Social economy? Challenges of an uncertain future

The social economy highlights the potential to ensure an adequate level of social inclusion for persons belonging to vulnerable groups, meaning that this sector has received increased attention in the last decade. In this article are exposed the main ideas that the social economy has recorded a series of definitions in an attempt to ensure the identity of the conceptual and applied as complete. Also, a scan of the stage of development of the social economy in Romania opens interrogative approaches by which to provide answers to major challenges and threats outlined in this field. Although we face an obvious positive dynamics of last realization of an argued in this area and it appears that remain a number of issues to be clarified in future in terms of strengthening the social economy sector.