bring their business ideas to life 👉 https://www.jointventureproject.eu/io3-validation-of-the-incubation-methodology-report/
This methodology has been validated through an Incubation Programme, where we offered adapted training and coaching to 9 entrepreneurs from 3 different countries.

is coming to an end in a few days. Check out our overall achievements in our final 👇 👇
https://www.jointventureproject.eu/press-release-and-newsletters/

Thanks once again to Radio Dacorum for hosting us on your show! Our coordinator Community Action Dacorum talked about our achievements of the project in boosting for people at risk of . Listen to the interview here! 👇 👇

JOINT VENTURE Penny & Musarat Community Action Dacorum interview 25 05 2023 Joint Venture aimed to create a new, hybrid model of collaboration between entrepreneurs at risk of exclusion, NGOs and the business world: companies identified entrepreneurial opportunities and these business ideas were carried out by entrepreneurs together with NGOs. www.jointventureproject.eu

📬 Our final newsletter is out. Discover our latest activities and results! You can now read it at this link 👉https://mailchi.mp/71408a2d68df/joint-venture-5-newsletter or find it in your mailbox (if subscribed).
On it you may find everything about:
🔸 Our last transnational partner meeting in the UK
🔸 Our last intellectual output: a methodology for measuring
🔸 How to keep track of after its ending

Do you have a social idea but don't know how to grow it into a viable business plan? Check out our modules! 👉 https://www.jointventureproject.eu/io3-training-modules/

📚 From business models to marketing, HR, finance or legality, these modules cover all the steps to starting up a .

9 from different countries have already benefited from this training as part of the programme we developed in the project.

☝ Download our modules at the link above to be the next ☝

📅 Our coordinator Community Action Dacorum has organised two multiplier events in the UK to present our project's aims and results, with a particular focus on the course developed within the project.

Overall, the events gathered 35 participants from different target groups, such as:
💼 workers
🚀 Potential
👐 Job coaches and
🏢 Local
👇 Find out more about this and other events 👇

Joint Venture Multiplier Events in Hemel Hempstead, UK - Joint Venture Project Our coordinator Community Action Dacorum has organised two Multiplier Events in the UK on February 24th and April 14th, respectively, where a total of 35 participants were attracted. During three hours, the project’s aims and results were showcased. The events also focused on the training course d...

The partners wish you a happy !
Let's celebrate our shared values and the positive impact that projects like ours are making in today's world.

We are thankful to the funding programme of the for bringing all of our partners together to promote for people at risk of .

Our unity is our strength.

Today, we celebrate our European dream and the values we all share.

Wherever you are in the EU, is your day.

Discover some examples of business projects led by NGOs that are being economically and socially viable 👉 https://www.jointventureproject.eu/io2-success-stories-book/

Besides, the document also highlights these 10 European projects of social enterprises: Tandem Workshop | Koopera | Proyectos Extraordinarios | The Social Teahouse - Plovdiv | Kite Club | Quid Impresa Sociale | Moltivolti | Specialisterne Foundation | Mobility Mojo | Page & Bloom

All partners are currently in our coordinator's office for our last Transnational Partner Meeting. Thank you Community Action Dacorum for hosting us in beautiful !

For the last two days, we have been discussing our latest progress and planning all pending tasks for the last month of the project, which will conclude at the end of May.

We will soon be sharing with you all the materials and conclusions of the incubation programme we organised for at risk of , as well as the new tool we are developing to measure .

Follow us to stay tuned! 👍 👍

Our interview for Radio Dacorum station is now available! 👉https://lnkd.in/dAPdtgg8

🎙️This afternoon we got the chance to spread the work about the project for the worldwide listeners of Dacorum's online radio station.

Thank you for hosting us in your radio show and thanks also to Community Action Dacorum for making this possible!

Joint Venture European Project Interview Radio Dacorum 27 04 2023 Currently, the European Union, like the rest of the Countries, has a huge problem originated from unemployment and poverty.  It is predicted that the economic transformation to a more digital system, will make it even more difficult to access the labour market. A successful system to increase the ...

We are live on Radio Dacorum! Our international team is being interviewed about the project. Listen now!
👉 https://www.radiodacorum.org.uk/

💡 Did you know that businesses can partner with social enterprises and benefit from trying their sustainable innovations?

🌿 can provide a model for them to face their current economic challenges while ensuring environmental and respecting .

🤝 The Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship and its 100-plus members are surfacing opportunities between social entrepreneurs and corporations and building the business case for collaboration.

