1. Info Day DA INTERREG IV A INTERREG EUROPE ROMA, 15 APRILE 2015 P.A.S.E. Project (PUBLIC POLICIES AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES) -INTERREG IVC PROGRMME 2007-13-

2. About PASE Project TitlePASE: Public policies And Social Enterprises Programme Framework & Priority Interreg IVC – First Call 2008 Innovation and the knowledge economy: Entrepreneurship and SMEs Partnership9 Partners (Public Bodies) / 7 EU Countries Project Duration38 months (Nov 2008 – Dec 2011) (originally 36 months) Budget€uro 1.834.412,0 of which: -ERDF: €uro 1.408.923 -National Cofin.: €uro 425.489,00

3. PASE: 9 Partners from 7 EU Countries  LP – MARCHE REGION (IT) Educ., Vocat. Training, and Labour Service  P2 – ANDALUSIAN GOVERNMENT (ES) Gen. Manag. of Soc. Ec. and Entreprises  P3 – CITY OF FOREST (BE) Brussels Capital-Region  P4 – ARGES COUNTY COUNCIL (RO)  P5 – CRACOV UNIV.OF ECONOMICS (PL) The Małopolska School of Public Administr.  P6 – CITY OF HANNOVER (DE) Adult Education Centre  P7 – SOUTH MADRID CONSORTIUM (ES)  P8 – PROVENCE ALPES COTE D’AZUR (FR) Regional Council  P9 – CITY OF ROME (IT) Councillorship for the Peripheral Area (*) Recipient Countries

4. PASE Project Aims & Goals / 1 Enforce the effectiveness of the regional public policies supporting social entrepreneurship as a stimolous for local deveopment and territorial competitiveness Increase the capacity of policy makers and stakeholders in - detecting the needs of social economy and in - identifying strategies, public schemes, good practises which do better favour and support the emergence, sustainability and innovation of social enterprises Enforce local social enterprises and social economy at the regional and local level by - transferring some good practices from territories where they have already proved tangible and measurable results in supporting social economy, to other less experienced countries

5. HOW? THE METHOD – THE ACTIONS EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES dedicated to the identification and analysis of good practices (Component 3) PARTICIPATORY APPROACH – ALL PARTNERS INVOLVED – CASE STUDIES  Work group meetings  Identification of Good Practices (17 best practices, 40 examples)  Study visits to Practices (7 countries, 9 local contexts)  Road Maps to Implement Good Practices in Partner Countries PUBLIC POLICIES AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES A CATALOGUE OF GOOD PRACTICES

6. HOW? THE METHOD – THE ACTIONS JOINT DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENTS To strengthen the role of social enterprises as driving force in regional and local sustainable development and guidelines for their implementation in different EU countries (Component 4) PARTICIPATORY APPROACH – ALL PARTNERS INVOLVED – PUBLIC PROCUREMENT & PUBLIC SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPS  Country Reports: Public Procurement & Soc. Enterprises  Task force meetings  Problem Tree Analysis Approach  Identification of Solutions & Recommendations ISSUES, GUIDELINES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW SOCIAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT POLICIES

7. PASE RESULTS / 1 PROJECT-LEVEL POLICY LEARNING PRACTITIONERS & STAFF MEMBERS  Individual learning. Staff members INVOLVED increased knowledge, capacities and skills on cooperation and on topics addressed ( identifying public schemes and good practises)  Cross – cultural group learning: Staff members INVOLVED increased knowledge on the different regional and local approaches, schemes, methodologies, policies on project topics)

8. PASE RESULTS / 2 ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL POLICY LEARNING Partner organizations _policy improvements at regional/local level  P.O. incorporated material and immaterial benefits of the project into their internal planning process or operational rountines: -Redefined relationship between public and privet sector; technical correction, renewal of already existing policy instrument, legal framework (es. Marche region’s process of upgrading regional law on SE) -Modernized social and financial policies (eg. Arges County: Multi-annual Operational Plan and the Strategy for Development of Social Services mentioned the strategic goal of promoting and supporting the SE to promote a socio-economic development and social inclusion of disadvantaged groups) -Defined model solutions, changed educational programmes targeted at SE(e.g. in Poland changes were made to the syllabus of the postgraduate course in Social Economics offered by the Malopolska shool of public administration from the experience of the Andalusian School of social economy) -Improved and increased organizational commitment for the qualification of social enterprises on local development policies; -Increased inter-institutional and cross-department dialogue (marche regione);

9. PASE RESULTS / 3 COLLECTIVE LEVEL POLICY LEARNING The project started to generate a broader awareness among other external actors: -New trends and new agenda proposed by local politicians and public authorities or other stakeholders organizations on SE concerning; -cross-sectorial policy involvement, shared planning strategies; - open public debate on social economy, engaging all the institutional level; -cooperation in the area of SE between regional and local authorities

10. - Pase Project inclusion into the RegioStars Awards 2013 selection (Inclusive Growth: social innovation, creative response to societal challenges) - Interreg IV Good Practice Fair (Krakow, Nov.2011) within the workshop: “Boosting entrepreneurship to boost employment” aimed at presenting good practices promoting entrepreneurship, especially in disadvantaged areas. - Forum on the Single Market Act (Brussels, Nov 2010). PASE project contributed at the discussion on the Single Market Act, (public procurement and delivery in public services) The European added value 10

11. -The PASE project has positively and effectively contributed to develop a new integrated approach and impact on entrepreneurship policy and practice. -The PASE findings were validated by: The Social Europe Guide vol. 4 on Social economy and Social entrepreneurship and they contributed to the Flagship initiatives “Agenda for new skills and jobs” The “European Platform against poverty and social exclusion” that places specific emphasis on social policy innovations. The PASE project’s contribution to Interreg IVC capitalization exercise 11

12. Policy recommendations and guide lines for a well-designed social policy consider 4 different area of intervention: Policy recommendations and guide lines for a well-designed social policy consider 4 different area of intervention: 1. prove appropriate legal and financial frameworks for the cooperation and involvement of SE and NGO with public authorities (improve PP system and combine PP policies and SE policies); 2.raise the awareness and the capacity of public administration (social clauses; no only best price offered, contracts, ; 3. build the capacity of social enterprises (business skills, from social service to social enterprise mindset); 4.improve public attitudes towards social economy (to over came lack of trust) Some specific Lessons learned 12

13. .The interregional cooperation has brought to a Mutual learning process, a Win-to-win process;.Successfull policy improvements and impacts are given by strong mainstreaming activities and stakeholders’ involvment;. Exchange of BPs it is not just a question of wishing to “transfer” or adapt a good practice, but of a practice “transferring approach” : (goals, targets; means; vectors; stakeholders; monitoring and evaluation) General Lessons learned 13

14. 14 THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION AND FIND OUT MORE AT http://www.europa.marche.it/ProgrammieprogettiUE/progettopase.aspx Raffaella Triponsi Regione Marche - Giunta Regionale (Politiche Comunitarie-Cooperazione Territoriale Autorità di Gestione F.E.S.R. e F.S.E.) Via Tiziano, 44 60125 ANCONA - ITALY tel. 0039-0718063823 - 7 fax. 0039-0718063037 www.europa.marche.it