LSEE Conference on Social Cohesion in SEE

Author:

Stefan Chichevaliev

Social Entrepreneurship: A Second Chance for Social Policies

Inspiration

Social entrepreneurship

• What is social entrepreneurship? o What could social entrepreneurship do?

• What is a social entrepreneur? o What could a social entrepreneur do?

The effects of social entrepreneurship

• Provides a working integration of persons that are

"hard to employ“;

• Provides for the social inclusion of vulnerable

groups; and

• Serves to reduce costs in the state budget for social

protection.

• Social entrepreneurship contributes to achieving

strategic goals of the country: EU integration and

Sustainable Development Goals

Methodology • Qualitative methodology

o Semi-structured interviews

• Focus groups

• To better understand the o Challenges

• Needs

o Personal experiences

• Stances

• Target group o marginalized groups in the economic life of the society

Second chance for leaving nobody behind

Over

30%

living in poverty

Almost

25%

unemployment

Over

43%

susceptible to the risk of poverty or social exclusion

More than

48%

Youth unemployment

Better investment of the tax payers money

33 den Social

100 den Tax

4 den Social help/

welfare 1 den

Fostering employment

1 den Health services

27 den Pension

Marginalized groups

•Young

•Long-term unemployed

•Welfare recipients

•People with low education

•People with special needs and/or disability

Social Inclusion

and Employment

Challenges

Mismatch between the supply and

demand on the labour market

Small or limited number of open

job positions and a legion of

unemployed

Existing of informal

employment

Low mobility and flexibility on the

labour market

Low qualification structure of the

unemployed, lack of working

experience and skills

Social Capital

Needs

Internship

Training for skills by specific employer

Practical Work

General skills

Skills demanded on the labour market

Training

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tivatio

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Fair Play

• Equal Employment Opportunity o Fair access to employer benefits such as insurance,

disability accommodations, compensation, promotions

and job responsibilities for all employees

o Equal pay

o Equal possibilities

o Respect diversity

Eradicate discrimination on workplace

Recommendations

• Encouraging labour demand

• Targeting hiring subsidies to new hiring

• Reducing the tax on labour while ensuring fiscal sustainability

• Promoting and supporting self employment, social enterprises and business start-ups

• Transforming informal or undeclared work into regular employment

• Boosting 'take home' pay

• Modernising wage-setting systems to align wages with productivity developments

• Fostering job creation

Promoting and supporting social enterprises

• Create jobs;

• Develop skills;

• Support business start-ups by unemployed and

people from vulnerable groups

• Targeted support for social entrepreneurs

• Creating opportunities for microfinancing;

• Give unemployed and vulnerable people an

opportunity to fully participate in society and the

economy.

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Thank you for your attention