Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises

Kort overzicht 27-06-2018

Social enterprises combine entrepreneurial activity with a positive social, environmental or community impact. However, they also struggle with regulatory obstacles, access to funding and visibility. No consensus exists on a definition of 'social enterprise', which makes their regulation and funding problematic across various systems. The European Parliament is expected to vote in July 2018 on an own-initiative report, which calls on the European Commission to improve the regulatory framework by creating a 'European social economy label' scheme aimed at providing coherent legal rules in support of social enterprises.