Social economy/entrepreneurship

in Poland
Kinga Zglinicka
Civil Initiatives Development Centre
CRIS, Rybnik

Situation in Poland - strenghts

Still looking for the best solutions and practices to
implement
Good specialists and many people who strongly believe in it
Advocacy on national level
New financial initiatives besides EU funds
Many great examples of changes
Big interest of the government in social entrepreneurship
Diversity in social entrepreneurship field
Increasing cooperation with business

Situation in Poland - weaknesses

Dependency on EU funds
Too much system, too less entrepreneurship
Complicated procedures and burocracy
Only few social entreprises are able to act
independently on the market
Many social entreprises fall down quickly
especially social cooperatives
Lack of accurate measuring tools

"The social economy is not only the result of

legal resolutions and acts. It is not only a
question of social awareness, though public
support is very significant. The social economy is
a social movement that should lead to a new
vision for Polands development. The social
economy is a way of involving the third sector in
Polands economic development" - Jerzy
Hausner, former Minister of Labor and Social
Policy and former Vice-Premier.

Network of support

Social entrepreneurship entities

Non-governmental organizations
Social cooperatives
Occupational Therapy Workshops
Vocational Rehabilitation Facility
Social Integration Center
Social Integration Club
Mutual Insurance Society
Non-Profit Company

Challenges ahead
Economizing the NGO sector to diverse the financial
incomes and to make them more indepenedent
Creating more social enterprises learning on the
experiences
Capitalizing on importance of the social economy for local
development involving more local actors, also business
Making better use of different financing mechanisms,
especially not only EU funds
Enrooting the social economy in society, promoting of
cooperative way of thinking
Improving measuring of quantity and quality of jobs in
social economy

Thank you for your attention

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