„Recent global trends show that the social business model is becoming a key driver that could make this vision a reality. We are delighted to have been invited to join the global community of leaders in their efforts to create inclusive ecosystems that care about preserving all that is alive,“ said Viktorija Bražiūnaitė, CEO of the Lithuanian Social Business Association, who, on the first day of the Forum, served as a moderator in a session which covered the role of business incubators and accelerators for their role in manifesting changes in society.
Members of the Lithuanian Social Business Association (LiSBA) delegation had the opportunity to get acquainted with all of them when they spent several weeks visiting them and looking for new contacts.
The Lithuanian Social Business Association (LiSBA), together with its foreign partners BrainLog (Denmark), The Newdoor (Latvia) and SwIdeas (Sweden), have successfully completed the international project "Measured Green Impact" and are presenting the results to the public.
Helen Nilsson, Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania, welcomed the conference and stressed that by sharing good Nordic-Baltic practices in addressing environmental problems, we provide opportunities for stronger collaboration among NGO's and social enterprises. Many social enterprises and most NGOs are small, so it is challenging to take on projects of a larger scope and to meet the enormous environmental challenges. Cooperation for green and inclusive societies conference encompasses important aspects that the Nordic Council of Ministers highlighted in Nordic Vision 2030, which focuses on the region's green, social sustainability, and competitiveness aspects. The aims in the vision are impossible to reach without cooperation with our neighbours. The challenges we face demand local, regional, and global solutions and more collaboration is a key factor. Strengthened cooperation among different actors in Nordic-Baltic countries on the local and regiona
European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit welcomed the Lithuanian social business forum: „I am delighted that the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania is hosting the Social Business Forum to discuss aspects of the social economy in Lithuania and across Europe.“