Social Enterprise World Forum

The Rural Social Enterprise Gathering 2025 will take place in Malaysia at the end of October, bringing together hundreds of social entrepreneurs to focus on the distinct challenges faced by communities outside the world’s urban areas. It will be about ‘sharing like family’, predicts one of the key speakers.

Social Enterprise World Forum was founded in Scotland. Now, the country’s government is backing a delegation to head to Taiwan to promote its social enterprise ecosystem to the world.

'Unlocking the Power of Rural Social Enterprise' was launched with the jangle of a cowbell today at SEWF Policy Forum 2024.

The next in-person SEWF will be hosted by Impact Hub Taipei in Taiwan during October 2025.

SEWF23: Verification scheme launched at this week's Social Enterprise World Forum aims to overcome cultural and language differences, to provide clear identity for businesses focused on positive purpose.

SEWF23: The impact economy is the future. Or is it? In a debate at this week's Social Enterprise World Forum in Amsterdam, progressive economy heavyweights Erinch Sahan and Katie Hill squared up to test the strengths of their theories.

SEWF23: As the Social Enterprise World Forum arrives in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, its organisers aim to not only foster connections within the movement, but also move social enterprise higher up the global agenda.

African expert hails continent’s first social and solidarity economy strategy for acknowledging those social entrepreneurs who are most isolated from policymakers, but most connected with their communities, at SEWF Policy Forum. 

As the UK government cuts taxes for rich in pursuit of GDP growth, the Doughnut Economics author argues that so-called developed countries should take some finance lessons from indigenous communities.