A first step to stimulating entrepreneurship among the young people we are working with as youth workers and not-for-profit organisation is mapping and measuring the existing entrepreneurial ecosystem in our country and exchange the best practices among ourselves. The purpose of this analysis is to identify learning, development and funding opportunities for young people who want to launch their start-ups or social projects. We will collect all the data from 6 different countries and publish it in only one guide.

For the purpose of mapping, the  entrepreneurial ecosystem is defined as a product of three elements:

1. the surrounding environment, more precisely the business environment and investment climate,

2. its interacting actors ,and

3. the evolving culture and attitudes.

Question 1

What is the national strategy of your government regarding start-ups and youth entrepreneurship?

National policies

•Europe 2020: National Reform Program, update 20151;

•National Concept for Social Economy, 20111;

•Social Economy Action Plan 2014-20151;

•National Strategy for Poverty Reduction and Promoting Social Inclusion1;

•Operational Program "Human Resources Development" 2014-2020 (OPHRD 2014-2020) 1.

•Operational Program "Innovation and Competitiveness" 2014-2020

Bulgarian Perspective. In implementing Europe 2020, each Member State has adopted its own reform strategy which identifies key national targets and actions to achieve them within the framework of the common European ones. Under the National Reform Program of Bulgaria 2020 (updated 20159), some of the main areas of structural reforms concern the modernization of labor market access services, social support, health care and education. The introduction of active employment measures, including those from vulnerable groups, through mechanisms to ensure sustainable employment, incentives for employers to open new jobs, qualification programs, retraining and acquiring key skills, etc., is envisaged. However, at the national level, the policy for the development of the social economy and social enterprises remains out of the common efforts to achieve the goals set out in the National Reform Strategy. Although the National Social Economy Concept has been prepared as a strategic document with a "forward-looking vision of future changes in the legal framework and practices of public authorities and a vision for integrating sectoral policies", the relevant sectoral policies are still not clear and consistent tied to it. This prevents the creation of a favorable legal and financial environment for the development of social enterprises. For the period 2014-2020, a scheduling of funds under two operational programs10 to be used to promote "social entrepreneurship", but it remains unclear how much they will in practice promote sustainable models and initiatives without good regulatory environment for development and without clarification in fact, any organizations will support.

The Social Enterprise in Bulgaria

Bulgaria has not introduced a legal definition of the SP, nor has a clear and explicitly defined regulatory framework. Strategic documents in the sphere distinguish between "social economy enterprises" and "social enterprises", with the intention of the first group to cover a wider range of persons, part of which are also SP12. In addition, since 2012, statistical information on operating SPs in Bulgaria has been collected. In 2013, the NSI included benchmarks for respondents in terms of whether they were self-identified as SPs or not. The main features of a social enterprise are:

• Achieving a social goal;

• Making an economic activity;

• Reinvestment of profits in a profitable way, rather than distribution among the partners, shareholders, founders / members.

As regards the types of legal forms in which the social enterprise can develop, there are inconsistencies and discrepancies between separate strategic documents and programs

There is no single and generally binding framework for SP characteristics. This makes it difficult to relate them to an enterprise on a case-by-case basis and to assess whether or not it is "SP". Addressing this issue would have a bearing on more efficient planning and more efficient spending of public funds to promote the development of social entrepreneurship

Legal-organizational forms

Social entrepreneurship can take place in different legal-organizational forms. Frequent and appropriate format (in terms of the criteria for designating an enterprise as SP 8 in the Bulgarian context is NGO

The reasons for this conclusion are as follows:

1) Achieving a non-profit (including social) goal is leading in this legal-organizational form and legally required;

2) NGOs have a legally guaranteed opportunity to carry out a direct economic activity that has to meet strictly defined criteria15;

3) Under the legal provisions, business revenue should be used to achieve the non-profit objectives of NGOs;

4) the law prohibits the distribution of profit generated by the business activity between founders, members, members of bodies or other related or unrelated persons in the organization (as opposed to traders).

The aggregation of these legally guaranteed characteristics of the goals and activities of NGOs determine the potential of the NPLC to develop SP. Next, this potential is complemented by the advantages to the other economic entities that NGOs have in the search for social effects:

Their existence is determined by the needs of the people in a community, they are created by them, and people recognize them as an opportunity to overcome a social problem;

The relationship with the community helps them to identify social needs and to select the appropriate interventions for their satisfaction;

They can generate additional resources and build on by combining public resources with donations.

