Annual Consultations

An enabling policy/legislative environment was ranked the 3rd most pressing need of the sector. This broad term may speak to a variety of aspects. Euclid Network (EN) has sought to find out more about the perceived political support and perceived importance of social enterprise (SE) legal status across Europe and Neighbouring countries.

Euclid Network (EN) believes it is necessary to understand the challenges and barriers faced by Social Enterprise Support Organisations (SESOs) to enable sustainable growth and scaling.

Social Enterprise Support Organisations (SESOs) often operate in challenging financial situations due to difficulties in accessing funding. Common challenges for SESOs often include the lack of political support, poorly suited legislation versus the needs of SEs and a lack of understanding of their business models and the importance of social impact.

Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) is a focus area for social enterprises (SEs), social enterprise support organisations (SESOs) and other impact-driven or social businesses alike.

Euclid Network is guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) to drive positive change. EN uses the UN SDG framework to identify members key focus areas and tailor support to address weaknesses, priorities, and gaps. To ensure this is done to be best of our ability, EN is continuously gathering information on members’ beneficiaries, type of support and challenges in providing support.

Throughout Europe and neighbouring countries, social enterprises (SEs) are created in significantly different manners, assuming different legal forms. Representing their national ecosystems, EN members are social enterprise support organisations or SESOs, which support all different forms of SEs, ranging from civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), to for-profit businesses that make a social impact.

Every year, Euclid Network surveys its membership to better understand the state of social enterprise support in their country of origin or operating countries, and determine cross-border trends and challenges, particular characteristics of this sector, and the avenues for growth, collaboration and scaling.

Based on an extensive member survey, this new report highlights the diversity of actors in the network, types of support they build, their activities in the areas identified by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the barriers for the sector.

Based on an extensive member survey, this new report looks into the types of organisations that support social enterprises and what their needs are to become even stronger in providing help.