Infrastructure Development for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Infrastructure Development for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2 June, 16:30–17:45

Russian social entrepreneurship matches its Western peers in terms of innovative potential and social value. The difference lies in the scale and, most importantly, the dissimilarity of the Russian social and institutional environment. In the last five years, we have seen improved social business projects and their successful roll-out all around the country. Is it already time to draft and adopt a separate law on social entrepreneurship? Does the existing infrastructure for supporting and developing social entrepreneurship and innovation meet modern requirements? How can information support for new projects be ensured?



















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To support social entrepreneurship, the social entrepreneurship support fund will provide one rouble for each rouble invested by private companies.
Svetlana Chupsheva
Chief Executive Officer, Agency for Strategic Initiatives
Both social entrepreneurs and socially-oriented NGOs are all very motivated people.
Oleg Fomichev
State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Each innovation centre in the social sphere can support dozens of projects of social entrepreneurs.
Oleg Fomichev
State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Big business is already prepared to purchase the products of social entrepreneurs.
Sergey Golubev
General Director, Foundation for Social Investment
The infrastructure for the development of social entrepreneurship should be network-based: a powerful federal network needs to be created that unites various regions where it would be possible to quickly communicate and exchange franchises and best practices.
Sergey Golubev
General Director, Foundation for Social Investment
We are well aware that private entrepreneurs in the social services sector need to be supported financially.
Alexander Drozdenko
Governor of Leningrad Region
In 2006–2007, we thought about how to buy expensive apartments as we were infected with greed. Now we are infected with doing good for others.
Ruslan Bayramov
President, Dialogue of Cultures – United World International Public Charity Fund