In the complex, fast-changing market we have been living in, strating a social entrepreneurship project also requires a carefull reflction on how to move forward, if alone or through strategic collaborations. If you think to have a innovative idea, you can face alone  risk and costs of the start up process, then you can evaluate to go on "solo"....

But, if you think your idea is good but can get an extra value thanks to cooperation with other, collegues and entreprises, then you ca think about strategic alliences to share competences, technologies, duties, rights and profits. 

Have a look at the video here to undestand possible types of cooperation ad strategic alliances: 

Strategic alliances and forms of cooperation can be shaped in very different way according to the business, the context, the purposes. The grade of formalization can also variery very much, consequentely. But for sure, a panel of so-called collaboration principles, must be respected for effective and fruitful cooperations, of any kind. To reflect on such fundational pronciples, read the following article: Collaborative Networks Are The Organization: An Innovation in Organization Design and Management

Social entreprises have been starting o connect and network, to maximise their impact at various levels, local, regional, national and European. There are several well-structured networks in the EU, that can represent lighthouse initietives and guiding examples for everyone who is thinking to start up a social business or project: 

Euclid Network - Empower social enterprises across Europe: Euclid Network catalyses transformation towards an inclusive, equitable and sustainable economy for people and the planet.
They do this by connecting and empowering stakeholders in a trusted community of the social entrepreneurship movement that co-creates a regenerative future for Europe.

Home | Acción contra el Hambre: Since 2016, the European Network of Innovation for Inclusion (ENII) builds strong alliances between actors and promotes innovative solutions to complex social challenges, combining a European-wide approach with local implementation adapted to each context. It supports the transfer and scaling of successful social innovations across organisations and countries, providing members with access to pioneering initiatives, capacity-building tools and practical methodologies to strengthen the impact and sustainability of their projects. Today, the Network brings together more than 540 organisations from 35 countries.