Reaping this potential must be linked to overcoming some of the weaknesses common with NGOs - insufficient managerial skills, especially in relation to fundraising activities; as well as deficits in other important economic skills such as marketing and sales, human resource management and accounting - deficits that are inherent to SMEs and which are ultimately overcome. The social enterprise can also be identified as a trade association

Existing commercial companies legislation does not provide for profit-sharing and profit-sharing constraints such as those for non-profit-making companies. For this reason, in order to get closer to the perception of PS, the commercial company must either be formed by a NGO or provide for similar rules in its internal development documents. We have recently seen interest from start-up entrepreneurs, especially young people with jobs in business-friendly sectors, nature-friendly, energy-efficient or having an effect on people's health and well-being. They need to be given support to develop their ideas in social business, paying attention to the particular limitation of their private interests in favor of publicly meaningful social goals.

Specialized enterprises and cooperatives of people with disabilities are commercial companies that meet additional criteria for ensuring the employment of people with disabilities and should be entered in a special register of the Agency for People with Disabilities. They are recognized as a social enterprise by definition.

Special registration

A JA operating within the legal forms discussed above does not in itself require special registration in order to be "recognized" as such. Various laws provide for a number of additional registrations to be made depending on the specific goods and services that the JS will provide. These include, for example, registration as an employment intermediary before the Employment Agency, registration of social service providers before the Social Assistance Agency (SAA), registration of medical institutions in the regional health inspection, registration of training organizations at the National Agency for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET).

Taxation

Regardless of the legal form under which social enterprises are created, several basic taxes are relevant to its business. Income business activity of the SP is subject to annual corporate tax of 10% on profits. In statutory cases, the social and representation costs of the SP will be subject to tax on costs, source tax and value added tax.

Tax preferences

Bulgarian legislation provides for different categories of preferences that are relevant to the activity of the SP. Some of them can be used regardless of the legal form of the SP. These are, for example, the tax incentives for the donor to certain vulnerable groups (people with disabilities, including their technical means, socially disadvantaged, disabled or non-parents, drug addicts for their treatment), tax benefits for employers of long-term unemployed or people with the possibility of VAT exemption of certain supplies of goods and services. As NGOs registered for public benefit are exempted from payment of a local tax donation. SP-specialized enterprises and cooperatives of people with disabilities may request the assignment of the annual corporate tax due from them and use it fully for the integration of people with disabilities or for the maintenance and disclosure of jobs for employed persons in the next two years. as well as tax relief, the SP's founders who are registered as NGOs in public benefit such as a medical institution or a specialized enterprise or a cooperative of disabled people.

Data from the National Statistical Institute. According to the National Statistical Institute (NSI) data for 2012, 14872 enterprises have defined themselves as "social". 2717 of them are registered as trading companies and cooperatives. SP as trading companies / cooperatives have realized a total of 3597289 lv. Revenues from their activities and made BGN 3419789 for operating expenses. The economic spheres in which there are the most SP-trade companies and cooperatives are trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (964) and manufacturing (395 pieces). 2155 of the self-identified as SPs are registered as NGOs, with only 253 of them having profited from their business activity. In 2013, the number of self-identified as SPs is less than 3612. Of these, 2046 are registered as trading companies and cooperatives. The spheres of economic activity of SP-trading companies / cooperatives remain unchanged1. 1381 of SP-trading companies / cooperatives are profitable1. 1566 of the self-identified SPs are registered as NGOs, with only 197 of them having profited from economic activity (totaling BGN 22116). These same non-profit organizations have realized income from non-profit activities amounting to a total of BGN 179675. Data from the Register of Specialized Enterprises and Cooperatives of People with Disabilities to the Agency for People with Disabilities In August 2015, in the register of AHU1 there are 281 specialized enterprises and cooperatives with disabilities. They provide employment for 3364 people with disabilities (ie people who have acquired a TEMP for% reduced working capacity)

Policy Principles to Encourage the Development of Social Enterprises in Bulgaria.

The future national policy for the promotion of social enterprises should provide for specific measures which, regardless of their nature (legal, financial, administrative), must respect and result in those principles.

