Rethinking social enterprise policy making in Ireland – untangling proportionate, disproportionate and unengaged sectoral policy contributions
oraz | 13 kwi 2023
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Article Category: Research Article
Data publikacji: 13 kwi 2023
Zakres stron: 103 - 118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2023-0004
© 2023 Deiric Ó Broin et al., published by Sciendo
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Codes and Themes
| Code | Theme |
|---|---|
| Perception of reliance on grants | Grant hunters |
| Community activists engaged in poverty alleviation | Messers |
| Lack of capacity to engage in enterprise | |
| Concern of loss of power | Old regime fights back |
| Empower a cadre of stakeholders | Counter lobbying |
Summary of the documentation used for analysis
| Organisation | Type | Year | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forfás | State Agency | 2007 | Ireland’s Co-operative Sector |
| PLANET | Civil Society Organisation | 2009 | Exploring Social Enterprise in Nine Areas in Ireland |
| Social Enterprise Task Force | Civil Society Organisation | 2010 | Adding Value – Delivering Change The Role of Social Enterprise in National Recovery |
| Government of Ireland | Government | 2011 | Programme for Government |
| Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Task Force | Civil Society Organisation | 2012 | Unlocking the Potential of Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship – a submission to Forfás |
| Forfás | State Agency | 2013 | Social Enterprise in Ireland: sectoral opportunities and policy issues |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | Government Department | 2017 | Realising our Rural Potential: action plan for rural development. |
| Department of Justice | Government Department | 2017 | A New Way Forward, Social Enterprise Strategy 2017-2019 |
| Department of Justice | Government Department | 2018 | A New Way Forward, Social Enterprise Strategy 2017-201, mid-term review |
| Social Finance Foundation/ Department of Rural and Community Development | Quasi-Public Agency/Government Department | 2018 | Social Enterprise in Ireland - research report to support the development of a National Social Enterprise Policy |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | Government Department | 2019 | National Social Enterprise Policy 2019-2022 |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | Government Department | 2019 | Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities - a five-year strategy to support the community and voluntary sector in Ireland 2019-2024 |
| Department of Rural and Community Development | Government Department | 2020 | National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland 2019-2022; annual report 2020 |
| Department of Justice | Government Department | 2021 | Working To Change, Social Enterprise and Employment Strategy 2021 – 2023 |
Interviewees
| Identifier | Interviewee organisation |
|---|---|
| Elected - 1 | TD with a commitment to developing social enterprise policy |
| Elected - 2 | TD with a commitment to developing social enterprise policy |
| Elected - 3 | TD with a commitment to developing social enterprise policy |
| State - 1 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 2 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 3 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 4 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 5 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 6 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 7 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 8 | Civil/public servant |
| State - 9 | Civil/public servant |
| Civil - 1 | Representative of civil society organisation including social finance providers |
| Civil - 2 | Representative of civil society organisation including social finance providers |
| Civil - 3 | Representative of civil society organisation including social finance providers |
| Civil - 4 | Representative of civil society organisation including social finance providers |
| Civil - 6 | Representative of civil society organisation including social finance providers |
Drivers and trends of social enterprise
| Type of welfare system | Main drivers boosting social enterprise development | Examples of countries |
|---|---|---|
| Poor supply of welfare services by public providers and, traditionally, gaps in welfare delivery and strong civic engagement | Bottom-up experimentation of new services by groups of citizens | Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain |
| Consolidation of social enterprises, thanks to public policies that have regularised social-service delivery | ||
| Extensive public supply of social services, increasingly contracted out to private providers | Privatisation of social services Bottom-up dynamics | Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Extensive public and non- profit welfare structures, covering the majority of the needs of the population | Public support system designed to support work integration | Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands |
| Bottom-up emergence of social enterprises to address new needs | ||
| Welfare systems that have undergone drastic reforms, weak associative and cooperative tradition | Public policies (start-up grants) specifically tailored to support WISE initiatives with philanthropic background and donors’ programmes | CEE and SEE countries |