Social innovations and their necessity in the community

in #innovation6 years ago

Hello there everybody,

Me personally I am passionate about entrepreneurship, and have taken so many courses related to the Social Entrepreneurship. And I would like to share with you some interesting informations.

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This photo was a seminar held on Kljuc on May 2018 / Bosnia Herzegovina it was about Social Entrepreneurship. Since Erasmus+ also a European Commission projects are giving importance for this field, this field is given the growth and became sort of a trend, as a sub-branch of entrepreneurship in general, so we have seen a shift of the attention of the young entrepreneurs also, over the social activities compared to those for economic benefits only. This shift of interest is seen as a move from which society as a whole can benefit.

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Basically a youth people that really want to make great impact have a great chances to get some entrepreneurial knowledge on the Erasmus+ Projects, here in the Kljuc there were people from 8 different counties and it was very productive, to learn more about the field that I really love and want to increase my knowledge day by day, so one day to really create an enterprise that will be socially effective for my society and the economy of my country that is Kosovo.

In developing countries like Kosovo, entrepreneurship is seen as a catalyst necessary to generate economic benefits. This definition of entrepreneurship as a single economic activity overshadowed its potential to address various social needs that could be targeted by young entrepreneurs, which would in the process help to create social enterprises. As a basic structure of these enterprises would be social innovations that should be ethical, creative and have a lasting impact on the community. For such an impact, these innovations should be created together with the social entrepreneurs together with the community.

Joseph Schumpeter, as one of the scholars of this field, defined entrepreneurs as individuals that combine existing elements whether they are services or products with something new, a combination that adds economic and social value. He also added that entrepreneurs are seen as indispensable change within a society that has its greatest impact on the economy. However, this change does not necessarily have to be limited only in economic or profitable terms. Many entrepreneurs nowadays aim to create added value in society by addressing issues such as environmental pollution, gender inequality and discrimination against minorities. This can be best done using social innovations as the main tool for such purposes.

Two factors contributing to the underestimation of social innovation in Kosovo are the education system that does not always aim to address social needs and ineffective policies by the government. As a fact that shows the lack of proper policies is the inability to register your business as a socially-owned enterprise in Kosovo. These lack of administrative policies and a political instability in the country lead to an ill-informed educational system in terms of entrepreneurship and facilities that are lacking in the country. To avoid similar challenges, various incubators build bridges for young entrepreneurs.

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New social enterprises can directly improve a social challenge, whether racial, sexual or gender, in Kosovo, or may bring enough attention to people for a different mentality, oriented to finding solutions to such problems social. Unlike other local potentials such as tourism or agriculture, various social innovations address these issues with high priority and with support from policy makers and various incubator programs, eliminating barriers would be easier.

Enis Shkurti | Team Manager
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Nice...I also felt that nowadays entrepreneurs are trying to address the different issues whether environmental, poverty etc. compared to before. I feel like before it was all about money but nowadays entrepreneurs have to think differently.

Actually there are those Social entrepreneurs that take care for the society and the mentioned issues, and this mindset is growing over Europe because European commission is spending a lot of money from its budget to educate youth in this field via seminars of Erasmus+

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