Sorin Cace

• PhD
• Senior Researcher at Institutul de Cercetare a Calităţii Vieţii

The purpose of the paper is to approach the elements of financial management in terms of the structure of the incomes of the non-governmental organizations active in the field of social inclusion and to determine the way in which the strategies used to obtain these incomes fit the promotion of social economy as sustainable manner of support for the...

The member states which accessed the European Union in 2004 and 2007 progressed through similar financing cycles during the pre-accession period by applying the EU specific principles of positive conditionality. The beneficial effects of the pre-accession financing relied on specific instruments and mechanisms of economic growth and production of s...

Rural Entrepreneurship represents the area which reveals new meanings in the context of reorganization of the labor market affected by the global crisis. Traditional rural entrepreneur spirit, oriented mainly by the agricultural and commercial activities is refreshed by the opportunities of establishing the production facilities who value the local...

The capacity of structural funds absorption is a priority for the member states of the European Union which accessed the EU in 2004 and 2007, but slowing rates of the absorption capacity of these funds were noticed in comparison to the absorption rates of pre-accession funds. Within the context of “pre-accession versus post-accession” analysis, we...

The first part of the paper covers social economy issues from the perspective of the relationship with the market and the State. The second part looks at the international framework, by highlighting the main regulatory framework and the national models of social economy at international level. The third part analyses the institutional and legislati...

In this article, we aim to describe how the Operational Programme for the Support of Disadvantaged People (POAD), part of the European Fund for the Most Disadvantaged People (FEAD), has contributed to reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion in Romania. We highlight the role of the auxiliary measures that accompanied th...

This study is the result of the project "Integrated action to combat hate crimes, especially those against Roma communities, and ensure a high standard of quality in the police service" implemented by the Inspectorate General of the Romanian Police (IGPR) in partnership with various institutions and funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-...

Volumul oferă cititorilor o trecere prin transformările la nivelul politicilor familiale (beneficii familiale, concedii maternale/paternale şi de îngrijire a copilului, creşterea accesului la servicii de îngrijire şi educaţie timpurie) din ultimele decenii. Sunt tratate obiectivele politice şi sociale ale politicilor familiale, precum şi răspunsul...

The NEET concept, an acronym for “Not in Education, Employment or Training” is used as of 2010 within the European Union for describing a category of youths with ages between 16 and 24 years, who are not professionally employed, nor pursuing any educational or vocational training program. Also as of 2010, on the political agenda of the European Uni...

Volumul de față apare ca efort de analiză academică a procesului sinuos și contradictoriu al schimbărilor structurale și al reformelor sectoriale din România postdecembristă la nivel de politici sociale publice. Autorii volumului, cercetători ai Institutului de Cercetare a Calității Vieții, Academia Română, au surprins momente ale dinamicii strateg...

The pandemic and the standard of living. Social policies Social report issued by the Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy. Authors: Daniel Arpinte, Sorin Cace, Simona Mihaiu, Iulian Stanescu, Simona Maria Stanescu, Sebastian Toc. How to cite. Research Institute for Quality of Life. 2020. The pandemic and the standard of living....

This study aims at presenting a series of features of the rroma population in Romania. The main purpose is that of formulating an accessible material that would allow a large number of readers to get a general picture of the situation of this ethnic minority in our country. The paper has four main parts. The first one includes information related...

The current article describes the development of a methodology to collect field data in order to measure poverty and in work poverty at local level and it is part of a set of methodologies developed in order to map existing / necessary social services and infrastructure, poverty and in work poverty in Romania, for The Romanian Ministry of Labour an...

The paper explores institutional resilience of social economy entities in Romania within the current economic context. Among questions that arise, one could wonder to what extend social enterprises should be supported in a competitive market? Alongside, what elements of social economy entity are to be improved especially but not exclusively in the...

