Download Qualifying Criteria Organization must carry on economic activity

Assembling Understandings: Perspectives
of the Canadian Social Economy Research
Partnership, 2005-2011
Joy Emmanuel
Co-op Developer, Researcher, CED Practitioner
Matthew Thompson
Knowledge Mobilization Specialist with the
Canadian CED Network
Thematic Analysis
 Over 350 projects
 A snap shot of the Canadian Social Economy
 Examined: research papers, power points, project
proposals, summaries, news clips, ...
 16 different themes
 Quantitative and qualitative projects
 Collaborative partnerships – academics and
community partners
Mapping the Social Economy
 Close to 80 projects
 Portraiture, survey, census,
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overview, etc.
Start to see the shape of the
Canadian SE mosaic
Descriptive, exploratory
Definition key – sets the
parameters and names the
criteria used
Quebec strong standard
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Qualifying Criteria
Organization must carry
on economic activity.
Social rules prohibiting or
limiting distribution of
surpluses among members.
Have a formal voluntary
association of persons
and/or of collective bodies.
Democratic governance is
the fourth criterion
(Bouchard et al., 2006).
Mapping the Social Economy
 Mapping – challenge no list
 Montreal study
 Regional and local maps
 Mapping impacts, social capital, infrastructure,
challenges, policies,
 Methods for mapping – traditional standards and
innovations, too.
Social Enterprises
 Definitions, mapping
 Case Studies: Fishing for the Future
 How SE address barriers to employment
 Contribute to revitalization
 Challenges and Opportunities
 Success factors
 Marketing and Financing
Co-operatives and the
Social Economy
 Mapping the state of the Canadian Co-operative
Movement
 Case studies: Fogo Island, Quality of Life
 Specific sectors – worker co-ops, housing,
 Social issues
 Co-ops and specific populations
Co-operatives and the
Social Economy
 New Tools
 New Co-op Accounting and reporting practices
 Measuring effectiveness – the “Co-op Index”
 Measuring the Co-operative Difference
 Credit Unions
 Co-op Education
Indigenous People and the SE
 Concentration of Northern Studies – see cultural clash
and new developments
 Top down or community led development
 Traditional practices
 The mixed economy
 Urban Aboriginal Issues
 Looking Ahead
 Reframing economic development
 Reclaiming collective memory
Organizational Governance and
Capacity
Focus on the internal workings of social economy
organizations
Organizational Governance
 Incorporation
 Membership and Engagement (boards, employees,
community roots)
 Social Accounting and Evaluation
Organizational Governance and
Capacity
Organizational Capacity
 Volunteers
 Education and Skills Development
 Networks and Partnerships
Financing the Social Economy
 Language and Definitions
 Equity & Equity Equivalents
 Loans and Micro-financing
 Grants
 Internally Generated Funds and Internal Capital
 Funding Databases
Enabling and Enforcing the Social
Economy through Public Policy
 Political Climate in Canada
 Existing government tools for supporting the social
economy
 Overarching Policy Frameworks
 Funding Programs
 Infrastructure Programs
 Procurement Policies
 Education, Training, and Capacity Building Initiatives
 Sectoral Support Programs
Conclusion
 New perspective on the state of the Sector
 New map, new tools
 Regional layering
 Solidarity Economy
 Emerging field of inquiry – new framing through SE
lens
 New courses and programs
 CED application
 Contribution to sector