At the end of the semester the student should have:

• Gathered deep knowledge about the origin, evolution and stakeholders of the European social economy
• Developed a critical approach about the European Commission and other Eu institutions’ legal framework for the social economy and its main entities: cooperatives, associations, foundations and social enterprises.
• Gained a solid understanding of the concept of social enterprise as well as of its relation to and differences with other related concepts.
• Gained a solid understanding and knowledge of the roots and evolution of social enterprise in Europe as well as existing trends and posible scenarios for future developments.
• Gained a solid understanding of European Commission institutional tools to develop and contribute to the emergence of national and European supportive ecosystems for social enterprise.
• Obtained frameworks and tools to effectively analyse and approach various aspects related to social enterprise including its legal form and its social impact assessment.