Problemy oceny efektywności podmiotów ekonomii społecznej
Problems of effectiveness evaluation of social economy entities

Summary/Abstract: Social economy sector has been developing quite rapidly in Poland for several recent years. Entities from that sector have one thing in common – social goals, such as: combating exclusion, social cohesion, full employment, poverty alleviation, equality of women in the labor market, anti-discrimination, forming the basis of participatory democracy, improvement of management in the local environment and stable development. With the development of the social economy in Poland it becomes necessary for its entities to evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency as well as the impact on the environment. The purpose of this article is to present three selected methods and tools for measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of social economy entities, which are currently the most widely used in developed countries. An additional goal is to show the problems and limitations of their use when the Polish third sector organizations try to use those tools. Previous experience shows that most of the social economy entities are not able to use such tools using their own potential staff. They also do not have the ability to use the services of experts (lack of funds). Preparing the article the study of literature (Polish and foreign) was made, and conclusions from interviews conducted by the authoress among the representatives of such entities and institutions supporting their activities (in the framework of leading the training) were used.

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