Montenegro
Western Balkans · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy desk-coded
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | WB6 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 69.3 | 18 | 53.2 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 51.5 | 33 | 51.5 | 62.8 | 12 / 20 |
| Legal | 53.8 | 26 | 66.5 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 50.0 | 32 | 45.3 | 61.9 | 9 / 16 |
| Financial | 38.0 | 37 | 51.7 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 52.5 | 29 | 53.6 | 66.2 | 38 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Strategy for the Development of the Social and Solidarity Economy 2025–2029 with Action Plan 2026–2027, adopted by the Government on 25 Dec 2025 (draft put to public consultation by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue on 17 Nov 2025) · source | 3/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue leads the SSE strategy and draft law; no council or structured dialogue body before the 2026 bill · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Law on Public Procurement (Sl. list CG 74/2019), Art. 25 reserved public procurement · source | 1/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 Definition of the social and solidarity economy in the Strategy for the Development of the Social and Solidarity Economy 2025–2029, adopted 25 Dec 2025 · source | 1/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 none found · source | 0/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 NGO-led capacity building (Juventas, Fund for Active Citizenship, CRNVO), Social Impact Award, EFSE incubation · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 ad hoc EU-funded projects (e.g. CGO social-entrepreneurship project via CFCU); IPA use by individual SEs · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 none found · source | 0/2 |
Policy composite 50.0 of 100 (mean of the eight codes). No SE law at end-2025 (a Social Economy Bill followed in June 2026); the Strategy for the Development of the Social and Solidarity Economy 2025–2029 with Action Plan 2026–2027 was adopted on 25 December 2025 under the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue; reserved procurement for disability employers; NGO/EU-project-based support.
SEI 2021 pilot note
The 2021 note on Montenegro, with its country facts, charts and sources, is kept in the archive as published. Its figures date from 2020–21 and are not updated.
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Montenegro: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/montenegro/