Section outline

  • In the European Union social economy is an important concept as it provides a policy framework for developing further the European social economic model. The institutions of the European Union for years have been deploying various strategies and action plans to coordinate support of the social economy among member states and support social economy development in accession countries.

    The most recent one being the European Social Economy Action Plan adopted by the European Commission. With the action plan, the Commission put forward concrete measures to help mobilize the full potential of the social economy, building on the results of the 2011 Social Business Initiative and the 2016 Start-up and Scale-up Initiative.