Jan Forslund Chairman in Slup.se Tel: +46 (0)8 447 48 03 Mob: +46 (0)70 726 48 03 Web: Slup.se c/o KIC/Coompanion Selmedalsringen

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Jan ForslundChairman in Slup.se

THE INITIATIVE OF SETTING UP SLUP.SE

The CDA in the region of Stockholm, KIC (has now changed name to Coompanion), was an important

coordinationg force in the projekt Slup.se

The first CDA:s in Sweden were established 1985, a national association, FKU, was formed 1994.

FKU/Coompanion is a Swedish association of 25 local cooperative development agencies (CDA)

covering the whole of Sweden and different owners/members structures, including co-operative enterprises, associations, local governments, NGO’s

and trade unions.




LOCAL COOPERATIVE AGENCIES, CDA

The whole network is promoted financially by the national government and by regional and local

sources including members. Funding is 3.8 million EURO a year.

It is based on a public baseline financing, with an institutional requirement for matching financing, a

loosely-coupled federative structure and a community of practice. This is its strength!

FKU/CDA:s has 85 workers, 862 members, a total turnover of : 6.7 million EURO and support the start

of 200-400 new enterprices/co-ops every year.




THE SERVICES WAS BUILT UPP BY THE PARTNERSHIP IN THE REGION

The services have to be built by the sector itself and with the most important actors involved in the process

A set of working groups produced reports, proposals and action plans setting out how to change the situation

for the better

The partnership discussed the proposals and most of them were implemented as new services in the region




THE SUPPORT SERVICES

New support services adapted to the special needs in the social economy, especially for small co-operatives,

associations/NGO and social businesses

- financing for their projects and growth

- support in public procurement

-marketing of their services, product and values

-- local and regional networking




THE SUPPORT SERVICES

The partnership had created a new and better management and development methods for small co-operatives and associations, using social auditing, a manual on public procurement, a training method for

leaders, a useful manual showing how to find financing and a manual “from voluntary association to social

business” in the welfare sector

Finally a new broad regional association was created including the biggest actors in the regional social

economy




RESULTS

The Slup.se association and a partnership including the county board and the European social fund (ESF) work

together in a “Platform for local development with social economy”

The process began in 2000, continued with the Equal project, and is now linked in to the public sectors and

the government’s regular development planning process

More than 40 organizations, including two banks, are now active in an independent NGO Slup.se and six

working groups in the “platform”




THE SERVICES ARE ORGANIZED

The support service of “social auditing” involves organisations which provides tutors/ coaches, and a national association to promote social auditing and a

network of auditors is newly set up

One of the partners in the project was the municipality of Värmdö Kommun, that worked very closely with the local

and regional social economy

The municipality is active in spreading the initiative in the region of Stockholm through the platform and also in

Sweden and in Europe via the REVES network




RESULTS

The actors providing the services were mainly actors in the social economy itself

The creation of the Slup.se association and the social audit organisation made it possible to establish new institutions involving key actors in the region and to

connect them with the process




WEBSITE

Internet is used to spread information

The website www.socialredovisning.nu contains an evaluation tool which will make it less expensive for

small and medium co-operatives, businesses and association to use social audit as a natural part of their

development and marketing process

The website www.slup.se contains among many other things resources and an Internet guide on how to

participate in public procurement




THE NETWORK

The project has created a strong networking organisation for local development groups in the

Stockholm region

It really worked as an open partnership right from the beginning and gave practical opportunities for

everybody to participate

Slup.se´s new project regards “setting up new consortia of social enterprises in the process of public

procurement”

Documents

Jan Forslund Chairman in Slup.se Tel: +46 (0)8 447 48 03 Mob: +46 (0)70 726 48 03 Web: Slup.se c/o KIC/Coompanion Selmedalsringen