PAPER Social innovation drivers in social enterprises: systematic review
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Social innovation drivers in social enterprises: systematic review

By gathering and organizing dispersed knowledge about the SI process in SEs, this paper can help the social entrepreneurs, policy makers and supporting organisations of SEs to direct their attention to appropriate drivers that can enhance the SE’s ability to innovate socially. The study examines how SI can be encouraged and managed effectively in the SE. By investigating the drivers of SI in the context of SE, the authors structure knowledge into three main factors and a four-stage process. 

The main contribution of the article was to improve understanding of how SI is created in the context of SEs, as only 17% of the reviewed articles have any mention of the SI process.

social innovation topicsAdditionally, conclusion is made. SI happens within a system of SI (community, institutions and government) in which SE plays a fundamental role initiating the process, articulating the various actors involved, and balancing social value generation and financial sustainability.

To this end, it uses participatory management tools, organizational learning, partnership networks, adaptation of SI to the local context, and support from community and the government.

The full article is available HERE or as a download below.

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To cite this article: de Souza João-Roland, I., & Granados, M. L. (2020). Social innovation drivers in social enterprises: Systematic review. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 27(5), 775-795.
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-12-2019-0396 

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This publication has been prepared within SENBS project No. 2020- 1-EE01-KA204-077999. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project coordinator and may not always reflect the views of the European Commission or the National Agency.

Unlocking the Social Economy

Unlocking the Social Economy

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum have just published the report “Unlocking the Social Economy – Towards an Inclusive and Resilient Society” to show the many ways in which the social economy, based on social innovation, can contribute to solving some of the greatest challenges of our time while at the same time contributing to job creation and economic activity. The report was made in collaboration with Deloitte.

The actors in the social economy have social and environmental impact at the center of all their activities, and they work in many different sectors.

Although they have great potential for creating a positive impact, actors in the social economy also face barriers that prevent them from unleashing their full potential. These actors are very different in different regions around the world, but still they have a number of common barriers such as a limited visibility, lack of a supportive legal and regulatory framework, and limited access to markets.

In that light the rapport Unlocking the Social Economy introduces concrete measures to deliver in two areas that can help unlock the potential that actors in the social economy face.

1) Promote the existing social economy actors by developing a supportive ecosystem.

This can be done by:

  • Recognizing social economy actors and creating supporting regulatory frameworks.
  • Creating incentives for financing and investment so that social economy organizations can more easily access the funds they need.
  • Improving education and research in social innovation, to increase the visibility of the social economy and thereby attract expertise and talent.
  • Designing public and private procurement policies so social  enterprises have better access to markets.
  • Collecting and publish data on social impact

2) Using the potential of the social economy to transform the broader general economy into more value-driven one.

This can be done by:

  • By adopting a framework for accountability, taxonomies for social reporting and more involving business and management models, social economy actors can contribute to systemic changes of our current economic model and its challenges.
  • Social economy organizations that are making the necessary transitions now can help accelerate the existing economy towards a more inclusive, sustainable future. This can help avoid billlion of costs that we might otherwise have to deal with if we do not ensure greater social cohesion, tackle systemic inequalities and mitigate the effects of climate change.

The report is based on a systematic review of over 100 independent academic articles and reports on the social economy as well as social economy actors in different countries, supplemented by interviews with experts, policy makers and practitioners. Three  rounds of consultancy have also been conducted with the Working Group on Unlocking the Social Economy, hosted by the World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship.

The hope is that the report could serve as a starting point for dialogues that address regional and national challenges around the world. And the goal is that it can help promote action by raising awareness and actively discuss the political opportunities that exist globally, regionally and locally to reduce common barriers that prevent actors in the social economy from reaching their potential.

Download the full rapport here

An introduction to corporate-readiness

An introduction to corporate-readiness

Corporate-Ready: How Corporations and Social Enterprises do Business Together to Drive Impact is a new report from Acumen on business partnerships between social enterprises and corporates.
The report as been developed under the auspices of the World Economic Forum (WEF) COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs – a network of over 85 different actors that support the ecosystem for social enterprises.

As the title suggests, the report takes a closer look at the concept corporate-ready, which refers to the fact that social enterprises are prepared to sell to private companies. Gaining access to sell their products and services to affluent private companies is something most social enterprises dream of. It is an obvious strategy in terms of making one’s social enterprises more financially sustainable. Therefore, this report is also interesting for social entrepreneurs who want to get closer to being corporate-ready.
There is an opportunity to be inspired by other social enterprises that are already selling to corporates and to get answers to most of the questions that arise in relation to being corporate-ready.
All in all, the report is a brilliant “education material” for social entrepreneurs, in terms of preparing for business partnerships with corporates.

