European rural regions are facing several societal challenges, especially an ageing population, brain drain and unemployment. Social innovation becomes more important for developing solutions that are sustainable. There is a clear need to adapt business support infrastructures and measures offered by regional or local authorities to the special needs of social enterprises.

 The DelFin project is promoting social entrepreneurship in rural regions which face special transformation challenges related to advancing economic and social innovation.

The participating rural regions in Germany, Hungary, Croatia and Italy worked together to improve funding schemes for supporting social entrepreneurship. The project facilitated cooperation of quadruple helix actors and developed a toolbox for the promotion of social entrepreneurship in rural regions, as well as a transnational strategy for promotion of social entrepreneurship in rural regions. All was tested in four pilot actions in each partner country. In addition, eight capacity building seminars with a focus on municipalities and finance institutions were organised to further spread the knowledge. Moreover, the participating regions are now equipped with action plans to ensure sustainability and mainstreaming of project results. Please take a look at the project results and outputs below.

01.04.2022.

News

DelFin project end

Our project has officially ended, however, the project results and outputs are publicly available for all stakeholders in the social entrepreneurship sector. Our efforts to make it more visible in the rural regions has given us tangible results, and now we hope that relevant institutions, promotors and sole social entrepreneurs these efforts will again prove useful in the future.

delfin

01.04.2022.

NEWS archive

Past news and events

In our archive you can find all of our news and events. During three years, we had organised numerous trainings, workshops, networking events, conferences.


Visit it here.

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Toolbox for Promotion of Social Entrepreneurship in rural regions

Our toolbox contains financing and funding instruments targeting social enterprises and business support structures respecting the special needs of social entrepreneurs. It helps local and regional public authorities, business support organisations, development agencies and financial institutions to better support social entrepreneurship in their regions. 

You can visit it HERE.

FACTS & FIGURES

3

Partners

2

Countries

1700000

Budget

4

Outputs

NEwsletters

About the DelFin project - 1st newsletter (September 2019)

Toolbox development - 2nd newsletter (December 2019)

Transfer workshops & idea competitions - 3rd newsletter (March 2020)

The Toolbox is online! - 4th newsletter (July 2020)
The Toolbox is online! - 4th newsletter (July 2020) - Croatian version
The Toolbox is online! - 4th newsletter (July 2020) - Italian version
The Toolbox is online! - 4th newsletter (July 2020) - German version
The Toolbox is online! - 4th newsletter (July 2020) - Hungarian version

About the pilot projects - 5th newsletter (November 2020)
About the pilot projects - 5th newsletter (November 2020) - German version
About the pilot projects - 5th newsletter (November 2020) - Croatian version
About the pilot projects - 5th newsletter (November 2020) - Hungarian version
About the pilot projects - 5th newsletter (November 2020) - Italian version

Overview of pilot projects -6th newsletter (February 2021) 
 Overview of pilot projects - 6th newsletter (February 2021) - German version
Overview of pilot projects - 6th newsletter (February 2021) - Croatian version
Overview of pilot projects - 6th newsletter (February 2021) - Hungarian version
Overview of pilot projects - 6th newsletter (February 2021) - Italian version

Support for SEs: From Theory to Practice -7th newsletter (April 2021) 
Support for SEs: From Theory to Practice -7th newsletter (April 2021) - German version
Support for SEs: From Theory to Practice - 7th newsletter (April 2021) - Croatian version
Support for SEs: From Theory to Practice -7th newsletter (April 2021) - Hungarian version
Support for SEs: From Theory to Practice- 7th newsletter (April 2021) - Italian version

Pilot project programs- Stories from Croatia and Hungary - 8th newsletter (October 2021)
Pilot project programs- Stories from Croatia and Hungary - 8th newsletter (October 2021) - Croatian version
Pilot project programs- Stories from Croatia and Hungary - 8th newsletter (October 2021) - German version
Pilot project programs- Stories from Croatia and Hungary - 8th newsletter (October 2021) - Hungarian version
Pilot project programs- Stories from Croatia and Hungary - 8th newsletter (October 2021) - Italian version

Four Pilots- Dozens of recommendations - 9th newsletter (December 2021) 
Four Pilots- Dozens of recommendations - 9th newsletter (December 2021) - Croatian version
Four Pilots- Dozens of recommendations - 9th newsletter (December 2021) - German version
Four Pilots- Dozens of recommendations - 9th newsletter (December 2021) - Hungarian version
Four Pilots- Dozens of recommendations - 9th newsletter (December 2021) -Italian version

Ongoing conversations about SE from Germany and Croatia - 10th newsletter (February 2022) - English version
Ongoing conversations about SE from Germany and Croatia - 10th newsletter (February 2022) - German version
Ongoing conversations about SE from Germany and Croatia - 10th newsletter (February 2022) - Hungarian version
Ongoing conversations about SE from Germany and Croatia - 10th newsletter (February 2022) - Italian version
Ongoing conversations about SE from Germany and Croatia - 10th newsletter (February 2022) - Croatian version

Ongoing conversations about SE from Italy - 11th newsletter (March 2022) - English version
Ongoing conversations about SE from Italy - 11th newsletter (March 2022) - German version  
Ongoing conversations about SE from Italy - 11th newsletter (March 2022) - Hungarian version 
Ongoing conversations about SE from Italy - 11th newsletter (March 2022) - Italian version 
Ongoing conversations about SE from Italy - 11th newsletter (March 2022) - Croatian version 

Final conference: Supporting the Economy of Positive Change - 12th newsletter (April 2022) - English version
Final conference: Supporting the Economy of Positive Change - 12th newsletter (April 2022) - Croatian version
Final conference: Supporting the Economy of Positive Change - 12th newsletter (April 2022) - German version
Final conference: Supporting the Economy of Positive Change - 12th newsletter (April 2022) - Italian version
Final conference: Supporting the Economy of Positive Change - 12th newsletter (April 2022) - Hungarian version

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