Abstracts
Abstract
The EU-funded Enhancing Social Innovation in Rural Areas (ESIRA) project aims to develop initiatives within the social economy to better include vulnerable groups in rural communities. In Norway, social enterprises are uncommon, and there is no established legal framework for this type of business organization. This situation, combined with high expectations of a traditionally strong welfare state, presents unique challenges for the ESIRA project’s goal of establishing and developing social enterprises and the local social economy. This short article will explore this dilemma based on experiences from the ESIRA project with the aim to offer a nuanced perspective on the interplay between social enterprises and the welfare state.
Keywords:
- ESIRA,
- social innovation,
- Norway,
- social enterprise
Résumé
Le projet Enhancing Social Innovation in Rural Areas (ESIRA), financé par l’UE, vise à développer des initiatives au sein de l’économie sociale afin de mieux inclure les groupes vulnérables dans les communautés rurales. En Norvège, les entreprises sociales sont rares et il n’existe pas de cadre juridique établi pour ce type d’organisation commerciale. Cette situation, combinée aux attentes élevées d'un État-providence traditionnellement fort, présente des défis uniques pour l’objectif du projet ESIRA d’établir et de développer des entreprises sociales et l’économie sociale locale. Ce court article explorera ce dilemme en se basant sur les expériences du projet ESIRA, dans le but d’offrir une perspective nuancée sur l’interaction entre les entreprises sociales et l’État-providence.
Mots-clés :
- ESIRA,
- innovation sociale,
- Norvège,
- entreprise sociale
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