With this rapport Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship have with support from Ernst & Young (EY), 60 Decibels, and more have sought to develop a kind of framework for achieving “corporate readiness,” by identifying what it really takes for a social enterprise to be ready to sell to corporates.
That framework focuses on four key elements:
It requires that the social enterprise
– can offer a convincing solution / a convincing offer
– can control supply and demand
– has access to capital and
– has the ability and competencies

Background
It is gradually becoming clear that companies of all kinds play a major role in creating a fairer and more sustainable world.

As described in World Goal 17 “Partnerships for the Goals”, all sectors must work together to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. Partnerships between private and social enterprises that work to create business models to solve social challenges can be a contributions in solving these challenges.

For corporates, the benefits in addition to contributing to the sustainability agenda are access to innovative products, services and business models, access to new markets and new customers, more resilient supply chains, brand building and a better ability to attract new employees.
Yet there is surprisingly little information on this kind of business relationships between companies and social enterprises.
And a number of questions arise on that occasion – and social entrepreneurs interested in knowing more on corporate- readiness can among other find answers to the following questions in the rapport:
Do social enterprises have the opportunity to sell to enterprises? And if they have – where and how does it take place? Can social enterprises help corporates to achieve their business as well as social impact goals, and how can this be documented? What are the challenges enterprises face when selling to business customers, and how can these challenges be addressed?

In addition to answering the above questions, it is also the intention that the report should contribute to social enterprises gaining increased access to private enterprise value chains.

The report contains:
A summary where there is an overview of key results from the survey made to examine the company’s corporate readiness as well as the analysis of the survey.
An introduction that takes a closer look at the potential that partnerships between socio-economic and private companies have in relation to creating the transformation that the world needs to become sustainable.
Results from a survey in which 150+ social enterprises participated.
Five in-depth case studies showing social enterprises that are corporate-ready and the private enterprises with which they have formed partnerships.

A conclusion that looks at what it really takes to accelerate a movement that has so much potential for transformation. This is done by describing the next three steps needed to facilitate sourcing from social enterprises.

Finally, the report contains a very interesting and inspiring list of 100 different examples of social enterprises selling to business customers across industries and from around the world.

The list does not include any companies from Denmark, (nor from Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Polan), but the Swedish company Yallatrappan is represented on the list. Yallatrappan sews eg. interior design products for IKEA and create jobs for immigrant women who have difficulty entering the labor market.

Finally, it is worth to mention a few of the interesting results that the survey behind the report shows:
Social enterprises from 43 different countries have responded to the survey, and out of them more than 50% answer that they have sold to corporates for more than three years and more than 72% of them sell to more than five corporate customers.
In this way the report shows that social enterprises from all over the world are already selling to corporates.
75% of the participating companies also answer that they measure their impact in relation to the UN’s world goals.
Finally, the survey also shows that social enterprises have challenges in connection with their business partnerships, this is especially true in relation to agreeing prices and payment and delivery conditions.

Corporate-Ready
Read the Corporate-Ready report here

 

 

This publication has been prepared within SENBS project No. 2020- 1-EE01-KA204-077999. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project coordinator and may not always reflect the views of the European Commission or the National Agency.

Collective call to grant limited profitability enterprises a legal meaning and ensure a fair competition with private undertakings.

Collective call to grant limited profitability enterprises a legal meaning and ensure a fair competition with private undertakings.

The VYV Group has initiated a collective call for action, and are looking for like-minded organizations willing to join them in their efforts towards the recognition of the notion of “limited profitability”. Here is an excerpt from their letter.

…the specific legal models of companies with limited profitability are not yet recognized by European legislation. This concept is defined in an own-initiative opinion adopted by EESC in 2019 and recognized at international level by the United Nations.

Therefore, our structures are facing an unfair competition with for-profit enterprises caused by the legal oversights on our inner differences: we have a different approach to the distribution of surplus earnings and we have higher constraints on access to capital, which is necessary to grow. The Paint Graphos case law by the CJEU granted a specific regulatory framework to cooperatives regarding those inequalities in EU law and specifically State Aid. It recognized that in view of the constraints to finance their activities, cooperatives are not evolving in a factual and legal situation that is comparable to that for-profit companies

EU and national regulations must more effectively foster the development of limited profitability enterprises by setting a legal and political framework guaranteeing a fair while safeguarding our fundamental values of solidarity, economic resilience, and the absence of the pursuit of profit.

