Social entrepreneurship

The countries with the most female entrepreneurs will surprise you

After the official opening ceremony of the Forum, Minister Biser Petkov presented awards for an innovative product. In addition to the distinguished Bulgarian social entrepreneurs from the areas of fashion, services and technologies, companies from Romania, Italy and Korea, whose products are represented on the Forum, were granted with awards.

In Plovdiv, Vice President Iliana Yotova opened the eighth edition of the European Forum for Social Entrepreneurship.

With the assistance of the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, The Bulgarian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA) is a co-organizer of the 8th European Forum for Social Entrepreneurship.

Cosmetics company Apivita is the first Greek firm to receive the B Corporation certification, becoming a member of an international network of companies and organizations that aspire to combine entrepreneurship with social welfare and use the power of markets to solve social and environmental problems.

Turkey ranked as having the worst environment for social entrepreneurs, scoring poorly in most of 12 indicators used to measure political, economic, regulatory and cultural factors, according to Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of almost 900 social enterprise experts in the world's 45 biggest economies. 
Ireland and Venezuela also fared badly. 

A group of young entrepreneurs with sustainable business plans have been honored for their contributions in a ceremony at Istanbul’s Bilgi University.

Corporate initiatives aimed at social change will be the focus of an event in Athens next Wednesday organized by Impact Hub Athens and Ashoka Greece and titled “Catalyzing Solutions for Change.”

NGOs join to promote social entrepreneurship