Foreign Experience in the Development of Social Entrepreneurship and the Possibilities of its Application in Russia

The purpose of the study is to study the advanced foreign legislative experience in regulating social entrepreneurship and the practice of its application. The criteria for the selection of countries whose legislation is studied in the article were, in particular, the availability of support measures, awareness of citizens about this type of activity, staffing, etc. This article also examines the legislative experience of regulating social entrepreneurship in the countries of the former USSR, which are now members of the Customs Union, in which this institution has been actively developed in the last decade. Some of them have adopted special laws regulating the institution of social entrepreneurship. The results of the study can be used in the legislative process to improve the legal regulation of social entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation. Conclusions. In the course of the analysis, the main directions of state and other support provided to social entrepreneurs in those countries in which this institution has been actively developing recently were identified. The results obtained made it possible to propose relevant incentives for social business in Russia, including legal measures.

social entrepreneurship, foreign countries, social enterprise, organizational and legal form, legislation, state support