Hubs

Location (Full Address – where will the Social Innovation Hub take place?)

BildungsHub

Board of Education for Vienna, Wipplingerstraße 28, 1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA

Is the Social Hub located within or outside an In Situ partner institution (if outside, which institution is hosting the SIH?)

The SIH is located within the premises of the Vienna Board of Education.

Area (m²)

tbc

Number of staff at the SIH and number of working hours/week (FTE)

PP2: 10h/a week

LP: approx. 3 people, in total approx. 10h/week (but needs to be adapted probably)

Name(s) of the SIH manager(s)

Judit Makkos – Kaldi, Hana Sramkova

Aims/Goals
Describe shortly what you want to achieve with the SIH training and where you want to be by the end of project lifetime

IN SITU VIENNA Mission:

Fostering a positive impact on society by making Social Entrepreneurship inclusive and creating spaces of inspiration and empowerment, where citizens – disregarding of their background – are seen as creators, not receivers, of social innovation.

1st approach:

The SIH will be a place where our training programme will take place for pupils, with an intergenerational element accompanying the 6 months programme. Retirees who have experience with (social) projects and Social Entrepreneurship will join the pupils’ program as inspirators & mentors. The training program will consist of a basic and an advance workshop series, adapting to the pupils’ needs, it will lead them to creative ideas on how to solve societal problems/challenges. Sourcing these problems they will start creating interesting business ideas and/or social initiatives. The pupils will work on their ideas within creative workshops and will be supported by mentors (retirees). In addition efforts are being made to connect the trainees to an internship. At the same time the mentors will learn how to support younger people, share their experience, knowledge & skills.

2nd approach:

The SIH sets the focus on (young) woman, who have difficulties entering into the labour markets. Therefore we are going to hold the workshops locally at organisations, that are working with that target group. The organisations can choose one or two workshops out of our training-package – based on the needs of their clients. If the workshop “excursion to a Social Business” or “project workshop” gets chosen, it will have an intergenerational element with the Social Entrepreneurship-retirees as mentors & inspirators.

Location (Full Address – where will the Social Innovation Hub take place?)

Headquarter @ ENAIP Veneto – Verona [Via Bencivenga – Biondani 1 – 37133 VR]

Action widespread @ partners’ regional associations / institutions (the territorial Hubs)*

* Still formal agreements setting the boundaries of the cooperation are about to be signed therefore at the time of writing is not possible to name the various organisations (nonprofit organizations (NPOs), trade unions, associations, universities, education institutions).

Is the Social Hub located within or outside an In Situ partner institution (if outside, which institution is hosting the SIH?)

In the ENAIP Veneto premises the first Social Hub has already been implemented. It is a physical space with an internet connection, laptops, where disadvantaged future entrepreneurs can meet and where they will improve skills and competences. It will be available also after project lifetime.

In the Veneto Region the “IN SITU” approach will be focused in the creation of multiple social hubs, not only in the partner institution, but also hosted in the premises of the regional stakeholders (trade unions, associations).

Area (m²)

Enaip SIH 34m²

Number of staff at the SIH and number of working hours/week (FTE)

Enaip SIH 2 internal (20 hours / week) + 2 external

Name(s) of the SIH manager(s)

Enaip SIH – Elisa De Martini

Aims/Goals
Describe shortly what you want to achieve with the SIH training and where you want to be by the end of project lifetime

Together with all the associated local / regional institutions involved in the regional Hubs network, the purpose is to reach the target group with actions aiming at their individual empowerment. In particular the training will support the identified target (disadvantaged unemployed women) to integrate into the labour market by enhancing their entrepreneurial skills, competencies and mentality and personal skills and motivation.

Added value of the project will be the creation and the strengthening of a strategic regional network formed by care and third sector organizations, entrepreneurship experts, university. These institutions will become “innovation hubs” and will support their beneficiaries in the social innovation process, enabling them to become a part of the national and transnational IN SITU network. These actors will also contribute to the training suggesting innovative strategies, materials and sharing good practises. The involved stakeholders will take part also into the implementation of an intergenerational exchange with the younger participants, sharing competences and supporting younger women to identify a professional path that help their integration or reintegration into the Labour Market.

Location (Full Address – where will the Social Innovation Hub take place?)

Stuttgart Media University, Pavillon, Nobelstr. 10, 70569 Stuttgart

Is the Social Hub located within or outside an In Situ partner institution (if outside, which institution is hosting the SIH?)

The SIH is located on Stuttgart Media University premises.

Website

http://insitu.startupcenter-stuttgart.de/

Area (m²)

130m²

Number of staff at the SIH and number of working hours/week (FTE)

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Name(s) of the SIH manager(s)

Violetta Fasulo, Margit Wolf, Niclas Ciziroglou

Aims/Goals
Describe shortly what you want to achieve with the SIH training and where you want to be by the end of project lifetime

The SIH training in the Stuttgart region is called “Empowered by Social Entrepreneurship”. The empowerment approach is an opportunity to overcome obstacles together with the participants, to equip them optimally with a combination of entrepreneurial, social and creative economic skills and thus pave the way to self-employment or employment. What is particularly important is regaining self-esteem and a fast track to labour market. Through the integration of the creative industries, we have access to innovative methods, flexible forms of organisation and the opportunity to learn from the innovative power of the creative industries, which helps us to develop and foster social innovation.

Location (Full Address – where will the Social Innovation Hub take place?)

STEP RI, Radmile Matejčić 10, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia

Is the Social Hub located within or outside an In Situ partner institution (if outside, which institution is hosting the SIH?)

The SIH is located at STEP RI premises.

