The Education and Development of the Social Entrepreneurs in the Municipality of Thessaloniki

Abstract: The thesis investigated the views of social entrepreneurs regarding the education and their development in the municipality of Thessaloniki. As individual targets of the research can be defined the following: A) To investigate the educational necessities of the social entrepreneurs as they themselves perceive them, B) To evaluate the training the social entrepreneurs receive today, C) To inspect which form of training the social entrepreneurs consider more suitable for them. The research has been conducted at the Social Collaborative Enterprises of Thessaloniki’s Municipality. The overview of the research questions demonstrated the necessity that the social entrepreneurs feel to be educated, wish to go through social entrepreneurial training and are estimated positively their educational experiences and collaboration by the 1/3 of the social entrepreneurs with the networks of Social and Solidarity Economy. Moreover, the social entrepreneurs consider the professional education and the non-formal or informal training as more suitable for them.

Key words: professional training, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurial education