Ecosystems and scaling for social enterprises
Peter Ramsden Freiss Ltd OECD LEED partnerships meeting Manchester 2015
people in the social enterprise eco-system
Rafael Ziegler GETIDOSNorbert Kunz Social ImpactVictoria Peter MakeSenseRyan Little BMW foundationPhilip von der Wippel projectTogetherFabian Suwanprateep Beyond philanthropy
Which are the key elements of ecosystem?• People – changemakers, social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs
• Finance - government, foundations, impact investors, new forms of finance (bonds, loans, crowdfunding)
• Regulation and markets (definitions, tax regimes, procurement, )
• Spaces – coworking, incubators, • Support and Capacity - courses, mentoring, coaching• Prizes, challenges, recognition
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rate of realisation
2007 % 2008 %
Public w orks 52852 57% 38,652 39% 119%
Housing 10307 11% 24,165 24% 127%
cleaning 11700 13% 18,224 18% 135%
Green spaces 8592 9% 7,055 7% 152%
environment 6928 7% 5,211 5% 246%
Others 2349 3% 6,463 6%
92728 99,770
Number of hours realised
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168
211
176
226
7490
96
322
168
283266
3
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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Ecosystems and flourishing social enterprise• Well-structured ecosystems can lead to rapid growth of social
enterprise• They consist of organisations, infrastructures and relationships• They are multi level – governments, regions, cities and localities play
different roles• Finance is key but as just one part of the ecosystem, we also need to
be able to measure our results• We will only succeed against the great challenges through new
approaches - including through social enterprise