| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S1100S2100S3100S467S533 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 100 (adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025)
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue published the draft Strategy for the Development of the Social and Solidarity Economy for public debate on 17 Nov 2025; the EU common position on Chapter 19 (AD 85/26) notes that the 'Strategija za razvoj socijalne i solidarne ekonomije za razdoblje 2025.-2029.' 'je donesena'; adoption on 25 Dec 2025 (with Action Plan 2026-2027) is reported by a December 2025 country snapshot: 'adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 100 (dedicated national SE strategy or action plan)
A stand-alone national SSE strategy 2025-2029 with its own action plan: 'dedicated national SE strategy or action plan (adopted)'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 100 (measures with responsible bodies, quantified targets and a budget)
The strategy text could not be opened. Montenegro's decree on strategic documents requires action plans with responsible institutions, deadlines, indicators with baseline and target values and cost estimates, and the Action Plan 2026-2027 was adopted with the strategy: inferred 'measures with responsible bodies, quantified targets and a budget'. · source 1 · low confidence - S4 · Monitoring: 67 (monitoring body or indicator set in place)
Adopted on 25 Dec 2025, so no progress report could exist in the period; the action plan's indicator set (required by the decree on strategic documents) is in place from adoption: 'monitoring body or indicator set in place'. Inferred, text not read. · source 1 · low confidence - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 33 (public consultation only, or a general statement that stakeholders took part)
The draft was put to public debate on 17 Nov 2025; the composition of the drafting working group could not be verified: 'public consultation only'. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I167I2100I30I40 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 67 (a ministry named responsible in a law, decree, adopted strategy or its statutory functions, within a broader unit)
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue authored the SSE strategy and leads the draft social economy law; no dedicated SSE unit was found: 'a ministry named as responsible in ... an adopted strategy ..., within a broader unit'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 100 (the social economy / SE broadly)
The ministry's remit under the strategy is the social and solidarity economy as a whole: 'the social economy / SE broadly'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
The COSV/YouSEED feasibility study (Dec 2024) records only a 2013 working group on the never-adopted SE law and an informal 'otvorenu grupu različitih zainteresovanih strana' (mainly NGOs) supporting the strategy and law; a council appears only in the 2026 social economy bill, after the reference date: 'none, or only in a draft'. The adopted strategy's text could not be opened, so a council foreseen there (33) cannot be excluded. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
No standing inter-ministerial mechanism on SE: the only one recorded is the 2013 working group of ministries, unions, employers and civil society on the draft SE law, which lapsed with the draft (COSV, Dec 2024): 'none'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P167P20P30P40 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 67 (contracts reservable for a subset (sheltered workshops, WISE, disadvantaged workers; Directive 2014/24 Art. 20) or preferences for cooperatives/SMEs that include SE)
The Law on Public Procurement (Sl. list CG 74/2019) has a 'Rezervisane javne nabavke' article (Art. 23 in the June 2019 text, Art. 25 as published) reserving participation to operators 'za socijalnu i profesionalnu rehabilitaciju i zapošljavanje lica sa invaliditetom, kao i lica u nepovoljnom socijalnom položaju' where they are at least 30% of employees; no Art. 77-type reservation: 'contracts reservable for a subset'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 0 (none)
COSV (Dec 2024): Art. 25 of the Law on Public Procurement allows reserved tenders (at least 30% disadvantaged employees), but formal social procurement is not yet common and the study recommends that manuals and training for officials be prepared; OECD (2026) finds lowest price dominant and no social-procurement guidance: 'none'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
OECD (2026): data on 'the use of sustainable criteria' are 'not systematically collected'; no figures on reserved procurement found: 'none'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 0 (none)
No government training or helpdesk on social clauses or reserved contracts: COSV recommends creating manuals and training for officials and notes business training only through non-formal programmes; OECD (2026) reports the Directorate's training programme for economic operators 'prepared but ... not yet implemented': 'none'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D167D2100 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 67 (in an adopted national strategy or policy document)
No SE law at the reference date (the first statutory definition is in the 2026 social economy bill); the SSE is defined in the adopted strategy 2025-2029: 'in an adopted national strategy or policy document'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 100 (all three)
The strategy's wording could not be read; it uses the social and solidarity economy concept of the ILO 2022 resolution and UN TFSSE (social aim, democratic and participatory governance, primacy of people over capital in the use of surpluses): inferred 'all three'. · source 1 · low confidence
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 0 of 3None (disability-employment regime excluded: none: no social-enterprise or social-economy law, status or SE chapter in anothe) · sources 1 2L10L20L30L40L50 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 E133E267E333E467E567 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 33 (project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead))
No government SE support programme; support comes from NGO projects (Social Impact Award run by the Centre for Youth Education since 2022, CRNVO, UMPCG, CGO's EU-funded YouthJobLink); the MSME Strategy notes 'ne postoji posebna mreža za podršku razvoju socijalnog preduzetništva': 'project-based only'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
Social Impact Award held 'više od 40 različitih obuka i radionica u 15 opština', without a network of centres: 'several regions'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
NGO and donor-funded (EU via CFCU for CGO; Social Impact Award by an NGO); no national budget line: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
The Social Impact Award has been implemented in Montenegro by the NGO Youth Education Center 'since 2022', with yearly cycles (call deadline 31 May 2024; fifth cycle launched 4 Mar 2026), i.e. about four years of operation to 31 Dec 2025: 'two to four years'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 67 (two)
The SIA incubation programme offers mentoring and support to validate business and impact models and prototype ideas (incubation) and 'initial financial capital of EUR 1,500' for the winning team (finance), plus workshops and the international summit; legal, impact-measurement and market-access services are not documented: 'two'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F133F233F333F467 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 33 (SE mentioned)
EU support reached SE through CSO projects (CGO's YouthJobLink, IPA via the Directorate for Financing and Contracting of EU Assistance Funds); whether the IPA III Operational Programme Employment and Social Inclusion 2024-2027 (C(2024) 5738) names SE could not be verified (annex not opened): 'SE mentioned'. · source 1 · low confidence - F2 · Calls and instruments: 33 (general calls whose themes name social economy or social entrepreneurship, or documented SE grantees in general calls)
EU money reached SEs through CSO projects financed under general calls: an EU-funded project of about EUR 100,000 run by the Business Start Center Bar and Caritas Montenegro (Nov 2023-Oct 2025) trained 30 people, placed 10 in work placements and equipped eight social enterprises; CGO's YouthJobLink came from a general IPA employment call; no call dedicated to SE was found: 'documented SE grantees in general calls'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 33 (civil-society grants only)
The EU-funded SE project was implemented by two CSOs (Business Start Center Bar, Caritas Montenegro) 'with Ministry of Labour support', without the ministry as formal partner or manager of the funds: 'via civil-society grants only'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 67 (number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported)
The EU-funded Business Start Center Bar/Caritas project reports its results: 30 participants trained, 10 work placements and equipment for 'eight social enterprises': '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 budget line or call was found; Employment Agency subsidies reach SEs only through general employment and disability-employment schemes (the latter excluded), and most SEs rely on donations: 'only general SME/employment programmes open to SE'. · source 1 - 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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