Financial instruments working with social entrepreneurship

28 June 2016

This fi-compass factsheet explains how to distinguish social enterprises' financial needs from those of other enterprises and how to address these needs using European Social Fund (ESF) financial instruments. Content covers five topic areas: social enterprises and how they can contribute to the ESF objectives; the social enterprise financial ecosystem; financial intermediaries working with social enterprises; financial products for social enterprises; and combination of support for social enterprises.