What is social entrepreneurship? Examples. Social entrepreneurship and social work

Finalists of the competition receive an interest-free loan to develop their social business. The loan amount is up to 10 million rubles for an operating business and up to 500 thousand rubles for a start-up business.
Projects supported by the foundation

2. Competition of projects "Direct investments in social entrepreneurship"
Finalists receive investments of up to 50 million rubles for a period of up to 10 years.

3. Contest "More than a Buy"
The finalists of the competition get access to retail chains to increase the scale of sales of their products.

4. Competition of the Foundation "Towards Change"
The Foundation "Towards Change" adopted from foreign colleagues the best traditions and methods of searching for enthusiastic and smart people who have developed innovative solutions to problems in the field of childhood and are ready to put them into practice.

All finalists will take part in the program professional development"Incubator", which includes:

Help from mentors - successful entrepreneurs and top managers;
- assistance from the community of social entrepreneurs - finalists of the competition of previous years;
- recognition and promotion - assistance in the development of finalists' projects through media support;
- initial funding - the finalists receive a grant of 1.2 million rubles per year.

5. SAP-UP
SAP UP competition was founded by SAP CIS in 2015. The main goal of the Competition is to create an environment for expert and financial support of social startups by the business community.

Within the framework of the Competition, SAP supports the best social entrepreneurship practices in Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. By attracting representatives of the Russian commercial sector, government, education and public structures to participate in the competition, SAP helps to form a community that contributes to the promotion and development of social entrepreneurship as a separate segment of the country's economy.

Prize winners will win a certificate for an educational trip to Europe.

6.Social Impact Award
Social Impact Award is a European competition for aspiring social entrepreneurs under 35 years old, in which Russia participates for the fourth year in a row. Organizer in Russia - Impact HUB Moscow.

The three best projects will receive a scholarship of 120,000 rubles each and a trip to a conference in Europe, where they will gather best projects Social Impact Award from 20 countries.

7. All-Russian accelerator of social initiatives - RAISE
RAISE is a mass educational program with a competitive component that initiates and supports student projects aimed at solving social problems. The accelerator is the entry point for students into socially oriented activities. The competition is attended by 64 regions, 215 universities, 5,000 participants. Finalists receive an international internship opportunity.

8. All-Russian competition of student and school teams "Preactum"
Preaktum is a program for the development of project, practice-oriented and entrepreneurial activities among young people, focused on creating a unified ecosystem of entrepreneurship, initiated by the Rybakov Foundation.

72 regions, 252 educational institutions, 6,400 participants participate in the program. Finalists receive grant support of up to 1 million rubles for the implementation of their project. The grant fund is 20 million rubles. Organizer - Rybakov Foundation.

A new type of small business, not aimed only at making a profit - social business. However, this type of business also makes a profit, no matter how paradoxical it sounds. And this profit is not traditional, but is created by solving problems social nature by helping the community to function more effectively.

Social business - responsibility

Today, interest in social business in the circles of small entrepreneurs has increased significantly. But most businessmen still believe that this activity is aimed only at those citizens who are forced to use social benefits and cannot afford to purchase high-quality goods and services.

Social business is a niche between philanthropy and entrepreneurship, the goal of which is to maximize profit.

The protracted crisis made adjustments to the understanding of the principles of building a business. Now there are quite a few of those who only yesterday took out a loan and were confident in their abilities, today they began in every possible way to avoid repaying debts to banks.

Credit means trust. In this case it is trusting relationship between the bank and the borrower. But a relationship of trust and preliminary agreements on the terms of debt repayment suddenly turned out to be impracticable. Thus, the entire banking business was also under threat.

In such a situation, the interest of banks begins to shift towards those clients for whom, first of all, the ethical principle of doing business is important. It is these clients that become the target audience for lending.

The current situation forces us to develop business projects that do not set as their goal the immediate financial profit, but responsibility in addressing issues of a social nature.

