How to Support the Development of Social Business?

Social enterprises are becoming a powerful and effective tool for the employment of disadvantaged people in the labour market and are an effective tool of the state and local governments in the fight against social exclusion, rising unemployment and segregation of excluded localities. The Czech Republic is among the countries that discover the benefits of social entrepreneurship, especially at the regional level. The aim of this paper is to identify the support provided to the social enterprises by the regions in the Czech Republic. This paper also aims to contribute to the discussion on recommendations for possible tools promoting social entrepreneurship at the regional or municipal levels. The survey was carried out by analysing websites of the individual regions in the Czech Republic and by conducting interviews with public administration officers and representatives of social enterprises. A search was made on the websites of all thirteen regions in the Czech Republic (except Prague) and controlled interviews were conducted in ten enterprises that were randomly selected in the South Moravian Region. The research showed that all thirteen regions promote social entrepreneurship, e.g. a workshop or seminar. Some regions to issue financial supports for social entrepreneurs and grant awards for social business and social responsibility. The contribution also identifies some of the tools that can be put in place: e.g. social marketing knowledge support, organization of internships and common practice in social enterprises, purchase of goods and services for the needs of public institutions, social enterprise incubators, online advice centre, subsidies for social enterprises.