Policy Guide on Social Impact Measurement for the Social and Solidarity Economy
Annex B. Mapping of policy initiatives
Table B.1. Non-exhaustive mapping of policy initiatives on social impact measurement for the Social and Solidarity Economy
Country |
Name of the initiative |
Organisation |
Type |
Year |
Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia |
Map for impact: The Victorian Social Enterprise Mapping Project (linked to Victorian Government's Social Procurement Framework) |
Victoria State Government, Cucriruab Sicuak Enterprise Mapping Project, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne |
Evidence |
2017 |
|
Australia |
Finding Australia’s Social Enterprise Sector (FASES) I & II |
Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Social Traders |
Evidence |
2010/2016 |
https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/social-impact/our-research/projects/fases/ |
Australia |
Community Recycling Enterprises New South Wales (NSW): Impact measurement project (final report) |
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), Centre for Social Impact (CSI) Swinburne, Community Recycling Network Australia (CRNA), Resource Recovery Australia |
Evidence |
2017 |
https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/items/6cb6ce44-da9a-42a0-a072-5d5d243776ab/1/ |
Australia |
Improving Health Equity of Young People? The Role of Social Enterprise (STREAT Case Study Report) |
Australian Research Council |
Evidence |
2019 |
|
Australia |
Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise: Final report 2019 |
University of Canterbury, Western Sydney University, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research |
Evidence |
2020 |
|
Australia |
Framing the Value Question in Social Procurement |
Social Traders Connect (funded amongst others by Victoria State Government) |
Evidence |
2017 |
|
Australia |
Substation33 Impact Report 2021 |
Sustation33, Yunus Centre, Queensland Government |
Evidence |
2021 |
http://yfs2019impactreport.yfs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SS33-IMPACT-REPORT-v4-281019.pdf |
Australia |
Knowledge Base on Social Impact Measurement |
Social Entrepreneurship Evidence Space (funded by State of Victoria and Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation) |
Evidence, Guidance, Capacity |
|
https://seespace.com.au/explore/social-impacts/impact-measurement |
Australia |
A guide to social impact measurement |
Social Ventures Australia |
Guidance |
2020 |
https://www.socialventures.com.au/sva-quarterly/a-guide-to-social-impact-measurement/ |
Australia |
Roadmap to social impact |
Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney |
Guidance |
2021 |
https://www.csi.edu.au/research/tools-and-guides/roadmap-to-social-impact/ |
Australia |
UTS Social Impact Toolbox |
University of Technology Sydney, Bendigo Bank |
Guidance, Capacity, Methodology/Tool |
2018 |
|
Australia |
Social Enterprise Impact Lab (SEIL) |
Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation and Family Life |
Guidance, Capacity, Methodology/Tool |
2018 |
|
Australia |
Victorian Social Enterprise Strategy 2021-25 (Theme 5: Effective social impact and performance measurement) |
Victoria State Government |
Policy framework |
2020 |
|
Australia |
Queensland Social Enterprise Strategy |
Queensland Government |
Policy framework |
2019 |
https://jobsqueensland.qld.gov.au/projects/social-enterprise/ |
Australia |
Amplify Social Impact Online |
Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney |
Tool |
2022 |
|
Australia |
Community Services Outcomes Tree |
Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney |
Tool |
2021 |
|
Austria |
Sustainable Impact Academy |
Social Entrepreneurship Network Austria, EU Interreg |
Capacity |
2021 |
|
Austria |
The Potential of Social Business in Austria (Das Potential von Social Business in Österreich) |
Uni Wien |
Evidence |
2015 |
|
Austria |
Social Entrepreneurship Monitor Österreich |
Social Entrepreneurship Network Austria, Bundesministerium Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort |
Evidence |
2020 |
https://www.bmdw.gv.at/Themen/Wirtschaftsstandort-Oesterreich/Social-Entrepreneurship.html |
Belgium |
Sociale Innovatie Fabriek - Impact Wizard Social Innovation Factory - Impact Wizard |
Social Innovation Factory with support from the Agency Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
Guidance |
2016 |
|
Brazil |
National Strategy for Impact Investment (ENIMPACTO) |
Ministry of Economy |
Policy Framework |
2017 |
https://www.gov.br/produtividade-e-comercio-exterior/pt-br/assuntos/inovacao/enimpacto |
Brazil |
Municipal Policy to Promote Impact Investment and Business |
São Paulo City Hall |
Policy Framework |
2020 |