Read the full text HERE, and more about the background of this call in the letter from Thierry Beaudet, president of the VYV Group.

More information about the initiative in their website www.advocatingeurope.eu or directly with:
Dialiha FOFANA for VYV GROUP UMG
Email: dialiha.fofana@groupe-vyv.fr

 

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Corporate support for social entrepreneurs

Corporate support for social entrepreneurs

A number of large companies are helping social entrepreneurs and social enterprises around the world. Here is a small overview of some of the most important initiatives.

It is obvious that social enterprises can benefit from corporate help and support both of financial support and in support to competence building and business development. But also for the large companies, there are many benefits in collaborating with the social enterprises.

Regarding profiling, such collaboration helps to show that the company is socially responsible and has more on its mind than just making money. And that’s important.

Several studies show that the millennial generation (born between 1980-1996) prefers companies that act socially responsibly. A study from Deloitte shows e.g. that 76% of the millennial generation see companies as a source of creating strong and positive social impact, and the millennials looking for jobs want to work in an organization that sees itself as having a social role and task. They do not want a high paycheck – they want to work for a company that has a purpose.

For large companies collaboration with social enterprises can thus be an important way of  showing the company’s social profile and maintaining and attracting skilled labor to the company. That’s why a widely used model for collaborating with social enterprises is corporate volunteering, where employees from larger are involved in helping the social enterprises.

Finally, large companies can often learn from the social enterprises when it comes to taking social responsibility in new and innovative ways.

But let’s take a closer look at how some of the big companies around the world help and support social entrepreneurs and social enterprises.

IKEA
Since 2012, IKEA has collaborated with social entrepreneurs all over the world. This was originally done out of a desire to create a positive impact on the world by expanding IKEA’s range of products to include products or services from social entrepreneurs.

Initially, this was done through collaboration with social entrepreneurs, who produced products for IKEA’s department stores. Social entrepreneurs from Africa, India and Thailand are among those that have produced products for IKEA department stores.
From 2018, IKEA has expanded to also support social entrepreneurs, who do not necessarily provide a product or service to IKEA. This initiative was initially managed through a new entity “IKEA Social Entrepreneurship B.V”.

By expanding to support social entrepreneurs who operate alone, it has been IKEA’s hope to support the emergence of social entrepreneurs worldwide. Today, all IKEA’s efforts in relation to social entrepreneurs are gathered in “IKEA Social Entrepreneurship”.

To strengthen collaboration with social entrepreneurs, IKEA encourages its stores around the world to establish partnerships with local social entrepreneurs. The result is tailor-made products and services that are not part of the ordinary IKEA offering and that add value for IKEA’s customers.

One example is the restaurant at IKEA in Bucharest. If you visit here you will experience pastries and bread baked by interns and employees at Concordia, a Romanian social enterprise, that supports vulnerable children, young people and families by offering professional education and jobs.

At IKEA in Malmö, customers can buy fabric and have it made into different products in the sewing room of the Yalla Trappan, that located at the entrance. Yalla Trappan is a social enterprise that creates jobs for women who are far from the labor market.

IKEA works with a number of civil society organizations to support established social entrepreneurs in order to increase their impact. Among others Ashoka, NESsT, Acumen og WWF

So far, IKEA’s partnership with social entrepreneurs around the world has created more than 20,000 new jobs.

Read more about IKEA Social Entrepreneurship here

Danske Bank
To support social entrepreneurs and impact startups, Danske Bank , the largest danish bank, has developed an online digital platform, +impact, where social entrepreneurs and investors can find each other. The platform contains an online catalog of actors throughout the Nordic impact ecosystem and is completely free to use.
+ impact is aimed at startups that in their core business work with one or more of the major environmental and social challenges that society faces.
Overall, the platform help to make it clear which actors in the impact ecosystem are interested in what, so actors can see where there are common interests. All to help promote sustainable change and growth in the Nordic region.
In practice, an impact startup can see what different kind of investors investors such as venture funds, business angels, incubators and accelerators and others have invested in – in the past and what investors are looking for. In the same way investors can get an overview of the startups that work in the areas they focus on and see if there is a potential for collaboration.
It is possible for the actors to contact with each other directly through the platform – if they want.
Finally, the site also includes a funding tool where startups can get help clarifying what to go for a grant, a pitch to an angel or something else.
In addition to the platform, Danske Bank has made a number of reports with surveys of impact investments and impact startups in the Nordic region.

