OER 1 - Social economy

1. Lesson 1
Social economy: definitions
and history

2. Topics
 Defining Social Economy (SE)
 SE principles
 History of SE

3. Defining Social Economy

4. SE definition
 Social economy – organizations, actions and
interactions among aims, values, mission, rights
and obligations, public and private sectors
 Main aim: to bring back justice to economy
- by fighting social exclusion
- by helping develop deprived communities
- by introducing solidarity principles to system of
production
-etc.

5. SE focuses on
 Economic activities
 Environment and global effect
 Person and community

6. SE questions
 How to organize activities so that they would affect
environment in a positive way
 How to distribute income and wealth in market economy
 How to manage different systems of distribution
 How to base economic activity on principles of solidarity and
mutuality
 How to put together individual needs with the ones of
community
 How to handle relations among private, public and third
sectors

8. Principles of social economy

9. 1. primarily aims at serving its
members rather than profit

10. 2. independent from State

11. 3. democratic, including all
members in decision making
process

12. 4. when distributing profit, priority
given to person and work, not
capital

13. 5. based on principles of
participation, individual and
collective responsibility

14. History of Social economy

15. • Pre-modern times:
- variety of self support professional
groups
- activities serving communities
History of Social economy

16. • From utopia to practice:
- Socialist approach
- Liberal approach
- Christian approach
History of Social economy

17. • Challenges of modernity
- Vulnerable groups
- Coining of term
History of Social economy

18. • What the 3rd millennium brings?
- mobile technologies enabling access
and collaboration
History of Social Economy

19. Socialinės ekonomikos
ištakos ir apibrėžimai

20. Topics
 SE istorija
 SE veikėjai
 SEprincipai
 Pagindinės sąvokos

21. 1. siekia tarnauti savo nariams,
nesiekia pelno

22. 2. yra nepriklausoma
nuo valstybės

23. 3. savo steigimo dokumentuose ir
elgesio kodekse numato
demokratišką sprendimų priėmimo
tvarką, kuri reikalauja, kad
dalyvautų visi paslaugų naudotojai
ir darbuotojai

24. 4. skirstant pajamas ir pelną,
prioritetu kelia žmogų ir darbą, o ne
kapitalą

25. 5. savo veikloje vadovaujasi
dalyvavimo, įsipareigojimo,
individualios ir kolektyvinės
atsakomybės principais