The organizers include OPORA RUSSIA, the Social Investment Fund, and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) Platform for Sharing Successful Practices "Smarteka." Anastasia Belonogova, producer at ProBusiness TV channel, will moderate the meetings.

The event is timed to coincide with the International Day of Social Business and will be held online from June 21 to 25, 2021. The broadcasts will be available at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83665624260?pwd=aEo0NkREZjM5NFBzbzQ1WGxYS3hZUT09. The goal is to collect and analyze the most successful case studies in this area.

The Best Practice Week held to support social entrepreneurship is a daily presentation of two successful practices for the development of social entrepreneurship to a wide audience, including both representatives of the social entrepreneurship support infrastructure and experienced and new social entrepreneurs.

The discussions will be attended by:

- Aleksander Pirozhenko, Head of Good Practices Direction at ASI;
- Natalia Kremneva, Deputy Head of the Social Project Direction, ASI, Head of the Social Projects Support Fund;
- Sergey Golubev, Chairman of the OPORA RUSSIA Commission for Social Entrepreneurship;
- Svetlana Osipova, Business Partner for Sustainable Development of IKEA;
- Inna Gazieva, Head of RAISE Accelerator, Director at IPACS RANEPA
- Ulyana Maleva, Social Investment Fund;
- Maria Kopylova, Director General of Children's Foresight;
- Svetlana Reshetnikova, Head of the development of additional education for children and teachers of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs of RUSNANO.

Social entrepreneurship is becoming increasingly popular as a new way to create public value and improve the quality of life. With its extensive experience in social entrepreneurship, Russia is focused on scaling up the best practices developed both within and outside the country. We invite everyone interested in this topic to join the discussion.

Program

Broadcast: 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Dates: June 21 - June 25, 2021
Format: online discussions

June 21 — Best Practices and the Ecosystem of Social Entrepreneurship

The development of social entrepreneurship is a complex process that includes such elements as education promotion, impact investment, and the removal of administrative barriers. ASI and OPORA RUSSIA have been consistently developing this area, both through the harmonization of an effective regulatory policy and through creating a bank and the replication of best practices. The discussion will present the National Social Initiative as a general framework for the development of social entrepreneurship and The Regional Standard for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship as a set of management decisions at the regional level for the development of social entrepreneurship.

Speakers:

Aleksander Pirozhenko, Head of Good Practices Direction at ASI;
Natalia Kremneva, Deputy Head of the Social Project Direction, ASI, Head of the Social Projects Support Fund;
Sergey Golubev, Chairman of the OPORA RUSSIA Commission for Social Entrepreneurship;

June 22 — Social Entrepreneurship in Universities

Universities play an important role in the development of social entrepreneurs as professionals. The discussion will present The All-Russian Accelerator of Social Initiatives RAISE and The All-Russian Championship in Social Technological Entrepreneurship.

Speakers:

Ulyana Maleva, Social Investment Fund;

Inna Gazieva, Head of RAISE Accelerator, Director at IPACS RANEPA

June 23 — International Practice of Supporting Social Entrepreneurship

The world has accumulated considerable experience in the development of social entrepreneurship startups. The session will present the experience of Israel and Germany as one of the most successful countries in social entrepreneurship.

Speakers:

Berta Groisman, Israel;
Olga Kizina, Germany;
Jean-Emmanuel Afota, France.

June 24 — Schoolchildren: Social and Social Technology Entrepreneurs

For the successful development of entrepreneurship, it is important to discuss it with children and engage them in entrepreneurial projects. The discussion will present the following practices:Children's Foresight, programs for involving schoolchildren in designing the future of their cities, and All-Russian Accelerator of Technological Entrepreneurship Projects "Future Technoleaders".

Speakers:

Maria Kopylova, General Director of Children's Foresight;
Svetlana Reshetnikova, Head of the Development of Additional Education for Children and Teachers of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs of RUSNANO.

June 25 — Large business and Social Entrepreneurs

Large business plays one of the key roles in the development of social entrepreneurship through institutional programs and inclusion in the supply chains, and expansion of markets for the products of social enterprises. The discussion will present the United Metallurgical Company's consistent strategy to social entrepreneurship in the company's market and IKEA's experience related to the institutional support of social entrepreneurs by including them in the supply chain.

Speakers:

Svetlana Osipova, Business Partner for Sustainable Development of IKEA.