The progress achieved by the social economy differs within the European Union from one member state to another member state because the critical situations, the actions, the institutional and legal framework, the overall context of the social economy are different in each individual European country. Despite this lack of homogeneity in this field,...

In Romania, the term of social economy is rather new and almost unknown for the public at large, and the legal framework contains only regulations specific for different types of entities which perform activities or which generate effects that may be considered as partial forms of social economy. This paper reviews the recent literature which appro...

In Romania, the term of social economy is rather new and almost unknown for the public at large, and the legal framework contains only regulations specific for different types of entities which perform activities or which generate effects that may be considered as partial forms of social economy. This paper reviews the recent literature which appro...

Trust in the doctor-patient relationship is an indispensable structural element for the medical profession. The discourse concerning trust and its importance in the healthcare context, although quite old, elicits increasingly more interest in research, especially for empirical approaches. The importance of trust in the doctor and in the medical pro...

The re-emergence of the social economy sector as important agent for occupation, economic growth, social solidarity, associationism and social services, coincided with a higher importance of running program and project-based activities in all European countries, irrespective whether they are member states of candidate states. Within the context of...

The paper shows the positive traits of the European Social Fund proved by the history of this mechanism which has been applied in the European Community for almost half a century, as well as the measures adopted in order to improve the measures in the field of employment during the period of the economic crisis. The European Social Fund (ESF) helps...

After falling of communism, in Romania, different religious denominations came in order to find new followers. Most Roma in Romania are Orthodox Christians. Roma have generally adopted the religion of the country and they are strongly influenced by religious beliefs of the majority. The data show that the number of converted Roma people to these de...

The paper shows the positive traits of the European Social Fund proved by the history of this mechanism which has been applied in the European Community for almost half a century, as well as the measures adopted in order to improve the measures in the field of employment during the period of the economic crisis. The European Social Fund (ESF) helps...

In the extremely fluid space marked by the strongest economic crisis of the past 60 years, one can observe that the state and the Church became institutions undergoing major changes, while religion becomes shelter for the people in risk of social and economic exclusion. The world economic crisis which started in 2008 shows major changes in the publ...

In the extremely fluid space marked by the strongest economic crisis of the past 60 years, one can observe that the state and the Church became institutions undergoing major changes, while religion becomes shelter for the people in risk of social and economic exclusion. The world economic crisis which started in 2008 shows major changes in the publ...

The first part of this article analyses the normative approach of the social economy. The social economy is developed in order to create an alternative economic and social space for the people excluded from life necessities and, furthermore, it is not a recent phenomenon; it relies on historical practices which have developed over several centuries...

Social economy

“Evaluation” and „good practices” can be found and analyzed in detail on the wide realm of interdisciplinary and social fields, which requires a brief definition in order to maintain the rigor and clarity, but also an analysis of those conceptual areas which study the relationship between the projects implementation and assessing their results. Tra...

The European structural policy was directed towards consolidating the specific objectives of narrowing the regional disparities, an ample process of negotiation for the allocation of the structural funds to the new member states, Romania included. In Romania there is a need to disseminate the positive practices of EU member states in implementing t...

“Evaluation” and „good practices” can be found and analyzed in detail on the wide realm of interdisciplinary and social fields, which requires a brief definition in order to maintain the rigor and clarity, but also an analysis of those conceptual areas which study the relationship between the projects implementation and assessing their results. Tra...

The analysis included in this study started from two questions: how much is the involvement of vulnerable women in social economy organisations an alternative to reduce their risk of social exclusion? Can we speak of a "feminization" of the social economy in Romania? This study approaches the problem of women protection at the international and nat...

Unul dintre efectele crizei actuale asupra politicilor sociale este presiunea de identificare a modalităților oportune față de problemele de pe piața muncii. Capacitatea ES de a produce şi de a menține locuri de muncă a recomandat‐o drept unul dintre aceste răspunsuri. Analiza inclusă în acest capitol a pornit de la întrebarea: în ce măsură cadrul...

