Led by Mr. Stephen P. D’Alessandro at the Università Politecnica delle Marche. In this presentation, Mr. D’Alessandro provided an overview to the SocEntrep4NGOs project and outlined the scope of the programme and the broad range of research carried out by participants as part of their final research project activities. He discussed the concept of social entrepreneurship, highlighting the various similarities and differences between business and social entrepreneurs. He identified and addressed many of the main obstacles hindering progress of such organisations in the third sector, proposing various frameworks and solutions that could apply in the various contexts of the partner countries. The final part of the lecture dealt with opportunities for technology transfer and innovation in higher education institutions within the broad area of social enterprise. Various Master’s and PhD students from the Università Politecnica delle Marche, as well as guests from the third sector attended the event on site as well as through online participation.
