Together with the City of Kiel, Connective Cities hereby invites municipal experts to the international dialogue event Social entrepreneurship – An area for local business development? What potential does this hold for municipalities, and how can they promote social entrepreneurship? The conference will take place online on 20, 21 and 23 September 2021.

The event is designed for German and international actors from municipalities and local business development institutions who are involved in developing strategies to link local business development issues with sustainability goals.

This Connective Cities event will set out to facilitate an international dialogue that compares regional and municipal approaches and solutions for managing social entrepreneurship projects in urban and regional development contexts.

Key themes of the conference

To facilitate discussion of the broad field of social entrepreneurship on a practical level, the Connective Cities dialogue event will focus on three specific aspects:

• Define social entrepreneurship in the municipal context (e.g. as distinct from other social enterprises)
• Seek methods and indicators to measure potential effects of social entrepreneurship at the local level
• Promote enabling local environments to develop social entrepreneurship at the local level

Language of the event is English.

Further Information: Call for participants [pdf, 521 kb, 2 pages]

How to take part in the conference, and who to contact

It you would like to actively participate in the event with a project that you are planning or implementing, and that matches the theme of the conference, you are cordially invited to apply for a place.

Please send us an email indicating your position and organisation, and briefly describing the project you wish to present. We welcome participation by up to two experts per municipality who are involved in social entrepreneurship.

If you have any questions concerning the event or the process of taking part, please get in touch with us:

Sina Webber
sina.webber(at)engagement-global.de
+49 (0)228-20717-2658