Find out more in this article! 👉 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/how-social-enterprises-offer-big-businesses-pathways-to-sustainable-innovations-davos2023/

Source: World Economic Forum

How can social entrepreneurs build a positive impact that really makes a difference in society? Teresa Chahine, Senior Lecturer at Yale University, provides some clues in this interview 👇 👇
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/the-social-entrepreneurs-tool-kit-for-making-difference

Source: Yale School of Management

How can we support entrepreneurs at risk of to make their business ideas come true? Our 2nd business handbook provides a practical guide to the methodology developed in the project, covering:

✔ Business model design through methodologies

✔ strategy and marketing plan

✔ Commercial, communication and financial plans
Discover this incubation methodology on our 2nd Intellectual Output. Download it at 👇 https://www.jointventureproject.eu/business-handbooks/

Now available in different European languages!

📅 Our partner CEED Bulgaria organised a multiplier event some months ago in Sofia to present the aims and results of the project. The event gathered social , business professionals and representatives from the sector to:

💼 Learn about our main activities and results, as well as the challenges we faced.

👐 Address the impact of social entrepreneurs on marginalized groups and the role of NGOs in supporting social entrepreneurs.

🌿 Review the synergies between green and social .

🤝 Do some and discuss the potential use of the project's results in other sectors.
👇 Find out more about this and other events 👇

Theodora Sotirova

Multiplier Event in Bulgaria | Joint Venture project Last November 23rd 2022, our partner CEED Bulgaria organized a multiplier event in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event was organised with the aim to spread the goals of the Joint Venture project and explain its achieved results to the public. Participants Activities and materials First, the project was prese...

As an EU-funded project, in we celebrate the latest measures taken by the to clear the path towards gender equality 👇
💼 Rules on gender balance on corporate boards

💸 Rules on pay transparency

👊 Minimum standards to combat gender-based violence

⚖ EU-wide work-life balance rights
💬 As president Ursula von der Leyen once said, we can only reach our full potential if we use the talent and diversity of both halves of the population.

📩 Find out all novelties about the project in our 4th newsletter. Go check it out in your mailbox! If you aren't subscribed, click on this link to receive it now 👇 👇https://jointventureproject.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=023dc1a8ee9394f9681f5d369&id=0a4261703d
Partners: Community Action Dacorum | FIGroup | Asociatia Casa Ioana | Centro per lo sviluppo creativo Danilo Dolci | CEED Bulgaria | Asociación Con Valores

👐 In the , we'd like to highlight the importance of ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. In the project, we are working to boost in people at risk of .

🎯 Our aim is to create a new, hybrid model of collaboration between entrepreneurs at risk of exclusion, and the business world. How? Companies will identify entrepreneurial opportunities and these business ideas will be carried out by entrepreneurs, together with NGOs.

More info on our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6PCA2wr

📅 Our partner Asociatia Casa Ioana organized a some months ago in Romania, at an accommodation centre for women and children suffering from and family .

🌐 The event also gathered participants from different companies, social enterprises, public bodies and NGOs, both at local and international levels.

💼 The participants and centre guests could learn about the project's scope and the methodologies that we are developing.

🤝 Moreover, they enjoyed a session and an open discussion about boosting for socially excluded people.

Thank you Euronews Romania for the media coverage!

Find out more about this and other events on the link below 👇
Partners: Community Action Dacorum | | Asociatia Casa Ioana | Centro per lo sviluppo creativo Danilo Dolci | CEED Bulgaria | Asociación Con Valores

Joint Venture Multiplier Event in Bucharest, Romania - Joint Venture Project Last November 29th 2022, our partner Casa Ioana organized a multiplier event at its Bareceni Centre in Bucharest, Romania. This accommodation centre provides support to women and children confronted with domestic abuse and family homelessness. It was chosen as the event’s venue because it provided...

: 🍵 From the outside, The Social Teahouse looks like any other teahouse, but in fact there's something really special about it: it is founded on social principles.

👐 The ethos is to offer an alternative social space staffed by young people who have limited access to the labour market.

💶 Sustainability is ensured through marketing events and renting space for co-working and presentations. Other revenue streams include donations and project funding.

Would you like to know more about this or other European best-practice social enterprises? Take a look at our Success Stories Handbook! 👇
Partners: Community Action Dacorum | | Asociatia Casa Ioana | Centro per lo sviluppo creativo Danilo Dolci | CEED Bulgaria | Asociación Con Valores

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How was our first ? Our partner Asociación Con Valores was able to gather entrepreneurs, NGOs, business owners and other stakeholders in Valencia to:

🎯 present them the project
💼 share the experience of the incubator program
🤝 boost networking and feedback
Find out more about this and other events on the link below 👇
Partners: Community Action Dacorum | | Asociatia Casa Ioana | Centro per lo sviluppo creativo Danilo Dolci | CEED Bulgaria | Asociación Con Valores

Joint Venture Multiplier Event in Valencia, Spain | Joint Venture Project Joint Venture Multiplier Event in Valencia, Spain by Marina Marcos | Jun 2, 2022 | CAT-Meetings | 0 comments Last June 2nd 2022, our partner Asociación con Valores organized the first multiplier event of the project at La Petxina in Valencia, Spain. The goal of the event was to make connections wit...