On May 7th a large group of partners has organized annual Social Entrepreneurship Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Due to ongoing quarantine, all of the proceedings of the Summit have been aired online.

Here is a program of the event:

10:00 Welcoming and introduction

10:15 Lithuania Social Entrepreneurship environment review – that has been achieved in 2019, Andželika Rusteikienė, Lithuania Social Enterprise Association (LT with simultaneous translation)

10:35 Social Finance – review of the environment in Lithuania, demand, and challenges, Phil Tulba, Tulba Consulting (EN)

11:05 Social investment global perspective, Mariel Vincent Andres Rapisura, SEDPI Pte. Ltd., Philippines (EN)

11:45 Break

12:00 Measuring social impact: good case practice of Finland, Katja Anoschkin, Finnish Association for Social Enterprises (EN)

12:40 Reach for Change incubator and impact investment journey in Lithuania, Jurgita Ribinskaitė – Glatzer, Reach for Change (LT with simultaneous translation)

13:10 Break

13:40 Social impact bonds model and application possibilities in Lithuania, Neringa Morkvėnienė, Ministry of Finance (LT with simultaneous translation)

14:10 Impact procurements model implementation in pilot municipalities – Kaunas case, Daina Kleponė, managing director Enterprise Lithuania and Jolanta Baltaduonytė, Kaunas municipality (LT with simultaneous translation)

14:40Social investment in Lithuania – an alternative instrument to support social innovations, Eitvydas Bingelis, Vice-minister of Social Security and Labour and Viktorija Krutulytė, European Social Fund Agency (LT with simultaneous translation)

15:10 Break

15:25 Panel discussion (LT with simultaneous translation): Investments to social innovation and interinstitutional cooperation

Moderator: Arūnas Survila, NVO Avilys

Participants:

Eitvydas Bingelis, Ministry of Social Security and Labour

Ilona Javičienė, Ministry of Agriculture

Lukas Savickas, Office of the Government

Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Association of Local Authorities

Indrė Vareikytė, European Economic and Social Committee

16:25 Closing remarks

Here is the Youtube link to the video recording of the Summit in English and Lithuanian: https://youtu.be/ijmYHPS65E8

Organizers: Enterprise Lithuania, NVO Avilys, British Council, Tulba Consulting Partners: Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, Lithuania social enterprise association, Pirmas Blynas