| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S1100S2100S367S467S5100 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 100 (adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025)
The Krajowy Program Rozwoju Ekonomii Społecznej do 2030 roku (KPRES 2030) was adopted by Council of Ministers Resolution No 212 of 26 Oct 2022 (M.P. 2022 item 1171) and runs to 2030: 'adopted and in force on 31 Dec 2025'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 100 (dedicated national SE strategy or action plan)
KPRES 2030 is a stand-alone national programme for the social economy ('Ekonomia Solidarności Społecznej'): 'dedicated national SE strategy or action plan (adopted)'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 67 (measures with named responsible bodies)
The programme text (2021 government draft) sets actions with a lead body and partners (e.g. action I.1.1 led by the family ministry with the Ministry of Funds, the Public Procurement Office, local governments and OWES) and quantified 2030 targets (about 35,000 jobs in social enterprises; local governments spending at least 2% of budgets on commissioning social services from SE entities; 9,000 more SE entities), but financing appears only as sources and per-job cost estimates, with no programme budget: 'measures with named responsible bodies' (not the full 'targets and a budget'). · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 67 (monitoring body or indicator set in place)
The programme has a monitoring chapter ('Monitorowanie i wskaźniki') with an indicator set and baselines/targets, and KKRES reviews its implementation; reports were published for the predecessor KPRES (2019-2020 report posted July 2023) and regional programmes (e.g. Lubuskie 2023 report), but no progress report on KPRES 2030 itself was found: 'monitoring body or indicator set in place'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 100 (named in both)
The programme was drafted by the ministry's Department of Social and Solidarity Economy 'with KKRES members' (government, local government, SE entities, unions, employers, banks, universities), and KKRES, whose 65 members include 39 representatives of SE entities, is the body that gives opinions on and reports on the programme: SE organisations 'named in both' drafting group and monitoring body. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I1100I2100I3100I4100 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 100 (a dedicated unit, directorate or agency for SE)
The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has a Department of Social and Solidarity Economy (Departament Ekonomii Społecznej i Solidarnej), named in KPRES as the drafting unit: 'a dedicated unit, directorate or agency for SE'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 100 (the social economy / SE broadly)
The department and the Act of 5 Aug 2022 on the social economy cover all social economy entities (cooperatives, NGOs, reintegration units, social enterprises): 'the social economy / SE broadly'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 100 (set up and met in 2024–2025 (dated record))
The National Committee for Social Economy Development (KKRES), an advisory body to the minister under the Act on the social economy with 39 SE-entity members, adopted resolutions in 2024 (No 10 on working groups, posted Sep 2024) and 2025 (No 12, posted Jul 2025): 'set up and met in 2024-2025 (dated record)'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 100 (standing mechanism that met in 2024–2025)
KKRES, the advisory body to the family minister under the Act on the social economy, has 65 members including eight government-administration representatives (Ministries of Education, of Funds and Regional Policy, and of Family; Public Procurement Office, GUS, PFRON, NIW, OHP) and a seat for the Chancellery of the Prime Minister; it adopted resolutions in 2024 (No 10, posted Sep 2024) and 2025 (No 12, posted Jul 2025): 'standing mechanism that met in 2024-2025'. It is a mixed advisory body (39 SE representatives), not a separate inter-ministerial committee. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P1100P2100P3100P4100 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))
The Public Procurement Law of 2019 allows reservation for sheltered workshops, social cooperatives and operators integrating marginalised persons (Art. 94) and reserves social, health and cultural service contracts for entities meeting Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 conditions (Art. 361), as set out in the Public Procurement Office's guidance: 'reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed)'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 100 (national plan or rule with a target or quota for social clauses or the SE share)
KPRES 2030 sets a national target that local governments spend at least 2% of their budgets on commissioning social services from SE entities and plans action on socially responsible procurement standards with the Public Procurement Office: 'national plan or rule with a target or quota for ... the SE share'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 100 (national figures for two or more years)
The KPRES 2030 diagnosis reports national figures on integration-type social clauses: 1,527 contracts worth PLN 3,269m in 2019 and 1,260 worth PLN 1,836m in 2020 (about 1% of contracts): 'national figures published for two or more years'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 100 (both)
For contracting authorities, the Public Procurement Office ran its education campaign 'Akademia Zakupów Publicznych' in 2025, promoting good practice on social aspects through about 60 conferences, online trainings and debates (UZP President to the Sejm Economy Committee, 15 Sep 2026); for SEs, the ministry's 2025 accreditation standards oblige every OWES to support PES/PS in public procurement (analysing tenders, preparing offers, procurement training) and to work with local governments on socially responsible public procurement: 'both'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D1100D2100 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 100 (in law)
