| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S133S233S30S40S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 33 (in preparation (drafting announced officially, or a draft published and pending))
The Program for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship required by the 2022 law exists as a draft ('Nacrt programa razvoja postoji') prepared by the Ministry of Labour with the Council; it was not adopted by 31 Dec 2025 and in March 2026 'još uvek čeka na usvajanje': 'in preparation (... a draft published and pending)'. · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 33 (SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures)
S2 counts adopted strategies only: the Employment Strategy 2021-2026 (Sl. glasnik RS 18/21) mentions social entrepreneurship only as legislation still to be adopted (section 3.2, Objective 3), with no measure, and the ERP 2024-2026 'recognizes social entrepreneurship': 'SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 0 (no adopted instrument)
The only SE instrument (S1) is the unadopted draft Program: 'no adopted instrument'. Its draft foresees employment support, business improvement, education and promotion measures. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
No adopted instrument, so no monitoring arrangement counts: 'none'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
The dedicated Program is a pending draft (S1 33) and no adopted strategy has SE measures: the 2024 implementation report on the Action Plan 2024-2026 of the Employment Strategy mentions only that 'work has continued on the Social Entrepreneurship Development Program' under legal-framework activity 3.1.1, with no indicator or budget (S2 33); S3-S5 describe no adopted instrument: 'no evidence'. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I167I2100I367I467 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 Law on Social Entrepreneurship (Sl. glasnik RS 14/2022) gives the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs responsibility (it drafts the Program and chairs the Council); no dedicated SE unit was found: 'a ministry named as responsible in a law ... within a broader unit'. · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 100 (the social economy / SE broadly)
The mandate covers social entrepreneurship entities of any legal form (entrepreneurs, companies, cooperatives, associations, foundations), both work-integration and general-interest: 'the social economy / SE broadly'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 67 (set up)
The Council for Social Entrepreneurship, provided by the 2022 law, was formed on 4 Jul 2022 and met at Palata Srbija in Dec 2023 under the labour minister; no dated meeting in 2024-2025 was found: 'set up'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 67 (a standing mechanism, or a one-off coordination body)
The Council for Social Entrepreneurship, established by Government decision (Sl. glasnik RS 59/2022, applicable from 28 May 2022) and chaired by the labour minister, has six state officials and seven SE representatives or experts and initiates the development Program and support measures; its last session found was on 26 Dec 2023 (Palata Srbija), with none recorded in 2024-2025: 'a standing mechanism in place'. It is a mixed advisory council; the ministries of the six officials are not named in the sources opened. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P1100P2100P367P467 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 Law on Public Procurement (Sl. glasnik RS 91/2019, applied from 1 Jul 2020), Art. 37, lets contracting authorities reserve procedures for operators employing persons with disabilities, for entities 'organizovani u skladu sa zakonom kojim se uređuje socijalno preduzetništvo' and for operators integrating disadvantaged persons (text quoted from the draft in the 2019 handbook; Trag 2026 confirms reservation 'can also cover enterprises registered as social enterprises'): 'reservation ... explicitly for SE/SSE entities'. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 100 (national plan or rule with a target or quota for social clauses or the SE share)
The Public Procurement Development Programme 2024-2028 (Sl. glasnik RS 68/2024) has specific objective 1.2 on ecological and social aspects with the outcome indicator 'number of procurement procedures with social criteria' (baseline 140 in 2023, 170 for 2024) and measure 1.2.2 'Podsticanje primene socijalnog koncepta u javnim nabavkama': 'national plan or rule with a target ... for social clauses'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 67 (national figures on use for one year)
The programme's action plan publishes the national count of procedures with social criteria (baseline 140 in 2023; the 170 shown for 2024 is a target): 'national figures on use for one year'. Earlier figures for 2021 from Public Procurement Office data are reported in the press (input lead, not re-read); if confirmed, 100. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 67 (a government training programme or helpdesk documented to cover social clauses or reserved contracts, for contracting authorities or for SEs)
Measure 1.2.2 has the Public Procurement Office run trainings on social procurement (2 in 2024, target 2 in 2025, with NALED and the Chamber of Commerce) and prepare a social-procurement guide and model tender documents: 'a national (government) training programme ... documented to cover social clauses'; the audience (contracting authorities and bidders) is not specified, so not 'both'. · source 1
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| Official SE definition 3.1 D1100D2100 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 100 (in law)
The Law on Social Entrepreneurship (Feb 2022) defines social entrepreneurship and the social entrepreneurship entity: 'in law'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 100 (all three)
Social aim (activities in defined fields of general interest); at least 50% of profit reinvested ('najmanje 50% ostvarene dobiti'); participation in decision-making of at least one third of employees, users or disadvantaged employees ('najmanje jedne trećine'): 'all three'. · source 1
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Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 2 of 3Law on Social Entrepreneurship (Zakon o socijalnom preduzetništvu, Sl. glasnik RS 14/2022) · sources 1 2 3 4 5L1100L2100L350L4100L5100 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: 50 (some adopted)
Status registration at the Business Registers Agency (APR) has operated since 2022. The Government's Programme for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship (with action plan) required by the law had not been adopted: announced in July 2022 and Dec 2023 as forthcoming, still 'awaiting adoption' in March 2026. - L4 · Status or register: 100 (operating, entities recognised)
Status of social enterprise registered at APR: 1 in 2022, 16 by end-2023, 24 by 5 Dec 2024 (APR via biznis.rs); 26 in March 2026. The register is not publicly accessible. - L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 100 (set up)
Council for Social Entrepreneurship constituted at Palata Srbija on 4 Jul 2022; session chaired by Minister Selaković in Dec 2023 (50 million RSD announced for 2024). Meetings in 2024-2025 not verified.
