Perspectives of the social economy in Romania

Lucian Sfetcu; Daniel Popa

doi:10.35782/JCPP.2020.2.03

Lucian Sfetcu Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi
Daniel Popa Ph.D. Candidate, The Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35782/JCPP.2020.2.03

Keywords: Delphi method, Social economy

Abstract

For a sector with high development potential, like social economy in Romania, a precisely designed research method was used, focused rather on the future than the past or present status. The Delphi method can produce relevant information about evolution perspectives of any topic observed, mainly emergent facts or domains with uncertain progress. Initially developed in the Cold War context, to anticipate the impact of the technology on warfare, it starts from the premise that individual predictions were better than group ones. This tool aims to reach the best consensus on opinions from a group of experts within the specific domain studied, using questionnaires applied individually and mixed with relevant feedback from the researchers.

The present research used the Delphi technique and dedicated experts’ contribution, in order to scrutiny analyze the evolution of the social economy in Romania, the current situation and the encountered problems, the legislative, institutional and fiscal framework and also how the European financial support works for this domain. Not least, a 10-year scenario is tested and advanced, along with some conclusions and questions for the future.