THE NETWORK
FOR BETTER FUTURE OF SOCIAL ECONOMY
The BFSE network
• October 2009 – June 2012
• 7 partners: Poland, Sweden, the Czech Republic,
Lombardy Region, Flanders, Finland, England
• 5 thematic fields
The BFSE network
5 working groups (strands):
• Community law and social services of general
interest (Flanders)
• Measuring social added value and quality standards
(Lombardy Region)
• Socially responsible public procurement and public
social partnership (Poland)
• Social franchising (Sweden)
• Financial instruments and mechanisms of funds
allocation to social economy (the Czech Republic)
The BFSE network
Publications on www.socialeconomy.pl
• Set of common recommendations for the next
programming period (final publication)
• Strand publications containing
recommendations for differnt administrative
levels (national, regioanl, local) and different
stakeholders, reports and good practice guides:
The BFSE network
• Social franchising – financing its growth
• Social franchising – obtaining higher returns from
investments for jobs in social enterprises
• Overview of financial instruments for social economy and
case studies of selected practice
• Description of the tool for measuring social added value
and report from its testing phase
The BFSE network
• Report on the application of SRPP and PSP in support to
social economy development
• Examples of SE initiatives significant from the perspective
of sustainable public procurement
• Report on Community law and social services of general
interest in the light of social inclusion with Annex : ESF and
state aids check list
THE FUTURE
The Social Entrepreneurship Network
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Duration: 2 years (MArch 2013- Feb 2015)
Dual partnership in each country: MA + SE federal
and/or support body
Lead partner: Polish Ministry of Regional
Development
Approx. total budget: € 500 000
The partners
Core members
PL
BE
SE
Ministry of Regional Development (LEAD)
Ministry of Labour
IT
PL
FISE – Fundacja Inicjatyw Społeczno-
Ekonomicznych
ESF Agentschap
ESF Rådet
Tillväxtverket
CZ
Associate members
SE
Coompanion Sweden
Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs
AG Lavoro, Trentino
ESF Lombardia
EL
ESF Greece
CY
ESF Cyprus
UK
ESF England & Gibraltar
UK
The Scottish Government
FI
Ministry of Employment and the Economy
IT
Consorzio Light
EL
POKOISPE
UK
Social Firms Scotland
FI
EU
EU
Tampere Region Cooperative Centre
DIESIS
REVES – European Networks of Cities &
Regions for the Social Economy
Key features
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Develop a comprehensive ecosystem for social enterprise
development
Focus on social enterprise
Build on achievements of BFSE
Structural partnership with SE networks/organisations
(which involve practitioners and/or experts)
Mainstream good practices and tools already developed in
BFSE through study visits and peer reviews
Draft detailed recommendations to help ESF MAs to
support the development of SE in OPs and new
programmes
Learning areas (clusters)
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Cluster
Possible components
outreach to and accessibility by the most disadvantaged target groups
Outreach and
managing diversity
accessibility
partnerships with community groups
counselling, mentoring, training etc.
Start-up
social innovation incubators (e.g. activity co-operatives etc.)
support
portable record of achievement (‘social entrepreneur’s passport’)
Microfinance
mutual & ethical funds
Finance
community share issues (crowdsourcing)
improving access to Structural Funds instruments: JEREMIE, global grant etc.
social franchising (code of practice, funding the development phase, trade sectoral
Consolidation approaches)
& growth
reaching larger markets/public procurement
social value measurement
partnership with stakeholders
local development & co-planning tools
policy co-ordination, overcoming silo working, action planning
Governance & branding & promotion of the support system to potential users
co-ordination sourcing the best services: organising the procurement of business support services
(prime contractors, consortia, vouchers)
quality assurance: accreditation of advisers & agencies
monitoring & evaluation
Requirements/conditions
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Clear commitment (specify activities and contributions)
Availability of human and financial resources
Only some expenses are paid by project budget
Co-financing (how to provide it)
Formal requirements (letter of commitment, budget
information, etc.)
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