Pauline Graham

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Pauline Graham EQUAL Team
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Aim of Equal Theme D

• Strengthening the social economy, in
• particular the services of interest to
• communities, with a focus on improving
• the quality of jobs.

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Timescales

• Action 1 Oct 2004 - June 2005
• Action 2 July 2005 - June 2007
• Action 3 Jan 2006 - Dec 2007

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Steering Group

• Careers Scotland
• Communities Scotland
• Social Economy Unit, Scottish Centre for
  Regeneration
• Forth Sector
• Highlands Islands Enterprise
• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
  (Lead)
• Scottish Enterprise (Scotland Europa)
• Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition
• Social Investment Scotland
• Volunteer Development Scotland

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Action 1

• Scope existing and commission new research
• Consolidate the partnership
• Consultation events with stakeholders on specific
  themes
• Develop operating principles for DP
• Develop a transnational partnership
  Transnational Cooperation Agreement (TCA)
• Develop a work plan for Action 2 Development
  Partnership Agreement (DPA)

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Strategic Aim

• Through partnership working and transnational
• cooperation Social Economy Scotland will support
  the
• social economy to
• Increase its role in the delivery of
• innovative, high quality services, thereby
  enhancing its
• contribution to community regeneration,
  sustainable
• economic development and labour market
  integration in
• Scotland

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Objectives

• Growing Organisations
• Developing People
• Promoting Culture Change

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5 Priority Themes

• Partnership and Public Procurement
• Access to Finance
• Skills and Professionalism
• Quality and Impact Indicators
• Raising the Profile

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Key areas of our work

• Testing PSP as a new model
• Social Equity Scotland
• Enterprise Accelerator
• SROI
• HISEZ
• Cluster Development sub-sectors

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Key areas of our work

• The Marketplace Inter-trading S2S
• Measuring impact of Volunteering
• Raising the Profile

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Transnational Partnership

• Reti Qual - Italy
• Hot DP - Finland
• Krakow Initiative for Social Economy (Cogito) -
  Poland
• Social Economy Scotland

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SEENSocial Economy Exchange Network

• Common Objectives
• Mutual development of new financial products
• Promoting the service delivery role of social
  enterprises
• Developing and promoting social added value
• Transfer of experience and expertise through
  exchanges
• Disseminate results and share outcomes

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