Promoting and sustaining

• Support for social entrepreneurship should also include the allocation of public resources to support social enterprises in tackling social problems;

• the planning of the objectives, the order and the expected results in providing a public resource to support social enterprises should be based on a periodic assessment of the environment, taking into account the specificities of the practices and models learned at one time and their potential to work towards social purpose

Equal treatment and reduction of administrative burden

• providing a package of incentives available to all forms of social enterprise;

• predictable fast and affordable administrative procedures;

Efficiency and Efficiency

• Implementation of programs and measures after needs analysis, coherence and adequacy of objectives;

• relevance of resource input to result - a clear assessment of the financial and social outcomes,

Coordination and decentralization

• Establishment of mechanisms for the participation of social enterprises in the planning and evaluation of the social entrepreneurship policy at national level;

• creating conditions for the development of social entrepreneurship at local level, according to the specificities and needs of the respective territory by involving the municipalities in this process (through local and regional strategies.

Solidarity and partnership

• Creating conditions for interaction, consultation, open dialogue and sharing of responsibility between all stakeholders

It is necessary to set the JI criteria at the legal levelTo provide concrete financial stimulus measures it should be clear who will be their beneficiaries.

Question 2

What is the strategy if the Education/Labour Ministry regarding early entrepreneurial education?

ROADMAP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BULGARIA

Question 3
Who are the main providers of entrepreneurial education in your country? List 3 to 10 public, private and non-profit entities actively involved in creating learning contexts for young people.

1. Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
2. Employment Agency - Career Start Program
3. Structural Funds - OP "Innovation and Competitiveness"; OP "Human Resources Development"
4. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

Question 4
What public/private grants are available for young people to launch their start-ups at national/ international level?
(please add links and a short description)

Opportunities to finance the SP3 activity
The available funding mechanisms for the SP, along with the above tax incentives, are:
• Bank loans - extremely difficult, with no special relief for some categories of SP;
• Risk equity financing - available only to traders, primarily small and medium-sized enterprises. NGOs have no access to such funding
• Grant funding for SP development - Similar funding was provided under the OP HRD 2007-2013 and is expected to re-enter the second programming period. In addition, in support of the development of social entrepreneurship in the second programming period, funds are also provided under the Operational Program "Innovation and Competitiveness". The Disability Agency supports projects of specialized enterprises and cooperatives for people with disabilities32
• Collection of pay-as-you-go services-SPs can generally independently pricing. However, given the specifics of the vulnerable groups for which they work, the ability to self-sustain themselves and only the income from economic activity may be limited. As has been made clear above, Bulgaria has freedom of self-determination as an SP and the choice of form it works. At present, regardless of the National Concept and its implementation plan, there is a lack of systematic government policy offering easy and flexible incentives for their development, including for all forms. Rather, private donors and programs develop initiatives that aim at increasing capacity and getting incentives. Entire organizations themselves depend on how and how they qualify as an SP, which casts doubt on the extent to which it is aimed at real and long-term solving a particular social problem and seeking support.

OPHRD data 2007-20141 Two of the OPHRD 2007-2014 schemes were addressed to the SP: "Social Entrepreneurship - Population and Support for Social Enterprises / Pilot Phase" and "New Opportunities". 77 new social economy enterprises have been supported and 87 are operating in the social economy. As of September 30, 2013 under the Program, 3 681 people have started work in the sphere of social economy.

Program for Social Entrepreneurship of the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law The program started 4 years ago and is realized with the support of private donors and corporate donors. It is the only program in Bulgaria dedicated entirely to non-profit organizations that want to develop a business idea in support of achieving their non-profit goals, including social ones. Within the annual editions of the Program, an average of about 20 participants are trained in the legal requirements for business development and business planning, and then have expert support in developing their own business plan. Involved NGOs have the opportunity to apply with their business plan in an annual competition where three of the best ideas receive awards. BCNL tracks the progress of the winners in the competition over the next two years as the organization's team is available with additional advice and support when needed. While funding is provided in the form of awards, most of the winners use it either as startup support or to cover costs related to improving and upgrading the realization of the idea. FBB's Rinker's Challenge Program organizes annual competitions for entrepreneurs from 2014 by supporting early-stage ideas with a training program, two-stage funding and mentoring support for existing or newly created teams. The teams themselves choose the legal form in which to implement their ideas. The first 4 teams received start-up funding and work on their 2015 projects

Question 5
What are struggles that youth entrepreneurs from your country face?

The Challenge for Bulgaria

Wide understanding of a social enterprise
In Bulgaria, at this point, there is a broad legal framework, or rather, there is no explicit legal framework, and this allows free self-determination. At the same time, it should be noted that broad criteria for definition offer a real opportunity for a promotional policy that focuses on concrete results.

