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Europe an Social Economy Regions 2018 Rovaniemi, 18 June 2018 Zuzana Dutkova

Europe an Social Economy Regions 2018 Rovaniemi, 18 June 2018 Zuzana Dutkova Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship Unit European Commission (DG GROW). What is Social Economy ?.

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Europe an Social Economy Regions 2018 Rovaniemi, 18 June 2018 Zuzana Dutkova

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  1. European Social Economy Regions 2018 Rovaniemi, 18 June 2018 Zuzana Dutkova Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship Unit European Commission (DG GROW)

  2. What is Social Economy ? • ‘Social economy’ is an important part of the European socio-economic model. It includes a large variety of stakeholders such as cooperatives, foundations, social start-ups,social enterprises etc.(independently of their legal form); • They operate a very broad number of activities, provide a wide range of products and services across the European single market and generate millions of jobs.

  3. What is Social Economy ? Main objectives:to serve the members and not to obtain a return on investment as the traditional mainstream capital companies do. The members act in accordance with the principle of solidarity and mutuality, and manage their enterprise on the basis of 'one man one vote' principle.

  4. Examples of Social Economy stakeholders (1) Community Wood Recycling, UK UK nationwide network of wood recycling social enterprises; Two main goals: save resources and create jobs for local people; Collection of waste wood and its reuse (separating/repairing pallets, providing the community with wood for DIY and building projects, making a huge range of wood products and selling firewood etc.); Providing training and work experience places for local unemployed people (in 2016 for more than 600 persons).

  5. Examples of social economy stakeholders (2) Madgas Hotel, Austria *First hotel in Austria runs as a social business; *Run by former refugees, 2/3 of the employees are people with a refugee background; *In addition to traditional hotel services, it provides also some eco-friendly services and sustainable solutions such as recycled furniture in the hotel rooms, home-made honey from bees bred on roof of the hotel etc. More information: www.madgas-hotel.at

  6. Examples of social economy stakeholders (3) • Ecoalf (Madrid, Spain) • *A sustainable fashion brand that uses the highest quality recycled fabrics to create a new generation clothing from recycled materials, mostly PET plastics and fish nets. • *Upcycling the oceans - within this project, Ecoalf contacts fishermen from the Mediterranean to dispose of their fishing nets so that oceans are progressively cleaned up.

  7. Examples of social economy stakeholders (4) Social Innovation Factory, Belgium Networking organization that promotes, guides and supports social and societal innovative concepts; It helps to design and launch innovation projects, advise on financing and partnership. More information: www.socialeinnovatiefabriek.be

  8. What makes a social enterprise? • Combination of societal goals with an entrepreneurial spirit !!! • Main objective of a social enterprise is to have a social impact rather than make a profit for their owners or shareholders. It operates by providing goods and services for the market in an entrepreneurial and innovative fashion and uses its profits primarily to achieve social objectives. It is managed in an open and responsible manner and, in particular, involves employees, consumers and stakeholders affected by its commercial activities.

  9. Social Economy – European perspectiverecent milestones Communication on a Social Business Initiative (2011); Council Conclusions on the Social Economy(2015) together with: EP resolutions, EESC opinions, CoR opinions; GECES report and recommendations (October 2016); "Start up and Scale-up" Initiative (October 2016);

  10. Social Economy and Social Enterprises going forward

  11. Presentation of the actions • Implementation of actions scheduled for 2017-2018. • Five pillars to be developed: • 1. Access to funding; • 2. Access to markets; • 3. Improving framework conditions; • 4. Social innovation, technologies and new business models; • 5. International dimension.

  12. 1. Access to funding Some examples *EaSI - Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship guarantee schemes to increase access to microfinance for vulnerable groups and social enterprises who want to set up or develop their business via EIF (European Investment Fund); *EaSI support for Social Enterprise Financing Markets – capacity building, operating grants for EU level networks, technical assistance for finance providers etc.

  13. Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) program

  14. What is in the pipeline? Ongoing negotiations on Social investment and Skills window under the InvestEU Fund for the MFF 2021-2027 (4 bn EUR) *Objective: to increase the access to and the availability of microfinance and finance to social enterprises and social economyand support financing related to social investment and skills; *The InvestEU Advisory Hub will integrate the different advisory services currently available into a one-stop-shop for project development assistance. It will provide technical support and assistance to help with the preparation, development, structuring and implementation of projects.

