Global trends in Social entrepreneurship

Fredrik Björk, Malmö University

Swedish Institutet - SAYP

• Summer Academy Young Professionals (in Government/Policymakers/NGOs)

• Building ”awareness, capacity and resilience in the practice of governance”

• Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Sweden and Ukraine

• Open for application now: [link]

SAYP

• Two weeks on location in Malmö• Public management, governance,

transparency, leadership, gender equality and public ethics

• Cross-sector collaboration, social and public innovation

Malmö University

• Social innovation – important topic• Forum for social innovation Sweden (MSI)• International master’s programme –

”Leadership for sustainability” (SALSU)• Collaborative projects with stakeholders in

public administration, business and civil society

Social entreprenurship

• ”Entreprenurship with a social purpose”• Historically: Vulnerable groups• Social enterprises / charities adopting

business approaches• US/UK background• Central/souther Europe: Cooperatives

Three phases of social entrepreneurship discourse

1: The ”Heroes” – stories of inspiring individuals 2: Professionalization/”managerialization” of NGOs3: Grass-root activism connected globally through open platforms

Global trends in social entrepreneurship

• Global• Innovations/ideas spread quickly around the

world, inspiring local adaptations• Open platforms/case collections• Urban farming; bee-keeping; bikes

Mainstream

• Cross-sector collaboration• CSR• Purpose-driven business

Sustainability

• Integrated perspective – social & ecological• Systems thinking• ’Industrial symbiosis’• Circular economy• Sharing economy – ex. ’AirDonkey’

Impact

• Focus on impact, not output• Impact investment – public/private• Retirement funds (US; Switzerland etc.)• Measuring impact (Ex. SROI)

Digital/tech

• ’Social innovation’/design discourse • Socially & ecologically minded startups

Legal forms, frameworks, policy

• B-corps, CICs (tax breaks, benefits)• Social enterprise certifications• Social considerations in public procurement• Public/third sector partnerships

Ecosystem

• Local/regional/global• Resources – social impact bonds,

crowdfunding etc.• Actors – intermediaries• Capacity building• Report: ”Agenda for an ecosystem for social

innovation in Sweden”

Check out my blog!

• http://blogg.mah.se/urbinnovate/

• fredrik.bjork@mah.se