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| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E133E267E333E4100E567 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 33 (project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead))
No government SE support programme: incentives 'still being designed' with NALED; support comes from NGO and donor projects (NALED Hub for social entrepreneurship and SE database with Sweden's support, Smart Kolektiv, Trag Foundation, GIZ-backed local pilots; the Belgrade City Centre for SE is municipal): 'project-based only'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
Support remains project-based (E1 33): Smart Kolektiv's RISE incubator, run from Belgrade, takes applicants from anywhere in Serbia, and the CARE/ENECA EWI programme (call of Dec 2025) covers six districts of southern and eastern Serbia; there is no national network of centres: 'several regions'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
Support is funded by donors (Sweden, Germany/GIZ, USAID earlier) and foundations: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
Smart Kolektiv has run the RISE Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs in Serbia since 2019, with its fifth cycle opened in Sep 2024 (four-month ideation followed by incubation into 2025): 'five years or more'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 67 (two)
RISE documents incubation (ideation and incubation phases with mentors and training) and financial support for the top two Serbian teams; legal advice, impact measurement and market access are not documented: 'two'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F133F233F333F433 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 33 (SE mentioned)
The EU's 2025 call for Serbia (Human Rights and Democracy and Civil Society Facility, EUR 7.55 m, deadline 15 Jul 2025) lists 'social entrepreneurship' only among the many themes of Lot 3 (EUR 3.5 m), with no SE lot or allocation; the IPA III action document for the Civil Society Facility could not be opened: 'SE mentioned'. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 33 (general calls whose themes name social economy or social entrepreneurship, or documented SE grantees in general calls)
The EU Civil Society Facility call for Serbia (deadline 15 Jul 2025) lists 'social entrepreneurship' among Lot 3 themes; no dedicated EU call for SEs in 2021-2025 was found (EU PRO Plus calls targeted MSMEs): 'general calls whose themes name ... social entrepreneurship'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 33 (civil-society grants only)
EU money reaches SE through CSO grants (Civil Society Facility): 'via civil-society grants only'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 33 (anecdotal)
RISE, co-funded by the EU with AFD, RYCO, OFAJ and Groupe SOS, reports 508 entrepreneurs, 175 ideas and 48 projects given financial support across six Western Balkan countries, with no Serbian or EU-specific count: 'anecdotal'. · source 1
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| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N1100N20N30N433 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 100 (dedicated line for SE broadly)
The Ministry of Labour earmarked RSD 50 million in the 2024 budget 'za razvoj socijalnog preduzetništva' and employment of vulnerable groups in SEs: 'dedicated line for SE broadly'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 0 (none)
The RSD 50 million earmarked by the labour ministry for 2024 'za razvoj socijalnog preduzetništva' was announced without instruments; the Program that would set the measures was still unadopted, and no call was found: 'none'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 0 (none)
The line is documented only in the 2024 budget (announcement of 26 Dec 2023); no 2025 allocation or call was found, and the Sep 2026 press still reports the Program and incentives as pending: no consecutive years to 2025, 'none'. Read as 'one year' (33) if a 2024-only line counts. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 33 (budgeted or announced only)
No call or award was found; in March 2026 registration still brought 'obligations but no benefits' ('ne i benefite'): 'budgeted or announced only'. · source 1
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