Promoting Social Entrepreneurship in Morocco: The case of NIHD ’s projects in Ouarzazate

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to identify key issues facing social entrepreneurship in Morocco through the study of five social enterprises in the province of Ouarzazate in order to evaluate the current situation of this sector and explore its different challenges as well as its future in terms of promotion, development and sustainability.

The finding show that the problems and challenges that social enterprise face prove the fact that this accompaniment is not enough or not efficient. Therefore, there are cases of cooperatives who are struggling to survive because of given to them at the start of their activity was not helpful. Reinforcing the capacity-building trainings and mechanisms for social entrepreneurs will enable them to gain a better knowledge and abilities of increasing their chances of succeeding their projects and make them viable.