Need for sectoral reforms
SPs in Bulgaria have been acting and have traditionally developed as a means of securing employment in education, social services and rarely education, healthcare and culture. Therefore, a key factor for their future development are the overarching reforms in these areas, the liberalization of the market and the provision of quick and easy access to consumer services

Prioritize a target group
The only more serious preferences are targeted at one particular group of SPs - cooperatives and specialized enterprises of disabled people who are parexcellencesocial enterprises. The reasons for this are two: a) the target group - the disability with the most systematic and consistent integration policies, active self-advocates, and b) historical causes34. Therefore, in order to use the SP as a tool for overcoming social problems and for other vulnerable groups that are difficult to represent and self-advocate for their own initiatives (such as refugees), it is necessary that the nationality and cross-sectoral planning of policies be developed in order to develop a supportive politics

Capacities to build capacity
There are no adequate and consistent programs financed by public funds to build capacity for social enterprise development as such. Particularly, this is important for the NGO JUs, as although their business activity is recognized par excellence, there is a need to upgrade their entrepreneurial skills and market recognition. The statement of the funds allocated to the JU's development under different national initiatives and mechanisms implies that significant financial resources are allocated, but at the same time the JS supported do not achieve financial sustainability and remain project-oriented. It is on the one hand that the SPs build up their own business environment and become recognizable among society and, on the other hand, to be a successful instrument for achieving the objectives of national social policies.

Opportunities for affordable start-up funding There are no financial incentives for the initial start-up of the SP, investments in small and medium-sized enterprises are significantly more targeted and consistent, including by providing specific financial instruments to help the business develop as such.

Question 6
Name few private companies that support entrepreneurial education through Corporate Social Responsibility programmes, hackatons, accelerators etc.
(Links and a paragraph by company are highly appreciated)

Co-working spaces
Shared office space, where many entrepreneurs and their teams work. In Bulgaria, there are already over 30.

"It creates communities, culture and productive environment for the birth of great products and teams. There we can to unite members of the ecosystem and help them grow," Thibault Tetindzher, founder of Puzl Coworking

Pre-accelerators, incubators
Teaching or supporting young teams of programs within a few months

"Preakseleratorite, accelerators and incubators are protected environment that enables startups to learn from their own mistakes, provide them with mentoring and support. It also involved the middle teaches competition and perseverance," Janet Todorova, kodirektor of Founder Institute Bulgaria

Organizations, foundations
Various initiatives that support and unite people and companies in the ecosystem - the bond

"They fill the needs for education, inspiration and connection of entrepreneurs. 10 years ago, practically such a community existed and Bulgaria had much need for organizations to show how to do business in Bulgaria," Ivaylo Hristov, the "Startup"

Investors, funds, business angels
They can be different types - funds, business angels (ie private individuals). They play an important role in financing companies by taking a share of business, but also advisers and mentors.

"Angel's investor is usually a person with significant business experience and a good network of contacts, with an equity investment in an early start-up phase, with the addition of finance for business development and positioning."
Sasha Bezuhanova, business angel and founder of MOVE.BG

Events
There are small communities where interest is collected, usually in shared offices and large international forums several times a year.

"The role of major events such as DigitalK is the creation of links at an international level, very rarely in Bulgaria come the world's greatness and this is, on the one hand, an opportunity for everyone to meet them, to exchange experience, on the other - these people recognize Bulgaria as an ecosystem where something happens ", Stefan Ganchev, partner Launchub, co-organizer of DigitalK

GEM Bulgaria
Global Entrepreneurial Monitoring (GEM) is the most comprehensive survey of entrepreneurship in the world. The local branch - "GEM Bulgaria" was established in 2014 and explores the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the factors that encourage or hinder entrepreneurship in our country as well as the behavior of current or future entrepreneurs.

Question 7
List 1-5 start-up hubs from your country and what type of services they provide for new entrepreneurs

І. Rinker’s Challenge#4 – challenge for the new entrepreneurs
Rinker Center at the BCause Foundation invites entrepreneurial people with ideas to compete for participation in the training program and to get grants for their business. This edition of the competition will only support business ideas with significant social or environmental impact.

II. BCause Foundation is an expert organization, recognized leader with 20 years experience at national and international level (since 1995). We encourage people, organizations and communities to transform life by developing donation and social investment.
BACB Program Challenge - Entrepreneurs across the country are sending their ideas for "green" and sustainable business. They are struggling to participate in a start-up accelerator and a grant. The best business plan receives a target prize of 20 000 leva.