Agricultural social business project

In the recent Soviet past, it was the norm when the chairmen of collective farms created conditions for attracting young specialists to work at their enterprises.

For this, houses were built, infrastructure in the countryside was developed. With the collapse of the USSR, this practice has become a thing of the past. But today entrepreneurs have already appeared in Russia who acquire agricultural land, special equipment and technologies, and then attract representatives of the unprotected segments of the population to work.

These are children from low-income families, former prisoners, whom most enterprises and organizations do not want to employ.

And socially oriented businessmen create favorable conditions for this category of citizens.

Entrepreneurs in depressed regions of Russia organize their small business in the same way, where young people are forced to leave in search of earnings and favorable living conditions.

Which social business project to choose

Family business
This type of business helps mothers with many children in employment matters, mothers raising their children on their own. Often it is simply not possible for such women to find a job in a well-paid job with a tight work schedule.

The advantages of a family social business are that all family members can take an active part in its development.

An example of a business for mothers with many children is a small successful enterprise producing souvenirs and toys from felt. This enterprise employs not only mothers with many children, but also single mothers, and the products are in great demand.

Disabled business
One example of a socially oriented business for the disabled is a massage parlor in one of the southern regions of Russia, where blind and visually impaired massage therapists with medical education work. By the way, the Kislovodsk Medical College is engaged in training specialists with impaired vision.

Social tourism
There is a large part of the population in Russia who cannot afford to go on a tourist trip. Therefore, government agencies are thinking about financing businessmen who are ready to engage in tourism business for retirees, low-income families, students and people with disabilities.

First of all, domestic Russian tourism is considered. This will allow developing the infrastructure of many cities and regions of Russia. Competition in this area is still minimal.

Business for the good of society
There is practically no infrastructure in most Russian cities and regions. This is a great niche opportunity. There are already lucrative projects for landscaping, waste recycling, organization of economy-class laundries, youth leisure, creation of a cafe with entertainment centers.

How to start a social business

Social entrepreneurship appeared in Europe and the United States about 30 years ago. In the UK, over 70% of entrepreneurs consider their business to be socially oriented.

In this European country, this type of business accounts for 2% of GDP.

Many social business projects also exist and are successfully developing in Russia today.

Social business makes it possible to make a profit and not stop activities after the money runs out, as it happens in charitable organizations. Social entrepreneurship allows a person to independently solve their problems and not rely on the expectation that someone will give all the benefits for free.

In order to start a social business, entrepreneurs receive a loan that must be repaid. This also distinguishes social entrepreneurship from philanthropy.

On the basis of foreign experience, fairly clear criteria for defining social business have been developed.

a) He must solve a social problem, the importance of which must be justified in order to receive funding.

b) Self-sufficiency. A well-thought-out business plan serves as the proof. In order to teach the intricacies of its writing, special services involve professional experts and business coaches. They also give a conclusion about the profitability of a social project and its relevance. The result of the business should be the financial sustainability of the project.

c) The social project should be applicable in different regions of Russia.

Social Business Schools

In the context of the global financial crisis and growing unemployment, especially among young people, interest in social business is growing in all countries of the world.

In this regard, a global summit is regularly held in Leksand (Sweden), in which the International Labor Organization takes part. At the summit, social projects are presented and discussed, the purpose of which is to create jobs that contribute to the organization and development of entrepreneurship among young people.

There are many people all over the world who are capable of entrepreneurial activity. However, for various reasons, not all of them have enough knowledge to organize a business. Specially developed programs help them to master the basics of entrepreneurship, which provide training in business theory, accounting, and preparation of tax reporting. But the priority is given to the development of practical skills.

For example, one large energy company, together with a bank, organized training for those wishing to start their own business. At the end of the courses, the students submit their business plans to the experts, and the specialists choose the most promising among them and finance them.

Another example is Brazil... There are no state educational institutions where professional chefs would be trained. Training in this profession is only paid and very expensive.