http://documentacao.camara.sp.gov.br/iah/fulltext/projeto/PL0437-2020.pdf https://ice.org.br/projeto-de-lei-cria-politica-para-impacto/ |
Brazil |
Impact Investment and Business Committee (Comitê de Investimentos e Negócios de Impacto) |
Ministry of Economy |
Policy Framework, Guidance |
2017 |
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2015-2018/2017/decreto/D9244.htm https://noticiasdeimpacto.com.br/novo-decreto-mantem-a-continuidade-da-enimpacto-e-do-comite-de-investimentos-e-negocios-de-impacto/ |
Bulgaria |
Social economy action plan 2018 |
Government of Bulgaria |
Policy framework |
2018 |
http://seconomy.mlsp.government.bg/upload/docs/2018-03//18RH151prEN.pdf |
Canada |
L'évaluation et mesure d'impact en économie sociale TIESS Evaluation and impact measurement in social economy TIESS |
Innovative territories in the social and solidarity economy (TIESS) with funding from the Ministry of Economy and Innovation |
Capacity |
2019 |
|
Canada |
L'évaluation et mesure d'impact en économie sociale TIESS Evaluation and impact measurement in social economy TIESS |
Innovative territories in the social and solidarity economy (TIESS) with funding from the Ministry of Economy and Innovation |
Capacity |
2019 |
|
Canada |
Investment Readiness Program (IRP) |
Government of Canada’s Social Finance Fund |
Funding |
2019 |
|
Canada |
MaRS White Paper Series: Social Entrepreneurship. Social Impact Metrics. |
MaRS Discovery District, funded by the Government of Ontario |
Guidance |
2010 |
|
Canada |
Learning together: Five important discussion questions to make evaluation useful |
Ontario Nonprofit Network. Partnership Grant through the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration |
Guidance |
2016 |
https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-hub/services/reports-resources/measuring-impact-design.html |
Canada |
Measuring impact by design |
Impact Canada - Impact and Innovation Unit |
Guidance |
2019 |
https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-hub/services/reports-resources/measuring-impact-design.html |
Canada |
Online platform Mission. Model. Measure. |
Government of Canada as part of S4ES project |
Guidance |
2019 |
|
Canada |
Common Approach to Impact Measurement |
Carleton University, The Government of Canada’s Social Development and Partnerships Program |
Guidance, Capacity |
2018 |
https://www.commonapproach.org/https://tiess.ca/evaluation-et-mesure-dimpact-en-es/ |
Canada |
Ontario Social Enterprise Strategy 2016-2021 |
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Growth |
Policy Framework |
2015 |
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontarios-social-enterprise-strategy-2016-2021 |
Colombia |
Satellite Account of Nonprofit Institutions (Cuenta Satélite para Instituciones Sin Fines de Lucro - CSISFL) *in design |
National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) |
Evidence |
2022 |
Workshop |
Colombia |
the Integrated Settlement and Contribution Form (Planilla Integrada de Liquidación y Aportes - PILA) |
National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) |
Evidence |
2022 |
Workshop |
Colombia |
Socio-economic information system for solidarity organisations (Sistema de información socioeconómico de las organizaciones Solidarias – SSIOS) |
Unidad Administrativa Especial de Organizaciones Solidarias (UAEOS) |
Evidence |
2021 |
Workshop |
Colombia |
Registry of the Solidarity Economy |
Confecámaras |
Evidence |
2012 |
Workshop |
Colombia |
Social Balance |
Superintendence of Solidarity Economy |
Evidence |
2022 |
Workshop |
Croatia |
National Strategy for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship 2015-2020 |
Government |
Policy Framework |
2014 |
https://www.oecd.org/employment/leed/Croatia%20report%2025.11.16-FINAL.pdf |
Czech Republic |
Evaluation of Social Entrepreneurship (Hodnocení sociálního podnikání) |
Median, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
Evidence |
2018 |
|
Czech Republic |
Directory of social enterprises |
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
Evidence |
2022 |
https://ceske-socialni-podnikani.cz/adresar-socialnich-podniku |
Czech Republic |
List of impact indicators for social businesses |
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
Guidance |
?? |
https://ceske-socialni-podnikani.cz/socialni-podnikani/indikatory |
Denmark |
Act on Registered Social Enterprises (L 148 Forslag til lov om registrerede socialøkonomiske virksomheder) |
Danish Parliament |
Policy framework |
2014 |
|
Denmark |
National Strategy for Social Entrepreneurship |
Ministry of Social Affairs, Children and Integration |
Policy framework |
2010 |
|
Estonia |
Maailmamuutjad.ee - Registry of changes |
Estonian Social Enterprise Network, supported by Ministry of the Interior and the Civil Society Endowment . |
Guidance |
N/A |
|
Estonia |
