The publication "The development of the social economy in 2019. The results of pilot studies" presents the results of experimental research conducted by Statistics Poland as part of the project implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, "Integrated Monitoring System for the Social Economy Sector", co-financed by the European Union under the Knowledge Operational Program Education Development 2014-2020.

The development of the social economy in the publication was characterized both by presenting the key aspects of the activities of the two largest groups of social economy entities - non-profit organizations and cooperatives, as well as by taking into account the perspective of local government units, all three levels. The base period for the description of the phenomena is 2019, however, the dynamics up to 2017 was taken into account when presenting particularly important variables.