IDEAS Insights Hungary's Social Enterprise Landscape | Page 2

IDEAS Globally is committed to make and scale positive social change. Our work is always backed by academic, scientific, and professional research. As part of this commitment, we aim to share unique insights in sectors relating to international development. If you or a colleague has a perspective that would benefit others, we’d love to share it. IDEAS Insights are short briefs, offering snapshots into key international development issues for both our community and the public. All Insights are published at www.ideasglobally.com. This insight is part of our Historical perspectives practice area, which aims to reveal how historical experience, deeper cultural currents and identities underlie business practices in countries of our focus. If you’d like to contribute, please contact our Director of Research & Communication, Joel Sugarman: [email protected]. Summary Tamas Katona disentangles the historical undercurrents contributing to the emergence of social enterprise in Hungary today. He additionally highlights a range of current development challenges within the country, and introduces several fascinating social enterprises driving effective local solutions to these challenges. Executive summary … 1 A fragmented past … 2-3 The social enterprise ecosystem … 4-5 Continuous challenges … 5-6 Further selected solutions … 6-7 References … 8-9