With the financial support of the

European Commission

SOCIALENTERPRISES

Social Impact Accelerator

(SIA)

European Social Fund (ESF)

Financial in

termediaries

European Fund

for Strategic Investments

(EFSI)

EU Programme for Employment

and Social Innovation

(EaSI)

European Social

Innovation Competition

Member States

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European SocialInnovation Competition

Boosting social innovation by awarding outstanding projects.

2017 theme: Equality rebooted

Example of laureate:2016: Cucula – a practical workshop and an educational program created for and together with refugees and migrants in Berlin.

Timeline: yearly since 2012Annual budget: €200k

EU Programme for Employment and Social

Innovation (EaSI)

Supporting the access to finance for social enterprises through its €193m Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis.

Framework Partnerships (VP/2013/006), e.g.:• Partnership with EVPA to

promote social enterprise finance

Calls to support social enterprise finance (€4m) | Calls in 2013 & 2016, e.g.:• Finanzierungsagentur für

Social Entrepreneurship creating hybrid finance packages for social enterprises

EaSI Guarantee Instrument (€40m) | Call open until 2023, e.g.:• Soria Futuro• TISE to support social

enterprises in Poland and the CEE

Capacity Building Investments Window (€8m) – launched in Dec. 2016 | Call open until 2023

More loan instruments to be developed

Timeline: 2014–2020Total EaSI budget: €919m

European Fund for Strategic Investments

(EFSI)

Fund to finance infrastructures & innovative projects in Europe.

Social Impact Window (€150m) | Call open until 2018

Innovative equity instruments developed to support social enterprises – launched in Oct. 2016:• Social Incubator/Accelerator

(€30m)• Social Business Angels

(€25m)• Payment-by-Result schemes

(€25m)

Enhancement of EaSI Instruments

More financial instruments to be developed

Timeline: 2015–2018Total EFSI budget: €21b

European Social Fund (ESF)

EU’s main financial instrument to support employment and social cohesion, implemented by EU member states through Operational Programmes.

Examples of supported initiatives:• Spain: Lanzaderas de

empleo• Portugal: Portugal

Inovação Social

Timeline: 2014–2020Total ESF budget: €80b

Social Impact Accelerator (SIA) Call for partnerships

Public-private fund of funds addressing the growing need for availability of equity finance to support social enterprises.

Example of supported funds:• Social Venture Fund II

(Ananda Ventures) investing in Insane Logic

• Impact Partenaires III investing in French urban deprived areas

Timeline: since 2013Total SIA budget: €243m

With the financial support of the European Commission

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