Towards Social Economy: Policy Research: QUESTIONNAIRE (Young Social Entrepreneurs)
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This questionnaire should not take you more than 10 minutes of your time.

This questionnaire serves as part of the policy research as part of the Visegrad Fund Project: Towards Social Economy: Young Social Innovators as Forerunners of Positive Change in V4 and WB6, led by the Association for education Mladiinfo International from North Macedonia in partnership with 10 civil society organizations from the Visegrad and the Western Balkans region. The project aims to explore the current developments of the social economy in the two regions, in the light of EU enlargement, to analyze the WB potential for economic and social development, as well as to contribute to human capital development and talent acquisition of youth in the two regions.

Your answers are very valuable to us and will serve additional information about understanding the state of the social economy.

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PERSONAL DATA
Country of residence *
Age *
Gender
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SOCIAL ECONOMY/ SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INFORMATION
1. What does the term "social economy" mean for you? *
2. Please explain briefly the mission of your organization/social enterprise? *
3. What was your motivation for establishing a social enterprise? *
4. What is the legal status of your social enterprise? Did you choose any legal entity and under what law/regulation in your county?
5. How did you get seed funding for your enterprise? *
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HUMAN RESOURCES
6. How many people work in your social enterprise? *
7. Did you have the necessary skills and experience to start your operations? If not, how did you obtain it? What/who helped you the most at the beginning? *
8. Did you use any consulting support, capacity support, technical assistance, and networking? *
OPPORTUNITIES
9. Would you say there is an enabling environment for social enterprise development in your country? *
10. Did you benefit from a membership in any social enterprise network? *
*If yes, please specify the name of the network and type of support.
11. Are there any special national development programs or international grants (EU and similar) available in your country supporting social enterprises´ ecosystem? *
12. Based on your experience, what are the main challenges and what are the key opportunities of social economy sector in your country? *
13. Please estimate the size of the social economy sector. Can you list some of the social enterprises in the country, giving us examples? *
COVID 19 CRISIS AND SOCIAL ECONOMY
14. We are going through challenging times, with COVID-19 spreading globally, where solidarity is one the first place, but closely followed by economic restart needed. How does the current situation with Covid 19 affect your business? *
15. Do they get any support to sustain this situation? *
If yes, where from?
If no, what would you need the most?
16. How do you see your business and social economy, in general, mitigating the aftermath of the crisis? *
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! Your answers will serve for better understanding of the social economy in Visegrad and Western Balkan countries from the perspective of young entrepreneurs.
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