Maailmamuutjad.ee - Registry of changes |
Estonian Social Enterprise Network, supported by Ministry of the Interior and the Civil Society Endowment |
Guidance |
N/A |
|
EU |
Innovative Vocational Social Entrepreneurial Training (INNOVENTER) |
European Commission INTERREG VB Balkan-Mediterranean. The lead partner is the National Federation of Employers of Disabled People of Croatia. |
Capacity |
2019 |
|
EU |
Proposed approaches to Social Impact Measurement in European Commission legislation and in practice relating to: EuSEFs and the EaSI. |
COM / European Commission. (2014). Group of Experts on Social Impact Measurement. |
Guidance |
2014 |
https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/12966/attachments/5/translations/en/renditions/pdf |
EU |
Social Effektanalyse Håndbog Social Impact Analysis Handbook |
European Commission, Erasmus+ project Social entrepreneurship development in Baltic Sea region, with Estonian Network on Social Enterprises (ESEN) and Denmark Social Enteprise Network |
Guidance |
2014 |
https://socialeentreprenorer.dk/wp-content/uploads/attachments/SOCIAL-EFFEKTANALYSE-HAANDBOG.pdf |
EU |
Ex-Ante Impact Assessment & Value Network Analysis for Social innovations |
SIMPACT project with EU funding |
Guidance |
2016 |
http://www.simpact-project.eu/publications/reports/SIMPACT_T7.1.pdf |
EU |
Valorisation de l'Impact Social de l'Entrepreneuriat Social (VISES) Valorisation of the Social Impact of Social Entrepreneurship (VISES) |
European Commission, Interreg France, Wallonia and Flanders |
Guidance |
2021 |
|
EU |
Policy Brief on Social Impact Measurement for Social Enterprises |
European Commission and OECD |
Policy framework |
2015 |
|
Finland |
Impact investing center |
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment |
Capacity |
2020 |
|
Finland |
Hyvän Mitta project Good measure project |
Arvoliitto, VALVO, the Me Foundation, Sitra, the National Board of Education, Kela, Stea and the Ministry of Education and Culture |
Guidance |
2016 |
https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/impact-co-creation-step-by-step/ |
France |
Le retour social sur investissement de Passeport Avenir SROI case study on Passeport Avenir |
AVISE with support from the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the EU |
Evidence |
2016 |
|
France |
ESS et création de valeur SSE and value creation |
AVISE, Fonda, Labo de l'ESS with funding from Ministy of Ecological and Solidarity Transition and EU |
Evidence |
2017 |
|
France |
La mesure de l’impact social. Après le temps des discours, voici venu le temps de l’action Measuring social impact. After the time for speeches, now is the time for action. |
Conseil Supérieur de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire (CSESS) Groupe de travail sur la mesure de l’impact social |
Guidance |
2011 |
https://www.avise.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/20140204/201112_CSESS_Rapport_ImpactSocial.pdf |
France |
Evaluer la performance des SIAE – propositions d’indicateurs Indicators to evaluate the performance of work intergration social enterprises |
Fédération Nationale des Associations d’Accueil et de la Réinsertion Sociale (FNARS) with support from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Inclusion and the EU |
Guidance |
2012 |
|
France |
Petit précis de l'évaluation de l'impact social Brief details of social impact assessment |
Avise, Essec Business School, Mouves with support from the Ministry of Employment and the EU |
Guidance |
2013 |
https://www.avise.org/ressources/petit-precis-de-levaluation-de-limpact-social |
France |
Dossier Impact social Social impact |
Avise with support from the Interministerial delegation for the social and solidarity economy and the EU |
Guidance |
2016 |
https://www.avise.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/20161208/avise_dossier_impact-social_0.pdf |
France |
Alter'guide Evaluer l’utilité sociale de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire Alter'guide Evaluating the social utility of the social solidarity economy |
Corus'ESS with funding from Nord-Pas de Calais Region and Lille Metropolitan area |
Guidance |
2018 |
https://chairess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/8-160930022358.pdf |
Germany |
Competition for Social Innovation was established (“Gesellschaft der Ideen”) |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Capacity |
2021 |
https://www.gesellschaft-der-ideen.de/de/home/home_node.html |
Germany |
Strategy to support research for sustainability (FONA) oriented towards implementing the SDGs |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Evidence |
2020 |
|
Germany |
Sustainability strategy with 40 sustainability/ impact indicators |
Municipality of Berlin |
Evidence |
2021 |
|
Germany |
