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8/10/2019 Iiro Niemi. Social Entrepreneurship in Finland.
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Social Entrepreneurship Forum in Riga
11.11.2014
Iiro Niemi
Co-founder
Socia l Ent repreneurship Academy
of Fin land
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SE in Finland
• History : co-operatives, work
integration social enterprises,crisis of the welfare state,grassroot movements, ESF-and other projects 2010>
• Terms: Work integrationsocial enterprise (law: at least 30%
disadvantaged workers )… socialenterprise (established after 2010)
• Developers: Ministry ofEmployment and TheEconomy, The Association forFinnish Work (SocialEnterprise Mark), SocialEntrepreneurs' Association ofFinland, Finnish SocialEnterprise Research Network,The Finnish Association forSocial Enterprises (2014)
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• Launched in 2012• Granted for 42 enterprises
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Social Enterprise Mark
Primary criteria
i.The primary objective and aim of a social
enterprise is to promote social well-being . Asocial enterprise acts responsibly.ii.Limited distribution of profits . A socialenterprise uses most of its profits for the benefitof society either by developing its ownoperations or by giving a share of its profits tocharity according to its business idea.iii.Transparency and openness of business
operations. In order to assure transparency, thecompany applying for the mark must write downits social goals and limited distribution of profitsin the company’s articles of association or rules.
Secondary criteria
•promoting the well-being of employees anddeveloping ways for the personnel to get theirvoice heard•paying special attention to those belonging tovulnerable groups•demonstrating the company’s social effects
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• Any organization form• Any industry • Various owners
➢ Public sector, third sector, private companies, private
people• BtoB, BtoC, BtoP – enterprises• Local to global
Social Enterprises in Finland
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Potential in Finland
• Public services
• Vitality in thecountryside• Social innovations
and scaling (SocialFranchising)
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Industries andsectors
•Changes in the
service structure – Tech for well being – Prevention
•Environment – Resource efficiency – Bioeconomy
•CollaborativeEconomy
5000+enterprises?
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Future
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Thank you!