One of the chefs decided to implement his social business project to train young people and housewives in entrepreneurship in the field of food.

After graduating from the school of cooks, young people find jobs in cafes and restaurants, and housewives get the opportunity to take out a loan and organize their own business.

The preference is given to catering or on-site services of chefs. The project turned out to be not only successful, but also replicated for other countries.

Social business prospects

Social business Is not only a profitable, but also a self-sustaining business. In addition, many successful social businessmen over time begin to provide an opportunity to use the fruits of their work for a certain fee to those who can afford it.

Today, entrepreneurs are beginning to appear in Russia, whose goal is not to make crazy profits, but the social orientation of the business.

Such businessmen are convinced that the main thing is to enable people to work, earn and live with dignity.

In European countries, it is prestigious to be the owner of social business. Gradually, this trend begins to gain momentum in our country.

Story

The terms "social entrepreneurship" (eng. social entrepreneurship) and "social entrepreneur" (eng. social entrepreneur) are first mentioned in the 1960s in English-language literature on social change. They became widely used in the 1980s, in part through the efforts of Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and Charles Leadbeater. In 1950-1990, Michael Young played an important role in the development of social entrepreneurship. Harvard professor Daniel Bell called Young “the world's most successful social entrepreneurship entrepreneur” for his role in founding more than 60 organizations around the world, including several Schools of Social Entrepreneurship in the UK. Another well-known British social entrepreneur is Lord Moson, Commander of the British Empire. Andrew Mawson received the Peerage in 2007 for his work in economic and social renewal and urban improvement. He is the author of The Social Entrepreneur and CEO of Andrew Moson & Associates. Andrew Mawson Partnerships), which is engaged in the dissemination of his experience.

Although the term “social entrepreneurship” is relatively new, the phenomenon itself has a long history. Florence Nightingale, founder of the first nursing school in the UK, who developed progressive nursing standards and fostered their widespread adoption, are among the people whose work can serve as a model for social entrepreneurship; Robert Owen, founder of the cooperative movement; Vinoba Bhave (विनोबा भावे, Vinoba Bhave), founder of the Indian Bhoodan movement. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, some of the most successful social entrepreneurs fostered the diffusion of innovations whose usefulness was so highly rated that they were introduced nationally with government or business support.

In Russia, social entrepreneurship appeared at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. An example of social entrepreneurship is the House of Industriousness, founded by Father John of Kronstadt. Here everyone in need (from single mothers to the homeless) could find a job, receive shelter and care. The idea of ​​houses of industriousness subsequently spread throughout Russia.

Social entrepreneurship today

One of the well-known contemporary social entrepreneurs is the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder and manager of Grameen Bank and its associated social venture capital group. The activities of M. Yunus and Grameen Bank are an example of an important feature of modern social entrepreneurship: great success is often brought by the implementation of social objectives using business principles. In some countries, including Bangladesh and, to a lesser extent, the United States, social entrepreneurs are engaged in tasks that the government, playing a limited role, does not take on. In other countries, in particular in Europe and South America they work quite closely with government agencies, both nationally and locally.

Russia

In Russia, the first and until now the main fund for supporting social entrepreneurship has become the Fund for Regional Social Programs "Our Future", a private fund of businessman Vagit Alekperov. The Fund holds the All-Russian competition of projects in the field of social entrepreneurship and issues long-term interest-free loans to entrepreneurs, helps start-up entrepreneurs by offering them services in preparing a business plan, legal and accounting services, an opportunity to rent a micro-office (Consulting and outsourcing centers "Our Future" operate in 6 cities: Astrakhan, Arkhangelsk, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm). For 5 years of its activity, the Fund has provided support to 74 social entrepreneurs for a total amount of about 150 million rubles. The Fund actively cooperates with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Ministry economic development RF on legislative initiatives and measures to stimulate the development of social entrepreneurship in Russia. The Our Future Foundation has created the first 2 Internet resources in Russia entirely devoted to social entrepreneurship: the New Business: Social Entrepreneurship portal and the Bank of Social Ideas portal.

