INTERVIEW WITH MR. GHEORGHE CHIOARU, PRESIDENT OF OMENIA PENSIONERS MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION
INTERVIEW WITH MR. GHEORGHE CHIOARU, PRESIDENT OF OMENIA PENSIONERS MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION
Author(s): Mihaela PiteaSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Asociatia Alternative Sociale
Keywords: Pensioners Mutual Aid Association; social economy; elderly/older people
Summary/Abstract: The present paper addresses issues such as reducing the risk of social exclusion and poverty of older people, creating a mutual aid community, increasing the trust of beneficiaries, exploring a social enterprise’s capacity to expand. The paper intro¬duces the activity of „Omenia” Pensioners Mutual Aid Association which provides its members with financial aid based on the mutual aid principle and conducts a wide range of social economy-type activities. In this interview, Mr. Gheorghe Chioaru, the association’s president, talks about the challenges faced by the enter¬prise he’s currently managing and offers relevant stakeholders a few suggestions for promoting social economy.
Journal: Revista de Economie Socială
- Issue Year: II/2012
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 173-178
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English