Challenges and opportunities for the social economy in romania

Sorin Cace; Daniel Arpinte; Adriana Negut; Iulian Stanescu; Simona Maria Stanescu; Andreia Anton; Stefan Cojocaru; Gelu Duminica; Lucian Sfetcu

Sorin Cace Senior Researcher, Deputy Director, The Research Institute for Quality of Life
Daniel Arpinte Senior Researcher, The Research Institute for Quality of Life
Adriana Negut Senior Researcher, The Research Institute for Quality of Life
Iulian Stanescu Senior Researcher, The Research Institute for Quality of Life
Simona Maria Stanescu Senior Researcher, The Research Institute for Quality of Life
Andreia Anton President, CATALACTICA, Association for Socio-Economic Promotion and Development; Teleorman branch
Stefan Cojocaru Professor, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi
Gelu Duminica Director, Împreună Agency for Community Development
Lucian Sfetcu Associate teaching assistant, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi

Keywords: social economy, data collection, types of social enterprises, European/national framework

Abstract

The first part of the paper covers social economy issues from the perspective of the relationship with the market and the State. The second part looks at the international framework, by highlighting the main regulatory framework and the national models of social economy at international level. The third part analyses the institutional and legislative national (Romanian) framework based on the analysis of the social economy entities. In conclusions we analysed public policy options for development of social economy in Romania