1. Collaborative Incubation Model (CIM) Natalie Nasseri

2. Welcome to the Collaborative Incubation Model
To clearly understand the Collaborative Incubation Model as a sustainable development tool to empower communities, we invite you to become familiar with the following definitions:
Social Enterprise
Enterprise Incubation
Social Enterprise Incubation
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3. less dependency on donor money
Social Enterprise is:
A business with primarily social objectives whose
profits are principally reinvested (for that purpose) in the business or community,
rather than being driven by the need to maximize profit for shareholders and owners
Social enterprises can achieve economic, social, and environmental goals with
less dependency on donor money

4. Enterprise Incubation is:
A business support process that accelerates the successful development of start-up companies
by providing entrepreneurs with an array of targeted resources and services
These services are developed by the incubator and offered by the incubator and its network
An incubator’s main goal is to produce
financially viable and sustainable businesses
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5. Social Enterprise Incubation is:
A business and social support process that
accelerates successful development of social enterprises
by providing social entrepreneurs with an array of targeted economic and social resources
These resources are developed and delivered by the incubator and its network of contacts (or partners)
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6. Collaborative Incubation Model (CIM)
Various stakeholders incubate social enterprises, achieving common economic, social, and environmental goals
The model uses the incubation approach to establish social enterprises that are financially sustainable while empowering their communities by pursuing their economical, social and environmental objectives
WomenforGrowth has developed CIM to assist disadvantaged communities through these next steps…
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7. CIM Steps
Identify vulnerable groups, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), and viable businesses that are interested in developing social enterprises as a tool to empower themselves and their communities
Identify immediate and long-term economic and business needs
Identify immediate and long-term social objectives
Partner with relevant stakeholders to incubate groups, CBOs, and enterprises to deliver identified economic and social resources and transform the groups and enterprises into social enterprises
After incubation, facilitate appropriate business and social infrastructure in order to enable social enterprises to sustain and scale up their operations
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8. For Example
Organization XYZ needs innovative and sustainable approaches to improve socioeconomic conditions of women-owned enterprises or women’s groups to prevent and reduce HIV-infection among women and their communities
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9. Select women’s groups, CBOs, or businesses that
First Step: Identify vulnerable women’s groups, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), and viable businesses that are interested in partnering and developing social enterprises as a tool to empower women while reducing or preventing HIV/AIDS
Select women’s groups, CBOs, or businesses that
Have viable and expandable business or business ideas
Are willing to be incubated to become social enterprises
Are interested in improving their economic conditions while reducing or preventing HIV/AIDS
Are committed to assisting their members (employees) and communities
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10. Second Step: Identify immediate and long-term economic and business needs of the social enterprises, e.g.:
Personal savings /credit services
Group savings
Business Loans
Social Enterprises
Business training
New Product development
Marketing & Branding (S)
Partnership with distributors
Link to financial services
Collaboration with Private Sector
Establish market share with “socially conscious consumers”
Assist product design
Provide trade information
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11. Third Step: Identify resources needed to assist the social enterprises to achieve their social objective. In our example HIV-prevention is the social objective
Health education services
Home based care,
OVC support Services
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Workplace HIV/AIDS program
BCC & Peer support
Male involvement
Family Outreach
Social & Health Services
Group Savings Scheme
Development & Implementation of the women’s Social Objective
Primary and reproductive health services
VCT
HIV Treatment & PMTCT
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12. Community Service Providers (private & public sector)
Fourth Step: Partner and collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to deliver identified economic and social resources during incubation period which will develop and strengthen the social enterprises
Economic Resources Social Resources
Microfinance Institutions/ formal banking sector
Personal saving /credit services
Group savings
Business Loans
Community Service Providers
(private & public sector)
Health education services
Home based care,
OVC support Services
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Technical training to new hires
Basic business training to employees & other women groups
Manage all operational costs
Establish/expand market share
Strengthen HIV/AIDS services for employee & families
CHANGE AGENTS to promote HIV/AIDS prevention in their communities
Business Developers
Business training
New Product development
Marketing & Brandings
Partnership with distributors
Link to financial services
Collaboration with Private Sector
HIV/AIDS Service providers
Workplace HIV/AIDS program
BCC & Peer support
Male involvement
Family Outreach
Social & Health Services
Group Savings Scheme
Development & Implementation of the women’s Social Objective
Health Services
Primary and reproductive health services
VCT
HIV Treatment & PMTCT
Product Distributors
Establish market share with “socially conscious consumers”
Assist product design
Provide trade information
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13. Final Step: After incubation facilitate appropriate business and social infrastructure for the social enterprises to sustain their operations and stand alone After incubation the social enterprises should perform the following on their own:
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Provide business and technical training to new hires
Manage operational activities and costs
Establish/expand market share for products and services
Actively pursue and achieve their social objectives
Encourage community members to become CHANGE AGENTS of their communities
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14. Benefits of CIM
Develops and expands sustainable businesses that economically and socially empower disadvantaged communities
Facilitates development of less donor-dependent projects
Promotes responsibility within communities to take ownership of economic, social, and environmental challenges and seeks viable solutions to diminish those challenges
Easily replicates and expands
Assists multiple projects to interlink activities, increasing project efficiencies.
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15. HOW CAN YOU REPLICATE AND EXPAND CIM IN A LESS DONOR-DEPENDENT WAY?
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16. Recovering Costs
CIM is sustainable and flexible, making it easy for NGOs, Civil Societies, and Local Governments to cover costs of incubation
Hence they can easily replicate and expand the model, extending services
WomenforGrowth develops viable strategies for this purpose
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17. Selecting a right strategy for cost recovery depends upon:
Legal & business environment
Cultural norms & barriers
Social capital
Next two slides are examples of how viable strategies can recover costs of incubation, allowing funds to revolve and be used to expand and replicate CIM and its benefits
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18. Financial Sustainability Strategies (examples)
Profit Sharing: cost of incubation is recovered through profit sharing
Phase III
Donor Independent +
Revenue Generation
Profit Sharing
Profit will cover enterprises operating costs
Profit sharing starts with the project
Phase II
Donor Dependent +
Revenue Generation
As enterprises increase their revenue, they are able to cover operating costs
Phase I
Seed Money
Donor Dependent
Where enterprise incubation depends on donor contribution
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19. Financial Sustainability Strategies (continued)
Microfinance: loans provide resources for the incubation process
Phase III
Loan Independent +
Revenue Generation
Loans are paid off
Profit will cover enterprises operating costs
Phase II
Loan Dependent +
Revenue Generation
As enterprises increase their revenue, they are able to repay loans
Phase I
Loan Dependent
Where enterprise incubation depends on capital seed money through microfinance
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20. Thank You!
For further information please contact Natalie Nasseri at or (650)
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