Information event: Social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the municipalities of Panevėžys region and throughout Lithuania

 

Information event of Rokiškis District Municipality Administration and Lithuanian Social Business Association

Date: 05.12.2024
Time: 10.30 am – 2.30 pm
Location: Salos Manor, Kaštonų St. 13, Salos, Rokiškis district

On December 5th, 2024, an information event at the Salos Manor will bring together representatives of the Rokiškis District Municipality, the Lithuanian Social Business Association and the regional community. The event will discuss the possibilities of developing the social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Panevėžys County.

The program will include welcoming remarks, inspiring stories of social business leaders, analysis of the situation in social business, and insights into the prospects for the development of social business in the region. The participants will have the opportunity to get acquainted with good practices, make valuable connections and discuss the impact of social business.

The event is intended for representatives of local communities, non-governmental organizations, municipalities and social businesses seeking to contribute to the development and innovation of the region.

Agenda

10.30 Registration and welcome coffee

11.00 – 11.10 Welcoming speech by the Mayor of Rokiškis District Municipality Ramūnas Godeliauskas

11.10 – 11.20 Birutė Dapkienė, Founder and Head of Social Business “Salos Manor”, “How participation in the Academy of Impacts strengthened the creation of social change in the regional community”

11.20 – 11.50 Viktorija Bražiūnaitė, Head of the Lithuanian Social Business Association, “The situation of social business in Lithuania: where are we and where are we going?”

11.50 – 12.00 Renata Gintalė, Project Manager of the Lithuanian Social Business Association, presentation of the activities of the project “Improvement of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Zemgale and Northern Lithuania”

12.00 – 12.30 Dr. Ieva Žebrytė, Expert, „Social innovators in Ziemgale (Latvia) and Panevėžys (Lithuania) regions: a comparative analysis based on the perspective of ecosystems“

12.30 – 13.00  Discussion

13.00-14.30 Networking lunch

Contact details for applying or receiving information about the event:  r.ruzeliene@rokiskis.lt