Social economy in Mehedinti county

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study conducted in Mehedinţi County on the social economy, focusing on employment and on the solutions, identified and implemented, to control unemployment. The closedown of the unprofitable enterprises and mining exploitations from this area of the country increased the numbers of the unemployed, with major social and economic consequences. The results of the survey have shown a high level of institutional passiveness regarding the accessing of the pre-accession funds and then of the structural and cohesion funds for the inclusion of the disfavoured groups on the labour market, as well as some kind of ignorance of the civil society regarding this problem. It also reflects the need for a coherent legislative framework, for fiscal facilities and for campaigns of information and formation of the decision-making factors at the county level.