Cross border Action Plan for the Development and Operation of an Executive Mechanism for the Support and Promotion of Social Entrepreneurship in the context of the Social Economy and Social Innovation

Acronym	Action Plan for Social Entrepreneurship
Project Number – MIS	5010677
Priority axis	4 - A Socially Inclusive Cross-Border Area
Investment priorities	9c - Providing support for social enterprises
Intervention fields	113. Promoting social entrepreneurship and vocational integration in social enterprises and the social and solidarity economy in order to facilitate access to employment
Call	2nd Call for proposals under priority axes 2 & 4
Lead Beneficiary	Region of Central Macedonia
Beneficiaries	Democritus University of Thrace - Department of Economics University of Macedonia, Department of Business Administration Municipality of Yakoruda South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Arts
Start Date	Oct 02, 2017
End Date	Dec 31, 2019
Budget	569.105,29 euro
ERDF Contribution	483.739,50 €
National Contribution	85.365,79 €
Website	http://apfse.eu/en/

The project's objective is a measurable empowerment of the social economy and particularly of social enterprises in the project implementation areas, which will be expressed by: a) increase the number of users of services and products, as well as the turnover of existing social enterprises, b) the creation of new social enterprises. Τhis objective will be served from the services provided by the Support Structure of social enterprises, mainly to existing social enterprises and the pilot applications to be developed under the Social Economy and Entrepreneurship Observatory tools.