Policy recommendation from international Conference: “Building Stronger Ecosystems for Social

Policy recommendation from international Conference: “Building Stronger Ecosystems for Social Enterprises in Europe” We, representatives of social enterprises from Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and Poland, driven by the desire to develop the environment for social entrepreneurship, unite around recommendations for measures and policies that can adequately address the challenges that we face in our every. [...] Analyzing the most significant problems facing the development of social entrepreneurship, namely: ● Insufficient financial resources for the development and sustainability of social entrepreneurship ideas (relative to the level of development - start-up capital, capital for developing new ideas and products, support in crises and uncertain external environment); ● The negative effect of the COVID. [...] Additional efforts for recognizing the role and the added value of social economy sector - should be explicitly underline the social economy major role in the European economy, combining profitability and solidarity, creating quality jobs, strengthens social, economic and regional cohesion, generates social capital, promotes active citizenship, solidarity and a kind of economy with democratic 1 va. [...] While the expansion of information and communication spaces has heightened citizen engagement, concerns over the proliferation of mis- and disinformation, and the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and online discrimination, are at an all-time high since the COVID-19 pandemic. [...] Crucial for the grow of the SEs ecosystem is the support for networking and exchange - the main tool for our development is securing peer learning process, knowledge exchange and increasing the capacity for collaboration of SEs.