Read more about Danske Bank’s + impact here


eBay

eBay UK set up a dedicated shopfront for social enterprise in February 2021 to encourage the company’s 29 million UK customers to buy social.

The initiative is a part of eBay for Change program, a partnership between eBay, Social Enterprise UK and the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) that aims to make a positive impact on thousands of jobs and livelihoods across the UK over the next few years. The program is primarily aimed at the vulnerable communities that have been hit hardest by COVID-19.

To begin with, 50 socially responsible and social enterprises have started trading on eBay through the program and the number will grow significantly in the future.
The participating companies benefit from zero fees, one-on-one digital skills training and a significant marketing investment in order to attract buyers. It is not unknown for eBay to support social entrepreneurs. eBay founder and former CEO Jeff Skoll has been supporting social entrepreneurs through the Skoll Foundation since 1999.

Read more in the article from Pioneers Post here

SAP
The German-based software company SAP supports social enterprises through their Corporate Social Responsibility efforts.

This is done primarily through three focus areas:

1) Through partnerships where SAP CSR carefully selects non-profit organizations and social enterprise partners, who primarily work in quality education, preparation for the labor market and youth entrepreneurship. SA provide competencies, technical expertise and access to markets to strengthen the partners ability to create sustainable social impact and systemic change.

In 2019, SAP helped build the competencies of more than 1,200 innovative non-profit organizations and social enterprises through non-financial contributions worth 3.4 million euros, which has impacted the lives of at least 950,000 people across the globe in a positive way.

2) Through SAP Social Sabbatical, which is a pro bono volunteer program designed to activate and develop SAP talent, while helping non-profit organizations and social enterprises focusing on digital integration to get their business running in the best possible way.

Through the program, various teams of employees make their professional expertise available working to solve small task to achieve a triple effect: to solve concrete strategic challenges for client organizations, develop participants ‘core leadership skills and to promote employees’ desire to prefer SAP as an employer.

3) Social Procurement SAP is part of the campaign, which is a campaign started by Social Enterprise UK where a number of large companies together aim to buy in for £ 1 billion from social enterprises. The campaign was launched in 2016.

SAP also supports other initiatives for social enterprises with sponsorships or single donations, e.g. Social Enterprise World Forum and Social Entrepreneurship Monitor reports in individual countries.

Read more about SAP CSR here

Barcleys
The English banking company Barclays supports social enterprises by sharing its expertise and competencies through mentoring. Here, the social enterprises, together with Barclay’s employees and experts, examine the main challenges they face, potential solutions and the support, investment and financing available for future development and growth.

In 2019, 700 of Barclay’s employees provided mentoring to 69 social enterprises across the UK through Barclays Eagle Labs through a partnership with Big Issue Invest.

Barclays is also part of a Social Enterprise UK’s Buy Social Corporate Challenge, where the company is supporting social enterprises in the UK by purchasing from them.

Deloitte
The world’s largest consulting firm Deloitte has long been interested in social enterprises. When describing trends Deloitte has mention the concept in its Human Capital Trends report. Deloitte has a slightly broader understanding of the concept of social enterprise. Here, a social enterprise is understood as the socially responsible enterprise that, in addition to making money, also listens to external as well as internal stakeholders, not only business partners and customers, but all parties in society that the organization influences and is influenced by.

In the Deloitte GLOBAL Human Capital Trends report from 2018, the company emphasizes that their research shows, that social enterprises are on the rise. The report was titled “The Rise or Social Enterprise”. The report is the world’s largest study which over time shows the development in HR, talent and other related topics. In 2020, the report was titled “The Social Enterprise at Work” and in 2021 the title is “The Social Enterprise in a world disrupted.”

Deloitte has also supported several different initiatives that help social entrepreneurs develop their business. In October 2020, Deloitte Global launched a partnership with the Resolution Project, a global nonprofit organization that develops socially responsible young leaders and supports them in making a positive impact.

The initiative will serve as Deloitte Global’s signature program for corporate volunteering and will provide support to young social entrepreneurs in 80+ countries around the world.

Many young people have the energy, will and vision to solve global problems, but they often lack access to the capital, education and support needed to make them a reality.

