SOCENT ECOSYSTEM IN GREECE
25,1% 27,7% 20KUNEMPLOYMENTBELOW POVERTY LINE HOMELESS
There is a common belief that social entrepreneurship is a very new field in Greece.
Fact is that the social sector has a long tradition in Greece, which seems to unleash with new initiatives during the last years.
ECOSYSTEM
AwarenessMaps & Lists
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
• Law on Social Economy 4019/2011 establishes the form of Social Cooperative Enterprise
• Summer 2013: Informal Network of Social Cooperative Enterprises (around 240 Soc. Coops.)
• Other legal forms of Social Economy in Greece: Grassroots, Informal Structures, Cooperatives, Non-Profits, Associations etc.
FINANCE
Unfortunately there are not enough targeted financial/ investment tools for social enterprises yet. Except grant-making institutions and mostly restricted to the non-for-profit legal entities.
• EU/ Governmental Funds
• Foundations
• No targeted tools by financial institutions
• No micro-funding
PROPOSAL “FINANCE”
• Consortium of philanthropic foundations
• Change of taxation status
• Social impact assessment practice
• Private micro-finance platform
• Demand to transform awareness into tangible sustainable solutions
• Building on existing infrastructures
• Improving collaboration platform between organizations
POTENTIAL & IMPACT
EXAMPLES IN GREECE
• Apply design process to solve social problems
• Combine Design & Social Entrepreneurship
• Transform social services
• Ecosystem capacity building through design process e.g. Think Social. Act Business.
• Corporate services for social impact to achieve sustainability
• Meaningful products and services e.g. our complimentary health care access system for low- and no-income groups
Recommended
