in 3 steps

preliminary research

• concept or definition of Social Entrepreneurship (SE) in each country

• basic points - key provisions of the institutional context or legal framework for SE focusing on the criteria which enterprises are considered as “social”

• good practices concerning educational practices for SE (mentoring, trainings, e-learning, academia, schools)

• existing resources and tools promoting and supporting SE (incubators, accelerators, support networks, funding)

case study

• locating: social enterprise to be studied

• setting aims and objectives

• planning the research

• presenting rationale and background

• collecting and presenting data

• discussion & suggestions

• strengths & weaknesses

• review by another partner

implementation

• our input

• design & implementation of an idea / action plan / business plan

• research diary

• records or reports on the progress of the project: citing difficulties, changes, adaptations, ideas…

• evaluation of implemented ideas