“i-share” research project on sharing economy |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Evidence |
2015-2019 |
https://www.soz.uni-heidelberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FASI_Endbericht_28082020.pdf https://www.soz.uni-heidelberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Final_IndiSI_Ergebnisbericht_Regionale_Innovationskapazitaeten_2021.pdf, https://www.iat.eu/forschung-und-beratung/projekte/2018/indisi-indikatorik-soziale-innovation.html IndiSi plus: https://www.iat.eu/projekte/2021/indisiplus-indikatorik-soziale-innovation-plus.html Further publications: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336614143_INDICATORS_FOR_MEASURING_SOCIAL_INNOVATION |
Germany |
Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System (ITMS) |
German Meteorological Service and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (?) |
Evidence |
until 2025 |
|
Germany |
Social Reporting Standard: Guide to results-based reporting |
Ashoka Germany, Auridis gGmbH, BonVenture Management GmbH, PHINEO gAG, Vodafone Foundation Germany, Schwab Foundation, University of Hamburg and the Technical University of Munich with support from the Federal Ministry For Family, Seniors, Women and Youth |
Guidance |
2010 |
https://www.social-reporting-standard.de/fileadmin/redaktion/downloads/SRS_guidelines_2014_EN.pdf |
Germany |
Social Impact Navigator |
Phineo with support from the Federal Ministry for Family, Senior, Women and Youth |
Guidance |
2017 |
|
Germany |
Living Labs (Reallabore) and methodological handbook |
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action |
Guidance |
2019 |
https://www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/DE/Publikationen/Digitale-Welt/handbuch-fuer-reallabore.html Further literature : https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/371 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340273728_Labore_sozialer_Innovation _Bericht_uber_internationale_Fallstudien https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2680310 Project “Social Innovation through Living Labs – INSOLL (2014-2017) https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/download/229/323?inline=1 |
Germany |
Research projects by consortia of partners to develop indicator systems of (regional or organisational) social innovation |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Guidance |
2020-2023 |
https://www.soz.uni-heidelberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FASI_Endbericht_28082020.pdf https://www.soz.uni-heidelberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Final_IndiSI_Ergebnisbericht_Regionale_Innovationskapazitaeten_2021.pdf; https://www.iat.eu/forschung-und-beratung/projekte/2018/indisi-indikatorik-soziale-innovation.html IndiSi plus: https://www.iat.eu/projekte/2021/indisiplus-indikatorik-soziale-innovation-plus.html Further publications: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336614143_INDICATORS_FOR_MEASURING_SOCIAL_INNOVATION |
Germany |
Nationale Engagementstrategie der Bundesregierung National Engagement Strategy |
Federal Cabinet |
Policy framework |
2010 |
https://www.winheller.com/files/bundesregierung__nationale_engagementstrategie_v._06.10.2010.pdf |
Germany |
Appointment of a special Representative for Social Innovation in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Policy framework |
2022 |
https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/pressemitteilungen/de/2022/03/300322-Bruhn-Beauftragte.html |
Germany |
Directorate General 1 Strategy |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Policy framework |
2022 |
https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/de/ueber-uns/aufgaben-und-aufbau/die-organisation-des-hauses/die-organisation-des-hauses.html https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/en/ministry/organization/organization_node.html |
Germany |
A common concept to support Social Innovation |
Federal Ministries |
Policy framework |
2021 |
https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/pressemitteilungen/de/2021/08/200821-Soziale-Innovationen.html; https://www.bmbf.de/SharedDocs/Publikationen/de/bmbf/1/168520_Ressortkonzept_zu_Sozialen_Innovationen.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4. |
Germany |
INSIGHT programme: Impact Assessment of Social Innovation Cases |
Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Policy framework |
2021 |
https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/bekanntmachungen/de/2021/01/3343_bekanntmachung.html. |
Germany |
The Coalition Agreement (incl. measures to support SSE) |
Federal Government |
Policy framework |
2021 |
|
Greece |
Networking Platform for SSE Organisations and Support Centres |
Directorate of Social & Solidarity Economy of the Ministry of Labour |
Capacity |
|
|
Greece |
