Save the dates: MERSE Upcoming webinars

Social value assessment and communication tool for small social entrepreneurs

🕐 22 October 2025, 13:00–14:30 (CET)

Organisers:

Mid Sweden University and University of Helsinki, Ruralia Institute

Target Groups:

• Social enterprises
• Support organisations
• Municipalities / regional organisations
• Interest organisations / NGOs

Language: English

About the webbinar

Lack of clarity about the social impact and long-term savings in society has for a long time limited social enterprises' sustainability.  Assessing and communicating results and impact of the social value to stakeholders is repeatedly highlighted as a central challenge in the field of social entrepreneurship. Despite the various evaluation tools already excisting on the market, the adaptation to small social enterprises is poor and therefore difficult to use for those ventures.

MERSE developed a simplified online tool with the intention of better helping small social enterprises to measure and communicate the social value of their operations to the stakeholders. In this webinar we will demonstrate and discuss a first version of the assessment and communication tool.

The assessment and communication of social value is important from various perspectives. It's about being able to attract users and financiers, but also to identify need for change in the own company.

If you want to learn more about this – join the webinar!

Register here

🕐 10:30–12:00 (CET)

Organisers:

• Údarás na Gaeltachta / Coompanion

Target Groups:

• Business support organisations

• Municipalities / regional organisations

🕐 The time will be specified later

Organisers:

• Coompanion & Ruralia

Focus:

• Cooperatives and more

• Final of the European Year of Cooperatives