Państwowe fundusze celowe jako źródło wsparcia finansowego spółdzielni socjalnych w Polsce
State special purpose funds as a source of financial support for social cooperatives in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Social cooperatives are a specific type of entrepreneurs, whose economic goals are combined with the implementation of social functions. The dynamic development of this sector of social enterprises indicates a strong interest in this form of employment and reintegration. The specific formulation of these entities, based on the work of cooperative marginalized and often lacking business skills requires wide support from the state, especially in the initial period of their existence and not just financial. Financial support from public funds − mainly from the Labour Fund and the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons turns out to be an insufficient form of help for many of these entities. Nearly half of them do not actually starts activity or receive any income. The purpose of this paper is to identify the financial support of social cooperatives in Poland granted annually by the state funds and to determine the role of this sector of social economy enterprises in the process of employment support and counter social marginalization of the unemployed.

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