| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S10S20S30S40S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 0 (none)
No national SE strategy adopted or in preparation; a 2022 EU-funded study recommends 'a unified national strategy' because none exists: 'none'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 0 (SE absent from adopted national strategies)
The EU-funded 2022 study on SE in Georgia describes no existing national strategy or programme for social enterprises and recommends that the government develop 'a unified strategic vision, a development plan'; the EU4Business 2023 country report names the SME Strategy 2021-2025 without any SE content, and no other adopted strategy mentioning SE was found: 'SE absent from adopted national strategies'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 0 (no adopted instrument)
No instrument: 'no instrument'. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
No instrument to monitor: 'none'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
No instrument, hence 'no evidence' of SE participation. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I10I20I30I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 0 (none identified)
The 2022 study names no lead ministry and stresses the 'lack of legislative and political recognition'; the EU project aimed to make the national government 'acknowledge its supporting role': 'none identified'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 0 (none)
No body holds an SE mandate: 'none'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
No consultative body; the study only suggests using existing multi-actor mechanisms or a new independent body: 'none'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
No inter-ministerial coordination on SE found: 'none'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P1100P20P30P433 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 100 (reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed, a national SSE quota))
Law on Public Procurement (No 2549, 9 Feb 2023, applied from 1 Jan 2025), Art. 35: besides reservation for operators integrating persons with disabilities or vulnerable groups (at least 30% of staff, para. 1), health, social or cultural services (listed CPV codes) may be reserved, with Government consent, for non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities whose activities target those services and that had no contract under the procedure in the previous three years, for contracts of at most three years (paras 2-4): an Art. 77-type reservation, 'reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed)'. There is no employee-ownership or participatory-governance condition; text read in the consolidated version of June 2026, Art. 35 services reservation confirmed for the 2023 law by ADB. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 0 (none)
ADB (2023): 'Sustainable public procurement (SusPP) is not promoted in any national strategy or policy in Georgia to date' and 'no clear operational tools have been put in place to support green and social procurements'; the 2023 law only lets buyers require compliance with social and labour norms (Art. 12); no later national guidance found: 'none'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
ADB (2023): no green or social criteria are tracked in the e-procurement system and there is no monitoring; no cases of reserved contracts found: 'none'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 33 (donor- or project-based training only)
The Procurement Agency has a statutory training role (Law Arts 18, 23) but no training on social clauses or reserved contracts is documented; sustainability workshops and dialogues were donor-led (UNEP/EU4Environment, ADB, 2022): 'donor- or project-based training only'. · 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))
Only a lapsed 2018 draft (a lapsed draft counts as none) · 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 · 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)
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| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E133E267E333E467E5100 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 33 (project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead))
SE support comes from CSRDG's programme 'Advancing Social Entrepreneurship' (Mar 2021-Sep 2024, EU and Bread for the World) and the EU project 'Collaborate for Impact': 'project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects)'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
Support is offered 'throughout Georgia' by CSRDG, with municipal pilots in Kakheti and Guria and a Tbilisi youth programme, but no national network of centres: 'several regions'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
Funded by the EU and Bread for the World, with municipal pilots only: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
The documented chain of donor projects starts with CSRDG's 'Advancing Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable and Inclusive Society' (EU and Bread for the World, 1 Mar 2021-1 Sep 2024), followed by the EU 'Collaborate for Impact' project, which closed in summer 2025 (results event 12 Jun 2025), and the Actio impact fund; earlier uninterrupted support is not documented: about four years and ten months to 31 Dec 2025, 'two to four years'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 100 (three or more)
Tailored support for start-up and active SEs, finance through the Actio fund, B2B fairs (market access) and mentoring: 'three or more'. · source 1
| 60.0 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F133F2100F333F467 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 33 (SE mentioned)
EU support to SE in Georgia comes through CSO-implemented projects (CSRDG with Bread for the World; Impact Europe's regional 'Collaborate for Impact', 91 SEs financed across five countries); no EU programming document naming SE as a priority or target group for Georgia was found: 'SE mentioned'. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 100 (recurring dedicated calls, or an EU-funded financial instrument for SE)
EU catalytic funding set up the Actio impact fund for SEs: an EU-funded financial instrument · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 33 (civil-society grants only)
No government partner is named; EU funds reach SEs through CSRDG and Impact Europe: 'via civil-society grants only'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 67 (number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported)
Actio's report (Jan 2025) gives GEL 500,000 invested in four named SEs for Jan 2023-Jun 2024: '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 line dedicated to SE; Enterprise Georgia's state-financed grants and technical assistance for micro and small businesses in over 300 activities are open to SEs in company form (Tbilisi City Hall youth SE grants are municipal and excluded): 'only general SME/employment programmes open to SE'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 0 (none)
No dedicated national SE funding, so the general rule applies: 'No instrument ... scores 0'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 0 (none)
No dedicated national SE funding: 'none'. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 0 (no evidence)
No dedicated national SE funding, hence 'no evidence of disbursement'. · source 1
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