at local level

Mrs. Lisa Fröbel

Overview

•Partnership at local and regional level

•Social Enterprises at national level

•Regional ESF-programmes

Introduction

•Coompanion Sweden, member of the board

•Coompanion, Co-operative Development Agency in the County of

Jämtland, member of the board•SERUS Ek. För, chairwoman

•KOOPI•Swedish Co-operative Center

Background

•25 Coompanions (CDA:s)•Own juridical status•Coompanion Sweden - an NGO•National financial support•Conditional regional support as matching finance•Consultancy and projects (+/- 30%)

Services

Services

•Start-up consultancy•Development of established co-ops

•Education and training•Social Entrepreneurship

•Elderly co-ops•Youth co-ops•Coo-sourcing

•Local economy development

Keyfactor: Strong regional and local partnership

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Social Enterprises in Sweden

• Equal National Thematic Group - Social Entrepreneurship

• Action Plan for growth thru more and stronger social enterprises

Business aims:

• Integration of individuals back to the labour market and society

• Mainly re-invests the profit in its own or similar businesses

• Create participation among the staff thru ownership, agreements or by other documented ways

• Organisational neutral, not bounded, to the public sector

Regional ESF-programmes

•European Social Fund programme 2007-2013, National Programme•8 Regional ESF-plans, 2007-2013•Co-operation projects in progress

Example: Mid Norrland Region

Program area 1: Access to Competence (30%)

Program area 2: Increase access to labour force (70%)

Conclusions

1. Strong Partnership on local and regional level

2. Create National Strategic programme for Social Entrepreneurship

3. ESF-programmes 2007-2013, become an important part in the programming and its decision structures

4. Social Enterprises as contributing to job creation and (economic) growth!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

ADDRESS:

LISA FRÖBELSERUS EK. FÖR

Lisa@serus.se+46 70 336 02 22