University Courses Social Banking

University Courses on Social Banking: 

University Courses on Social Banking INAISE Conference

University Courses on Social Banking: 

University Courses on Social Banking Vision and central idea Project implementation steps Project objectives Formal structure of the Institute for Social Banking

Vision and central idea: 

Vision and central idea Opening up the successful practice of social-ecological banking to education, research and academic discourse; Creation of university courses and relevant research projects on social, ecological, ethical banking; Enabling students to shape and further financial services and organisations in social-ecological banking on their own.

Implementation steps of the project: 

Implementation steps of the project Inquiry members of INAISE and Febea Preliminary research Review „best practice“ of publications and research projects.

Implementation steps of the project: 

Implementation steps of the project Development of different university courses: Intensive course (e.g. Summer School) Optional subjects in undergraduate courses/bachelors courses of economics Job related masters course, practice-based

Project objectives: 

Project objectives Target groups Aims and methods of the university courses Educational challenges

Project Objectives: 

Project Objectives Target groups for all courses Present and future employees of social banks and financial organisations; Employees of conventional banks; Employees of social-ecological banks and microfinance institutions in developing nations; Interested people from other related fields.

Aims and Methods: 

Aims and Methods All courses will follow several principals: They are international; The spoken language will be English; Strong emphasis on practical application; Combination of teaching and independent study modules; Implementation in co-operation with established universities.

Educational challenges: 

Educational challenges Better understanding of the relationship between banking/finance and social/environmental issues; Development and phrase their own values, putting them into relation towards others (e.g. current monetary and economic theories, present practice); Learning about social banking (roots, values, approaches, methods, tools, impact); Understanding developments in mainstream banking; Managing a primarily values driven organisation.

Institute for Social BankingTraining and Research: 

Institute for Social Banking Training and Research Independent Institute The project group: Frans de Clerk, Advisor to the Executive, Triodos Bank. Lecturer at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Julian Kühn, Gemeinnützige Treuhandstelle Dr. A. Massmann, Gemeinnützige Treuhandstelle

Institute for Social BankingTraining and Research: 

Institute for Social Banking Training and Research Developed in cooperation and supported by the following banks/foundations: Alternative Bank Schweiz, Switzerland; Banca Etica, Italy; Freie Gemeinschaftsbank BCL,Switzerland; Cultura Sparebank, Norway; GLS Gemeinschaftsbank,Germany; La Nef, France; Merkur, Denmark; Triodos, Netherland/UK/Belgium/Spain; Gemeinnützige Treuhandstelle, Germany; Evidenz Stiftung, Switzerland.

University Courses on Social Banking: 

University Courses on Social Banking Julian Kühn Institute for Social Banking c/o Gemeinnützige Treuhandstelle Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße 25 44789 Bochum mobil.kuehn@gls.de