Topical Issues

Social Enterprise

What is “social enterprise”?

Social Enterprise in Hong Kong - Action Plan

Discussion at the Commission

• CoP Paper 22/2005“From Welfare to Self-Reliance - Social Enterprise Development”
  
  
• Presentation on“Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise Project”(Chinese Version only)
  
  
• Presentation on MentalCare Connect Co. Ltd.(Chinese Version only)
  
  
• CoP Paper 21/2006
  Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme – An Update
  
  
• CoP Paper 4/2007
  “From Welfare to Self-reliance” –Development of Social Enterprises – An Update
  
  

Social Enterpreneurship Training

• Ad Hoc Group on Social Entrepreneurship Training
  
• CoP Paper 12/2006
  Promoting Social Entrepreneurship Training

• HKCSS Institute - Certificate in Soical Entrepreneurship

• Lunch time Seminar "What is Social Enterprise" ? on 1 Nov 2005

Introduction (800K) (Chinese version only)

Experience in operating “Enterprise Vegetable and Fruit Processing and Supply Service” (4.7M)

Helping the unemployed and disadvantaged through social enterprise – Bright Service Company (158K)

Social Enterprise : Hong Kong’s Experiences and Development
and European Experiences (78M)

 

• Visit to Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council on
  1 Nov 2005

Putting social enterprise into Practice (1.2M)
(Chinese version only)

• Conference on Social Enterprise on 6th April 2006
  
  
• Social Entrepreneurship Training:
  Sharing Session on Assessment of Training Needs

Programme

Gist

 

Examples of social enterprise

Local examples

Overseas examples

Useful references

• Social Welfare Department's“Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise Project”(“Seed Money Project”)
  
  
• “More for your money: a guide to procuring from social enterprises”
  
  
• Work Integration Social Enterprise

European Union - “Work Integration Social Enterprises in the European Union: An Overview of Existing Models”

Ingo Bode, Adalbert Evers, Andreas Schulz (July 2004) Facing New Challenges - Working Integration Social Enterprise in Germany, ISTR paper

Work Integration Social Enterprises in Spain

Useful Links

Local

• Community Investment & Inclusion Fund
  
  
• Support and Consultation Centre for SMEs
  
  
• Enhancing Self Reliance Through District Partnership Programme
  
  
• Social Enterprise Challenge 2007
  
  
• Social Enterprise Resources Web
  
  

Overseas

• United Kingdom - Department of Trade and Industry
  
  
• United Kingdom - Social Enterprise Coalition
  
  
• Ireland - National Training and Employment Authority
  
  
• Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative

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