TY - JOUR TT - SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODEL AN ACTIVE SOCIAL PROGRAM AU - Terziev, Venelin PY - 2017 DA - August DO - 10.18769/ijasos.336981 JF - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences JO - IJASOS PB - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research WT - DergiPark SN - 2411-183X SP - 489 EP - 495 VL - 3 IS - 8 KW - social entrepreneurship KW - social enterprise KW - active social program N2 - Incontemporary society one of the priorities for development is to assure socialinclusion and equality through provision of employment opportunities andincreasing incomes by the active involvement of citizens in the labor market.Among the specific measures is the encouragement of entrepreneurship and socialentrepreneurship in particular. Implementation of such active social policiescontributes to effective solutions to the problems of poverty and socialexclusion. Current study examines social entrepreneurship and socialenterprises as an opportunity to build a model of an active social programbased on the notion that the most critical to tackling poverty and socialexclusion is the application of such social policies that give people access toeconomic opportunities and knowledge and skills to utilize opportunities - sothat they cope with the trap of poverty and social exclusion, dependence onsocial protection system, vulnerability to the adverse events of economic orsocial nature. CR - National concept of social economy. Ministry of labor and social policy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2011. (2011a) Rusanova, L. (2011b). The concept for social entrepreneurship and the Bulgarian experience. Scientific works of the University of Ruse – 2011, Vol. 50, Series 5.1. Kumanova, M., Shabani, N. (2013a). Analysis of social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria: Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship. Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, (2013b). Terziev, V. (2013c). The active model of a social programme and its strategic advantage, 12th International Scientific Conference: Management Horizons in Changing Economic Environment & Visions and Challenges, Kaunas, Lithuania. Road map (2015-2020): Encouragement and development of social enterprises in Bulgaria: Terziev, V., Stoyanov, E., Arabska, E. (2015). The active social program – an innovative model in social development. Youth forums „Science, technology, innovations, business” 2015 Proceedings. Research Report about the status and reinforcement of social entrepreneurship in Europe – National report: Bulgaria. Project SESBA: Social Enterprise Skills for Business Advisers, (2016a). Terziev, V. Arabska, E. (2016b). Social entrepreneurship development in Bulgaria. In: The effectiveness of business management: investments and innovation. Collective monograph. - AMEET Sp. z o.o., Lodz, Poland. UR - https://doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.336981 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/339254 ER -