European Social Enterprise Monitor (ESEM) was first launched in 2020 by Euclid Network (EN) to provide reliable and comparable data on the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. In the 2021-2022 period, the study is supported by the European Commision and the number of countries scaled from eight to 21 with the contribution of national partners within the Network.

ESEM is the first social enterprise monitor on the European level. The expected positive impact of the ESEM study are: 

• generating data on social enterprises for decision-makers, government officials, investors, researchers and impact practitioners
• providing evidence on the needs of social enterprises for EU and national legislation, policies and funding
• providing a space for ESEM country partners to learn from each other and become more aware of each other’s support programs, funding and advocacy work
• accelerating the efforts to reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 with a more powerful social entrepreneurship ecosystem