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This chapter provides analysis to guide practitioners in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in establishing a social enterprise (SE) to fund and assist their work. Essentially, a SE is a business with a social and/or environmental mission. The chapter explores social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, providing international and Indonesian examples, and discusses a plethora of creative ways SE could support P/CVE and practitioners’ target communities/groups. This is underpinned by concepts, practices and lessons learned by peacebuilders and business leaders demonstrated in the emerging field of ‘Business for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism’, and the more well-established ‘Business for Peace’ field. Importantly, practical steps and issues to reflect upon when establishing a SE are presented, along with Indonesian examples, literature, websites or organisations providing assistance. Finally, the chapter alerts to organisations that assist with training, funding, investment and capacity-building; understanding different models of SE and choosing an appropriate legal entity; and possible challenges to be faced and some solutions. This chapter incorporates comprehensive online links, e-resources and references from practitioner and scholarly literature.
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Ralph, N. (2022). An Introduction to Social Enterprise for Practitioners in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism. In: Barton, G., Vergani, M., Wahid, Y. (eds) Countering Violent and Hateful Extremism in Indonesia. New Security Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2032-4_12
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