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Suren Mkhitaryan

Workplace and position

Program manager at “Matena” International School of Leadership and Professional Development

President and founder at CODE-SE HUB (CODE Social Entrepreneurship HUB)

President at the Association of Social Enterprises of Armenia

Work experience: as a practice, as a teacher

In the last 8+ years Suren has been working in the fields of social entrepreneurship, civil society, entrepreneurship education, formal and non-formal education and mostly targeting entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship fields both nationally and internationally.

Suren is running various training courses (in total 2500+ participants),consultations and mentorship to enterprises / social enterprises, as well as projects supporting those fields.

He has been the coordinator of the "Community Development through Social Entrepreneurship" EU funded long-term project in Armenia, which was one of the first pilot projects in the field of SE in Armenia, and supported creation of 10+ social enterprises.

Through his experience, he has successfully applied and managed 20+ projects directed on social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and personal development, exceeding 1.5 million USD in total.

Indicate how long and what kind of business you've managed / founded / worked for

Organizations where Suren was/has been involved in leadership positions include IRD, CODE-SE HUB, ASEA, Matena international school, Storell start-up.

Basic skills

- Leadership and management

- Project management

- Proposal and business plan writing

- Educating and training

Methods used in teaching

-Interactive education

-Non-formal teaching methods

-Seminars / speeches

Expert achievements and promotion

He is an author / co-author of several manuals and other educational materials on entrepreneurship / social entrepreneurship.

Besides that, he has co-developed more than 5 online courses, as well as training curriculum and materials in the fields of entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.

Credo

By reaching excellence to support the growth of others

Topics

- Concept of social entrepreneurship

- Idea generation

- Validation of ideas,

- Testing of idea and business model (Prototyping, MVP)

- Development of promising business models (based on CAVAS model) for sustainable development,

- Proposal writing

- Fundraising and working with investors

- Measuring the results in the company

Areas of mentoring