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DIESIS COOP European Research and Development Service for the Co-operatives and the Social Economy

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Conference TESSEA

22/05/2015, Prague

Since 1997 DIESIS has supported the development

• f the social economy in Europe through the

implementation of knowledge-based activities, such as training, project design, consultings and advisory services, technical assistance and research.

Mission

Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Poland, Germany

15 social economy organisations from 6 European Countries

Members

Network and Partnership

• DIESIS members benefit from a network of more than

80,000 social economy enterprises all over Europe.

• Diesis works in partnership with like-minded European

networks/platforms such as CECOP, EMES, EAPN, REVES Social Economy Europe.

• DIESIS is member of the OECD Local Economic and

Employment Development Programme (LEED), SEN (Social Entrepreneurship Network), the European Alliance for Innovation and EARTH (European Alliance for Responsible Tourism and Hospitality).

Members

• AITR (IT)
• LEGACOOP Servizi (IT)
• CGM (IT)
• ELABORA (IT)
• INFORCOOP (IT)
• LEGACOOP Sociali (IT)
• Consorzio Nazionale

Meuccio Ruini (IT)

• DROM (IT)
• Scuola Nazionale Servizi
• CONFESAL (ES)
• COCETA (ES)
• CG SCOP (FR)
• Pour la Solidarité (BE)
• INNOVA eG (DE)
• FISE (PL)

Fields of Action

Social Innovation Active citizenship Social enterpreneurship Participatory democracy Social dialogue Sustainable mobility Sustainable social tourism Sustainable energy Gender equality Local development Fighting poverty/discrimination Social housing

Services at European level

 Networking and partnerships: exchange  Information and communication (Study Visits, Organisation of

events: conferences and seminars, Business to business contact, Contact with European institutions): visibility

 Research: knowledge  EU projects: (Identification of client’s needs, Drafting of projects and

budget proposal, Administrative support and coordination of projects, Partners’ research, Evaluation): expertise

 Training: skills and competences

« BENISI» Building a European Network of

Incubators for Social Innovation

Aim: to identify and scale 300 of the most promising, impactful and employment-generating social innovations. Countries: IT, BE, NL, UK, SE, RO, AT Partners: i-propeller, The Impact Hub, Diesis, European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA), Fondazione Cariplo / Pôle Européen des Fondations de L’économie Sociale (PEFONDES)… Web site: www.benisi.eu

SEN “ Social Entrepreneurship Network” led by the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure and Development 2013-2015

Aim: The Social Entrepreneurship Network (SEN) project seeks to build the capacity of the actors who form part of the ESF system to achieve the

• bjectives of the ESF and of the Europe 2020 strategy.

Countries: PL, UK, CZ, BE, GR, SE, FI, IT, CY Partners: ESF Managing Authorities and intermediate bodies from 9 EU Member States and regions (PL, UK – England and Scotland, IT – Trentino and Lombardy, BE Flanders, CZ, GR, CY, SE and FI) and associated partners: Diesis, FISE, Consorzio Light, Social Firms Scotland, Reves network, P3, Coompanion Web site: www.socialeconomy.pl.

Issues (1) Definition What is a social enterprise?

• The General Regulation does not define social enterprise
• Concepts and definitions vary widely across Europe
• The Social Business Initiative and the PSCI refer to a definition of

social enterprise that tries to take into account the diversity of economic structures, cultural traditions and legal frameworks across Europe:

• Trading on the market
• Main objective: achieve a social impact rather than a profit for
• wners or shareholders
• Surpluses are mainly used to achieve social goals
• Participative governance structures that involve workers,

customers and stakeholders

• accountable and transparent, innovative and entrepreneurial

management

Issues (2) Scope

What are the economic activities of social enterprises?

Facilitate work integration Provide/improve social and health care for disadvantaged people Deliver social and care services of general interest Produce services and products that meet collective needs, such as:

• Organise and finance community development ,
• Produce and distribute healthy and affordable food,
• Facilitate access to and deliver education and lifelong learning,
• Nurture culture and arts,
• Provide inclusive and sustainable facilities for tourism, recreation and well-

being

• Strengthen democracy and enable participation in the digital society,
• provide public services such as community transport, utilities,
• reduce emissions and waste,
• use natural resources efficiently, or
• promote fair trade

Issues (3) Justification

Why promoting social economy and social enterprises?

Social entrepreneurs are innovators and drive social change:

• They generate sustainable jobs, facilitate social and work integration,

provide inclusive social services and improve the quality of social and health care;

• They introduce efficient ways to reduce emissions and waste, and to use

natural resources and energy more efficiently;

• They focus on innovation and the participatory use of the internet

 The investment priority on promoting social economy and social enterprises is strongly linked to EU2020 and social innovation, the Social Business Initiative, the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, and the Social Investment Strategy

EU policy messages (1) SBI Communication

• EU policy framework that recognises the business model of

social enterprises in a pluralist social market economy.

