SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BULGARIA

Venelin Terziev¹*, Dimitar Kanev², Veselin Madanski³,
¹Professor, Ph.D., D.Sc. (National Security), D.Sc. (Ec.), University of Rousse, Rousse, Bulgaria; National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria; University of Telecommunications and Post, Sofia, Bulgaria, Russian Academy of Natural History, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: terziev@skmat.com
²Naval Academy, Varna, Bulgaria, e-mail: kanev@dkanev.com
³National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, e-mail: madansky@yahoo.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract
Innovative ideas in public policy are crucial to support the values of an active-oriented problem solving social system. These views underlie the ongoing social reforms in various countries and focus on the development of social entrepreneurship and the role of social entrepreneurs. An understanding is underlined that namely social entrepreneurs have the capability through localization of usable resources - human capital, buildings and equipment, to find flexible approaches to satisfy unmet social needs. The study presented in the article provides important implications on the state of the social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria and ways of its encouragement putting a special accent on the needed support and building capacity.

Keywords: social economy, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship