Active Peer to Peer academy
The community’s ambition is to create a toolbox for and by ‘Tools Lovers’ who engage in or enable social impact entrepreneurship
but are mindful of underlying factors and drivers for positive change across entire ecosystems.
In APPA you can connect with fellow CRAFT community members across Europe and exchange best practices.
You can suggest new tools and materials for improvement, ask questions and share your work and positive impact
What you can find in APPA:
A peer-to-peer academy
We facilitate locally-based events and organise summits to create opportunities for networking, knowledge dissemination, and collaboration among social innovation actors. Through these gatherings, participants learn about innovative methods, best practices, and emerging trends, fostering a vibrant and supportive community.
Tools & Best Practices
Through a digital ecosystem, we gather and promote tools, best practices, and resources, creating a knowledge-sharing platform accessible to social entrepreneurs free of charge. This platform offer valuable insights, templates, and guidance to support social entrepreneurs in their journey.
Events & Summits
We facilitate locally-based events and organise summits to create opportunities for networking, knowledge dissemination, and collaboration among social innovation actors. Through these gatherings, participants learn about innovative methods, best practices, and emerging trends, fostering a vibrant and supportive community.
🧰 Discover the CRAFT Toolkit
The CRAFT toolkits are a collection of 12 practical, easy-to-use guides designed for organizations that support social entrepreneurs — including incubators, accelerators, universities, and public agencies.
Each toolkit focuses on a key theme: from capacity building and impact measurement to funding strategies, policy engagement, and business model design. Developed in co-creation with practitioners across Europe, the toolkits include templates, methods, and real-world examples that can be adapted to local contexts.
Together, they form a hands-on resource to help support organizations strengthen their programs, foster inclusive innovation, and contribute to a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.
All toolkits are open-source and free to use.
Become part of CRAFT BETTER Entrepreneurship POLICY GROUP
Based on the European Commission and the OECD’s tool Better Entrepreneurship Policy Tool we have created the CRAFT Better Entrepreneurship Policy Group to carry out a group assessment of social entrepreneurship across Europe. You can join the group and be part of shaping future EU policy!
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