SOCIAL SEED – Incubation methodology for socially excluded entrepreneurs supported by companies Erasmus Project

Project Title

SOCIAL SEED – Incubation methodology for socially excluded entrepreneurs supported by companies

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Social entrepreneurship / social innovation

Project Summary

SOCIAL SEED aims to design a new methodology to incubate socially excluded groups to entrepreneur – with an innovative approach- supported by private companies.

It will be validated how should be a hybrid model of cooperation between NGOs and companies, analyzing best practices, educational content, and incubating 15 entrepreneurs coming from socially excluded groups together with business companies.

And finally giving all that knowledge and know-how back to all NGOs and public administrations over Europe as a methodology. It will help to solve two main problems of European Union: unemployment & situation of 83 million people socially excluded.
With this aim, SOCIAL SEED partnership is made by 6 entities from 4 countries ( Spain, Germany, Italy & Poland)
1) F. INICIATIVAS: consultancy company specialized in innovation & with its own private incubator. It’s the direct connection with the business world. (SP)
2) ISM-MAINZ: social research institute, related with public administration and university networks. Wide experience in best practices & European job market. (DE)
3) ANZIANI: NGO focused on entrepreneurship & social inclusion. Experience in incubating companies from excluded groups & microcredit management. (IT)
4) BISER: Baltic institute of European & Regional affairs. Strong relationship with companies and social entities in their region. Diverse range of experiences in sustainable development and social entrepreneurship. (PL)
5) ASOCIACIÓN CON VALORES: NGO with business approach. It’s members are business professionals which allows them to create business solutions to social challenges. (SP)
6) SOCIAL LAB: consortium of different social cooperatives in the south of Italy. Wider experience in designing and creating of business for excluded groups. (IT)

The main goals of SOCIAL SEED in its 30 months of duration are:
– to design a incubation methodology for excluded groups to entrepreneur.
– to build up a social incubator
– to crate a new business model of cooperation between companies & NGOs.
– to develop a formative course focused on needs and limitations of those entrepreneurs (excluded groups)
– to innovate on ecobomiallly sustainable business models to restart a dignified life.
– to let as many people as possible this tool for entrepreneur ecosystems’, NGOs, private companies, public administrations, etc.
SOCIAL SEED propose to generate 4 Intellectual Outputs (IOs)
IO1.- “How to create a social incubator” Guidelines: analyzing best practices in Europe, structuring ideal incubator phases, timing, limitations, risks’ management of people with socially excluded backgrounds.
IO2.- Design of formative content course for socially excluded groups to entrepreneur. Existing courses will be analyzed an upgraded to create adequate knowledge for the needs for those collectives.
IO3.- Pilot incubator validation paper. It will be validate it working with 15 entrepreneurs coming from excluded backgrounds who will work on micro-niche business opportunities identified by private companies. It will reveal the partnership the most nuclear information of SOCIAL SEED.
IO4.- Previous Outputs will lead to a MOOC, which will bring together a course to train NGOs, public administrations y companies over Europe to create a new business model of cooperation between private companies & NGOs.

The direct impact that SOCIAL SEED activities’ will have at the consortium and the target groups are:
– 120 direct NGO professionals and workers enrolled in the project (around 20 per partner) + 200 contacted in 4 countries.
– 15 entrepreneurs being nominee for the pilot + 50 contacted at the pre-selection rounds.
– 10 mentors/trainers for the incubator directly involved at the incubator + 100 contacted.
– 5 companies involved at the incubator + 50 companies contacted.

SOCIAL SEED impact over the partnership will be:
– 4 multiplier events/workshops (E1 to E4)
– 1 final event organized with the assistance of more than 100 entities from social work, business sector, entrepreneurs ecosystems’, universities, technological research centers and public local and regional administrations.
– an incubator methodology for social excluded groups using the private companies micro-niche analyses.
– an entrepreneurial course for excluded groups.
– “how to create SOCIAL SEED incubator in 10 steps” validated paper.

SOCIAL SEED methodology will be the needed tool to empower socially excluded groups through ENTREPRENEURSHIP; building a more FAIR & INCLUSIVE Europe.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 298273 Eur

Project Coordinator

F. INICIATIVAS ESPAÑA I MAS D MAS I SLU & Country: ES

Project Partners

• ANZIANI E NON SOLO SOCIETA COOPERATIVA SOCIALE
• INSTITUT FUR SOZIALPADAGOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MAINZ EV-VEREIN ZUR INNOVATION UND EVALUATION VON SOZIALER ARBEIT UND SOZIALPOLITIK ISM EV
• EMPRESAS CON VALORES
• Consorzio Social Lab Società Cooperativa Sociale
• Stowarzyszenie “Baltycki Instytut Spraw Europejskich i Regionalnych”