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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
Mo
tivatio
n
Mo
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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Inclusion of Youth, Available at: http://cea.org.mk/wp-
content/uploads/2016/10/Analiza_Politiki_Soc_Ink_PTrud-w-disclamer-CIP-
21092016.pdf, accessed: 20.01.2017
• Employment Service Agency of the Republic of Macedonia, 2016, Youth
Unemployment In The Republic Of Macedonia, Available at:
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• European Commission, European employment strategy, Available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=101&langId=en, accessed: 11.12.2016
• Finance Think, 2016, How is public money spent? Cost-benefit analysis of selected
public policies in Macedonia, Available at:
http://www.financethink.mk/publications-2/books-and-monographs/, accessed:
26.01.2017
• State statistical office, Available at: http://www.stat.gov.mk/Default.aspx,
accessed: 10.11.2016
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http://www.stat.gov.mk/PrikaziSoopstenie.aspx?rbrtxt=98, accessed: 10.11.2016
• USAID, 2016, Guide for development of social enterprises in Republic of
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