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Social Economy Ontario: What’s Happened So Far

Social Economy Ontario: What’s Happened So Far. 2004: $120m Social Economy Initiative announced by federal government 5-year financing $100m 3-year research $3m 2-year capacity building $17m Quebec Social Economy Trust (2007) Canadian Social Economy Hub &

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Social Economy Ontario: What’s Happened So Far

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  1. Social Economy Ontario: What’s Happened So Far • 2004: $120m Social Economy Initiative announced by federal government • 5-year financing $100m • 3-year research $3m • 2-year capacity building $17m • Quebec Social Economy Trust (2007) • Canadian Social Economy Hub & Social Economy Centre @ OISE (2005) • Ontario Social Economy Consortium (2005) • OnCoop, CCEDNet, CEDTAP, RDEE, CCO, UWT (capacity building) • CUCO, L’Alliance des Caisses populaires (finance)

  2. SOCIAL ECONOMY ONTARIO Presentation at the May 2008 Southern Ontario Social Economy Symposium • Anne Jamieson, Toronto Enterprise Fund • Paul Chamberlain, CCEDNet • Eli Malinsky, Centre for Social Innovation • Moderated by Darryl Reed, York University

  3. Social Economy Ontario: What’s Happened So Far (2) • 2007 CCEDNet, CEDTAP, OnCoop approached Government of Ontario on Social Enterprise Trust • 2007 Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise • Replication of Enterprising Non-Profits in Ontario • National Roundtable on Social Economy • Causeway & Social Finance Forum • Social Entrepreneurship Summit • 2007 Social Economy Ontario convened

  4. Social Economy Ontario: What’s Happened So Far (3) • SEC, OnCoop, CCEDNet, CEDTAP, RDEE, CCO, UWT, MaRS, CAIC, Causeway, Alterna, Trillium, York U., OCLF, Community Partners, Paro, et.al. • Three meetings (Nov 15, Feb 14, Apr 8) • Definition & scope • Constellation model • Mandate & activities

  5. Social Economy Ontario:Characteristics Requisite • Primarily driven by social and/or ecological mission Additional attributes • Community/worker participation in decision-making • Revenues reinvested in mission or redistributed to community • Assets accrue to community • Accounts for economic, social and/or ecological impacts • Others Regional scope • Operating in Ontario

  6. Social Economy Ontario:Shared Objectives • Increased financial resources available to the social economy sector • Improved regulatory environment to facilitate the work of the social economy sector • Improved connections among organizations working in the social economy sector • Improved understanding of the social economy sector, its needs and its opportunities • Improved awareness of the social economy among Ontarians and among decision-makers • Others

  7. Is this a framework you can work within? Discuss at your tables and record your answers. • Are any of the listed characteristics unclear? • Do any of these characteristics seem inappropriate? • Are there characteristics we have missed? And the Shared Objectives? … Is this a framework you can work within?

  8. The Constellation Governance Model

  9. Research Constellation Access to Capital Technical Assistance Stewardship Group Need/Opportunity SocialEconomy SocialEconomy ecosystem ecosystem Policy Shared Vision / Governance Structure

  10. Social Economy Ontario: Where Do We Go From Here? • Some suggestions: • Develop a concept paper to guide us • Keep the scope of membership broad • Continue mapping the sector • Form a small organizing group, hire a coordinator • Identify a leader from constellations, form a collaboration around each • Pilot one event related to a constellation

  11. Social Economy Ontario: Where Do We Go From Here (2)? • Your suggestions: • Discuss your priorities for next steps at tables • List your top three in the handout provided

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