To the question of understanding social entrepreneurship

The article presents brief results of research and analysis of foreign experience in the formation and legalization of social entrepreneurship, analyzes the signs and models of social entrepreneurship. Research approaches to the commercialization of non-profit organizations and socially oriented businesses have been identified. The most successful organizational and legal forms of social organizations are given, tools to support such organizations. The analysis of barriers and prospects for the development of the institute of social entrepreneurship in the Republic of Belarus has been carried out, recommendations have been developed to improve the regulation of social entrepreneurship.