| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S10S233S30S40S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 0 (none)
No national SE strategy or action plan was adopted. The draft government decision 'Social Entrepreneurship Development Concept' was only 'put into circulation by specialists' (EU4Youth SEAG paper, 2021) and no later official step was found, so at 31 Dec 2025 it is a lapsed draft: 'none'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 33 (SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures)
The SME Development Strategy approved on 27 Aug 2020 lists the goal 'Increasing the visibility of social entrepreneurship' under SME capacity building, with no measure, budget or responsible body (EU4Business bulletin, Nov 2021); the Government Programme 2021-2026 has only a 'social innovation center'; the SEAG paper also cites the Armenia Development Strategy 2014-2025 on youth and women in SE: 'SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 0 (no adopted instrument)
No adopted SE strategy or action plan: 'no adopted instrument'. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
No adopted instrument to monitor: 'none'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
No adopted instrument, hence 'no evidence' of SE organisations' participation. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I10I20I30I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 0 (none identified)
No official text names a lead for SE: the EU4Youth SEAG review finds that the Ministries of Labour and Social Affairs, Economy, Justice and Education 'play no actual role' in guiding social entrepreneurs; the SME Strategy 2020-2024 (lapsed) carried only an SE visibility goal with no responsible body, the EU4Business Armenia country report 2023 (to mid-2024) covers Ministry of Economy SME policy with no SE content, and the SME Development Council (16 Dec 2025) did not address SE: 'none identified'. Judgement: 33 ('handled informally') would need documented ministry activity on SE in 2024-2025, which was not found. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 0 (none)
No body holds an SE mandate (see I1; EU4Business 2023 country report and SME Development Council records contain no SE remit): 'none'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
No consultative body with SE organisations exists; the SME Development Council chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister includes business associations (SME Cooperation Association, UATE) but no SE organisation and did not discuss SE at its 16 Dec 2025 session: 'none'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
No inter-ministerial mechanism on SE: the SEAG review finds no ministry playing a role, and the government's SME coordination forum (SME Development Council) has no SE item: 'none'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P10P20P30P40 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 0 (none)
ADB's SusPP factsheet (2023) lists the legal basis in the Law on Procurement as value for money, price and non-price evaluation criteria (Art. 34), functional specifications and lots, an SME bid-deposit reduction (2021) and a green-procurement decree (2022); no social criteria, reserved contracts or Art. 77-type reservation: 'none'. Judgement: generic non-price criteria that never name social aspects are not read as 'social considerations allowed'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 0 (none)
Government action on sustainable procurement is green only (Decree on green procurement, Ministry of Finance with the Ministry of Environment); ADB found 'no specific tools ... to support procurers' and no social-procurement guidance: 'none'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
ADB: the monitoring system 'does not appear to include monitoring related to SusPP'; no cases of social clauses or reserved contracts found: 'none'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 0 (none)
Training documented by ADB concerns environmentally sustainable procurement (US-supported workshop 2022, planned EU4Environment sessions); none covers social clauses or reserved contracts: 'none'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D10D20 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 0 (nowhere (a lapsed draft counts as nowhere))
'There is still no unified and comprehensive definition of SE' (SEAG 2021); the only definition sat in the draft SE Development Concept, a lapsed draft: 'nowhere (a lapsed draft counts as nowhere)'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 0 (none of the three, or no definition)
No definition counted in D1: 'no definition'. · source 1
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| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 0 of 3 L10L20L30L40L50 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 0 (none, announced, or consultation draft)
- L2 · Scope: 0 (none)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 0 (none adopted, or law not in force)
- L4 · Status or register: 0 (foreseen with no entity recognised, or law not in force)
- L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 0 (foreseen, not set up, or law not in force)
| 0.0 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E133E267E333E467E567 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 33 (project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead))
SE support comes from EU and NGO projects without government lead: EU 'Collaborate for Impact' via Impact Hub Yerevan (COVID-19 Relief Fund 2021), EU4Youth SEAG (2020-2022) and SEED, Caritas Armenia's SCALE (2025-2027): 'project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead)'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
Relief-fund grantees 'operate in all regions of Armenia' but support is delivered from Yerevan; SCALE works in Gegharkunik, Lori and Shirak; no national network of centres: 'several regions'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
Funded by the EU (EU Delegation, EU4Youth) and Caritas partners; no national budget line found: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
The EU-funded Collaborate for Impact programme (Impact Hub Yerevan as Armenian partner, impact fund) ran from 2020 and closed in June 2025 (closing event 12 Jun 2025); Caritas's SCALE runs 2025-2027. No single programme ran uninterrupted for five years to 31 Dec 2025: 'two to four years'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 67 (two)
Collaborate for Impact delivered capacity building and mentorship and set up impact funds (Armenia among three countries) giving financial and non-financial support to social enterprises; incubation/acceleration and finance are documented, legal, impact-measurement and market-access services are not: 'two'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F133F267F333F467 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 33 (SE mentioned)
SE appears in EU support to Armenia through regional EU4Youth projects (SEAG, SEED) and 'Collaborate for Impact', channelled via CSOs; no evidence that SE is an explicit priority of EU bilateral programming: 'SE mentioned'. · source 1 · low confidence - F2 · Calls and instruments: 67 (at least one call dedicated to SE in 2021–2025)
The EU-Supported COVID-19 Relief Fund launched by Impact Hub Yerevan under 'Collaborate for Impact' awarded AMD 186 million to 35 social enterprises (11 Sep 2021): 'at least one call dedicated to SE in the period'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 33 (civil-society grants only)
No government partner is named; the EU Delegation and Impact Hub Yerevan run the fund: 'via civil-society grants only'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 67 (number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported)
35 social enterprises received AMD 186 million: 'number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported'. · source 1
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| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N133N20N30N40 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 33 (only general SME/employment programmes open to SE)
No national SE line found; state SME support under the SME Development Strategy 2020-2024 (loan guarantees, entrepreneurship training) is open to businesses generally: 'only general SME/employment programmes open to SE'. · source 1 · low confidence - N2 · Instrument types: 0 (none)
N1 at 33: 'none, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 0 (none)
N1 at 33: 'none, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 0 (no evidence)
N1 at 33: 'no evidence, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1
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