Patrizia Bussi, Director of ENSIE discussed at the Enterprising for Tomorrow 2024 conference the role of ENSIE in developing the social economy sector. The focus was on lobbying, legislative changes, and promoting best practices across Europe.

“What we try to do at the European level is really to give a voice to work integration social enterprises and their workers.”

“We try to change legislative documents, policy documents that are done at the European level. One example is the directive on public procurement. We have added an enlargement of the market reservation so there is the possibility to reserve contracts for work integration social enterprises.”

Recommendations for Romania

• “There are pieces of legislation that unfortunately are in a standby position and would need a last push to be effective.”
• “WISEs are paying the tax on profit, and this should be deleted because the profit is used within the enterprise.”
• “Enterprises that are already in a development phase, in a growing phase, need to have support to be more developed than before.”

Patrizia Bussi’s speech underscored the importance of strategic lobbying, legislative influence, and cross-border collaboration in advancing the social economy, with specific recommendations to bolster Romania’s work integration social enterprises.