III. EUROKIT CONSULT EOOD offers:
- Project development and project management consultancy, incl. and the EU OP, technical and financial management of projects;
- Informing about the opportunities for financing the business; Preparation of business plans, strategies and their implementation and adaptation.

IV. EUROKAC CONSULT EOOD has a great experience in working with start-up entrepreneurs, developing entrepreneurial ideas in working and successful business practices.

V. "TERRITORIAL CENTER FOR QUALIFICATION AND PREQUALIFICATION" Ltd. is specialized in:

- Vocational Qualification, Retraining and Key Competencies;
- Professional orientation;
- Career development.
ESC team has a lot of experience in developing and implementing training modules and programs in the field of entrepreneurship and business development of small and medium business.

Question 8
List 5-10 successful startups developed by youth entrepreneurs under 30 years old based on the following structure:
Name of the founder
Industry
Aim of the startup
Products/Services
Link to start-up website (if any)

1. Operational Program "Human Resources Development" 2014-2020,
project "Raising Entrepreneurial Capacity - Road to Active Social Inclusion",
A project for social entrepreneurship includes 400 young people

One of the most affected groups who have difficulties in the labor market is young people born late in the last century. These are people who have difficulty in finding work and learning opportunities. JA Bulgaria's social entrepreneurship project is trying, with the help of partners, to encourage young people aged between 18 and 29 in the four countries most affected by the economic crisis in the EU (Spain, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania) to continue their education and be able to find work or start their own business.
In Bulgaria, the project deals with 400 young people, creating opportunities for training, apprenticeship, support for finding a job or launching entrepreneurship later on.
Part of the professional realization ideas the app is working with are apprenticeships in companies that need workers to acquire professional experience, the new opportunities that social networks offer after the appropriate education, the new niches in the labor market that require new competencies. In this plan, the project is open to employers and businesses from all walks of life.

2. Operational Program "Human Resources Development" 2014-2020,
project "Raising Entrepreneurial Capacity - Road to Active Social Inclusion",
Young people created 6 business start-up models based on the principles of social entrepreneurship
The project "Against youth unemployment through social entrepreneurship" lasts 5 months - from 1 February to 31 May 2018, and has as its main objective the sharing of good practices between young people, experts, representatives of public authorities, businesses and social entrepreneurs to increase knowledge of young people aged 15-24. of the NEETs group that are capable of working independently or in a group to develop the process from idea to a working model of social entrepreneurship.
According to Eurostat data from August 11, 2016, at the level of the 28 EU member states, the level of youths aged 15-24 who fall in the NEETs group is 12%. Taking into account the challenges arising from the migrant crisis, the population of Europe with people from other cultures and nationalities, there is a need for innovative solutions for future cohabitation. Considering the existence of social problems that are beyond the economic sphere and are not overcome by the immanent social functions of entrepreneurship and the market economy.
All participants jointly prepared 6 ideas for starting a business based on the principles of social entrepreneurship.
"The first model we have developed is called" Fly to the Future ". It was formulated with the idea that people from NEETs - the groups find work and learn some competencies that they need in life, and after having already completed a training course made up of the youngsters involved in these groups, they will continue to train their peers and friends who are also in this NEETs group. This will make a permanent cycle in which they will have something to do and find a better job. "

"The second model is" Drink better, drink together ". This is not about drinking alcohol but about learning. The idea is to create a cooperative in the sphere of winemaking, where young people from NEETs groups can start work. They must work in the organization for at least one year, after which they will receive a certificate. The goal of the model is to help small producers "

"The third model is called" We Bake For You ". The idea is to use food from restaurants and shops that they dispose of about a week before expiration and expiration. We decided to use this food by preparing it and selling it to socially disadvantaged people at very low prices, and after a certain amount of time we will give it free of charge. To this end, we will use people from NEETs groups and volunteers who will gain experience in this way. The model is so made that it can be used in every country because there are starving people everywhere, and a very high percentage of discarded food "

"The fourth model is called" Green Bee "and has the idea to help ecotourism in Bulgaria. The way this thing can be realized is by using a house or unusable space that could be repaired and refurbished in a way to become a hub for tourism. This way, people from NEETs will be implemented and able to work and divorce tourists. "

"The Fifth Youth Connection model is related to NEETs groups and refugees. The aim of the model is to involve refugees because there is a large language barrier between us and us, there are many uneducated people - whether Bulgarians or foreigners. The idea is that a smart app can be accessed by any young worker. "

"The sixth model is called" Sustainable Network Generator Incubator ". The idea is to create a network of trainers that will set up courses for NEETs, migrants and people with disabilities. This will help them find a job as the coach's idea to go to them and give them the skills they need. This idea can apply absolutely anywhere. "

Question 9
What are the industries who have the biggest potential to develop? Or the ones that developed in an accelerated way?

