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General Presentation

Actions and strategy for the social economy and social enterprises  The way forward

The legacy

• Communication on a Social Business Initiative (2011)

follow-up;

• Council Conclusions on the Social Economy (December

2015), EP resolutions, EESC opinions, CoR opinions;

• GECES report and recommendations (October 2016);
• "Start up and Scale-up" Initiative (October 2016);
• Political and institutional context: EFSI/White Paper on the

future of Europe/European Pillar of Social Rights as windows of opportunity;  Series of actions coordinated by the launch of an Internal Task Force between different services (January 2017).

Presentation of the actions

• Implementation of actions scheduled for 2017-2018.
• Five pillars to be developed:
• 1. Access to funding;
• 2. Access to markets;
• 3. Improving framework conditions;
• 4. Social innovation, technologies and new business models;
• 5. International dimension.

Pillar 1: Access to finance

• 1. Reinforcing EasI guarantee and debt finance window;
• 2. Implementing blended instruments under EFSI Equity;
• 3. Working on the revision of the EuSEF Regulation (2013);
• 4. Stimulating support for Social Enterprise Financing

Markets under EaSI.

Pillar 2: Access to markets

• 1. Implementing the revised rules on qualitative public

procurement;

• 2. Reinforcing the cooperation between traditional

enterprises and social economy enterprises;

• 3. Identifying entry points for social enterprise/social

innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility policy and related actions;

• 4. Stimulating cross-border activities for social economy

and social enterprises;

Pillar 3: Improving framework conditions

• 1. Preparing

guidelines to assist Member States in developing regulatory frameworks for the social economy and social enterprises (if they wish to);

• 2. Possibly updating the Guide on SGEI;
• 3. Updating the mapping of social enterprise ecosystems

in Europe;

• 4. Producing four in-depth country reviews with the OECD;
• 5. Disseminating the EC/OECD compendium of social

enterprises policies and initiatives to showcase successful national initiatives;

Pillar 3: Improving framework conditions

• 6. Developing in co-operation with the OECD online policy

assessment tools for inclusive and social entrepreneurship policies for local and regional and national authorities;

• 7. Boosting the establishment of social economy and social

enterprise satellite accounts in national statistical accounts;

• 8. Promoting the creation of social economy clusters in

different Member States;

Pillar 3: Improving framework conditions

• 9. Implementing the Pilot Project "Transfer of businesses

under form of cooperatives";

• 10. Implementing the Pilot Project "Reduction of young

unemployment and the setting up of cooperatives".

Pillar 4: Social innovation, technologies and new business models

• 1. Reflecting on the use and impact of new technologies

by social economy actors and particularly social enterprises;

• 2. Implementing the Pilot Project 'Sharing Economy

Start-up initiative – Financing the future of European Entrepreneurship;

• 3. Building the momentum for social innovation and

supporting concrete projects through the European Social Innovation Competition;

Pillar 4: Social innovation, technologies and new business models

• 4. Launching

and managing the Social Innovation Challenge Platform which will help to find solutions for important social challenges;

• 5. Increasing visibility for concrete projects on social

innovation, social economy & enterprises, social impact investment under Horizon 2020;

• 6. Reinforcing and mainstreaming the experimentation of

Digital Social Innovation models under Horizon 2020.

Pillar 5: International dimension

• 1. Promoting social economy and social enterprises in

neighbourhood/enlargement policies and programmes;

• 2. Promoting social economy and social enterprises in

development policies and SDGs objectives;

• 3. Economic Diplomacy: promoting the role of social

economy and social enterprises in international fora (UNTFSSE, ILGSSE, G20, G7, ILO …);

• 4. Promoting the relations with International Finance

Organisations and Donor Community:

• 5. Cross-cutting actions.

Further information

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/social- economy @SocEntEU

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