Advocating legal frame for the Social Entrepreneurship: a dialogue between policymakers, social entrepreneurs and other actors

The primary purpose of this project is to advocate the legal frame for  social entrepreneurship (SE) through bringing together interested actors (government agencies, experts, social entrepreneurs, civil society organizations, and media) and develop policy recommendations for the state law.

Project activities:

• Social Entrepreneurship Forum. The forum aims to raise awareness on SE, inform its social impact in rural, community, and economic development as a whole. The forum creates a space to highlight opportunities and challenges about the SE, gives a stage to the social entrepreneurs, who are working on a local and international level, share their experience with the vast auditorium.
• Townhall meetings. To prepare a recommendation and develop amendments to the “Entrepreneurship Law,” two town hall meetings will be conducted in the Baku and Sumgayit cities.
• Policy recommendation for decision-making. The document will be developed considering remarks all events, as mentioned earlier, SE forum and town hall meeting discussions, and an amendment to the Entrepreneurship Law will prepare. The final policy recommendation will be submitted to the Ministry of Economy and other state agencies.
• Media coverage and public awareness. Make SE more understandable for the public – close cooperation with the local media will be taken place.