REFORMAREA POLITICII SOCIO-ECONOMICE EUROPENE CA URMARE A CRIZEI FINANCIARE
REFORMING THE EUROPEAN SOCIO-ECONOMIC POLICY AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

Summary/Abstract: Rising unemployment, increasing poverty, more marginalized young people and a growing number of senior citizens – these are just some of the social challenges that the European Union will be facing in the future, challenges that have been hardly aggravated by the current economic crisis. In this context, the promotion of social innovation and social entrepreneurship seems to be a new and effective way to address these problems. Not through a reduction in public tasks and core services, but through new frameworks and solutions that mobilize already existing resources in the local communities. This article first provides an overview of the problems the European Union is currently confronting with as a consequence of the economic crisis. Secondly, it frames the discussion about the changes and perspectives of social innovation around the core political initiatives brought about the European Commission to reform the European Social Model. Nonetheless, it stresses the importance of the Europe 2020 strategy and the need to forcefully implement it including through more social investment, social innovation and social economy.

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