Also in Russia there is the Russian Microfinance Center (RMC), which was established in 2002. RMC President Mikhail Mamuta considers one of the main tasks of the RMC to support social business and socially oriented NGOs both through public initiatives (the creation of the Council for the Development of Social Business at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation) and through specific projects together with Russian and international partners (for example, Grameen Creative Lab, Yunus Center and Yunus Social Business).

Contests of projects on social entrepreneurship in Russia are also held by the Charitable Foundation "Towards Change" (Reach for Change - a representative office in Russia opened in December 2011), as well as the Interregional Public Organization (MOO) "Achievements of the Young". The latter holds the “Social Innovation Relay Race” focused on work with schoolchildren and students.

Social entrepreneurs in Russia today are divided into three categories. The first are representatives of specialized enterprises(for example, enterprises working with the visually impaired or hearing impaired), which were modernized after perestroika and became commercial organizations (for example, Volgograd enterprises for the visually impaired - Etalon for the production of canning lids and Luch, which produces paper household products : napkins, toilet paper). An example from the second category - non-profit and charitable organizations on commercial rails. Most of them are in Russia. In St. Petersburg there is a charity foundation "Nadezhda", which produces rehabilitation equipment for the elderly, disabled people, people who have suffered a serious injury. "Nadezhda" signed an agreement with the Social Insurance Fund and all products - strollers, crutches, etc. - people receive free of charge, providing medical certificates on the need to purchase rehabilitation equipment for medical reasons. Nadezhda also opened a paid rental point that provides rehabilitation equipment for the period of collection of certificates (after the necessary certificates have been collected, the cost of rental is returned to the client). In Rybinsk, a women's society works with low-income mothers with many children social support"Woman, Personality, Society" and with it - the "Merry Felt" workshop, where felt toys, jewelry and other art products are produced. In Tula, an example of social entrepreneurship is the personal services salon "Berezen" - here in a social hairdressing salon, a photographic workshop or a studio for sewing and repairing clothes, a shoe repair shop, citizens are served by people with disabilities. For large families, disabled people, pensioners and low-income citizens who come to the salon, prices for services are provided at a discount. The most advanced category of social entrepreneurs is representatives of small business, new business, whose goal is not profit, but a methodological solution to the problems of socially unprotected categories of citizens. Dospehi LLC is successfully operating in Moscow, an organization engaged in the production of an orthopedic system that allows people with spinal injuries or diseases that lead to paralysis of the legs to move independently. In Yekaterinburg, LLC “Scientific and Social Center“ Elfo ”" is engaged in psychological and physical rehabilitation of children with the help of hippotherapy.

Great Britain

In 2002, seven leading UK non-profit organizations founded UnLtd, a £ 100m Endowed Fund for Community Entrepreneurs to invest in social entrepreneurship in the UK. UnLtd provides individuals grants and practical support in the form of training and networking opportunities useful in implementing local projects. One of the foundation's divisions is UnLtd Research, which is rapidly becoming a leading global center for collecting, analyzing and disseminating information about social entrepreneurship.

Another UK-based community of diverse social initiatives, as well as regional and national organizations that support social entrepreneurship, is the Social Entrepreneurship Coalition (eng. Social Enterprise Coalition) .

Ukraine

V last years in Ukraine, social entrepreneurship is gaining more and more popularity among public organizations as an effective mechanism for solving local social and economic problems of territorial communities. Since October 2010, on the basis of the SESP Association, the Center for the Support of Social Entrepreneurship began its work. The center was created with the financial support of the Eastern Europe Foundation within the framework of the Social Entrepreneurship Development program, which is a joint initiative of the Eastern Europe Foundation, the British Council in Ukraine, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ukraine and Erste Bank. The center acts as a platform for the accumulation of knowledge, successful experience, a kind of mechanism for promoting the idea of ​​social entrepreneurship at the regional level and a platform for communication and exchange of knowledge and experience for social enterprises and structures to support social entrepreneurship.