Annual public reporting by SSE organisations |
Directorate of Social & Solidarity Economy of the Ministry of Labour |
Evidence |
|
|
Greece |
Epixeiro Koinonika Methodology and evaluation tool for social enterprises |
City of Athens Development and Destination Management Agency – Enterprise Socially |
Guidance |
2014 |
|
Greece |
Action A.1.5 concerning the Creation and Operation of a Central Mechanism that supports the development and promotion of Social Cooperative Enterprises (KOINSEP) • Guide to Social Reporting and Social Accounting for KOINSEP • Guide to Measuring Social Performance for KOINSEP |
National Center for Social Research |
Guidance |
2015 |
The website of the National Center for Social Research is here: https://www.ekke.gr/en// |
Greece |
Methodology for Social Impact Measurement Tool for SSE organisations |
Directorate of Social & Solidarity Economy of the Ministry of Labour |
Guidance |
|
For the explanation of the methodology see here: https://koinonikosantiktypos.gov.gr/#!/about For the explanation of the development of the software used by the tool see here: https://sociality.gr/case/social-impact-tool/ |
Greece |
Law 4430/2016 on the Social & Solidarity Economy |
Government of Greece |
Policy framework |
2016 |
https://docplayer.net/40680702-Policy-briefs-the-greek-law-4430-2016-on-social-and-solidarity-economy-breakthroughs-and-backdrops-the-social-economy-institute.html https://kalo.gov.gr/ |
Greece |
Common Assessment Framework for Social and Solidarity Economy Organisations (CAFsocial) |
Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government (E.E.T.A.A.) |
Policy framework |
2021 |
|
Greece |
Social Impact Measurement Tool |
Directorate of Social & Solidarity Economy of the Ministry of Labour and British Council |
Policy framework, Evidence |
|
|
Hungary |
MarketMate Hungarian National Priority Project (PiacTárs) PiacTárs 2.0 Monitoring and assessment of social enteprirses |
Ministry of Human Resources |
Guidance |
2017 |
|
India |
Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) |
NITI Aayog |
Evidence |
2015 |
|
India |
SDG India Index |
NITI Aayog |
Evidence |
2018 |
|
India |
Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report |
SEBI |
Evidence |
2020 |
|
India |
Social Stock Exchanges (Working group) |
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) |
Guidance |
2019 |
|
India |
Recommendations to implement minimum standards for social impact reporting |
NITI Aayog |
Guidance |
2020 |
N/A |
India |
Karnataka Evaluation Authority |
Government of Karnatka |
|
2011 |
|
Ireland |
The Social Enterprise Toolkit, Chapter 8 Social Impact |
Socent.ie with support from Dublin City Council |
Guidance |
2017 |
|
Ireland |
My Journey: Distance Travelled Tool |
Department of Rural and Community Development |
Guidance |
2018 |
|
Ireland |
National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland 2019-2022 |
Government of Ireland |
Policy framework |
2019 |
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/govieassets/19332/2fae274a44904593abba864427718a46.pdf |
Italy |
Torino Social Impact |
City of Turin |
Capacity |
2017 |
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/id/2019/09/12/19A05601/sg |
Italy |
Decreto 23 luglio 2019 - Gazzetta Ufficiale - Linee guida per la realizzazione di sistemi di valutazione dell'impatto sociale delle attivita' svolte dagli enti del Terzo settore 19A05601 (2019) Decree of 23 July 2019 - Guidelines for the implementation of systems for assessing the social impact of the activities carried out by third sector entities 19A05601 (2019) |
Ministry of labor and social policies |
Policy framework |
2019 |
https://www.tuttocamere.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=176 |
Italy |
Social Enterprises: mandatory annual social report |
Government of Italy |
Policy framework |
2017 |
Article 9 of Legislative Decree 112/2017 |
Italy |
Social Cooperatives: mandatory annual social report (Article 1 of Legislative Decree 112/2017) |
Government of Italy |
Policy framework |
1991 - 2017 |
Law 381/1991 Legislative Decree 112/2017 |
Italy |
Innovative Start-ups with Social Vocation: mandatory annual social impact assessment document |
Government of Italy |
Policy framework |
2012-2015 |
Decree Law 179/2012 Ministerial Circular No 3677/C of 2015 |
Korea |
Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency (KoSEA) |
Ministry of Employment and Labour |
Capacity |
2010 |
https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/78610/84122/F-684569511/KOR78610%20Eng%202012.pdf |
Korea |
Social economy enterprise assessment model index |
Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency,Korea Credit Guarantee Fund |
Guidance |
2019 |
|
Korea |
Social Venture Valuation Model |
Ministry of SMEs and Start-ups, Korea Fair Trade Commission |