Deloitte Global’s collaboration with the Resolution Project offers young change agents start-up financing and Deloitte Global employees offer their expertise and support in launching lots of new social enterprises.

In addition to sponsoring and providing expertise in various support projects, Deloitte is also part of Social Enterprise UK’s Buy Social Corporate Challenge.

Unilever
Unilever has created the TRANSFORM Network program in 2015 to support social enterprises that meet the needs of low-income households in developing countries.

This was initially created in partnership with the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office and since then, Ernst & Young and MasterCard have joined as partners in the program.

Through financial and business support to precisely this type of social enterprises, TRANSFORM aims to give up to 100 million people in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia access to products and services that can improve their health, livelihood, environment or well-being by 2025.

So far TRANSFORM has supported 56 projects in 13 countries and has reached more than one million people.

Putting business, the public and civil sector with the strengths of each sector is crucial in supporting social enterprises in order to ensure the protection of some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

That is why Transform has launched the TRANSFORM Survive & Thrive initiative, which aims to help support the social enterprises that need it the most.

One of the companies that the initiative has supported is Maya, a company that provides digital access to doctors and health experts in Bangladesh. By giving Maya the opportunity to increase their digital marketing and create cheap subscriptions, the company has been able to reach the people who have an urgent need for health information and who have not been able to access them through the usual sources due to the pandemic. Maya increased its capacity so that the company was able to meet the rapidly increasing demand, reduced subscription prices and increased marketing activity with the help of Transforms Survive & Thrive initiative.

It is obvious that technology is an important factor in supporting social enterprises, but it is important that the effort is designed with and for society. Technology can be the key, but must be integrated with care to meet local needs and opportunities.

Read more about Transform here

Ferd
Since 2009, the Norwegian industrial and financial company Ferd has run a support program for social entrepreneurs called “Ferd Social Entrepreneurs”. Through the program, Ferd has invested in social entrepreneurs who reflect the company’s vision of creating lasting value and leaving clear traces.

As part of the effort, a Sosent Conference is held every year – that give a status on Ferd’s work with social entrepreneurs and focuses on relevant topics within the field. Ferd also publishes an annual report on the company’s the effort.

Ferd´’s work with social entrepreneurs is intended to show that investments in social entrepreneurship creates value.

Ferd Social Entrepreneurs invest in social entrepreneurs, who create good social and economic results. Through a combination of capital, expertise and networking, Ferd’s program strengthens companies’ opportunities for success. Ferd also works with the public sector to create good tools and framework for cooperation with the companies of social entrepreneurs.

Ferd currently has 10 social enterprises in the active portfolio, some of which receive financial support. Most, however, are supported through investment. The social entrepreneurs, who receive grants work actively with developing and growing their business for a period of three years. When Ferd invest capital the company also offers social enterprises to have a board member either from Ferd or from Ferd’s subsidiaries and a dedicated business developer. It is the intention that the social entrepreneurs and their companies should be independent of support after 3 years.

Read more about Ferd Social Entrepreneurs here *

PWC
The auditing and consulting company PwC helps social entrepreneurs through the company’s Social Entrepreneurs Club, which is a network consisting of 250 social enterprises. The initiative aims to support the growing number of social enterprises in England.

The social enterprises, that are members of Social Entrepreneurs Club can have access to exclusive networking and skills development and mentoring opportunities provided by PwC UK. All is designed to help social entrepreneurs develop and drive their business and their impact.

The Social Entrepreneurs Club has four core offerings for social entrepreneurs.

Mentoring
PwC UK offer all employees working in one the social enterprises in the Social Entrepreneurs Club network access to a PwC mentor.

Coaching
The initiative offers tailor-made sessions with PwC UK partners and staff to help social entrepreneurs focus on a specific topic or challenge.

Network
Members of the Social Entrepreneurs Club can participate in Networking Events connecting members with leaders from other social enterprises and from PwC’s network of employees and customers.

Competence development
Members of Social Entrepreneurs Club gets offered short and interactive sessions with PwC partners and staff help members to improve their skills and develop new ones in areas such as accounting, finance, impact measurement, proposal writing and digital media.

In recent years, PwC partners and staff have put in more than 6,000 hours and helped 485 English social enterprises.
PwC is also part of Social Enterprise UK’s Buy Social Corporate Challenge.

Read more about PwC´s Social Entrepreneurs Club here

 

DBS
DBS is a Singapore-based bank that spends a significant amount of time and resources on social initiatives. Back in 2014, DBS established the DBS Foundation which actively supports social entrepreneurship.