In Odessa, there is a public organization called The Road to Home, which publishes a newspaper for the poor, as well as sewing shops. Association “Peace. Beauty. Culture. " creates jobs throughout Ukraine for low-income women in crisis situations. Thanks to their work at the enterprise, they gain economic independence. In Zhitomir, under the public organization "Mission of the Samaritans in Ukraine", there is a workshop for the manufacture of metal products (grilles, gates, etc.). The movement of social entrepreneurs in Ukraine exceeds 700 enterprises throughout the country.

India

There are also commercial organizations solving social problems. One example is SKS Microfinance, founded by former McKinsey employee Vikram Akula. This microfinance company operates in villages in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, and has significantly improved the economic situation of many of the world's poorest women.

More examples

Debates continue over who exactly can be considered a social entrepreneur. Some have suggested that the term should only refer to founders of organizations whose main source of income comes from payments from their clients. Others include in this concept those who perform work under government contracts, and still others include organizations that rely primarily on grants and donations. No early consensus is expected on this issue.

Currently, non-profit and non-governmental organizations, foundations, governments and individuals support, finance and advise social entrepreneurs around the world. More and more higher education programs for social entrepreneurs are emerging.

Organizations such as Ashoka: Innovation for Society, Skoll Foundation, Omidyar Network, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation, New Profit Inc. , Echoing Green are looking around the world for people whose activities are significantly changing society, but so far do not have sufficient funds. The Our Future Foundation for Regional Social Programs, created in 2007 on the initiative of Vagit Alekperov, is looking for and supporting social entrepreneurs in Russia. Information and analytical portal " New business: Social Entrepreneurship ", a project of the Fund, informs about events in the world of social entrepreneurship and is engaged in the popularization of the term" social entrepreneurship "in Russia. Ashoka's program Change the World (eng. Changemakers) uses the Internet to create a kind of competition that creates communities that solve pressing problems. In North America, organizations tend to support outstanding individuals, while in Asia and Europe there is more emphasis on the interaction of social entrepreneurs with organizations, individuals and social movements.

Youth social entrepreneurship is becoming more widespread as a method of involving young people in solving social problems. Youth organizations and programs support these efforts with a variety of incentives. An example is the Australian Young Social Pioneers program of The Foundation for Young Australians, which invests in young people's initiatives that bring positive social change.

Every year Fast Company Magazine publishes a list of 45 Best Social Entrepreneurs of the Year, which the magazine calls organizations "using the discipline of the corporate world to solve complex social problems."

additional literature

• Craig Darden-Phillips, "Your Chance to Change the World. Practical guide on Social Entrepreneurship. "Craig Dearden-Phillips," Your Chance to Change the World. The No-fibbing Guide to Social Entrepreneurship, Albina Publisher, M. 2012. ISBN 978-5-9614-1826-2.

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Links

Publications / Blogs / Portals

• New Business Portal: Social Entrepreneurship
• Magazine Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, MIT Press
• Social Enterprise Reporter Portal - Innovative Business Solutions for Social Entrepreneurs
• Socialentre blog about social entrepreneurship in Russia.
• Blog A Developed World is a story about the world's social entrepreneurs.
• Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus: "We give people money to change the world." "New Newspaper"
• Social Entrepreneur 2005: Join us! "Mirror of the Week"

