101118 be esf conf social economy & job creation, toby johnson
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Social economy and job creation - lessons from EQUAL, the BFSE & COPIE learning networks and the Microenterprise Support (MES) project - Toby Johnson, AEIDL at Belgian EU Presidency ESF conference, 18 Nov 10TRANSCRIPT
ESF conferenceESF in the fight against poverty & social exclusion
Brussels, 18-19 Nov 2010
Workshop T3A
Social economy
Toby JohnsonAEIDL, Brussels
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EU-15social economy
employment
3-7%7-10%
10-17%
… of fte jobs
Source: EESC
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Social economy
economic activity for a social goal 4 families:
co-operatives mutuals associations foundations
11 million jobs in EU-25 8% of jobs
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Social enterprise (ideal type)
4 economic criteria: continuous trading activity autonomy economic risk paid workers
5 social criteria: explicit aim of community benefit citizen initiative decision making not on basis of capital participation - user involvement limited profit distribution
www.emes.net
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3 types of social enterprises
WISEs: inclusion through work (permanent or transitional)
service provision: social,
environmental, cultural...
value-based activity, esp. fair trade
EQUAL – 424 social economy development partnerships
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Social franchising
open source vs. patentedmobilise idle localresourceslocal capacity building
Le Mat (IT – hotels) CAP Märkte (DE – supermarkets) CASA (UK – home care) Vägen Ut! (SE – halfway houses)
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Home careSunderland Home Care Associates
185 employees
employee ownership – annual share bonus
low staff turnover higher quality care
franchisor CASA – reciprocal shareholding with franchisees
4 new firms – 400+ jobs
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Quality and impact measurement
New Economics Foundation
shared values indicators - qualitative & quantitative branding, visibility simplicity don’t make it a burden
www.proveandimprove.org
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Social firms for ex-addicts
Basta Arbetskooperativ, Sweden
Basta, Basta Väst ...competitive businesspeer supportempowerment – colleagues not clientssocial return – reduced cost of crimepractical basis for qualifications
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Impact measurement
Socio-economic reporting (Sweden)
studied 2 social co-ops for ex-addicts in Göteborg in 2005: Basta (65 mainly men) & Vägen Ut! (19 mainly women)mapped 130 factors in 5 clusters: income, treatment, crime, housing and children – each addict in effect employs 2½ peopleif someone stays 3 years, the municipality pays out €31,500 but society saves €595,000 – a return of 1,890%.social profit of €110,000 per employee per year
www.seeab.se
Learning network:Better Future for the Social Economy
Members:Poland (lead) + Czech Republic, Flanders, Lombardy, Sweden, Finland, England
Runs till mid-2012
Budget €480,000
Learning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, BrusselsLearning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, Brussels 1212
BFSE: 5 strands of work
Community law & social services of general interest
Measuring social added value & quality standards
Socially responsible public procurement & public-social partnership
Social franchising
Financial instruments & fund allocation mechanisms
Learning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, BrusselsLearning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, Brussels 1313
ESF conferenceESF in the fight against poverty & social exclusion
Brussels, 18-19 Nov 2010
Workshop T3C
Job creation for our target groups
Toby JohnsonAEIDL, Brussels
Business creation in EQUAL
274 development partnerships in 13 MS
2 major priorities:integrated support itineraries for all (80%)access to finance (60%)
2 minor priorities:creating the culture and conditions for entrepreneurship consolidating and ensuring long-term sustainability
Learning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, BrusselsLearning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, Brussels 1515
Entrepreneurial ladder out of exclusion
Integrated Business Support
Access to Finance
Culture + Conditions
Markets
Stages of setting up a business
COPIE diagnostic & benchmarking tool
4 stakeholder groups:► experts► policy-makers► business advisers► entrepreneurs
COPIE diagnostic & benchmarking tool
Looks at experience of 7 target groups: Formerly unemployed Women Migrants and ethnic minorities Over 50s Young people under 30 People with disabilities Social enterprises
Traffic light scoring
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COPIE diagnostic & benchmarking tool
Benefits: Rapid appraisal – 4-6 weeks start to finish, 15 minutes
to 30 minutes
Engages your key stakeholders: policy-makers, business advisers, entrepreneurs
Enjoyable and interesting
Generates evidence and data on which to base policy dialogue and practical actions
Comprehensive results that cover all groups
COPIE2 – learning network on inclusive entrepreneurship
10 partners:core partners: Germany, Spain, Asturias,
Flanders, Czech Republicactive participants: Andalucia,
Extremadura, Galicia, Lithuania, Wallonia
Objective:To produce an environment in which entrepreneurship is a natural choice for people from all walks of life
COPIE2 steering group (Berlin Dec 09)
Learning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, BrusselsLearning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, Brussels 2222
COPIE2 working groups
4 thematic CoPs
Entrepreneurship education
Quality management in business support
Integrated start-up support
Access to finance
2 overarching processes
► Diagnostic & benchmarking tool
► Action planning
COPIE on the web
Social network:
http://www.copie.esflive.eu
Knowledge base:
http://www.wikipreneurship.eu
Enterprise education:
http://www.copie2.es
Microenterprise support reference model
User experience
Outreach & accessibility
Welfare bridge
Menu of appropriate services, sourced from the best providers
System functions
Learning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, BrusselsLearning Networks Seminar, 28-29 June 2010, Brussels 2525
Outreach & accessibility
Physical accessibility of services
Cultural appropriateness and acceptance
sub-contracting to specialist agencies
partnership with community groups
Welfare bridge
Transitional welfare benefit
Capitalisation of benefit
Specific legal structures
couveuses
business & employment co-operatives
A menu of appropriate services
Lifestyle-appropriate counselling
Modular training & qualification
Coaching & mentoring
Microfinance
Access to larger markets
Premises & incubation
Business co-operation
A ‘passport’
Sourcing services from the best providers
One-stop shop
Prime contractor
Consortium
Voucher
Braided
System functions
Research
Coherence, signposting, branding
Financing
Quality (agencies & advisers)
Governance
Monitoring & evaluation