Socially Responsible Public Procurement. Tools for Facilitation of Social Enterprises’ Access to the Romanian Public Procurement Market

Abstract

Public procurement is used, as it must play  a major role in the social economy, enabling  activation of social economy organizations  in an environment characterized by  competitiveness and economic efficiency.  Debates about the socially responsible public  procurement debates have intensified in  the context of adopting the new legislative  package on European public procurement.  Our research demonstrated the need  for implementation of measures for the  increase in social responsibility of the public  procurement in Romania.