Analiza inclusă în acest capitol a pornit de la două întrebări: În ce măsură implicarea femeilor vulnerabile în entitățile de economie socială (ES) reprezintă o alternativă pentru reducerea riscului de excluziune socială? Se poate vorbi despre o „feminizare” a ES în România? Primul subcapitol trece în revistă principalele reglementări internațional...

During the past 20 years, social economy became a subject of interest because its organisations had to assume an increasing role in the production and supply of social goods and services of public interest. In Romania, although forms of social economy existed for a very long time in society, we can not speak of an institutionally or juridical deter...

The concept and term social economy is very broad, but it is generally understood to refer to all types of economic and social activities that take place in many legal forms between the boundaries of the private and public sector. Social economy is a term that is commonly used in continental Europe, and in the European Union institutions, while in...

During the past 20 years, social economy became a subject of interest because its organisations had to assume an increasing role in the production and supply of social goods and services of public interest. In Romania, although forms of social economy existed for a very long time in society, we can not speak of an institutionally or juridical deter...

Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership (DCGEP) completed an independent evaluation of its Learning Center project in Romania. The purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objective data (enrollment, attendance, pass rates, retention rates) from DCGEP Learning Centers and control schools, to implement creativity test in GEP Learning Centers a...

Fundația Soros România a coordonat realizarea unei cercetări sociologice la nivel național, cercetare menită să identifice factorii care influențează (pozitiv şi negativ) nivelul de ocupare la populația de romi din România. Analiza a cuprins următorii factori: nivelul de educație şi formare profesională; discriminarea; cultura muncii; statutul ocup...

Structural funds absorption by the member states can be seen within a wider context of the absorption capacity as it is described and analyzed both worldwide and in Europe. This study reveals the different approaches of the absorption capacity by presenting the architecture of funds administration from the perspective of the international aid and f...

This study aims at presenting a series of features of the rroma population in Romania. The main purpose is that of formulating an accessible material that would allow a large number of readers to get a general picture of the situation of this ethnic minority in our country. The paper has four main parts. The first one includes information related...

Obiectivele componentei de cercetare au fost: elaborarea unui raport complex care să cuprindă o diagnoză a situaţiei sociale a populaţiei de romi din România şi o analiză a politicilor de suport pentru populaţia de romi (pornind de la o amplă cercetare de teren bazată pe chestionar, fişe ale unor comunităţi de romi, interviuri, studii de caz, date...

Who are the beneficiaries of this book? The current work is being address to everybody who is interested in the Rroma issue in Romania. First, it is addressed to Rroma communities and their formal or informal representatives, with a view to stimulate the necessary dynamism in identifying and solving own problems. Second, it is addressed to Rroma a...

Who are the beneficiaries of this book? The current work is being address to everybody who is interested in the Rroma issue in Romania. First, it is addressed to Rroma communities and their formal or informal representatives, with a view to stimulate the necessary dynamism in identifying and solving own problems. Second, it is addressed to Rroma a...

Rural Entrepreneurship represents the area which reveals new meanings in the context of reorganization of the labor market affected by the global crisis. Traditional rural entrepreneur spirit, oriented mainly by the agricultural and commercial activities is refreshed by the opportunities of establishing the production facilities who value the local...

The book Hidden Communities Ferentari, published by Express (Bucharest, 2011) in Romanian and English, is an innovative and present-time approach of the sensitive aspects of the marginalised urban communities, pauper and lacking resources – the slums The book describes, within a multidisciplinary framework, several essential dimensions of the socia...

Obiectivele studiului Studiul de faţă şi-a propus să identifice principalele tipuri de activităţi cu implicare în muncă, pe care le desfăşoară unii dintre copiii rromi cu vârste între 6 şi 14 ani. Caracteristicile muncii, cauzele care-i determină pe copii să-şi câştige existenţa de timpuriu şi consecinţele muncii în planul dezvoltării copiilor sunt...