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CVC: SEACI_102 Introduction to Social Enterprises - Advance Track

Introduction to Social Enterprises - Advance Track


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About This Course

This course is intended for Community Based Organisations (CBOs) interested in learning more about social enterprises as means of achieving a degree of self-sustainability, as well as providing employment opportunities in your community. Whether you already have an ongoing project (accelerator) or simply a business idea (incubator), we will help you learn how to manage it, scale it and turn it into a profitable and viable endeavor in your environment.

As part of the SEA Change Initiative program, all participants of the first cohort will be considered for a number of seed capital funds that will be granted to CBOs selected through due process. Are you up for the challenge?

Requirements

  • Having complete the introductory track (SEACI 101).
  • Having a business idea already in development or a full on business.
  • Being part of a community based organisation or having the means to structure one.

Course content developer

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Suwen Chen

Suwen Chen is a doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh Business School, studying impact investing and social entrepreneurship. She holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and a Master’s Degree in Translation Technology from Imperial College London. Suwen has been advising social enterprises, investment firms and charities on sustainability strategies and worked with UNDP on their Green Entrepreneurship Programme. She is also a Mentor at Prosper Social Finance (UK’s first student-led social investment fund). Her publications include peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, research blogs, and letters in Financial Times.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is SEA Change Initiative?

Social Enterprise Accelerator (SEA) Change Initiative is a program developed by Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), designed for Community Based Organisations.

It’s composed of two stages: the incubation of social venture ideas and staff training, and the acceleration of ongoing and new projects. It intends to teach CBOs about enterprises as means of funding social goals and achieving self-sustainability for community members.

Am I suitable to take this course?

This is an advance course, so it is mandatory that had at least take the previous introductory course. We ask the participants the following:

• Have a clear business idea already in development or a functioning businesss.

• Compromise to complete the course.

• If you have mentoring sessions, always be on time.

Does this course offer a certificate?

Yes, all courses in the CVC Academy catalog offer a certificate upon successful completion of all mandatory lectures and graded exercises.

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    SEACI_102

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