Summary

This publication presents the results of the pilot project of the Satellite Account for Social Economy (SASE) for the year 2010 and the survey on Volunteer Work for 2012. The characterization of Social Economy sector in Portugal was based on the analysis, by type of activity, of the number of institutions (“universe”) and macroeconomic aggregates of Social Economy organizations. The characterization of volunteer work in Portugal was based on the results of the pilot Survey on Volunteer Work 2012.