Comparative Analysis – State of Development of the Social Economy in the EU and in Romania

The global economy has entered a new era, changing components of competitiveness and generating new sources of growth. Development of social economy involving all three key factors: smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Social economy enterprises are present in almost every sector of the economy, such as banking, insurance, agriculture, craft, various commercial services, and health and social services. Given the importanceof this sector, we intendto achieveinthis papera blueprint fordevelopmentof the social economyin theEuropeanUnionandinRomania. Research methodology. Based onbibliographicdocumentssocial economy, we analyzed the social economydevelopment stage, we identified characteristics andimportance of thissectorand wedraw conclusionsonthe proposedresearch topic. Strategyresearchon this topicincludes the followingsteps: Searchandcolle-ctdata usingmethods, techniques andtools forobservationand investigationof reality; Preliminary analysisinvolvingmethods, techniques andtools forhandlingdata, logical analysisand interpretation; Formulate hypotheses using construction methods statements and proposed solutions, provisionally, to be checked