Download or read book Evaluation of the European Social Fund as a Measure to Support Social Innovation in the Public Sector written by Katarzyna Tarnawska and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main objective of this research paper is to present how the public sector may contribute to the development of social innovations and to what extent this process may be supported by the European Social Fund's (ESF) resources. The research method comprises critical analysis of the ESF reports. Discussion on the concept of social innovation is covered in the first part. Then determinants of social innovations are presented, followed by observations on social innovations in the public sector. The subsequent part is devoted to a short study of the ESF as an instrument to support social innovations in the public sector and finally a short empirical example of the ESF usage in Poland is delivered. Although the usage of the ESF funds as an instrument strengthening social innovations in the public sector is not always unproblematic, it may be assessed to be a useful measure of support in this area.
Download or read book Public Sector Entrepreneurship and the Integration of Innovative Business Models written by Lewandowski, Mateusz and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While private, for-profit businesses have typically been the most experienced with entrepreneurship, the study of public sector business models is coming to the forefront of entrepreneurial discussions. This shift has allowed researchers and practitioners to expand on their knowledge of positive business choices and paved the way for more profitable business empires. Public Sector Entrepreneurship and the Integration of Innovative Business Models is a comprehensive source of academic research that discusses the latest entrepreneurial strategies, achievements, and challenges in public sector contexts. Highlighting relevant topics such as public management, crowdsourcing, municipal cooperation, and public sector marketing, this is an ideal resource for managers, practitioners, researchers, and professionals interested in learning more about public sector business ideals, and how these models are shaping positive entrepreneurial communities around the world.
Download or read book Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation written by Alex Nicholls and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws upon economic and sociological theory to provide a comprehensive discussion of economic space for social innovation, addressing especially marginalized groups and the long-term projects, programmes, and policies that have emerged and evolved within and across European states. It approaches the explanatory and normative questions raised by this topic via a novel approach: the Extended Social Grid Model (ESGM). Taking inspiration from the fields of economic sociology and ethics, this model shows that social innovation processes must be structural, and require change in power relations, if marginalization is to be effectively dealt with via social innovation. Part I of the book sets out the ESGM, including an exposition on the model along with background chapters on innovation, power and marginalization, ethics and social innovation, and empirical methods. Part II explores the model with a focus on social innovation trajectories of social housing, drinking water provision, employment, education, and food provision. It also explores the operationalization of the model with a view to agency and empowerment, as well as social innovation policy in Europe and the use of social impact bonds as a tool for financing social innovation. Part III revisits the ESGM and considers the explanatory adequacy and fruitfulness of the model for innovation research and for theorizing social innovation, addressing questions on the role and limitations of participation in social innovation for the marginalized, the role of capital for creating economic space for capabilities, and how we can approach the social impact of social innovation. This collection of essays presents a diverse range of perspectives on understanding and addressing the key issue of marginalization, and offers key recommendations for policy makers engaging with social innovation across the European Union and beyond.
Download or read book Evaluation of the European Social Fund Innovation Transnational and Mainstreaming Projects written by Peter Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of the European Social Fund Objective 3 Support for Companies written by Alec Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Social Fund written by European Commission and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jubilæumsskrift for Den Europæiske Socialfond
Download or read book Assessing and Disseminating the Results of the Social Innovation Calls Financed by the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation EaSI 2014 2020 written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the 2014-2020 programming period, social innovation has been a strong EU priority, which has most prominently been channelled through the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) Programme and the European Social Fund (ESF). The programme has been providing financial support to social innovators seeking to test experimental solutions to the most pressing social issues. This study has evaluated the social innovation calls along criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added value of this programme and provided future-oriented recommendations by using the developmental evaluation approach. This approach places more emphasis on supporting project and programme managers in improving interventions. It is guided more by broad questions that are adaptable to a variety of contexts rather than by predetermined indicators and on a long-term perspective, rather than restricting itself to outcomes in a pre-defined period. The case studies of individual projects formed the basis of the horizontal (cross-case) analysis of the five evaluation criteria across all projects and calls. The study has employed various data collection and analysis methods based on the principle of evidence triangulation.
Download or read book Evaluation of Women s Involvement in European Social Fund Cofinanced Measures in 1990 written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Social Fund Community Support Framework 1990 92 Objectives 3 and 4 Federal Republic of Germany written by Commission of the European Communities and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 1992 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Instruments for Public Sector Development Structural and Investment Funds written by Ani Matei and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Other International Politics Topics, , language: English, abstract: The book ”European Instruments for Public Sector Development” aims to emphasize and evaluate several specific instruments used by the European Union for the development of the public sector. Among them, the authors focused on the structural and investment funds (ESI funds). The great majority of EU member states, including Romania, have developed wide experience in accessing and implementing projects having as support the above-mentioned funds. However, the level of accessing and their impact is differentiated among the EU states, which creates the ground layer for an analysis of methods, procedures and content, meant to support a coherent approach to the improvement of the use of such funds. The book comprises the synthesis of ampler analyses and research performed on the above-mentioned phenomenon, performed within the programs of the Doctoral School in Administrative Sciences of the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (NSPSPA) in Bucharest, Romania.
