B2B Partnership Fair of Social Enterprises for cross-sectoral collaboration

 

The fourth, scaled-up and impact oriented B2B Fair of Social Enterprises will be held on October 27th of October 2023. 

 

The Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) Invites social enterprises to participate in the Fouth B2B Partnership Fair. The event is supported by the European Union and Bread for the World. In 2023, "TBC FOR Business" holds the unique sponsorship,The Golden Sponsor is "Inn Hospitality", Also, "Tegeta Green Planet", a subsidiary of Tegeta Holding, is a gold sponsor and representative of green enterprises. while "Algi Audit" and "Socar" serve as the silver sponsor for the B2B Fair.

 

Date and venue

 

October 27, Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metekhi Palace, #20 Telavi Street, Tbilisi, Georgia.

 

This is a unique opportunity

 

  For the social enterprises:

• To present products and services in one space and establish close business relationships with leading business companies;
• To meet other social enterprises and deepen partnerships with them;
• Present and offer their products/services to customers.

 

  For the business sector:

• To get acquainted with around 50 social and green enterprises with diverse profiles;
• Implement and/or develop responsible procurement practices;
• Create sustainable impacts in the social and environmental fields.

 

Purpose of the B2B Fair

 

The purpose of the exhibition is to deepen business relations between social enterprises and companies, as well as various sectors, promote social entrepreneurship and promote the development of social enterprises in Georgia.

 

Format of the event

 

At the B2B exhibition, business representatives will meet social entrepreneurs and negotiate future collaborations with them in accordance with their interests. Guests of the event will have the opportunity to get to know a variety of products and services of leading Georgian social enterprises in one space.

 

Please be informed that due to the high interest, places are limited. Social enterprises will be selected according to the relevant criteria. Preference will be given to productivity, sustainability, the volume of production, the results achieved through participation in the B2B Fair in recent years, including increased networking opportunities, and so forth.

 

For the interested social enterprises:

 

CSRDG offers multi-component support to the enterprises interested in the B2B exhibition.

• Training for social&green enterprises to prepare successful B2B offers. The training will cover B2B negotiation issues, also social enterprises will have the opportunity to participate in the workshop and develop B2B offers on the spot.
• Participation in the Fair, which will bring together more than 500 representatives from more than 100 companies/organisations.
• Individual B2B meetings with bussiness sector representatives from the business sector .
• Mentoring program that anticipates collaboration between selected social businesses and corporations individually after the B2B Fair, for the purpose of establishing B2B partnerships.

 

Registration

Interested enterprises, which will be registered by September 5, 2023, and meet the selection criteria, will be able to benefit from all the proposed support mechanisms (training, B2B exhibition-sales, mentoring program).

Our team will work hard to create the opportunity for social enterprises that express their interest to participate in the B2B exhibition from till September 5, to be a part of the B2B Fair.

 

Registration Link

Registration is possible through the link:

 

About the exhibition

 

The B2B exhibition has been held since 2017 at the initiative od CSRDG. In 2023, "TBC FOR Business" holds the unique sponsorship,The Golden Sponsor is "Inn Hospitality", Also, "Tegeta Green Planet", a subsidiary of Tegeta Holding, is a gold sponsor and representative of green enterprises. while "Algi Audit" and "Socar" serve as the silver sponsor for the B2B Fair.

 

Please find the video of the 2022 B2B exhibition here