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Monitor What's happening
Tracking the field as it moves — news, the incubator pipeline, and policy developments that affect social enterprises.
- News
- Incubator
- Policies
Southeast Europe · Est. 2020
The observatory for social entrepreneurship.
We research the field, train practitioners, inform policy, and connect a community turning social problems into viable enterprises.
Advocates for Change2020
Founded in Skopje
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Service areas
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Projects & tools
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Partner organisations
What we do
Six ways we build the social economy
One organisation working across the whole pipeline — from evidence, to skills, to the networks that keep social enterprises alive.
Research
Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies: state analyses, needs assessments, and the factors that accelerate or block social enterprises.
Training
Tailored training in entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, executive and project management, and leadership.
Consulting
Guidance from the first idea and business plan to running a social enterprise, including legal, financial and HR questions.
Editing & publishing
Proofreading, editing, peer review and publishing for new work on social entrepreneurship, with promotion to reach readers.
Networking & coordination
Connecting you with the right people, building communication strategies and networking platforms, and coordinating projects.
Event organising
Conferences, trainings, seminars and round tables — scientific, policy or promotional — organised end to end.
Programmes
Four places to start
The Observatory's work is organised into four areas. Same mission, different entry point depending on what you need.
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Clinic Getting you ready
Practical support to build a venture that lasts: capacity building, a structured Training Academy, and ready-to-use tools.
- Capacity building
- Training Academy
- Tools
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Laboratory Evidence & ideas
Where the research happens — R&D on social entrepreneurship, papers, columns, and the SE Talks series.
- R&D
- Papers
- Columns
- SE Talks
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Academy Learn the practice
Structured courses from a first introduction to a complete programme, for anyone building a social enterprise.
- Introduction to SE
- Business models
- Complete course
Projects & tools
Instruments the Observatory has built
Indexes, studies and platforms that turn observation into evidence the field can use.
SE Index
The factors behind the progress of social entrepreneurship — its players and the environment they operate in.
seindex.orgSE FACT
Social Entrepreneurship Factors: how strongly the ecosystem shapes the operations of social enterprises and entrepreneurs.
sefact.infoSE Talks
Conversations that bring the social entrepreneurship field closer to new entrepreneurs, innovators and the public.
setalks.orgSE Conference
The Observatory’s conference on social entrepreneurship.
seconference.onlineFrom the Observatory
Evidence, in circulation
Research, policy and conversations with the field.
Research
Citizen’s Perception of Social Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia
Citizens Perception of Social Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia The Social Entrepreneurship Observatory has conducted an introductory research on Citizens Perception of Social Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia.…
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Conclusions from the National MKD Conference on Social Entrepreneur
Conclusions from the National Conference for Social Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia Representatives participated at the “National Conference for Social Entrepreneurship – innovative business model for a more…
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[Macedonia] New Draft-Law on Social Entrepreneurship is in the works
The Minister of Labor and Social Policy Mila Carovska informed that in the framework of the project “Encouraging social entrepreneurship” co-financed by the EU, a draft text of the Law on Social Entrepreneurship is…
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Whether you're starting a social enterprise, funding one, or researching the field, the Observatory is a place to begin.