Enterprise Pathway pilot
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WQ.336/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
BY DEPUTY H.L. JEUNE OF ST. JOHN, ST. LAWRENCE AND TRINITY QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2025 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2025
Question
"Will the Minister provide an update on the SEE (Social, Environmental and Economic) Enterprise Pathway pilot referred to in Oral Question 178/2024, including details on –
- which enterprises received grants;
- the amounts awarded and objectives set;
- whether the pilot has been considered a success and what lessons, if any, have been learned; and
will the Minister further confirm whether the SEE Enterprise Pathway will continue as an ongoing scheme and what further work, if any, has been undertaken to support social enterprises?"
Answer
- No enterprises received grants as no grants were given to individual enterprises.
- Enterprises selected to go onto the SEE Enterprise Pathway were given access to training and workshops on topics deemed suitable for social enterprise businesses (those with a trading arm and with a social, environmental and/or economic purpose) provided by the School of Social Entrepreneurs and by local experts.
- An in-depth report is being prepared for publication in early November. The report will detail learnings from the pilot pathway, including feedback from the selected enterprises and the wider SEE community and draw on extensive research into the state of social enterprises globally to produce a set of recommendations. One of the themes of the report will be the nature of the support provided to the selected enterprises and whether this matched the expectations and desires of the enterprises. I will assess the report's findings in due course to determine whether the SEE Enterprise Pathway pilot continues in its current form.