The Vlerick Forum for Social Entrepreneurship hosted a summer event in 2013 to promote social entrepreneurship. The forum acts as a platform within Vlerick Business School and offers education, project development, and networking opportunities to support social entrepreneurial organizations. The event featured presentations on topics like social innovation, social entrepreneurship and impact investing. Over 100 MBA and Masters students have worked on over 40 projects with social enterprises across five continents through the forum.

1. VLERICK FORUM FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SUMMER EVENT 2013
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KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT
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1. Education programs
2. In class teaching
3. Research facilitation
Mobile school

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INVOLVEMENT
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1. Management projects
2. Conferences &
Competition
3. Social Entrepreneurship
Club
Hult Prize competing teams

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COLLABORATION
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1. SE Summit
2. Board of stakeholders
3. The platform

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WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WHAT WE DO
 The Forum is a platform within Vlerick
Business School with the aim of fostering
entrepreneurship in a developing world. We
believe that an enterprise approach is the best
way to create employment, empower
individuals and transform communities.
 We offer education, project development
and networking for social entrepreneurial
organizations (actors) in order to assist them
in developing their mission and tasks.
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14.00 Welkom
Hans Crijns, Professor Ondernemerschap, Partner Vlerick
Business School
Hoe promoot het Forum het Sociaal Ondernemerschap?
Frank Verzele, Manager Vlerick Forum for Social Entrepreneurship
‘Giving Something Back’ (in het Engels)
Presentation of a GSB-project by Vlerick MBA students
Presentatie van de ‘Sociale InnovatieFabriek’
Kaat Peeters, Directeur
Karen Hiergens, Community & Communication Manager
Sociaal Ondernemen & Impact Investing
Piet Colruyt, Impact Investor bij Impact Capital
Sociaal ondernemen in de praktijk: kritisch en met volle goesting
Vincent De Coninck, Project Manager Positive Entrepreneurs Network
Vraag & antwoord
gemodereerd door Peter Wollaert, Project Manager Vlerick Forum for
Social Entrepreneurship
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SOCIAL IMPACT?
 Over 100 MBA and Masters students worked with social enterprises
 On over 40 projects completed on five continents
 E.g. Belgium, East Africa, South Africa, Central America, South
America, Middle East, South East Asia
 Over 12 MBA and Masters students competed in social enterprise
business plan competitions in London and Dubai.
 3 customized training sessions by Vlerick faculty for established
social entrepreneurs
 3 social enterprises supported to attend Vlerick Executive education
programmes
 4 Vlerick professors trained 15 Belgian social entrepreneurs through
a partnership with Ashoka Belgium
 Over €150,000 in social investments to support students and social
enterprises locally and internationally.
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