Documentaries

• Social entrepreneurship in Russia (unavailable link)
• "Nadezhda" - a charitable foundation for the assistance of the disabled and the elderly (unavailable link)
• "Berezen" - Tula Center for Social Rehabilitation of Disabled People (unavailable link)
• "Merry Felt" - workshop at the Women's Social Support Society "Woman, Personality, Society" (unavailable link)
• Uncommon Heroes: Short film series profiling social entrepreneurs, Skoll Foundation
• Social Entrepreneurship Series: A film series profiling the global greats of social entrepreneurship, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
• Frontline / World Social Entrepreneurs Stories, documentaries about social entrepreneurs, PBS Frontline / World online

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Social entrepreneurship in Russia

I continue, as I promised, the topic of social entrepreneurship. Now about the prospects of this business in Russia and examples interesting business ideas actually working in our country. We know perfectly well that the goal of any business is to make a profit. But it is distinguished by the desire to establish long-term partnerships with the client. Here the goal in itself is not to generate income, but to solve a social problem. And since capitalism has turned to us not with a human face, but with an animal grin, many people are looking for how to combine business and a solution to social problems of concern to them.

An example of the first social enterprise in Russia is the House of Industriousness, founded by Father John of Kronstadt at the end of the 19th century. Here, everyone in need (single mothers, homeless people, etc.) was helped to find a job, get help and shelter. Later, the houses of industriousness spread throughout Russia.

"Each should be given labor according to his strength, with which he could feed and dress." Father John of Kronstadt

Today social entrepreneurship in Russia can be divided into three categories:

1. Specialized enterprises (for example, for the visually impaired)
2. Non-profit and charitable organizations. Even if they are engaged in commercial activities, they still depend on the money of sponsors and the state.
3. Small business social enterprises.

Since this site consecrates rather interestingbusiness ideas for small businesses, when you do not need to invest a lot of money, then I will dwell in more detail on this type of social entrepreneurship. Perhaps some of these businesses will push you to open your own business.

Astrakhan Center "Colored Milk"

Is engaged in preschool development children, their health improvement and preparation for school. Despite serious competition, the center not only maintains its reputation, but also provides assistance to large and low-income families. The specialists of the center, based on the experience of the most progressive teachers, have created their own programs and lead families with children from pregnancy to school. Read about how to organize a private kindergarten.

Creative workshop "Merry felt" in Rybinsk

Perfect example modern interpretation old craft. This interesting business idea belongs to the spouses-artists Pavel Gavrilov and Lie Visnap. With the help of the old folk craft of the Yaroslavl region, felting, now they create motley hares, tigers, cats and men. In addition to toys, they make many original accessories, beads, brooches, handbags, wallets, cases for cell phones... They also create felt panels, slippers and, of course, they did not forget about the felt boots themselves, which have now also become brighter and more elegant.

Environmentally friendly, warm and elegant things are bought with pleasure for themselves and their children, for gifts and souvenirs. And women work in the workshop, including mothers with many children. Who better than them to know how best to turn reality into a fairy tale. Read more about the workshop here: www.vvoilok.ru.

"Rabbit farm" in the Komi Republic

This farming demonstrates that successful social entrepreneurs are also possible in agriculture... Currently, the company is making a good profit due to active sales of ecologically pure dietary rabbit meat, which doctors have long recommended for healthy eating children and chronically ill adults. Now they are investing in the modernization of the farm big money, which will significantly increase production. Moreover, one workplace on the farm provided to a disabled homeworker.

Here are three examples of social entrepreneurship in very different areas of the economy. In the next article, I will also describe Russian examples, including quite original and interesting business ideas, but already related to the environment. So, subscribe not to miss them.

Finally, a video about the prospects for social entrepreneurship in Russia:

The essence of social entrepreneurship

There are many opinions in defining the concept of "social entrepreneurship", but all of them can be grouped into three groups:

1. Concepts that define social entrepreneurship as the organization of commercial enterprises for the purpose of providing social services. At the same time, an enterprise can have any activity, as long as the income is directed to solving social problems. Social entrepreneurship is identified with concepts such as corporate social responsibility, charity, philanthropy, etc.
2. Definitions, which are based on the innovative activity of entrepreneurship, the result of which is the social effect. This approach overestimates the importance of the innovative aspect of solving social problems, does not take into account the idea of ​​entrepreneurship in terms of financial viability. The definitions point to the need to mobilize resources in order to solve social problems, equalize the activities of social entrepreneurship and non-profit organizations.
3. Definitions showing the peculiarity of social entrepreneurship in the ways of transferring social transformation leading to extensive strategic changes. This concept diverts attention from a real social problem to the transformation of the entire social order.

