Policy Research Centre 2012 Work & Social Economy Social Economy Research Centre.

The Social Economy Research Centre (SERC) is part of the Policy Research Centre 2012 Work & Social Economy. It will elaborate the monitoring system con­cerning the social economy. In comparison with the activities of the previous Policy Research Centre, the new SERC will focus on an assessment of the multiple values created by social and regular enterprises, and the empowerment created through social entrepreneurship. Instruments/scales for the measurement of empowerment processes and outcomes on different levels (individual, organisational, community) will be developed. The focus will be on the empowerment of communities through social enterprises. Policy recommendations will also be developed to inspire policies that aim to empower social enterprises, communities and individuals in their efforts to answer to societal challenges. SERC will also analyse job creation opportunities for target group workers in the regular economy.

Keywords:Job creation, Monitoring, Empowerment, Social responsible entrepreneurship, Blended value, Multiple value creation, Social entrepreneurship, Social economy

Disciplines:Social work, Other sociology and anthropology