The Act of 5 Aug 2022 on the social economy defines social economy entities (PES) and social enterprises (PS): 'in law'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 100 (all three)
The PS definition combines a social aim (social and vocational reintegration, social services), employee participation through a consultative-advisory body, and a ban on distributing profit among members or shareholders (reinvested in reintegration and statutory activity): 'all three'. · source 1
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 3 of 3Act of 5 August 2022 on the Social Economy (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 1812; consolidated Dz.U. 2025 poz. 806) · sources 1 2 3 4 5L1100L2100L3100L4100L5100 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 100 (in force)
- L2 · Scope: 100 (general: SE broadly, including a status open to several legal forms or any purpose)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 100 (all adopted, or none required)
Regulation of the Minister of Family and Social Policy of 26 Oct 2022 on the National Committee for the Development of the Social Economy (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2216, under art. 53). Status, register and OWES accreditation run under the Act (annual accreditation calls, e.g. for 2025). No outstanding delegated act identified; ISAP's list of implementing acts could not be opened. - L4 · Status or register: 100 (operating, entities recognised)
Social enterprise (PS) status granted by voivode decision with entry in the register: 846 at end-2023, 1,224 at end-2024, 1,502 at 30 Jun 2025 (ministry data reported by Infor.pl, 6 Apr 2026). - L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 100 (set up)
Krajowy Komitet Rozwoju Ekonomii Społecznej (KKRES), set up under art. 53 and the 2022 regulation; met in 2024 (Resolution No. 5 of 14 Mar 2024; Resolution No. 10 of 3 Sep 2024 creating six working groups).
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| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E1100E2100E333E4100E5100 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 100 (national programme dedicated to SE, run by government or a public agency)
Social Economy Support Centres (OWES) are accredited by the minister under the Act on the social economy and coordinated with the Regional Social Policy Centres; it is a national system dedicated to SE under government lead, delivered by accredited organisations: 'national programme dedicated to SE, run by government or a public agency'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 100 (all regions (national network of support centres))
Accredited OWES operate in every one of the 16 voivodeships (KPRES lists OWES as partners in each region): 'all regions (national network of support centres)'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
OWES services are financed through ESF+ regional programmes (with national co-financing), not a national budget line: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
The OWES network has operated under ministerial accreditation since the mid-2010s (accreditation system referenced in KPRES 2014/2019) and continued under the 2022 Act: 'five years or more'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 100 (three or more)
OWES standards cover incubation of new SE entities, business and legal/registration advice, finance and investment-readiness advice and market access (including public procurement): 'three or more'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F1100F2100F3100F467 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 100 (a dedicated SE measure or priority with an allocated budget)
The Recovery Plan (KPO) investment A4.3.1 'Odporność oraz rozwój ekonomii społecznej i przedsiębiorczości społecznej 2022-2025' allocates about PLN 200m to SE entities: 'a dedicated SE measure or priority with an allocated budget'. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 100 (recurring dedicated calls, or an EU-funded financial instrument for SE)
Two calls for SE entities were run under KPO A4.3.1 (results of the second call published 26 Oct 2023), alongside ESF+ OWES calls in each region: 'recurring dedicated calls'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 100 (managed by national or regional authorities as part of national SE policy)
The KPO programme is run by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and ESF+ OWES support by regional authorities, both as instruments of KPRES: 'managed by national or regional authorities as part of national SE policy'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 67 (number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported)
Lists of applications recommended for funding, with amounts per applicant, were published for each KPO call (Oct-Dec 2023), but no consolidated monitoring dataset on SE beneficiaries was found: 'number of SE beneficiaries or projects reported'. · source 1
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| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N1100N233N367N4100 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 100 (dedicated line for SE broadly)
The Labour Fund finances social insurance contributions of social enterprises (art. 21 of the Act on the social economy) and job creation in social enterprises and social cooperatives (minister's answer to interpellation 16766): 'dedicated line for SE broadly' (PS status is open to several legal forms). · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 33 (one type)
The national lines are grant-type subsidies only (contribution refunds, job-creation funds); BGK loans for SE entities are EU-funded and belong to 5.1.1: 'one type'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
Contribution refunds to social enterprises are documented for 2023, 2024 and 2025 (21% of PS used the instruments in 2023, 26% in 2025): 'two to four years'. Older Labour Fund support for social cooperatives may extend the run, but was not verified. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 100 (amounts or beneficiary numbers published for 2024 or 2025)
The minister reports Labour Fund spending on PS contribution refunds of PLN 5,309,052.84 in 2024 and PLN 13,941,785.10 in 2025: 'amounts ... published for 2024 or 2025'. · source 1
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