Guidance |
2019 |
|
Korea |
Social Value Index Manual |
Ministry of Employment and Labour, Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency |
Guidance |
2020 |
https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1010080 |
Korea |
Framework Act on Cooperatives |
Ministry of Economy and Finance |
Policy framework |
2012 |
https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=93311&p_country=KOR&p_count=145 |
Korea |
Second Social Enterprise Promotion Master Plan (2013 - 2017) |
Ministry of Employment and Labour |
Policy framework |
2012 |
|
Korea |
Seoul Metropolitan City Framework Ordinance on Social Economy |
Seoul Metropolitan City Government |
Policy framework |
2014 |
|
Latvia |
Social Entrepreneurship Support |
Ministry of Welfare |
? |
2021 |
|
Latvia |
BALTIC:YOUTH:IMPACT |
Social Entrepreneurship Association of Latvia, National Youth Council of Latvia (and others from other countries) |
Guidance, Capacity |
? |
https://storiesforimpact.com/highlights/baltic-youth-impact/ |
Lithuania |
Social impact measurement tool |
Enterprise Lithuania (Ministry of Economy and Innovation) |
Guidance |
N/A |
|
Lithuania |
Conception of Social Business (Decree No. 4-207, 2015) |
Minister of Economy |
Policy framework |
2015 |
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=20565&langId=en |
Lithuania |
Decree “On guidelines for the implementation of social business within the programme means for the development of rural areas for the period 2014-2020” (No. 3D-720, November 2017) |
Ministry of Agriculture |
Policy framework |
2017 |
|
Luxembourg |
Création d'une grille d'évaluation pour le secteur de l'insertion adaptée aux spécificités du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg Creation of an evaluation grid for the insertion sector adapted to the specificities of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
Le comptoir de l'innovation |
Guidance |
2017 |
https://guichet.public.lu/en/publications/creation-entreprises/cdi-ratings-insertion.html |
Luxembourg |
Loi du 12 décembre 2016 portant création des sociétés d’impact sociétal. Law of 12 December 2016 on the creation of societal impact companies. |
Government of the grand duchy of Luxembourg, Work, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy |
Policy framework |
2016 |
|
Malta |
A review of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 1: Malta’s efforts at alleviating poverty |
National Audit Office |
Evidence |
2020 |
|
Malta |
Social Impact Assessments as a tool for decision making in spatial planning |
Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and the Property Market (Planning Authority) |
Guidance |
2019 |
|
Malta |
Social Enterprise Act |
Parliament of Malta |
Policy framework |
2022 |
https://parlament.mt/media/116108/act-ix-social-enterprise.pdf |
Mexico |
InnovaUNAM |
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) |
Capacity |
2019 |
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Mexico |
Social Economy Satelite Account (Cuenta Satélite de la Economía Social) |
National Institute of SocialEconomy (INAES), National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) |
Evidence |
2013 |
https://www.gob.mx/inaes/prensa/cuenta-satelite-de-la-economia-social |
Mexico |
General provisions for social impact assessments (SIA) in the energy industry |
Energy Ministry (SENER) |
Guidance |
2018 |
https://www.gob.mx/tramites/ficha/evaluacion-de-impacto-social/SENER2561 |
Netherlands |
The impact path tool |
Developed by Avance, Social Enterprise NL and Impact Centre Erasmus. Commissioned by Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Guidance |
2018 |
https://impactpad.nl/wp-content/uploads/Het_Impactpad_NL_2020.pdf |
Netherlands |
Exploratory advice on social businesses |
Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER) |
Policy framework |
2015 |
https://www.ser.nl/-/media/ser/downloads/adviezen/2015/sociale-ondernemingen.pdf |
New Zealand |
Social Value Aotearoa |
Part of the Social Value International network |
Capacity |
? |
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New Zealand |
Impact Initiative |
Department of Internal Affairs and Akina Foundation |
Guidance, Capacity, Methodology/Tool |
2021 |
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Poland |
SIM4CSOs (Erasmus+ project) |
Educational and Social Research Center (w/ others from other countries as part of a consortium) |
Guidance, Capacity |
? |
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Portugal |
ONE VALUE database |
Portuguese Government with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation |
Evidence |
2020 |
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Romania |
National Registry of Social Enterprises |
National Agency for Employment |
Evidence |
