More power to social enterprises in rural regions

Social enterprises can bring about positive change to underdeveloped rural regions across Europe. A recently developed toolkit with best practices, along with a policy brief, can help further this noble concept.

Rural regions in many European countries face considerable challenges today. They experience a brain drain of young and qualified people especially, lack of opportunities for qualified jobs and higher education, and suffer from a declining provision of public and private services. At the same time, social enterprises are appearing as a new type of organisation that operates in a space where the state and the market tend to withdraw, developing novel solutions to initiate social changes and fostering social innovation.

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