
Training & Education
One of the most relevant contributions by EMES is the development of training and education programs based on the solid research experience of the network.
Whether in the form of formal university programs or in the form of intensive trainings for graduate students, EMES and its members are devoted to excellence in training around third sector and social enterprise issues among others.
Some of the initiatives organized by our members are:
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Master in Management of Social Enterprises
Centre d'Economie Sociale (CES), University of Liege, Belgium
HEC-ULg sets itself as a pioneer among French-language Belgian universities by proposing, from the 2010-2011 university year onward, a special orientation on the "Management of social enterprises" within its two-year Master programme in Management Sciences. This orientation provides students with three main elements First, the Master in â
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View MoreThe aim of this Forum is to foster the development of high-quality and accessible (inter-) university educational programmes in the field of social enterprise / social entrepreneurship (SE). In order to achieve this goal, FETSE will focus on the following three objectives: Promote and strengthen the existing higher-education programs in social entr
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Master in Social Entrepreneurship and Management
Center for Social Entrepreneurship (CSE), University of Roskilde, Denmark
The Master in Social Entrepreneurship and Management (SEM) is designed as an in-depth education for students who want to specialise in studies of the social dimension of entrepreneurship and management. The programme focuses on theory as well as practice of social entrepreneurship. It engages international guest lecturers who in collaboration with
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View MoreThis course aims to provide students with the tools for analyzing the links between finance, ethics and solidarity and for examining critically the existing experiences in the field of finance ethics and solidarity. The course is based on the interventions of practitioners and scholars in this field in so-called "North" and "South&q
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Socioéconomie du développement : une introduction
Université de Genève, Switzerland
The course is based on a socio-economic approach, linking interdisciplinary concepts and theories in social sciences with empirical observations and specific knowledge on development. It discusses the major strategies and theories of development and introduces the current debates on alternative development, in particular through local development,
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View MoreThis Master aims to deepen the socio-economic field. The students will acquire comprehensive knowledge of the concepts and instruments necessary for analysing critically the interactions between society and economy, both at the level of the structures and the processes, with the goal of enhancing their optimization. While 30 ECTS consist in compu
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View MoreThis course provides an introduction to the social economy of Sweden and other countries, and acquaints students with central theoretical approaches to research in this field. The main themes of the course are: 1) definitions in the field 2) legal/incorporation forms and institutional constraints 3) social entrepreneurship 4) partnership and local
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Master en EconomÃa Social (MES)
Centro de Investigación de EconomÃa y Sociedad, University of Barcelona, Spain
The aim of this master is to contribute to the professionalization of the sector by strengthening the management skills of directors and heads of cooperatives, associations, foundations and employee-owned businesses. This Master’s program provides management skills for social enterprises. These skills facilitate business management by analyzing
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Master en Responsabilidad Social Corporativa. Contabilidad y AuditorÃa Social (MRS)
Centro de Investigación de EconomÃa y Sociedad, University of Barcelona, Spain
The objective of this is to provide the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for leaders and executives of organizations to run a sucessful organization, taking into account the expectations of different interests within the organization. Corporate social responsibility entails substantial changes in the company and demands that decision
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Laurea Magistrale in Economia Sociale
Associazione Italiana per la promozione della Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit (AICCON), University of Bologna, Italy
This Master aims to provide students with the essential tools and knowledge to enable them to understand the multi-faceted social implications of economic phenomena, as well as to take action and solve some of the most urgent issues of the third sector, preparing them to cover a wide set of job profiles from consultants, managers, fund raisers for
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BSc in Rural Development
Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork, Ireland
The NUI Diploma & BSc Degree in Rural Development is a professional qualification for mature students active in the development of rural areas. This is a web-based distance learning programme. It is targeted at people who are involved in rural development in a professional or voluntary capacity and provides students with the knowledge and ski
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BSc (Hons) Mutual and Credit Union Business
Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork, Ireland
This degree exposes students to the range of business and social science disciplines and their application in a credit union or other social enterprise context. The programme is aimed at mature students who are practitioners, professional or voluntary, in this area. The programme is an innovative distance education degree built on two successful d
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Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development
Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork, Ireland
The programme aims to equip graduates with the marketing, organisational and management skills they will need to make innovative contributions to the development of local economies, with particular emphasis on co-operatives, social enterprises and food businesses in Ireland and overseas. It is aimed at graduates from a wide range of disciplines wh
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MSc in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development
Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork, Ireland
The MSc course allows honours graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development to specialise, through research, in their chosen area of interest. Every attempt is made to match your interests with an identified research need, enabling you to make a social contribution as well as meeting the a
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Masters in Cooperative and Social Enterprise
Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork, Ireland
This Programme aims to: Equip participants with the skills to participate meaningfully and effectively at leadership level in co-operatives and social enterprises Develop the capacity of senior practitioners in co-operative and social enterprises to respond creatively to the needs and problems of the wider community and society Provide adults, comb
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Master Métiers de l'Entrepreneuriat et du Management : Parcours Professionnel Développement Local, Entrepreneuriat dt Economie Solidaire (Dlees)
Centre de recherche et d'information sur la démocratie et l’autonomie (CRIDA) et Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, France
The track Local Development, Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economy (DLEES) is open to a public eager to create a solidarity economy enterprise, occupy a position in a solidarity economy company, develop a reflection in the conventional business sector, in the local authorities or support structures. The objectives are: to understand the initiati
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