It is a unique social entrepreneurship pre-acceleration program, based on a hundred years of Junior Achievement experience, modern social entrepreneurship approaches and the Council of Europe’s Entrepreneurial Competencies Framework.
The program is developed and tested by Junior Achivment Lithuania. The program is successfully implemented in different European countries.
Built into the program is a digital literacy module that begins with an understanding of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and continues to use a variety of code-free applications and tools.
During the program, young people work in teams, create their own, real social enterprise, find investments and, of course, develop many useful skills.
The program is conducted by a teacher/trainer whose role is coaching and indirect teaching. Also, young people will have access to mentors and consultants who will help them turn their social enterprise into a successful startup.
The program places special emphasis on social and environmental issues and uses modern digital technologies.
The program spans 24 hours, and successful teams move on to the Acceleration Octap for further development.
Objectives:
The program is an amazing real-life experience where young people:
- They will learn how the real social enterprise world works and prepare for their future careers.
- they will learn to draw up a plan for the initial steps of creating a social enterprise,
- Get funding and create a positive social or environmental impact!
Main issues:
- Features of social enterprise;
- Creation of a company with an impact on social issues or the environment;
- types of social entrepreneurship,
- 6P of social entrepreneur;
- main characteristics of social entrepreneurs;
- Features of a social entrepreneur;
- entrepreneurial thinking tools;
- entrepreneurial thinking (Effectuation);
- 5 principles of effectuation – entrepreneurial thinking;
- social enterprise team structure;
- formation of a social enterprise team;
- Analysis of a social or environmental problem;
- artificial intelligence (AI);
- Artificial intelligence and automation compatibility;
- AI applications are used in everyday life;
- Types of artificial intelligence;
- theory of change and impact measurement;
- market analysis;
- SWOT analysis;
- Prototyping and testing;
- Business model of social enterprise Kanva;
- social enterprise financing compatibility;
- prepare a stakeholder map;
- social enterprise communication plan;
- preparation of the pitch deck for social enterprise shorthand;
- Development and measurement of impact indicators.
The program “Acceleration X | Social Entrepreneurship” was prepared within the framework of the project “Building with Social Entrepreneurship”, which is supported by the European Union, the EU4Youth program.
This guide was created with the support of the European Union. Junior Achievement Georgia is fully responsible for its content and may not reflect the views of the European Union.
