Dr Andrew Forde: Social Enterprise Policy

In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhradaigh talks to Dr Andrew Forde, Head of Rural Strategy and Social Enterprise at the Department of Rural and Community Development. Andrew is a graduate of DCU, having received his BSc in Computer Applications in 2004, and has years of experience working in the field of human rights law.

In this conversation, Andrew explains what exactly a social enterprise is and how it differs from a charity or a private business. The conversation also covers topics such as the National Social Enterprise Policy, the Irish social enterprise landscape and social enterprise in higher education, government support schemes for social enterprises, and the future challenges and opportunities for the social enterprise sector in Ireland.