• The definition of Social Enterprise tries to take account of the

range of economic structures, cultural traditions and legal frameworks across the EU.

• Social enterprise support needs to be embedded in a

comprehensive ecosystem for social entrepreneurship and social innovation. This principle needs to be applied both at national and at EU level.

• The Commission has asked the Member States and regions to

step up their efforts to promote social enterprises.

EU policy messages (2) Key challenges to be addressed in ESF support actions

1. The crisis calls for reengineering Europe's economic and social fabric, and for reprogramming public policies and actions.  Social enterprises are drivers in social innovation. 2. The guiding principle for further developing the single market is the social market economy.  Social enterprises often lack capacity and opportunity to work across national borders. 3. Social enterprises face specific barriers in access to finance, markets and ressources.  Need a level playing field with all economic actors. 4. Cohesion policy instruments are to tackle economic, social and territorial disparities which the Single Market does not reduce by itself.  Many Social enterprises have a mission that falls into the ESF and ERDF scope

• f intervention.

5. The economic crisis is also a crisis of values.  Social enterprises are the vanguard of responsible business.

Barriers to start, develop and scale social enterprises to be addressed by public policies

• Lack of awareness and recognition of the social value which

social enterprises generate;

• Education and training system not developing the necessary

mind-sets, skills and competences;

• Inadequate support services, networks and infrastructures;
• Lack of seed finance and support;
• An underdeveloped finance system - throughout the life cycle of

a business.

Key objectives of support to Social Enterprise

 speeding up and increasing the rate of creating sustainable social enterprises

 direct support for capacity building of teams starting a social enterprise

 address societal challenges through developing new business models and innovative solutions

 Support transfer of expertise, cooperation and start-ups

 stimulating the development of a supportive eco-system

 delivery of high quality supply of business development and support services (education, training, networking, coaching, tendering etc.)

 facilitating access to finance

 Set up financial instruments

Strategic policy framework

Social values & challenges Awareness, education

Capacity to assess needs & opportunities

• f social entrepreneurs

Level playing field Social Innovation

Design & implementation in partnership with stakeholders Synergetic actions of different depart. & levels of government

Capacity building (pre-start up) Business development services Access to finance for enterprise consolidation & growth Access to markets Learning & networking platforms; fora and pacts of stakeholders

Objectives in line with the national employment strategy

Mechanisms for monitoring, impact measurem´t and evaluation

Simple administration rules & delivery procedures

Financial market regulations Good governance

STRASBOURG DECLARATION

EMPOWERING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS FOR INNOVATION, INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND JOBS Strasbourg 17 – 18 January 2014

1,The EU must follow through on all the actions in the SBI. It should develop a second phase of the SBI that broadens its scope, deepens its partnership with Member States, regional and local authorities, civil society organisations and key players in the ecosystem.

• 2. The European Economic and Social Committee, the next European Commission (with

a dedicated inter-service structure) and the next European Parliament must take full

• wnership and deliver on the actions suggested in Strasbourg.
• 3. There must be a stronger engagement at EU, national, regional and local levels with

the social enterprise community in the co-creation of new policies to support social enterprise, suited to the local context.

• 4. The Commission must ensure that its commitment to create an eco-system for

social enterprise is mainstreamed in its policies.

“A CALL TO ACTION TO REALISE THE POTENTIAL OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE” into 10 actions

STRASBOURG DECLARATION

“A CALL TO ACTION TO REALISE THE POTENTIAL OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE” into 10 actions

• 5. In partnership with the social enterprise sector, Member States, regional and local

authorities must fully support the growth of social enterprises and help them build capacity.

• 6. The European institutions and Member States should reinforce the role of social

enterprises in structural reforms to exit the crisis, notably where the social economy is less developed.

• 7. The Commission, the Member states and regions must boost cooperation between

social enterprises across borders and boundaries, to share knowledge and practices.

• 8. Public and private players must develop a full range of suitable financial instruments

and intermediaries that support social enterprises throughout their life-cycle.

• 9. Social enterprise still needs further research and national statistical collection for a

better understanding, recognition and visibility of the sector, both among policymakers and the general public.

• 10. In this new Europe, all players need to look at growth and value creation from a wider

perspective, by including social indicators and demonstrating positive social impact when reporting social and economic progress

Thank you for your attention

Luca Pastorelli luca.pastorelli@diesis.coop