Tuesday, 08. December 2015 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Save in my calendar

Business for the Community Well- Being

Social Economy for the Smart Sustainable and Inclusive Growht of SEE

Increase of employment is one of key priorities set by Regional Cooperation Council within
South East Europe 2020 Strategy, adopted by Albania, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia in 2013. Achieving this ambitious
goal, judging by examples from the European countries, might be more feasible by
developing social economy, specific model of economic development which is not based on
profit maximisation, but on “private, formally organised enterprises, with autonomy in
decision making and free membership, founded with the aim to respond to needs of its
members, by selling goods and services on open market”. Therefore, those enterprises
have a goal to respond to needs of their members, or their community, and not to make
profit to their founders or shareholders. Decision making and profit division in these
enterprises are not directly related to financial stake or membership, but are based on
principles of participation, democracy, and well-known cooperative principle “one head
one vote”.

http://www.emins.org/english/projects/article/dialog-and-cooperation-for-improved-monitoring-and-implementation-of-see-2020-strategy