Service and
engineering agency
for a different kind of
entrepreneurship
What do we mean by "capacity
building" nowadays? : An overview of
the evolution of the notion and
current practices
16 January 2014
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What is capacity building?
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Capacity building in the context of social
entrepreneurship: needs and current practices
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What will the priorities be for capacity building in the
future?
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CONTENTS
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1 WHAT IS CAPACITY BUILDING?
Origins centred on development aid
• Created by the UN in the 1970s - we used to talk
about Institutional Building
• The notion of Capacity Building became more wide-spread in
the 1990s, and it was adopted by most international
organisations (UN agencies, conferences etc.)
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• The term was first used in the fields of development aid,
cooperation and international schemes
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1 WHAT IS CAPACITY BUILDING?
A definition with three levels of action
“The process by which individuals, groups, organizations, institutions and societies increase their
abilities to:
(i)
perform core functions, solve problems, define and achieve objectives;
(ii) and understand and deal with their development needs in a broad context and in a sustainable
manner”
Sources: UNDP (1997); UNDP (1998); UNESCO (2005).
Organizational
Institutional
the elaboration of management structures, processes and procedures,
not only within organizations but also the management of relationships
between the different organizations and sectors (public, private and
community)
making legal and regulatory changes to enable organizations,
institutions and agencies at all levels and in all sectors to enhance their
capacities
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Individual
the process of equipping individuals with the understanding, skills and
access to information, knowledge and training that enables them to
perform effectively
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2. CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Individual level: what are the needs and current practices?
Developing
knowledge
• Improve the offering of university courses and foster
communication between academics and entrepreneurs
• Encourage research within universities
• Set up observatories and appropriate statistical tools
Boost the
skills of social
entrepreneurs
• Promote social entrepreneurship to future company creators
• Raise the awareness of young people and incorporate social and
solidarity economy issues into the school curriculum
• Provide tools for project managers and social entrepreneurs, in
particular by providing a database of individual cases and approaches
adopted, by sector
• Train entrepreneurs and creators (via ICTs, e-learning)
• Promote coaching and sponsorship
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Encourage
vocations
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2. CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Organizational level: what are the needs and current
practices?
Open up traditional
entrepreneurship
schemes for social
enterprises
• Open up traditional schemes for innovation to social innovation
• Train those working in support organisations to help social enterprises
• Improve access for social enterprises to financial tools for
entrepreneurship
• Develop specific incubators for social enterprises
Increase the visibility
and the clout of
social enterprises
• Develop "scale up" programmes in incubators
• Facilitate access to public sector procurement and socially responsible
purchasing
• Develop specific financial tools for social enterprises
• Release stable funds for networks providing assistance to social
enterprises
• Enhance the social and economic impact of social enterprises
• Foster the creation of networks to increase representation on the
ground
• Help with the formation of social enterprise groups
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Support the creation
and growth of social
enterprises through a
range of specific
schemes
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2. CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Institutional level: what are the needs and current
practices?
Instigate public
policies that
support the
social and
solidarity
economy
• Develop laws for the legal recognition of the sector
• Become involved in the creation of a legal framework that is
suitable for the development of social economy practices
• Help bring about public policies that favour employment and
social cohesion
• Policies that support regional ecosystems
• Achieve a lever effect through private-public partnerships
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Create a
beneficial legal
framework
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3. WHAT WILL THE PRIORITIES BE FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE FUTURE?
3 urgent needs
Representation on the ground and in the decision-making bodies
Boost the collective scope of action of social entrepreneurs through the creation of
networks and group initiatives. Encourage them to become involved in the decisionmaking bodies, in particular for the allocation of funds.
Social impact measurement
A change in scale
Increase the ability of entrepreneurs who wish to develop their companies, and
boost the expertise of networks of organisations that assist and fund social
enterprises and promote public policies that foster this issue.
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Boost the ability of small and medium-sized organisations to take on the issue of
social impact measurement by giving them the appropriate tools and training.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
President of Avise
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Hugues Sibille,
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Committed
to employment and social innovation