Socially Responsible Territory

The "Socially Responsible Territory" Conference, entitled Territories are what links us up – social entrepreneurship in local development, took place in Sopot and Gdansk (Poland) on November 6 and 7, 2014. The first day of the conference was devoted to the topic of "Social entrepreneurship in Poland and the world" (ICSEM Talk in Pomerania).

Pr Jacques Defourny, one of ICSEM's Scientific Coordinators, presented the Project, while Dr Marzena Starnawska, member of the ICSEM Polish research team, talked about the situation of social enterprises in Poland.

The following documents are available for download:

• Programme of the event (contributions by ICSEM members are highlighted in green);
• Conference report, by Piotr Wołkowinski, plenipotentiary for social economy of the Gdańsk Urban Area Association;
• "A Comparative Overview of Social Enterprise Dynamics and Patterns in Europe and across the World", Power Point presentation by Jacques Defourny (in Polish).