Sustainable public procurement as a form of support for social economy entities in Poland

Abstract

Sustainable public procurement pursuing additional social objectives may serve as an effective instrument of support for the social economy sector, which is particularly significant in Poland since it suffers from a low level of social entrepreneurship. This paper focuses on the analysis of implementation of sustainable public procurement as a means of support for the social economy sector in Poland. It discusses the legal development of sustainable public procurement, achieved by introducing the specific legal regulations in the form of social clauses and presenting the results of the research concerning the practical application of socially responsible public procurement as the support tool for social economy entities.

Keywords:

• Social economy
• social economy entities
• public procurement
• social clauses

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by European Social Found: [grant number POWR.02.09. 00-00-0030/16].

Notes on contributors

Dorota Moroń

Dorota Moroń is a professor at the University of Wrocław, political scientist and sociologist, specialising in social policy. Research interests include contemporary social policy; investment social policy, innovations in social policy, education policy and social assistance; social economy, social economy entities and sustainable public procurement; and NGOs, the operation of NGOs, multi-sectoral social policy, cooperation of the third sector and public administration.