Euclid Network -  the European Social Enterprise Network  (EN), is the leading European Network for Social Enterprise Support Organisations (SESOs), founded in 2007. EN is a member-driven network and represents and supports, with its members, close to 100,000 social innovators and social enterprises across Europe driving positive change in the sector and beyond through research, capacity-building, providing access to finance and markets, policy advice and ;

EN is a strategic partner of the European Commission and Social Enterprise World Forum, observer at the UN Task Force for the Social and Solidarity Economy, member of the World Economic Forum Global Alliance of Social Entrepreneurship. In addition, EN partners with the private sector ( and SAP) and national and local governments ( ImpactCity, the Municipality of The Hague) to further drive positive change and ;

Today, the network is growing fast and consists of 46 member organisations that are headquartered in 26 countries (20 EU Member States) with activities in 61 countries.

Working with members and partners across Europe and beyond, EN: 

• Creates connections between networks, policy-makers, investors, researchers and support organisations in the Social Economy sector; 

• Shares and produces thought-leadership, professional and entrepreneurial knowledge and insights;

• Engages in capacity-building of SESOs to enable them to perform their role to contribute positively to Social Economy ecosystem building and development of actors in their community;  

• Increases access to markets and access to funding for EN members, partners and beneficiaries;

• Influences European and local policy and funding and strengthen members’ and network participants’ EU and government engagement;

• Raises the visibility and understanding of social enterprise, social innovation, social finance and relevant related concepts in business, academia, government and the wider society