social economy organisation

1. Lesson 2
Social Economy Actors

2. Topics
 Social Economy (SE) actors
 Types of organizations in EU
 SE organizations in Lithuania

3. SE actors

4.  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.
SE actors

5. Types of organisations in EU

6.  2 million social economy enterprises in Europe,
representing 10% of all businesses in the EU.
 More than 11 million people – about 6% of the EU’s
employees – work for social economy enterprises.
 Different legal forms; various objectives ranging from
agriculture and banking to provision of employment and
sheltered workshops.
Types of organisations in EU

7. SE organisations in Lithuania

8.  Lithuania has a law for ‘social enterprise’ (2004 Law on
Social Enterprises)
 Perception of social enterprise is blatantly
underdeveloped and the concept is understood with
difficulty
 A social business and innovation co-working space
“NGO Beehive” and other examples
SE organisations in
Lithuania