2016 |
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=20959&langId=en |
Romania |
National Social Services Register |
Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity |
Evidence |
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Slovenia |
Applicative analysis of the conditions in the field of social economy in Slovenia |
Ministry of Economic Development and Technology |
Evidence |
2018 |
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Slovenia |
Social enterpreneurship act 2018 |
Government of Slovenia |
Policy framework |
2018 |
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Spain |
Analisis del impacto socioecnomico de los valores y principios de la economia social en Espana Analysis of the socio-economic impact of the values and principles of the social economy in Spain |
Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social (CEPES) with funding from the Ministry of Employment and Social Security |
Evidence |
2020 |
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Sweden |
Social Enterprise Strategy (2018) |
Government of Sweden |
Policy framework |
2018 |
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Netherlands |
Exploratory advice on social businesses |
Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER) |
Policy framework |
2015 |
https://www.ser.nl/-/media/ser/downloads/adviezen/2015/sociale-ondernemingen.pdf |
Türkiye |
Türkiye Social Entrepreneurship Network (TSEN) (Turkiye Sosyal Girisimcilik Agi) |
Funded by EU and Rep. of Türkiye and conducted by a consortium of Vehbi Koç Foundation (VKV) and run by Koç University Social Impact Forum (KUSIF), Ashoka Türkiye, Social Innovation Initiative Association (ImpactHub İstanbul), Association for Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development (Mikado Consulting), TED University (İstasyon TEDÜ), Mozaik Foundation (Bosnia Herzegovina), and Social Enterprise UK |
Capacity |
2018 |
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Türkiye |
Social Impact Analysis Lab |
Social Sciences University of Ankara Social Innovation Center, supported by Ankara Development Agency |
Capacity, Evidence |
2019 |
https://www.asbu.edu.tr/tr/haber/asbu-sosyal-etki-analizi-laboratuvari-kuruluyor |
Türkiye |
Improving Social Impact of Turkish Women’s NGOs: A shared measurement approach |
KUSIF, funded by the Matra Projects Program of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Guidance, Capacity, Evidence |
2016 |
https://kusif.ku.edu.tr/en/projects/social-impact-projects/shared-measurement/ |
United Kingdom |
Justice Data Lab |
Ministry of Justice |
Evidence |
2014 |
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United Kingdom |
Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) |
Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy |
Guidance |
2013 |
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charities-sorp-2005 |
United Kingdom |
Outcome Star (OS) |
Triangle with Big Lottery Fund support |
Guidance |
2013 |
https://www.outcomesstar.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/B_working-paper-110.pdf |
United Kingdom |
Standards of evidence |
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) |
Guidance |
2013 |
https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/standards_of_evidence.pdf |
United Kingdom |
The Social Value Act |
Government of the United Kingdom |
Policy framework |
2013 |
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United States |
Economic self-sufficiency and life stability one year after starting a social enterprise job |
Mathematica Policy Research for REDF, with funding from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) |
Evidence |
2015 |
https://redf.org/wp-content/uploads/REDF-MJS-Final-Report.pdf |
United States |
Impact Evaluation of the Los Angeles Regional Initiative for Social Enterprise (LA:RISE) Pilot Program |
Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department |
Evidence |
2019 |
https://www.spra.com/wordpress2/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/LARISE-Evaluation-Final-Report.pdf |
United States |
Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and the Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government establishing an Equitable Data Working Group |
President |
Evidence |
2021 |
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United States |
Global Taskforce on Social Impact Investing |
United States National Advisory Board on Impact Investing (now the Impact Investing Industry Alliance) |
Guidance |
2013 |
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United States |
Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) |
Department of the Treasury |
Policy framework |
2018 |
https://home.treasury.gov/services/social‑impact‑partnerships/sippra-pay-for-results. |