  15. 2. Access to markets *Social procurement: Awareness raising events for contracting authorities in Member States in order to make them aware of the different opportunities at stake and to promote the use of social clauses in their purchasing procedures. Targeted workshops will be roll-out in 15 EU MS in spring/summer 2019; *Update of the 2011 Guide on best practices on strategic public procurement and social clauses. The updated Guide and collection of good practices should be published by the end of 2019.

  16. 3. Improving framework conditions • *Development of an online policy assessment tool for inclusive and social entrepreneurship policies for local and regional authorities to help them analyse the state of play and to identify further development opportunities concerning their social enterprise ecosystems. The online tool will be launched in Brussels during EWRC (8-11 October); • *Development of social economy clusters: how to better involve social clusters in the instruments set up by the Commission for clusters policy. Best practices will be shown at the Conference on cooperation between traditional and social economy enterprises to be held in Brussels on 3-4 July 2018 and at the Clusters Conference foreseen in 2019.

  17. 4. Social innovation, technologies and new business modelsSocial Challenges Innovation Platform Social innovation marketplace where Public Authorities, Private Companies or Third Sector Organizations can post and give visibility to social and environmental challenges they want to solve. At the same time, social innovators and entrepreneurs from across Europe are invited to propose innovative solutions. Socialchallenges.eu in a nutshell: 1 go-to-platform; 27+ challenges supported and sponsored by a EU grant mechanism scheme; 81 selected solution providers (max 3 per challenge); 2.430.000€ total grant (30000€ per selected solution provider). More information: www.socialchallenges.eu

  18. European Social Innovation Competition • The European Social Innovation Competition is a challenge prize run by the European Commission across all Horizon 2020 associated countries; • The Competition calls all Europeans to come up with solutions to the problems affecting our society; • This year's edition "Re:Think Local" is dedicated to ideas/initiatives empowering young people in a changing economy with focus on local communities; • 3 final winners will receive a prize of €50,000 each during the award ceremony (8 November 2018). • More information: ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/innovation/policy/social/ • competition_en

  19. 5. International collaboration

  20. Lapland model

  21. Lapland model Social Economy is predestined for creation of clusters using and developing the potential of territories: principles of cooperation, solidarity, local development (service to the local community), networks etc.

  22. Social Economy clusters in the EU - examples CoopCity Brussels Objective: to promote social and cooperative entrepreneurship in the Brussels-Capital region and create a favorable eco-system for the social economy sector; Who: different regional social economy enterprises and start-ups; Activities: SEEDS (start-ups), BLOSSOM (developing existing initiatives/promote cooperation), POLLINIZE (multi-actor projects), INNOVATE (experimentation).

  23. Social Economy clusters in the EU - examples ImpulsCooperatiu de Sants (Barcelona, ES) Objective: strengthen cooperation and solidarity; mobilise different local players and the population around new projects serving local development; Who: 20 social economy structures from different fields: culture (bookshop, printing companies, cinemas, concert halls), gastronomy/food (bars, beer production), community services (carpentry, cleaning, architecture, renovation…), education, language learning, computer programming, etc.; Activities: training, Coòpolis (promoting new cooperative start-ups and creating jobs in already existing cooperatives) developing projects of cooperation between different enterprises/organisations, awareness-raising and creation of spaces for public debate.

  24. Navarra model of promoting social economy via S3 S3P Industrial Modernisation Thematic Platform Aims to support EU regions committed to generate a pipeline of industrial investment projects following a bottom-up approach - implemented through interregional cooperation, cluster participation and industry involvement. Cluster partners: Navarra (ES), Murcia (ES), Lapland (FI), Emilia Romagna (IT), Orebro (SE) and Slovenia (SI).

  25. European Social Economy Regions Pilot *32 pioneering regions on board in 2018; *Focused on social economy awareness raising and building networks of regional social economy stakeholders; *2 concluding events in October: GSEF Bilbao (1-3 October) and EWRC Brussels (8-11 October); *future perspective: to develop capacities for a targeted inter-regional collaboration between social economy partners.

  26. Social Economy - Future Perspectives"Creating value together -Towards business partnerships between social economy and traditional enterprises"Brussels, 3-4 July 2018 • -opportunity to exchange and open new avenues • for collaboration; • -how to overcome obstacles to collaborate • -matchmaking forum • -opportunity for policy makers and stakeholders to • promote collaborations within a country/region www.technopolisgroup.com/creatingvalueevent

  27. Thank you! Follow us on Twitter! @SocEntEU#EU4SocEnt#GECES And join our LinkedIn Community page: "EU for Social Economy & Social Enterprises" Website: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/social-economy

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