Analysis of Financial Support Instruments for Social Enterprises in Latvia

Social enterprises have positive effect on sustainable development, and they have become an important instrument for solving social problems (especially in rural areas), as the national and local governments alone cannot solve all such problems. To foster the development of social entrepreneurship,...

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Autores principales:	Licite-Kurbe Lasma, Gintere Dana
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Lenguaje:	EN LV
Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	social enterprise social entrepreneurship support instruments for social enterprises Agriculture (General) S1-972
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2cff193b1fe74313b7b3be443dd4c9a12021-12-05T14:11:09ZAnalysis of Financial Support Instruments for Social Enterprises in Latvia2256-093910.2478/plua-2021-0009https://doaj.org/article/2cff193b1fe74313b7b3be443dd4c9a12021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2021-0009https://doaj.org/toc/2256-0939Social enterprises have positive effect on sustainable development, and they have become an important instrument for solving social problems (especially in rural areas), as the national and local governments alone cannot solve all such problems. To foster the development of social entrepreneurship, Latvia has introduced several support instruments for social enterprises, which include tax relief, privileged procurement contracts, grants, as well as non-monetary kinds of support. However, social entrepreneurs often point out that support from the national and local governments is insufficient, while the support instruments stipulated in the Social Enterprise Law are not widely used. Therefore, the aim of the research is to analyse national and local government support instruments for social enterprises in Latvia. The research found that the most important financial instrument fostering the development of social entrepreneurship in Latvia is a grant scheme administered by the Ministry of Welfare and the JSC Development Finance Institution Altum, which is available in the range of EUR 5000 to 200000 for investment and working capital. In the period 2017-2020, 94 social entrepreneurship projects with a total budget of EUR 6 million were supported, which could be viewed as significant financial support. In contrast, immovable property tax relief, exemption from enterprise income tax (on profits) and relief from this tax for several categories of non-business expenses are considered by social entrepreneurs to be an insignificant kind of support. There is also lack of experience and practice regarding the inclusion of social criteria in public procurement in Latvia.Licite-Kurbe LasmaGintere DanaSciendoarticlesocial enterprisesocial entrepreneurshipsupport instruments for social enterprisesAgriculture (General)S1-972ENLVRural Sustainability Research, Vol 45, Iss 340, Pp 76-84 (2021)
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description	Social enterprises have positive effect on sustainable development, and they have become an important instrument for solving social problems (especially in rural areas), as the national and local governments alone cannot solve all such problems. To foster the development of social entrepreneurship, Latvia has introduced several support instruments for social enterprises, which include tax relief, privileged procurement contracts, grants, as well as non-monetary kinds of support. However, social entrepreneurs often point out that support from the national and local governments is insufficient, while the support instruments stipulated in the Social Enterprise Law are not widely used. Therefore, the aim of the research is to analyse national and local government support instruments for social enterprises in Latvia. The research found that the most important financial instrument fostering the development of social entrepreneurship in Latvia is a grant scheme administered by the Ministry of Welfare and the JSC Development Finance Institution Altum, which is available in the range of EUR 5000 to 200000 for investment and working capital. In the period 2017-2020, 94 social entrepreneurship projects with a total budget of EUR 6 million were supported, which could be viewed as significant financial support. In contrast, immovable property tax relief, exemption from enterprise income tax (on profits) and relief from this tax for several categories of non-business expenses are considered by social entrepreneurs to be an insignificant kind of support. There is also lack of experience and practice regarding the inclusion of social criteria in public procurement in Latvia.
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title	Analysis of Financial Support Instruments for Social Enterprises in Latvia
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Analysis of Financial Support Instruments for Social Enterprises in Latvia

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