MEASURING SOCIAL ADDED VALUE - POLISH EXPERIENCE JAKUB GLOWACKI CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

Main assumptions Tool will assess the processes within the organization. Assesment is based on a set of indicators/coefficients in four areas of assessment. In every area all indicators are converted to one general/cumulative index. All necessary information are collected through on-line questionnaire. After completing the survey, organization is compared with average score for others participants of research. 2

Areas of assessment 3 SOCIAL AND WORK INCLUSION SOCIAL CAPITAL LOCAL COMMUNITY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

HOW IT LOOKS? HOW IT WORKS? 4

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PILOT STUDY 6

Answer 2 questions: Whether organizations in Poland are willing to examine their social added value? Is the questionnaire well prepared? 7 Pilot study

Organizations surveyed 8 73 organizations invited to the research44 organizations registered in system 33 organizations have started filling the questionnaire 24 filled questionnaire in at least 75%19 filled questionnaire in 100%

Organizations surveyed 9

Main conclusions In most cases organizations were not interested in our research. Interviewers had to do hard work… Organizations must have an incentive to fill in the questionnaire. The biggest problem caused the financial part. The majority of the organizations operating in social economy sector is not interested in measuring SAV. Only a small part of them is aware of the benefits it brings. 10

JAKUB GŁOWACKI Cracow University of Economics