The DBS Foundation works with social enterprises in Singapore, India, Indonesia, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong to help them scale their business and impact.

The foundation also collaborates with a number of partners who work to develop social enterprises, e.g. NUS Enterprise, HUB Singapore, Village Capital and Tata Institute of Social Sciences in India, SE Insights in Taiwan, YouChange Foundation in.
In addition to the Foundation and its initiatives, the bank itself also supports social entrepreneurs through an innovative and forward-looking policy, which not is typical for a traditional financial institution.

This happens among others through initiatives like DBS´ “Social Enterprise Package” where social entrepreneurs can get a business account, where they do not have to pay account fees and there is no requirement for a minimum monthly deposit.

DBS Foundation also supports AsiaForGood, which is an online platform that aims to build a community of like-minded social enterprises and socially responsible advocates through a online database and via regular news and updates of various events within social entrepreneurship.

 

Photo: by CoWomen on Unsplash

 

 

This publication has been prepared within SENBS project No. 2020- 1-EE01-KA204-077999. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project coordinator and may not always reflect the views of the European Commission or the National Agency.

New rapport: Social enterprises are able to adapt in terms of surviving Corona

New rapport: Social enterprises are able to adapt in terms of surviving Corona

If you teach students about social entrepreneurship and social enterprise in this particular period of time. It would be relevant to provide input about how the sector is doing in a time with Corona.
And if you are a social entrepreneur it might also be of relevance to know how your field is doing worldwide in these challenging times.

This is exactly the type of information you will find in a new rapport.
The report “Innovation and resilience: A global snapshot of social enterprise responses to Covid”, show that social enterprises around the world have proven to be very adaptable and innovative in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Only 1% report that they have had to close permanently.

The report was published on 9 December and show the results of a study conducted in 38 countries by the British Council, Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (UN) in August and September 2020. A total of 740 social enterprises participated in the survey.

The results show that social enterprises have been very flexible and innovative in adapting to the major changes created by Covid-19. More than half reported that they had changed their business model and 55% that they had increased their activities online. A third said they are now providing new products and services.

The study also shows that young and female social entrepreneurs are hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis. Almost a third of social enterprises enterprises led by women have had to reduce their activities and 3% have had to close permanently. These social enterprises need more support.
38% of the companies surveyed said that there had been no support from their governments and 38% said that they had used government support to pay salaries to employees.

The rapport also contains a section with small statements from leaders of social enterprises on their responce to COVID-19.

Read the full rapport here

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Microfinance in the European Union: market analysis and recommendations for delivery options in 2021-2027
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Microfinance in the European Union: market analysis and recommendations for delivery options in 2021-2027

This report assesses current microfinance provision in EU and presents recommendations on how to bridge the financing gap and to meet evolving market needs as a means of promoting growth, employment and inclusion across the EU. Most microfinance in the EU comes from larger providers, with support for smaller, non-bank lenders remaining limited. The EU has taken measures to improve provisions, such as the European Progress Microfinance Facility, launched in 2010 and complemented since 2014 by the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis of the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).

Catalog N. : KE-03-20-321-EN-N

Download here: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=8347&furtherPubs=yes

 

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Pomorskie region Social Economy entities map
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Pomorskie region Social Economy entities map

Baltic Institute for Regional Affairs from Gdynia, Poland encourages you to use the maps created by the Pomorskie Region Regional Center for Social Policy. This planning is a systematized compendium of knowledge about economic entities related to services in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
In response to the dynamic economic situation of the society in the Regional Center for Social Policy region in Gdańsk, I noticed that you create reading tools as well as up-to-date information about economic entities in the voivodship. The main idea behind the creation of maps was to facilitate contact with these entities. We also inform you that we provide you with a map that will be updated regularly. At the moment, it contains locations of nearly 300 points in Pomerania.

Details are in the table below.

 

ENTITY                                                                       NUMBER OF ENTITIES
CENTRES FOR SOCIAL INTEGRATION                                                    22
SOCIAL INTEGRATION CLUBS                                                                   16
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FACILITIES                                         2
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE                                             67
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WORKSHOPS                                              49
SOCIAL COOPERATIVES                                                                                71
DISABLED WORKERS COOPERATIVES                                                      7
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES                                                                                   58

You can see the map here:

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Project Social entrepreneurship development in the Baltic Sea region SEBS2 is executed under the Erasmus+ program and co-financed by the European Union.

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