In this paper, the authors investigate significant social innovation policies (related to the concept of social investment) involving the role of Social Economy organizations, and they discuss some relevant national and regional social innovation experiences by relying upon the current national and international literature, reports and website information. During the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s, the concept of “social economy” has evolved from one where the emphasis was on the social (social outcomes and collective action) to a neo-liberal one with more emphasis on the economic and individual actors (social entrepreneurs). Nowadays there appears to be a transition period in recent developments of the policy orientation at European level, there are some slight but significant clues of a move back towards a more ‘social’ concept. The authors assume as operating definition of Social Economy the one elaborated by CIRIEC and adopted as reference by the European Economic and Social Committee.
Bassi, A.; Ecchia, G. and Guerra A. (2016) Social innovation policies with the invovlement of social economy organizations : survey evidence from European countries (InnoSI working papers), Brussesls, Innovative Social Investment : Strenthening communities in Europe (InnoSI), European Commission - Horizon 2020, European Commission, Research Executive Agency.
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