{"id":36874,"date":"2024-07-24T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/?post_type=program&#038;p=36874"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:10:14","slug":"seeding-social-enterprising","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/program\/seeding-social-enterprising\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeding Social Enterprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The program aims to create a new support infrastructure institution for civil society in support of social entrepreneurship. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Social Finance Association (SFA), the promoter and pillar organization of AFIN IFN S.A., aims to develop an integrated operational model that simultaneously addresses the need for entrepreneurial knowledge\/skills, as well as access to financing for organizations interested in establishing or consolidating social enterprises.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Financial sustainability is one of the major challenges of non-governmental organizations in Romania, which are constantly making efforts to diversify their income sources.\u00a0 According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdsc.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/STUDIU-INTEGRAL_Romania-2024.Sectorul-neguvernamental.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR31_MvPUMrmM12P3p50t2Rlq8OY9v7OJmxnUa3pSaK0oO1bLrLwOmBEx4c_aem_AfPERR-fEpzRTz1AKY5wIACU1YHo-qLINxnjjGN4Ph1KnVGE2nX9UQWIMUK2C268lB27Vcyg0PRR-ZhnZnh0I2W8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 FDSC report<\/a> on the non-governmental sector in Romania, NGOs mainly rely on income from donations, sponsorships and grants. Only 11% of the active NGOs engage in income-generating activities, and of these, approximately 60% manage to make minimal profits.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations need not only adequate financial support for starting a social business, but also specialized assistance to be competitive on the market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The program will support the start-up activities of the Social Financing Association in the development of this model of dual assistance (financial and consulting) for social entrepreneurs, which will be provided through a partnership between a non-profit organization (SFA) and a social lending vehicle (IFN).<\/p>\n<p>The activities of the Social Finance Association will include personalized consulting and mentoring sessions for social entrepreneurs, webinars, and an international conference dedicated to social finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37320,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie-program":[206],"tax_categories":[90],"class_list":["post-36874","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-program-legacy","tax_categories-philanthropy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/36874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie-program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-program?post=36874"},{"taxonomy":"tax_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax_categories?post=36874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}