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at local level
Mrs. Lisa Fröbel
Overview
•Partnership at local and regional level
•Social Enterprises at national level
•Regional ESF-programmes
Introduction
•Coompanion Sweden, member of the board
•Coompanion, Co-operative Development Agency in the County of
Jämtland, member of the board•SERUS Ek. För, chairwoman
•KOOPI•Swedish Co-operative Center
Background
•25 Coompanions (CDA:s)•Own juridical status•Coompanion Sweden - an NGO•National financial support•Conditional regional support as matching finance•Consultancy and projects (+/- 30%)
Services
Services
•Start-up consultancy•Development of established co-ops
•Education and training•Social Entrepreneurship
•Elderly co-ops•Youth co-ops•Coo-sourcing
•Local economy development
Keyfactor: Strong regional and local partnership
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Social Enterprises in Sweden
• Equal National Thematic Group - Social Entrepreneurship
• Action Plan for growth thru more and stronger social enterprises
Business aims:
• Integration of individuals back to the labour market and society
• Mainly re-invests the profit in its own or similar businesses
• Create participation among the staff thru ownership, agreements or by other documented ways
• Organisational neutral, not bounded, to the public sector
Regional ESF-programmes
•European Social Fund programme 2007-2013, National Programme•8 Regional ESF-plans, 2007-2013•Co-operation projects in progress
Example: Mid Norrland Region
Program area 1: Access to Competence (30%)
Program area 2: Increase access to labour force (70%)
Conclusions
1. Strong Partnership on local and regional level
2. Create National Strategic programme for Social Entrepreneurship
3. ESF-programmes 2007-2013, become an important part in the programming and its decision structures
4. Social Enterprises as contributing to job creation and (economic) growth!