SERBIA

SERBIA

The term social economy is often defined as the third sector of the economy in addition to two obvious – private and state – which includes numerous economic activities with an emphasized social orientation, which means they are not purely commercial...
SLOVENIA

SLOVENIA

As taken from Slovene legislation: Social economy (SE) – is the economy, consisting of social enterprises, cooperatives, companies for disabled,, employment centers, non-governmental organizations (associations, institutes and foundations), which have not been...
UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM

​ The UK is viewed as a pioneer of social enterprise and the associated practices of social investment and social value. Social enterprises are businesses that trade to tackle social problems, improving communities, people’s life chances, or the environment. They make...
North Macedonia

North Macedonia

In North Macedonia, social enterprise and social entrepreneurship emerged in the third sector discourse during 2009-2010. The concept of “social enterprise” was introduced by the third sector to refer to the work integration social enterprises which emerged from: i)...
POLAND

POLAND

Basic concepts such as “social economy” or “social enterprise” were not formally specified in the Polish legal framework for the most of the modern history. Finally, on 12th August 2014 the Polish Council of Ministers adopted “The National Program for the Development...