Experts of Fund "Our future" held a seminar Seliger

25 July 2014 at the Forum "Seliger" experts of Fund "Our future" held a training seminar "Social entrepreneurship is a new economic sector" within the change of "Entrepreneurship" and awarded the best setprependbase projects.

Yulia Jigulina, Executive Director of the Fund "Our future", told the audience about the experience of the Fund on support and promotion of social entrepreneurship, social franchise, educational programs, operating in this sector, and legislative initiatives Fund.

General Director of LLC "ABCC "Our future"" Dmitry Bolysov shared with young entrepreneurs information on financial and legal issues, increase sales and strengthen the economic stability of the enterprise.

The seminar Fund "Our future" was attended by about 70 people, many of whom are the initiators of start-UPS and existing projects in the field of social entrepreneurship. After the presentations of the experts of the Fund participants change "Entrepreneurship" has presented case studies of their projects. The audience got acquainted with 17 projects implemented in different industries in different regions of Russia.

A large part of social enterprises, presented at the workshop, working in the field of pre-school and additional education, projects developing centres, kindergartens (including opening a franchise), groups, vocational guidance, etc. forum Participants saw the presentation of the Ufa project "Healthy spine", aimed at prevention of spinal diseases among children and youth, and Novosibirsk "Candervilla", the creators of which are building a "city" with an interactive career guidance programmes for children and teenagers. Another project from Novosibirsk - Caterwil has presented the prototype of a wheelchair, who is able to walk on the stairs (innovativeness of the project is that the wheelchair Caterwil are two times cheaper than imported analogues available in the market today). Also among secretriate presented at the seminar were Ecotour "HeyEco" (washing powder for children's clothes), budget accommodation for students from St. Petersburg, a new sports game "Russian football" and other

At the end of the seminar the experts of Fund "Our future" chose two of the brightest project of which were awarded certificates on free annual service in the Centre of consulting and outsourcing "Our future". The best by representatives of Fund became the Novosibirsk open professional movement "League of robots", which aims to enhance the prestige and attractiveness of engineering specialities, and the "Caspian centre for human resources development" of Astrakhan region. The last project, implemented by the social entrepreneur Viktor Dorofeeva, aimed at increasing the availability of medical services received by the inhabitants of the Astrakhan region.

"This year we are particularly pleased with the large number of quality of youth projects. The solution of social problems, is today among the priorities of the young generation, - said the Executive Director of the Fund "Our future" Yulia Jigulina. "At the seminar, we saw a very different, very interesting projects, which people have come through its own complexity, through the search for answers to their own questions. If we talk about trends, the highest number of projects implemented today, is connected with children's and youth programs, education of healthy generation. To achieve tangible positive results, we have to start from the early childhood - rightly consider social entrepreneurs. As another trend I would call a social franchise - today we see more and more projects replicated by similar schemes".

At the end of the section experts of Fund "Our future" was offered to all the students who had made presentations of their own projects, to take part in all-Russian competition "Social entrepreneur", held by the Fund. The projects, which will be held in the final of the contest, will be able to count on financial and consulting support from the Fund.
Representatives of the Fund together with the organizers of change "Entrepreneurship" has decided to nominate the best participants change for the annual award "good Momentum", sponsored by the Fund of regional social programs "Our future" for achievements in the field of social entrepreneurship.


Reference information about the Fund "Our future"

The Fund of regional social programs "Our future" www.nb-fund.ru created in 2007 on the initiative of a large businessman Vagit Alekperov for the development of social entrepreneurship in Russia. The Fund works to find the most promising innovative ideas and projects, their effective implementation in practice. For seven years of work in the framework of all-Russian competition "Social entrepreneur" Fund supported 108 projects in the field of social entrepreneurship amounting 231,25 million roubles from 45 regions. In addition to financing in the form of interest-free target loans Fund will Award "good Momentum" for the contribution to development and promotion of social entrepreneurship, provides social entrepreneurs consulting and information support, publishes information and analytical portal "New business: social entrepreneurship" www.nb-forum.ru, develops educational programs and legislative initiatives in the field of social entrepreneurship. In 2013, a pilot project was launched sales of goods social entrepreneurs "More than the purchase!".

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