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Toolkit and Casebook: Social Entrepreneurship Education for Community Transformation.
A practical toolkit for educators supporting adults to develop social entrepreneurship competences through design thinking, needs mapping, business modelling, teamwork, pitching and community-based learning.
Aims of the tool
The tool aims to:
- strengthen social entrepreneurship competences among adult learners;
- support migrants, refugees and other marginalised adults in developing ideas and identifying opportunities;
- provide adult educators with practical, adaptable methods for entrepreneurship education;
- connect entrepreneurial learning with social and community challenges;
- encourage creativity, problem-solving, collaboration and intercultural learning;
- support learners in transforming identified needs into feasible social business or community-benefit ideas;
- strengthen participants' confidence in presenting, developing and communicating their ideas;
- promote learning approaches that combine entrepreneurship, social inclusion and community participation.
Description of the tool
Social Entrepreneurship Education for Community Transformation is a practical toolkit and casebook developed through the ENTER-preneurship (KA210-ADU) project by partners from Germany, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
The resource is designed for adult educators, trainers and organisations working with migrants, refugees, marginalised adults and other learners who may benefit from entrepreneurial and social innovation education.
The toolkit brings together learning approaches and practical activities developed and tested through international cooperation, an intensive training course and Social Hackathons in four countries. It is based on the principles of EntreComp and focuses on learning through participation, collaboration, experimentation and reflection. The methods can be used individually or combined into a longer learning programme. Activities can be adapted to different groups, learning environments and local community contexts.
A central approach is to move from identifying a challenge to developing and presenting a possible solution. Learners explore community needs, analyse problems, identify opportunities, generate ideas, consider stakeholders and develop social business or community-benefit concepts. Through teamwork and pitching, they receive feedback and learn to communicate the value and potential impact of their ideas.
For educators, the toolkit provides adaptable methods that can be incorporated into non-formal adult learning programmes and combined with local partnerships, community challenges, SMEs, municipalities, job centres or other stakeholders.
The tool can be found at www.goodnessofpeople.se or here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BUTTrBjWui1Y3cKscnoIHlE9cpuR8wnJ/view?usp=sharing
Disclaimer
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/6051
This tool is for
Adult educators and trainers Adult education organisations Community-based learning organisations Organisations working with migrants and refugees Practitioners supporting marginalised adults Trainers working with entrepreneurship and social innovation
and addresses
Social Inclusion, Personal Development, Organisational Management
It is recommended for use in:
Training and Networking
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Consortium of the project, led by coordinator Goodness of People.
in the context of
2025-1-SE02-KA220-YOU-000360619
The tool has been experimented in
Training course and Social hackathons in 4 countries.
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Benita Venckuviene (on 15 October 2026)
and last modified
8 October 2026
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