European Commission Partnership
Promoting social enterprise finance
In 2014 EVPA and the European Commission entered into a four-year Partnership Agreement to promote social enterprise finance. This partnership has since then been renewed twice (2018, 2022).
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In 2014, EVPA and the European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion) entered into a four-year Partnership Agreement for the promotion of social enterprise finance. In 2018, the partnership was extended for four additional years. The Partnership was awarded under the Commission’s Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), a programme fostering cooperation with pan-European networks. This Partnership recognises the role EVPA plays as a European network as a key payer in the impact ecosystem.
In 2022, the Partnership was renewed once again for another four years, under the “IMPULSE” programme (Investing for an Impactful European Social Economy). EVPA will continue to facilitate interactions between the impact community and policymakers, deliver strong capacity-building actions, collect and analyse sector data and develop strategic partnerships to gain synergies.
Under these partnerships with the European Commission, EVPA is undertaking a number of activities to strengthen the European impact ecosystem, through four main priorities:
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