Registration of Status of Social Enterprises Precondition for State Assistance

Slightly over ten social enterprises are registered in Serbia, and the estimate is that, between 200 and 500, associations, cooperatives and other legal entities, which operate in line with solidarity economy, can apply for the measures of support that the state is preparing for this spring and funds of RSD 50 million if they register as social enterprises, announced the National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED).

The announcement says that the more difficult-to-employ categories of the populace include people with disabilities and vulnerable groups – women unemployed in the long term, unqualified workers, victims of domestic violence, and that there are 260,000 people in Serbia who are unemployed in the long term, as well as people without qualifications, of which 153,000 are women over 50.

The executive director of the NALED, Violeta Jovanovic, pointed out that women who were unemployed in the long term most often had concrete skills which, with adequate support, could be the foundation for the affirmation of women and realizing an income.

– Social enterprises led by women can have a great impact on the lives of other women, mostly through education, training, creating new jobs, fighting human trafficking and gender stereotypes, access to sources of finance and giving voice to women in their communities. One of the main goals of the campaign that we are launching is to invite all the subjects which operate in this sector to register the status and thereby qualify for the contests and the measures which will follow through the Development Program – said Jovanovic.

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National Alliance for Local Economic Development

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Violeta Jovanović

registration of the status of social enterprises

solidarity economy

people unemployed in the long term