Download or read book OECD Review of policies to improve the efectiveness of resource use in schools written by and published by Ministerio de Educación. This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Social Fund Community Support Framework 1990 92 Objectives 3 and 4 Spain written by Commission of the European Communities and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perspectives for Digital Social Innovation to Reshape the European Welfare Systems written by F. Davide and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social welfare is riddled with ingrained problems that have already defeated all standard approaches, and reform calls for counterintuitive action. Digital Social Innovation (DSI) is primarily about promoting grassroots initiatives to address localized societal problems, and is not normally talked about in relation to welfare reform, but perhaps social innovation initiatives, with their localized and case-based approach, could help to solve the enormous structural problems faced by our welfare democracies today. This book addresses the potential and implications of DSI for the reform of the European welfare state. The 14 papers collected here focus on key issues, such as the nature of social innovation and its effects; scaling up to address structural problems and make systemic change; new social risks and challenges; the role of digital thinking and emerging technologies; public governance approaches; tolerance of institutions; integrating innovation in the welfare system; and the empowerment of marginalized citizens. These topics are examined from an integrated and multi-disciplinary perspective, taking into consideration not only current EU debate on policy trends for social protection, but also the nature of digital transformation and its effects on social change. The book also highlights barriers to adoption, as well as the potential limitations and failures of this emerging approach. Digital social innovation is an emerging discipline that deserves more attention from policy makers and more resources from government. Drawing on welfare studies, political science, sociology, psychology, law and computer science, this book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and policy makers alike.
Download or read book Implementing innovative social investment CONCLUSION written by Baines, Susan and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood. This edited collection brings regional and local realities to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing successes, challenges and setbacks of Social Investment policies and services from ten European countries: Italy, UK, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Spain. It provides practical, accessible illustrations of good practice, routes to success, and lessons learned. The book is informed throughout by engagement with service users and local communities, and features many previously unheard voices including front-line workers, local decision makers, volunteers and beneficiaries.
Download or read book Spain written by Commission of the European Communities. Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Report on the Impact of Evaluations by the European Social Fund Programme Evaluation Unit written by European Social Fund. Programme Evaluation Unit and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pilot and Feasibility Study on the Sustainability and Effectiveness of Results for European Social Fund Participants Using Counterfactual Impact Evaluations written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is aimed at assessing the feasibility of Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE) as an advantageous evaluation method of European Social Fund (ESF) interventions, to be used at EU level, relying on data collected at national level. The study is based on a mix of desk analysis, field analysis, questionnaires and interviews with Managing Authorities and Institutions holding relevant data, as well as econometrics. First, an exploratory analysis of available administrative data in each Member State of the EU was carried out. Then, three CIE pilot evaluations were produced, focusing on ESF operations for long-term unemployed (in Italy, Slovakia and Spain). A further CIE pilot, concerning ESF interventions for early school leavers in Belgium was planned but it was not possible to obtain the necessary data in due time. The pilot evaluation on the Veneto region provides an analysis of an ESF supported operation consisting of training and/or internship. It found a positive and statistically significant effect of the support: in fact, the probability of participants to be employed 18 months after the enrolment in the operation is 14% higher than for the control group (who have not participated in ESF operations). In Slovakia, the pilot study concerned an ESF intervention aimed at supporting jobseekers by providing paid jobs in public sector. It found a positive effect on employment: treated people have a probability of being employed 2.2 percentage points higher than the control group after 18 months the completion of the intervention. Also the pilot carried out in Catalonia found a positive impact on employment: 16 months after launching the interventions, ESF operations increased the employment rate by 12 percentage points among the participants in comparison to the control group. The findings of the study confirm the possibility of conducting CIE of labour market operations using administrative data, in the considered 26 Member States. CIE can be also used for assessing education operations, in many but not all the considered Member States. Notwithstanding the feasibility of using CIE, in many cases several improvements with respect to data accessibility and usability should be implemented by Member States, for instance by applying a ‘one-stop-shop’ approach to data delivery, as well as unified and simplified protocols for privacy rules. Improvements in data quality can also extend the application of CIE techniques and improve the robustness of the results. It is also recommended to anticipate planning of CIE in the design stage of the ESF operations and to promote dedicated communication for disseminating evaluation results. At EU level, the implementation of a unique European CIE of similar ESF operations, implemented in several countries, is a hypothetical possibility which, however, for theoretical and practical reasons is not feasible. In order to produce a valid policy assessment at EU level, another approach would consist of coordinating, comparing and summarising a pool of national or regional CIEs that examine very similar interventions. However, given the heterogeneity in actual programme implementation, beneficiary groups and data contents, such an approach is challenging. A meta-analysis is a third possibility which, potentially, can be implemented more directly. This approach would be feasible, based on current and evolving CIE practices, but it is likely to produce better results when the data collection is systematic and the number of individual CIEs is large enough. A CIE policy by the Commission should aim at ensuring adequate coverage of the different ESF operations and set quality standards, with a view to increasing comparability among national CIEs.
