A distinctive feature of advanced economies is represented vital role of entrepreneurship as a central pillar of economic growth. The motivated entrepreneurs ready to take risks aces, set up new companies generating jobs.

In particular, rapid technological advances continue to generate new business and lead to the development of the existing determinant to adapt to new market opportunities, new knowledge and improve productivity.

The social entrepreneurs prefer the paradigm of social purpose will be organizations such as foundations, associations, cooperatives, etc.

On the other hand, the paradigm focused on results recognizes the positive social impact of some companies - not just the activities of CSR and the social outcomes resulting from the core business of the company, as, for example, lowering the cost minute telephone conversation which increase the purchasing power of poor families while allowing access to information and communication, which is social outcomes as possible obviously.

In this paper, we propose to do an analysis social entrepreneurship and its role in Romania.

KEYWORDS: Romania, European Union, social entrepreneurship, economic development