Publication - Strategy/plan
Internationalising Social Enterprise: A Strategy for Scotland (September 2016)
A strategy for implementing our ambitions for international excellence, leadership and impact in the social enterprise field.
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
| British Council | The UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. |
| Business Gateway | The Scottish Government's national resource that offers advice and guidance to start-up companies and established companies across the country. |
| CIC (Community Interest Company) | A type of company introduced by the UK government in 2005, designed for social enterprises that want to use their profits and assets for the public good. |
| Co-operative | A business owned and run by its members. |
| Department for International Trade | A UK government department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. |
| Fair Trade | A social movement whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainability. |
| GlobalScot | A worldwide network of business contacts who are experts in their field, and driven to help Scottish companies develop, expand and thrive in a competitive international market. |
| Highlands and Islands Enterprise | A non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government which delivers economic and community development support for the north and west of Scotland. |
| Innovation and Investment Hubs | Scottish hubs established in London, Dublin and Brussels as a platform for businesses to meet potential buyers and to showcase their products and services. |
| Just Enterprise | The Scottish Government's programme to help social enterprises and budding social entrepreneurs achieve their trading ambitions. |
| Malawai Development Programme | Scotland's largest international development programme comprising a range of projects supporting the four policy strands of the Scotland-Malawi Co-operation Agreement. |
| Millennium Development Goals | The world's time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty, while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability. |
| Official Development Assistance ( ODA) | UK tax payers' money that supports aid and development in low to middle income countries. |
| One Scotland Partnership | A partnership setting out clear trade and innovation goals for specific international markets. |
| Scottish Development International ( SDI) | The investment and trade promotion agency of the Scottish Government and its economic development agencies. |
| Scottish Enterprise | A non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, which encourages economic development, enterprise, innovation and investment in business. |
| Social Enterprise | A business that trades for the common good and reinvests any profits to deliver on its social or environmental objectives. |
| Social Enterprise Census | The official biennial analysis of the scale, characteristics and contribution of Scotland's social enterprise sector. |
| Social Entrepreneur | A person who establishes an enterprise with the aim of solving social problems or effecting social change. |
| Sustainable Development Goals | Officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, these are are an intergovernmental set of Goals with 169 targets. |
| Social Investment | The use of finance to achieve a social as well as a financial return. |
Contact
Email: Will Tyler-Greig, Will.Tyler-Greig@gov.scot
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