BPCC and Habitat for Humanity Poland would like to invite you to the workshop on ReStore – the social start-up & charity shop that Habitat Poland plans to launch in 2018. The workshop is titled: “Common paths for social economy & business – why private sector should be interested in supporting development of social enterprises (SEs)?”
Over 1000 ReStores achieved success in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Northern Ireland. Special guests are invited to lead the workshop from Whirlpool Corporation and the Foundation for Social and Economic Initiatives (FISE), which will present their perspective on social economy.
To initially learn about ReStore business model, you may visit the project page.
None of successful ReStores was born without business partners! Habitat for Humanity as an organization operating for 40 years in over 70 countries and reducing housing poverty always made a good social use of business resources and know-how. Now, we are creating a unique opportunity for your valuable input and business engagement in Poland – ReStore.
Agenda
- Welcome of the attendees and program introduction – National Director, ReStore Manager, Fundraising Manager – Habitat for Humanity Poland, Representative of the Foundation for Social and Economic Initiatives – FISE, Representative of Habitat’s Poland business partner (WHIRLPOOL) and BPCC
- Social economy (presentation) – FISE
- ReStore – start up/ case study (presentation) – Habitat for Humanity Poland
- How business may engage in social economy enterprise and what are CSR & HR opportunities/ benefits? – Government & Media Relations Manager East Europe – Whirlpool Corporation
Questions concerning the subject and ReStore project – Participants + Habitat for Humanity Poland + FISE - Brainstorming* – Participants + Habitat for Humanity Poland
- Bullet points – summary of brainstorming – Habitat for Humanity Poland
- Solutions for ReStore & Business – Participants + Habitat for Humanity Poland
- Conclusions – Participants + Habitat for Humanity Poland
Social economy in the EU
- What it is – there are 2 million social economy enterprises in Europe, representing 10% of all businesses in the EU. More than 11 million people – about 6% of the EU’s employees – work for social economy enterprises. They have different legal forms and various objectives ranging from agriculture and banking to provision of employment and sheltered workshops.
- Main objectives – the primary objective of the traditional social economy enterprises is to serve the members and not to obtain a return on investment as the traditional mainstream capital companies do. The members act in accordance with the principle of solidarity and mutuality.
- Social enterprises – an important and growing group of social economy enterprises are the social enterprises. Their main objective is to have a social, societal or environmental impact for the general interest
*Brainstorming Rules (IDEAL):
Ideas only: Express your idea in a few words, not in a story
Develop on other’s ideas: Listening others ideas can inspire new ones
Equality of ideas: No self-censorship or judgment, there is no good or bad idea for you and others
Achieve 100 ideas: Focus on quantity vs quality on this phase
Liberate yourselves: Express all ideas out loud and have fun
The workshop will take place on November, 22nd at 9.30 a.m. in the BPCC office, Zielna 37 St. (entrance C) in Warsaw.
