Building a Social Entrepreneurship Network in Turkey


Eliş Türkmen P. B., Güravşar Gökçe S., YAŞAR B.

AB IPA Projesi, 2018 - 2020

  • Proje Türü: AB IPA Projesi
  • Başlama Tarihi: Ekim 2018
  • Bitiş Tarihi: Ekim 2020

Proje Özeti

"Project aims to contribute to the development of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Turkey by strengthening the capacity of related CSOs and active citizens and enhancing their dialogue with public bodies. The aim of Turkey Social Entrepreneurship Network is to provide the knowledge, connection and visibility that social entrepreneurs need, show that social entrepreneurship is an alternative solution to social and environmental problems. In this network project, a research to determine the social entrepreneurship potential of CSOs and to analyse the situation in the selected Anatolian cities was carried out. Capacity building activities for CSOs and active citizens were conducted. One of the main services provided was building an online platform for the social entrepreneurship for strengthening the dialogue and cooperation among stakeholders, which is still active. And finally advocacy activities on social entrepreneurship were held. TEDÜ’s permanent staffs were was mainly responsible for social entrepreneurship ecosystem research, which was a baseline for deciding the structure of the network. Also contributed to design and implementation of trainee of trainers and visibility/awareness activities during 24 months."