The practice in Bulgaria shows three typical model operations of the SP. As the social enterprises sector is still very young, new organizations will emerge, it is important for each model SEA to deviate from other types of activities and to emphasize that all of the above criteria must be effective in the long run in order for the operation to be a social enterprise.

The three models below describe and highlight the criteria that must be used to define the activity as a social enterprise.
- The SP creates jobs for the vulnerable group as a direct employment of such people. The defining characteristic of the enterprise is that it creates employment (supported, sheltered employment etc.). Typically, in other countries there are% of the state that is for the vulnerable group.
- Delimitation from such activities: unlike, for example, occupational therapy or any other social service that creates a person's activity, there is real involvement in the work process, the result of which is offered on the market (economic character).

- The JS provides services and / or goods directly designed to meet the specific needs of a vulnerable group in an entrepreneurial manner37. The particular vulnerable group in this case is a service user. For this purpose, the SP can also be funded with public resources under mechanisms that ensure that competition rules are respected (eg public procurement, social bargaining through public-private partnerships, etc.), recruiting volunteers and / or donations, and / or reduces the cost of your product in another, innovative way.
- Delimit from such activities: what would distinguish the SP in this case from an ordinary company, the requirement that profit be reinvested in the leading social objective.

- SPs produce and provide goods or services against payment on a market principle and generate a profit that they use to achieve or solve a socially significant problem.

- Restriction from such activities: unlike ordinary entrepreneurial activity, in this case the SP should have special activities carried out to meet the criteria for a leading social objective, a ban on profit sharing, management participation and transparency. For example: performs an economic activity by producing and selling a product whose application leads to a lasting energy saving and contributes to solving a socially significant problem

Question 10
Which are the top 3 cities who have an encouraging climate for entrepreneurs? Why?

Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna
Varna, Plovdiv and Sofia are host cities of the Regional Forum of Social Entrepreneurs. The Regional Forum in the three cities enables entrepreneurs to present their activities and discuss opportunities, problems and measures to promote people with disabilities.
Startup Weekend се провежда in the three cities. - The event allows participants to transform their ideas into a real business model and present it to investors. All this happens within 54 hours, and a team of mentors gives advice and guidance to the teams.

Question 11
List 3-5 projects/programmes initiated by non-profit organisations with the topic: social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education.
The ChangeMakers - The engines of change
A program of MOVE.BG, which identifies, links and unifies changing Bulgaria into a national network. The aim of the program is to show 1,000 people of change in our country and to unite them for common action. Within the program, we present the good examples that infect with inspiration. We are focusing on global trends in the local context. We work for the dissemination of knowledge and realization of projects all over the country, positively changing the local environment. To create together our tomorrow!
* Social shop in Varna for products manufactured by people with disabilities from Trudovo - production co-operative "Rodina", as well as handmade souvenirs from blind people
* Prisons are special communities of people who can work - to produce or to undertake communal activities
* Graham Bank, Bangladesh - Promoting Social Entrepreneurship in Action
* Blue economy: 10 years - 100 innovations - 100 million jobs. An alternative to green economy by Gunther Pauli - a new business model for 10 years - 100 innovations - 100 million jobs based on knowledge-based and local-based solutions
* ESF-funded social entrepreneurship projects
* The Bulgarian Food Bank collects, receives, inventory, stores and distributes donated food to people in need who are chronically hungry or temporarily have no means to eat
* Campaign "Stop the isolation of the various children!" Of the youth club "I MOGA" for children and youths with intellectual and physical disabilities, supported by the Integrated Education Foundation
* Network of bakery houses as a model for social entrepreneurship
* Bee honey from the Samaritans Association - one of the first social enterprises in Bulgaria
* Blagoveshtenie monastery near Kyustendil is built and it is supported by agriculture.
* Public Laundry "Green" at the Complex for Mental Health Services in the Community, Sofia, Slatina Region.
* Church in the ideal center of Sofia gives parking for rent:
* Occupational therapy for drug addicts through the manufacture and restoration of antique furniture
* Soap workshop "HOPe SOAP" - soaps made by disadvantaged young people