Enhancing social enterprises competitiveness through improved business support policies

Over 54 months, 7 partners from Spain, Hungary, Ireland, France, Italy, Sweden and Austria supported under the INTERREG EUROPE Programme in the frame of RaiSE partnership with the joint mission of enhancing regional social entrepreneurship (SE) support policies to foster competitiveness, facilitating access to markets as well as finance and innovation.

By the end of the project, RaiSE partners will provide 3,500,000 EUR from Growth and Jobs or ETC funding implementing new initiatives to support of the effectiveness of the policy instruments addressed.

Within the project, IFKA Public Benefit Non Profit Ltd. for the Development of the Industry will improve the Hungarian policy instrument “Improved access of enterprises – including social enterprises working for society – to external funding, which realize investments that stimulate employment” under EDIOP Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme. IFKA Public Benefit Non Profit Ltd. for the Development of the Industry will investigate mainstream business acceleration practices through combined and/or hybrid financial product tailored to boost the SE landscape.