The development of the European social model rests on the concept of social entrepreneurship. The concept has a significant contribution to the development of the European social economy. Social entrepreneurship has a remarkable potential, through its innovative solutions, to play an...

The development of the European social model rests on the concept of social entrepreneurship. The concept has a significant contribution to the development of the European social economy. Social entrepreneurship has a remarkable potential, through its innovative solutions, to play an...

Speaking of efficiency as a key concept for any socio-economic activity, the focus is traditionally on economic efficiency, expressed in the "costs-effects (benefits)" correlation. Since every social activity is carried out with even more limited resources, the approach should be as to an...

Social entrepreneurship is identified at European Union (EU) as a key instrument for regional cohesion and overcoming the problems of poverty and social exclusion. As part of its policy to promote the social economy and social innovation, social entrepreneurship contribute to achieving the...

In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives...

The practice of member states of the European Union with a developed social economy shows that it should be given a legal definition of the social enterprise in which preponderance to be no regulation in what form it will be organized as a subject of law but on what goals it sets and what...

The Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria (ESC) believes that social enterprises in Bulgaria are still an untapped business model. Current social enterprises are mainly non-governmental organizations by applying the relevant legislation creating social enterprises whose...

Social entrepreneurship is identified at European Union (EU) as a key instrument for regional cohesion and overcoming the problems of poverty and social exclusion. As part of its policy to promote the social economy and social innovation, social entrepreneurship contribute to achieving the...

At present in the Bulgarian legislation there is no a legal act that gives the legal regulation of the activities of the social enterprise or social entrepreneurship. There is a fragmented legal regulation of individual sectors (social service providers, specialized enterprises for people with...

The present work tries to analyze the existence and the development of social enterprises in Bulgaria. It reviews the possibility for the social programming approach application, aiming increasing their effectiveness and impact, of the process's participants as well as of the supplied services'...