The Social Enterprise and the Social Entrepreneurship – Instruments of Local Development – A Comparative Study for Romania

The paper examines the evolution of the social enterprise and the social entrepreneurship in Romania, as solutions of local development, as instruments of cooperation among citizens, organizations and the bodies of local, regional, national and European representation. The study takes into consideration the theoretical and normative framework in view to present the characteristics of the forms of organisation of social economy, achieving a comparative study which uses comparative items: conceptual system, normative system, participation to the field of activity, integration on the labour market, etc. The development regions in Romania represent the sample for the comparative study. The comparative study is accomplished according to the methodology of similar studies from the field literature, highlighting the trends and development of social entrepreneurship and enterprise in the EU Member States