In the period 21-24th of September, 2014, the Association of South Western Municipalities conducted a study visit on the project “Establishing a network of social enterprises to implement innovative marketing strategies" implemented by Association of South Western Municipalities in partnership with Social Enterprise Coalition, United Kingdom, with the financial support of the Operational Programme "Human Resources Development", co-funded by the European Social Fund of the European Union.
Participation in the study trip took twenty-five representatives of the target groups and two representatives of the project team.
The program of the study tour included the following main panels: Introduction to social entrepreneurship in the UK - history, current status, challenges, achievements, opportunities; key features of social enterprises; Presentation of social enterprise - Oxford House, Bikeworks, Building Lives Training Academy; Partner and corporate support for social enterprises; Outlining the situation to support social enterprises - government / public sector; private sector; third sector. How is it different from other support for small and medium businesses; Presentation of the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) and Center "Kings Cross"; Plan follow-up activities of the network.