The study is the first comprehensive research of its kind, covering seven countries in the region: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Its ultimate purpose is to inform key stakeholders in the region on how best to move forward in order to strengthen social enterprise in the region. This study also synthesizes information and data from a large number of documents, reports, statistics and websites. It includes the views of more than 90 important local and regional stakeholders, who were available to the research team for interviews and to share their visions and conclusions.