Remark 1

Social entrepreneurship is a method of socio-economic activity that accumulates the social purpose of an organization or enterprise, entrepreneurial innovation and the achievement of sustainable self-sufficiency.

The basis of social entrepreneurship is the activity of social enterprises created to solve specific social problems, operating on the basis of innovations, business practices adopted in the private sector, and financial discipline. Any social entrepreneurship seeks to fulfill a social mission, and, at the same time, within the framework of business, "save society" from global problems.

Remark 2

The social entrepreneur strives to equally satisfy both the needs of society and his own interests.

Forms of social entrepreneurship

V different countries exists various forms social entrepreneurship, which have their own characteristics and depend on the share of the commercial component in their activities. Let's characterize the main ones.

Non-profit organizations with commercial components. Commercial activity can be focused on covering the costs of implementing a non-commercial social activities (commercial activity integrated into the social) or aimed at generating income.

Social enterprises. Commercial-type organizations created to reduce or mitigate social problems and social benefits. They are characterized by innovative activity, financial discipline, and the decisiveness of a market company. In their activities, social enterprises to stimulate social evolution and create public good use market and entrepreneurial approaches, strategic planning, innovation, determination and discipline. Businesses are created to drive social change by addressing social problems and eliminating market failures. Particular emphasis is placed on public administration and the social nature of the goods created.

Socially responsible business. Serves dual goals: creating a public good and making a profit. The degree of influence exerted on decision-making by market incentives, the amount spent on social functions funds can vary greatly. Such organizations can include in their activities various social components and for the sake of their implementation are able to refuse profit. Sometimes socially responsible entrepreneurship can be viewed as a social enterprise. For example, if it is a subsidiary of a non-profit organization created to fulfill the goals of the parent company.

Corporate social responsibility. This is the activity of commercial enterprises seeking to make a profit and, at the same time, participating in charity. Such activities can be profitable by increasing the company's capitalization. "Strategic philanthropy" helps to maximize profits, achieve market goals, solve problems social development(sponsorship, volunteering, launching grant programs). This activity has a positive impact on the image of the company, motivates staff, and contributes to the achievement of business results.

Types of social entrepreneurship

The main types of social business functioning are the production of goods and the provision of socially significant works and services. For example, the production of socially significant goods - playgrounds and rehabilitation equipment. Production of goods common use- food, clothing, furniture, handicrafts, etc.

Provision of socially significant works and services includes:

• legal, socio-pedagogical, socio-psychological counseling;
• training and professional development (passing courses, seminars, trainings, development of creative abilities);
• medical and social assistance;
• household services (laundries, hairdressing salons, shoe repair, copying services, etc.);
• cultural services ( decoration, theatrical performances, etc.);
• development of ecological tourism;
• employment of the unemployed;
• development of agricultural activities.

Currently, the following areas of social entrepreneurship are identified as relevant:

1. Help and support for citizens who find themselves in difficult life situations (lonely, low-income people, people who owe money to banks, who have lost their jobs, retirees, etc.).
2. Environmental business. Activities aimed at improving the environmental situation.
3. Organization of employment for persons with disabilities.
4. Organization child development and leisure (organization of children's events, the creation of training groups, circles, etc.).
5. Organization of healthy and useful leisure time (cleaning and landscaping areas, equipping children's and sports grounds, organizing holidays, cultural events).
6. Rehabilitation of citizens after traumatic situations.