Website

http://www.stepriplaypark.com.hr/

Area (m²)

65m²

Number of staff at the SIH and number of working hours/week (FTE)

4 SIH staff = 2,6 FTE

Name(s) of the SIH manager(s)

Anita Pribanić

Aims/Goals
Describe shortly what you want to achieve with the SIH training and where you want to be by the end of project lifetime

Promote social innovation, inclusion and intergenerational learning in Croatia, aiming at a better social and work inclusion of long term unemployed.

Steps
What kind of steps do you need to take in order to achieve what you want? Set up a regional short milestone plan (not the one from the AF, but what you need to do in order to be successful with the project).

Steps and milestones:

1. Develop a regional IN SITU network (expert support, care and third sector organisations, social innovation and entrepreneurship experts and public/private funding initiatives) and keep in regular contact
2. Co-organise and participate at study visits with regional network stakeholders
3. Develop a methodology for social initiative and social enterprise support, including a thorough set of widely appropriate tools and materials to be used in all regional SIHs
4. Organise Train The Trainer trainings for entire IN SITU network
5. Promote the methodology within the region
6. Launch a call to promote the integration of the disadvantaged groups into the labour market through social innovation and new social enterprises
7. Promote IN SITU SIH empowerment and capacity building activities in order to ensure a wide reach among the target group
8. Implement the IN SITU tailored social business and initiative development service and support scheme twice and tweak methodology accordingly if needed
9. Assess the impact of the IN SITU SIH programme
10. Promote regional and national IN SITU strategy endorsement

Location (Full Address – where will the Social Innovation Hub take place?)

WSB University, Cieplaka 1 c, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza

Is the Social Hub located within or outside an In Situ partner institution (if outside, which institution is hosting the SIH?)

The SIH is located on WSB University premises.

Area (m²)

30m² (co-working zone) + 40m2 (office premises – part of WSB library with computers, free wi-fi and chill out zone).

Number of staff at the SIH and number of working hours/week (FTE)

SIH manager and one SIH administrative assistant – WSB staff
Training coordinator for ½ FTE from September 2020 to August 2021 = approx. 20h/week
Thematic trainers – for specific workshops/lecturers etc.

Name(s) of the SIH manager(s)

Michał Szyszka, PhD.

Aims/Goals
Describe shortly what you want to achieve with the SIH training and where you want to be by the end of project lifetime

Silesian SIH will be supported by Silesian triangle and together they will work on transnational approach to tackling intergenerational unemployment and social exclusion. SIH will bring together younger and the older (50+) unemployed citizens so that these two generations can learn from each other by exchanging experiences, bridging missing skills and competences. In Silesia region we will work with people with disabilities which are now the biggest group of long term unemployed Silesia citizens. The training will be based on the concept of blended learning. The main pillar of the course will be based on face-to-face workshops (mentoring & consulting) and supported by introduction of e-learning methodologies and visiting successful Silesian social businesses and Polish makerspaces (makers communities). The course material would be modified according to the needs of participants and added to a network environment in forms of notes, videos and lecturers for online accessing. The SIH will facilitate the communication among workshop participants via cloud-based instant messaging platform and discussion forums to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing, which would result in learning network creation.

Additionally, the key players in the regional triangles will learn from each other and a dynamic capacity building process will take place throughout the SIH life circle at different levels. SIH would play the role of liaison among the key players to establish and promote effective practices of electronic communication. WSB partner in SIH implementation will be regional authority of Silesia Region.

Representatives of socially excluded groups know their social problems the best and, with a support of SIH (WSB) and triangle experts on Management, Economics, Education, ICT, Health (physiotherapy), Transport and Logistics, Security (inc. Cybersecurity), will prototype innovative solutions to solve some social problems in Silesia Region.

As a specificity of Silesian SIH we would like to introduce training participants to creative industries and makers movement initiatives that may be an alternative way to develop their business ideas to solve social problems in Silesia Region.

SIH, thanks to cooperation with OWES (Social Economy Support Centers), may extend support for the most promising ideas and initiatives. SIH may provide financial support and training to participants for implementation of their social business ideas.

We are hoping for the pilot training to result in social initiatives and businesses, run by IN SITU participants, to solve some of social problems of target groups in Silesia Region. We would like to finish this project with SIH stabile structure and external stakeholders network to work with Silesia Region citizens, people with disabilities, WSB students (also the foreigners) on next social businesses and start-ups.

Location (Full Address – where will the Social Innovation Hub take place?)

Fundacija PRIZMA, Tkalski prehod 4, 2000 Maribor

Is the Social Hub located within or outside an In Situ partner institution (if outside, which institution is hosting the SIH?)

The SIH is located in the premises of PRIZMA Foundation.

Area (m²)

80 m²

Number of staff at the SIH and number of working hours/week (FTE)

At least 4 persons will be part of the SIH. The working hours/week will depend on the actual work done with the participants of the target groups, but in general the SIH will be “open” approx. 30 hours/week.

Name(s) of the SIH manager(s)

Moira Kobše, Gregor Cerar – PP 12 Ozara
Julija Marošek, Natalija Žunko, Aljaž Brodnjak – PP 11 PRIZMA

Aims/Goals
Describe shortly what you want to achieve with the SIH training and where you want to be by the end of project lifetime

From our point of view, through SIH training we wish to:

·         identify potential participants among the target groups of the project that have viable (social business) ideas or desire to actively participate in solving open issues in the society;

·         equip the participants with the required know-how to either, start and grow their social enterprise or implement a social initiative in their local environment;

·         provide constant support though SIH, information activities, networking events etc.

The ideal state at the end of the project would be a SIH that carries out support to participants that entered it during the project and is also open to new participants that will join it after the project is finished.