Jun 10, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Opinion, Support
The Irish Social Enterprise Network are delighted to welcome Andrew Forde from the Department of Rural and Community Development to chat about all things social enterprise. The event, held as a webinar will be on Tuesday 16th June 2020 at 13:00 unit 14:00 and will be...
Feb 2, 2020 | News, Opinion, Procurement
Taken from: https://www.orbidalgroup.com/tender-tips-orbidal/blogs/what-is-social-procurement/ Governments and contracting authorities have a responsibility to ensure they leverage their buying power to achieve a social value, rather than simply getting the lowest...
Sep 2, 2018 | News, Opinion, Start-ups, Support
Aligned with the objectives of the Department of Justice & Equality social enterprise strategy, the Irish Prison Service, published their first ever market testing process specifically seeking expressions of interest from social enterprises to be the independent...
Dec 7, 2017 | News, Opinion
From our friends in BNest via us in Socent.ie! http://bnest.ie/guest-post-askadvise-evening/ On the 5th December in the BOIWorkbench Limerick, we in the Socent.ie hosted a BNest Ask&Advise night. As ever in Limerick, the audience gathered were positive and...
Sep 16, 2016 | News, Opinion
Irish Social Enterprise Network calls for an immediate support for Ireland’s social enterprise sector after report ranks Ireland’s legacy at 43rd of 45 of world’s largest economies for social entrepreneurship and social enterprise development. A compelling...
May 19, 2016 | News, Opinion
Lack of a Minister leaves Social Enterprise and Social Economy without accountability With a new government comes opportunities to make a difference. With the largest capital project in Ireland including social benefit clauses, social economy programmes across Europe...
