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Current Challenges and Future Potentials of Social Economy in Croatia

The social economy sector in Croatia has been long time neglected and not recognized as a space for sustainable jobs and the development of a more inclusive and cohesive society, as is the case in many eastern and central European countries. Social entrepreneurship is on the other hand relatively new phenomena established in this century. This paper has a goal to assess the trends and challenges of the development of the social economy in Croatia as the newest, last, EU member state. Based on a secondary data analysis paper analyse trends in social economy development. On the other hand, social entrepreneurship is analysed as a part of the social economy that is strengthening as well as the economic activity of the association that tends to turn into a social economy or a solidarity economy. The paper will also give an overview of the instances of the institutional context of the development of cooperatives and social enterprises such as the recent legislative and policy changes, as well as an institutional framework with some insights into recommendations how to promote development social economy sector in Croatia.

Social economy, Cooperative sector, Social enterprises, Croatia

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