Dorotea Daniele, Facilitator

Key features of the network

• Increase of knowledge on SE and capacity building for ESF Managing Authorities at national and regional level

• Help ESF MAs to support the development of SE in OPs and new programmes

• Identification and exchange of good practices among ESF MAs

• Continuous dialogue with practictionners, experts and SE networks/organisations

• Transfer of experiences between countries

• Develop common solutions, recommendations and tools at European Union level

The members

• Polish Ministry of Regional Development

• ESF Council in Sweden

• Lombardy Region

• Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech Republic

• ESF Agency in Flanders

• Ministry of Employment and Economy in Finland

• ESF MA in England

The strands

• Community law and social services of general interest

• Measuring social added value

• Socially responsible public procurement and public social partnership

• Social franchising

• Financial instruments and mechanisms of funds allocation to social economy

Strand 1 activities and outputs

• Examine how Member States apply state aid exemption rules in relation to SE and the problems/ questions raised

• Formulate recommendations to the Commission and the Member States

• Analyse regulations on social services of general interest and its application to social economy

Strand 2 activities and outputs

• Desk research and questionnaire for the project partners

• Consultation of relevant stakeholders

• Preparation of a tool for measuring social added value

• Experimentation and testing of the tool

• Final version of the tool

• Report with the comments from testing phase in Lombardy and recommendations for ESF MAs and other level stakeholders

Strand 3 activities and outputs

• Desk research and questionnaire

• Peer review during Europe Active conference (Krakow Sept. 2011)

• response to the European Commission consultation on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy

• Publication on good practices of public social partnership and SWOT analysis

• Set of recommendations on SRPP with some good practices

Strand 4 activities and outputs

• Mapping social franchisors and enquiry to BFSE partners

• 11 case studies

• Website with public directory including 23 franchisors and 9 aspiring franchisors

• Workshop Genua and Conference in London (Oct. 2011)

• Workshop with financial actors (Antwerp, Dec. 2011)

• Survey on finance of social franchisors

• Final Report

Strand 5 activities and outputs

• Desk research and questionnaire

• Peer review (Prague, Nov. 2011)

• Recommendations for implementation of financial instruments

• Overview of attitudes and financial instruments for social economy in NBFSE countries

Communication and dissemination

• Web site: www.socialeconomy.pl

• Final dissemination conference Brussels 25-26 June 2012

• Participation in meetings, seminars, events

Common product of the network

BFSE Network recommendations to European institutions and ESF Managing authorities at national and regional level on how to develop social economy with the support of European Social Fund

•Based on evidence

•Common and for each strand

•To help programming future ESF support for social economy and designing policies strengthening social economy development

Thank you for your attention