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Social business
KUČEROVÁ, Michaela
Social entrepreneurship is one of the possible ways to run enterprise. Around the world and in Western Europe this type of enterprise is quite common and is slowly becoming familiar in the Czech Republic. A social enterprise is one of the ways to employ groups in danger of being socially excluded. It provides hope of improvement of living standard, as well as hope of reintegration for the disabled, youth, homeless individuals, individuals leaving institutional care, victims of criminal behaviour, carers looking after relatives, persons who have experienced drug addiction, the long-term unemployed and others in dangered of being socially excluded. The aim of this thesis is to provide a more comprehensive summary about the constantly developing social entrepreneurship landscape in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part of the thesis first describes social economics in general, followed by the definition of a social enterprise. This includes the listing of the major international organisations supporting social entrepreneurship. The fundamental chapters of the theoretical part address the possibility to finance social entrepreneurship through the European Union. At present there are two calls for proposals, to which applicants can respond in order to obtain the funds required to set up a social enterprise. Financing through the European Union is administered by the European social fund and its operational programme, safeguarded in the Czech Republic by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. At the present time, the Integrated operating programme includes call for proposal no.8: Services in the social intervention scope and in the operating programme Human resources and employment call for proposals no.30: Social economics awaits its respondents. The logistics of obtaining European Union grants from the European social fund and its operational programmes through the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and its calls for proposals is very complicated. Therefore the aim of this thesis is to summarise the differences between both calls for proposals to ease the understanding of these very matters. To further my understanding of these issues I also successfully communicated directly with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. The results of the research were not surprising for me. As expected the highest number of social enterprises in our country is in the problematic regions with the highest long-term unemployment rates or with a high proportion of the Roma ethnic minority. Furthermore, the research suggested unambiguously that, for individuals from certain groups, the highest number of social enterprises were concerned with employing the physically disabled to give them the chance to reintegrate into mainstream society. Closely following with approximately the same number of people from different socially excluded groups are enterprises that employ the long-term unemployed, the ethnic minorities or youth in difficult life circumstances. The respondents also confirmed the complicated administration of the enterprise start-up phase, as well as concerns about the future ability to finance their business. In the conclusion section of the thesis it is established that social entrepreneurship is unlikely to have an easy future as the deadline to apply for European Union grants to finance projects is in June 2013 and further support of social politics is uncertain. However, in the current uneasy times of economic crisis and rising unemployment the social entrepreneurship should be treated with high consideration as it is one of the possible ways to deal with such problems in all countries.
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Opportunities to develop the social economy and social enterprise
Nováková, Lenka ; Kadeřábková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Khendriche Trhlínová, Zuzana (referee)
Diploma thesis focuses on the social economy and social entrepreneurship. Its aim is to identify possible directions of further development of the social economy in the Czech Republic. The starting point for this work is the assumption that successful development of social entrepreneurship is dependent on access to financial resources, a good legislative definition and availability of the necessary information. The operational objective is to analyze the range of financial instruments available to social enterprises. The work is divided into several parts. The first chapter summarizes the historical development of the social economy in Western European countries and subsequently in the Czech Republic. The next chapter presents the approaches to the concept of social economy from the perspective of several European institutions. The chapter is also a case of good practice from Italy. The following chapter, in which are presented the main theoretical approaches to the social economy in the Czech Republic. In the analytical part of the work are first defined problem areas of social entrepreneurship, it is also stated range of financial instruments available to social enterprises and subsequently defined possible directions of further development of the social economy.
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Civil Society Organizations in the Public Sphere
Brožová, Soňa ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Vymětal, Petr (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of civil society organizations in the Czech Republic. First, it presents a selection of related theories of civil society, civil sector and the sector of NGO's. It also deals with the concept of social economy and related themes. The third chapter explores the current state of the civil sector in the Czech Republic and the definition of its problem areas. Fundamental is the final analysis of the civic association Amelie, which is based on the previous text and applies the theory to specific organization and analyzes its activities and evaluates its functioning.
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Opportunities of Employment in Social Enterprises with Regard to Specifics
ČECHOVÁ, Jitka
Barchelor essay ? Options in employment in social company regarding healt disability? is aimed on incorporate healt disability people in regime of social company. Theoretical part is focused on key words of social economy and social bussines. Also describes legal aspects of employment of health disadvantage people and is focused on options on labour market. Practical part analyzes model standarts of social company and the main characterWhich defining social company. It also follows to see fulfillment and compliance of standarts in Pracovní Sobota company.
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Social economics in the Czech Republic
Jičínská, Aneta ; Krebs, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Szabová, Lucia (referee)
My thesis deals with social economics and its subjects, social enterprises. The first part of my thesis introduces us to main terms and the development of social economics in the Czech republic. I also focus my attention on its pillars and targets in view of the determination of the sphere of its impact. Therefore we specify here the fields in which social economics works. The main aim of my thesis is to characterise social economics and firms which are considered to be social enterprises. Furthermore, I want to refer to the usefulness and importacne of social economics both for a society and the entire economics as well. In the practical part I focus my attention on the particular social enterprise, which is in operation for several years, and I try to refer to its helpfulness. In conclusion of my thesis I come to the evaluation of the importance and position of social economics together with my judgement on its usefulness.
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Social economy in the Czech Republic, its origins and possible future development
Leznarová, Linda ; Kotýnková, Magdalena (advisor) ; Kubelková, Karina (referee)
The Diploma thesis examines social economy area, social entrepreneurship in particular, with focus on integration of disadvantaged groups on Czech Republic labor market. The main objective of the thesis is to identify strengths and weaknesses of the social entrepreneurship and work integration concept with emphasis on legislation, financing and historical and cultural influence as well as suitability of the environment for further progress. Particular attention is given to evaluation of purposiveness of creating work opportunities for disadvantaged groups by social enterprise. The thesis also examines social entrepreneurship environment in selected European countries to find inspiration for improvement or to identify areas to be aware of and avoid them. The analytical part of the theses is focused on Czech Republic, using information data gathered form subject matter experts, or based on information provided by social enterprise representatives. The thesis is concluded with a SWOT analysis delivering complex overview of Czech social enterprise and its prospective opportunities or potential impediments.
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Social Cooperative of Municipalities/Microregion as Tool to Solve Regional Needs and Handicapped Citizens Employement
MALÁSKOVÁ, Martina
My thesis is that ?Social cooperatives across communities can be used as a tool to better address regional economic needs and improve employment levels of disadvantaged citizens.? My hypothesis is that cooperation across communities creates more positive economic effects than simply individual participation within a single village. When individual villages join forces there is a greater probability of obtaining dotations from the EU Monetary Funds. The group of villages is also in a better negotiating position with other governmental departments and authorities than just negotiating on their own. This is extremely important since it is the individual villages and cities that suffer the most when they cannot address the economic issues of their disadvantaged citizens ? e.g. increasing crime levels, antisocial behavior and other negative aspects. If the individual villages join together in a social cooperative they will be in a better position to negotiate and thus collect benefits to better serve their disadvantaged community. Social cooperatives do exist today that are focused on addressing the needs of the disadvantaged. They work to offer employment positions (opportunities) to the disadvantaged citizens who then can provide certain types of services or products they produce back to the community. Unfortunately, these types of cooperatives do not exist within our micro region. Unlike abroad, this type of cooperatives does not exist in our country yet and therefore it was difficult to evaluate my theory in practice within the Czech Republic. As a result, I used micro region ZÁHORAN as an example to explore the reason why we do not have these social cooperatives.
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