1. Exploiting Potentials of Social Enterprises through Standardized European Evaluation and Development System
Mária BARACSI
Coordinator, IFKA Public Benefit Nonprofit Ltd.for the Development of the Industry
9 May 2018 IV Spring Meeting on Social Entrepreneurship, Social Finance and Depopulation in Europe. El Hueco I Soria (Spain)

2. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903)

3. SOCIAL SEEDS in a nutshell
to equip policymakers with evidence-based policy diagnostic tool that increases the effectiveness of local and regional policies and instruments for stimulation of growth and employment (preferably of vulnerable social groups) in social enterprises (SE) including their ecosystems in Europe,
Three-stage development programme for better social entrepreneurial ESIF policy instruments:
Stage 1: Scanning of the social enterprise landscape (best practices, policy analysis, seminar, study-visits)
DEVELOPMENT PHASE
Stage 2: Policy knowledge exchange and mentoring (mentee – mentor regions, comparative analysis, networking, interregional seminars)
MUTUAL LEARNING PHASE
Stage 3: Policy improvements (Policy Diagnostic tool, INTERREG EUROPE Policy Learning Platforms, clustering with other projects and initiatives)
REGIONAL ACTION PLANS + CALLS FOR PROPOSALS
Policy instruments:
Employment capacities of social enterprises will be strengthened
Improved access of enterprises – including social enterprises working for society – to external funding, which realize investments that stimulate employment

4. SOCIAL SEEDS policy landscape (2014-2020)
Partner countries / regions BE HU CZ PL EE SI IT
AWARENESS RAISING (e.g. award schemes, communication, advocacy)  X
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION (e.g. academic courses) 
PRE-START / START-UP SUPPORT
Business support e.g. mentoring, consultancy, coaching etc.
Grants
Infrastructure e.g. incubators
GRANTS AND BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR ESTABLISHED ENTERPRISES (e.g. business planning, management skills, marketing, training and coaching etc.)
INVESTMENT READINESS SUPPORT
N/A
 NFCS
DEDICATED FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (e.g. loans, guarantee schemes, social impact bonds etc.)
Pilot phase
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (e.g. shared working space)
COLLABORATIONS AND ACCESS TO MARKETS
NETWORKING, KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND MUTUAL LEARNING INITIATIVES

5. SOCIAL SEEDS Policy Diagnostics
A system of analysis which explores the development level of social enterprises and social innovation policy in Europe.
It is aimed the European, national, regional and local policymakers and social entrepreneurs.
The defined actors: characteristics, business models, economic weight, growth potential, applicable rules and criteria for legal statues of social enterprises.
The main output is to design smart specialization and social innovation strategies that will help to develop new European regulatory framework.
Promotion of social entrepreneurship
Regulatory frameworks
Sustainable financial system
Business development procedures
Support of access to market
Further research

6. SOCIAL SEEDS Policy Diagnostics
Scope of the OECD methodology for stakeholders
Legal and regulatory framework
Access to finance
Access to market
Business support structures
Scope of SOCIAL SEEDS methodology for policymakers
Legal and regulatory framework
Access to finance
Access to market
Business support structures
Training and research
Legal framework
Hybrid finance, SRPPs in practice
Legal framework
(Social) innovations and social impact
Mix of financial resources
New financial instruments
Capcity-building
Market-based relationships with businesses & governments
Accelarator programmes
Coaching & Mentoring
Internationalization of social enterprises
Main focus: assessment of social enterprise ecosystems
Main focus: assessment of social entrepreneurial needs and improvement of policy frameworks
Source: Assessment of policy ecosystems for social enterprises, source: Bulakovskiy, 2017

7. Analysis Legal and regulatory framework Access to finance
Solution scenarios (observation, trends)
Online survey (policymakers/entrepreneurs)
24 Good Practices
Legal and regulatory framework
Access to finance
Access to market
Business support structures

8. Triple- helix / quadruple-helix / quintiple-helix cooperations
Regulatory framework (taxation, code of labour, legal definition)
Social innovation (services)
Improving social entrepreneurial policies
Social entrepreneurship skills & competencies
Access of finance (seed- & venture capital investors)
Cooperation atmosphere (PPP, business relations)
Social impact

9. Thank you!
Questions are welcome