Together We Can

Dr. Lucas Olmedo on rural social enterprise and the National Social Enterprise Policy 2019 – 2022


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In this episode Fiona Descoteaux, CEO of Innovate Communities, talks Dr Lucas Olmedo a Sociologist/Researcher at University College Cork

Lucas shares his work in three critical policy areas being developed in Ireland; rural development, social enterprise and social innovation. He begins by detailing his journey to becoming a sociologist, he talks about his research in rural social enterprise which informs policy recommendations for the National Social Enterprise Policy 2019 – 2022 and he outlines his work mapping national stakeholder approaches to supporting social innovation (as part of the FUSE project led by Genio and Rethink Ireland) for the implementation of a National Social Innovation Competency Centre.

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Together We CanBy Fiona Descoteaux