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OECD (2022), "Designing Legal Frameworks for Social Enterprises: Practical Guidance for Policy Makers"
GECES (2021), “Clusters of Social and Ecological Innovation in the European Union, perspectives and experiences”
OECD (2021), “Building local ecosystems for social innovation”
Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (2021), "NEW PATHWAYS TO INNOVATIVE WELFARE SOLUTIONS - a Handbook for Collaboration with Social Enterprises"
EIF (2021), "EIF Venture Capital Survey 2021 - Market sentiment"
European Social Network (2021) FUNDING SOCIAL SERVICES RECOVERY - Anchoring social services in post-Covid national reform plan
CEPS (2021), "Comparing and assessing recovery and resilience plans"
EIF & Invest Europe (2021), “The VC factor – Pandemic Edition”
European Innovation Council (2021), “The 2021 European Social Innovators’ Insight Report”
European Commission (2021), "State of the Union 2021 – Achievements 2020 – 2021"
OECD (2021), "Building Local Ecosystems for Social Innovation: a methodological framework"
Interreg Europe (2020), "Innovation Networks"
CEPS (2021), “A renewed EU approach for Jobs and Skills”
Interreg Europe (2021), “Innovation in Less-developed Regions”
Bertelsmann Stiftung (Hrsg.), Benford J., Eich F. ,(2020), ”From Scale to Purpose? The EU’s support for startups in the global race for tech dominance”
European Investment Bank & The Government Outcomes Lab (2021), “Social outcomes contracting in Europe”
European Investment Bank (2021), “Social Outcomes Contracting Advisory Platform: Fostering Social inclusion across the EU - 2020 update”
European Commission (2021), Summaries of the data on the progress made in financial instruments – Situation as at 31 December 2019
Fi-compass (2021), “Fi-compass Calling the Tune”
European Commission (2021), “Supporting public administrations in EU Member States to deliver reforms and prepare for the future”
European Commission (2021), “Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2021”
European Commission (2021), “Study on the benefits of using social outcome contracting in the provision of social services and interventions”
CEPS (2021), “Avoiding the Main Risks in the Recovery Plans of Member States”
CEPS (2020), “Social Innovation in the Temporary Agency Work Industry”
European Commission (2020), "The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan"
Social Economy Europe (2020), “Co-designing the Action Plan for the Social Economy For an economy that works for people and the planet”
European Microfinance Network (2021), “EMN Policy Note - The Social Return on Investment”
European Commission (2021), "Boosting social and economic resilience in Europe by investing in education"
FI-Compass Knowledge Hub (2021), "Combination of Financial Instruments with Grants"
European Commission (2020), "Impact of the European Commission’s Social Business Initiative (SBI) and its Follow-up Actions . Final Report"
McKinsey & Company, Ashoka, Catalyst 2030, Echoing Green, Schwab Foundation and the Skoll Foundation (2020), ”New Allies: How governments can unlock the potential of social entrepreneurs for the common good”
EIB Investment Report 2020/2021 - Key findings: Building a smart and green Europe in the COVID-19 era
European Commission (2020), "Pact for Skills"
Anderson B., Poeschel F., Ruhs F., (2020), “COVID-19 and systemic resilience : rethinking the impacts of migrant workers and labour migration policies”, Migration Policy Centre, RSCAS, EUI (European University Institute)
Fi-Compass, (2020), "Equity financing for SMEs in Greece – EquiFund Case Study", European Commission, European Investment Bank.
European Policy Center, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Europe, ifok, (2020), "How Brussels sees the future of Europe after COVID-19"
CEPS, (2020), "Whose pact? The Cognitive Dimensions of the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum"pol
European Commission (2020), "Shaping the digital transformation in Europe"
King Baudouin Foundation, (2020), "Together Against the Coronavirus - An overview of response initiatives"
Naimi, A., Hehenberger, L., Clewett, K., (2020), "Humans at the center: How social entrepreneurs with a migrant background are making a difference", ESADE Business School, Ashoka Hello Europe.
EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, (2020), "Taxonomy: Final Report of the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance".
"Crowdfunding and ESF opportunities: future perspectives for managing authorities" - Fi-Compass, (2020), European Commission, European Investment Bank
OECD and European Commission (2020) "Regional Strategies for the Social Economy"
European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (2019) "Social Enterprise Finance Market Analysis and Recommendations for Delivery Options", Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl and Barbara Scheck
Basile, I. and C. Neunuebel (2019), "Blended finance in fragile contexts: Opportunities and risks", OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers, No. 62, OECD Publishing, Paris.
Barco Serrano, S., Bodini R., Roy, M., and Salvatori, G., (2019) "Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems", International Labour Organization (ILO).
European Commission, (2020) "Social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe. Comparative synthesis report", Authors: Carlo Borzaga, Giulia Galera, Barbara Franchini, Stefania Chiomento, Rocío Nogales and Chiara Carini.
Social Enterprises and their Ecosystems in Europe: Country Fiches, European Commission, (2019)
World Economic Forum, (2018), "Behind the Scenes of Impact imvestment Policy-Making", WEF in collaboration with the UK Government
von der Leyen, U., (2019), "A Union that strives for more | My agenda for Europe", European Commission
World Economic Forum, (2019), "Data Collaboration for the Common Good | Enabling Trust and Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships", WEF.
Addis, R., (2018), "The Impact Principle: Widening Participation and Deepening Practice for Impact Investment at Scale | Working Group Report", Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG).
Utting, P., (2017), "Public Policies for Social and Solidarity Economy | Assessing Progress in Seven Countries", International Labour Organisation.
Fraser, A., Tan, S., Kruithof, K., Sim, M., Disley, E., Giacomantonio, C., Lagarde, M., Mays, N., (2018) "Evaluation of the Social Impact Bond Trailblazers in Health and Social Care | Final Report" Policy Innovation Research Unit
Commissioned by Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises(EAsME), "Social Business Initiative (SBI) Follow-Up: Co-operation between Social Economy Enterprises and Traditional Enterprises | Final Report"
European Commission, (2017), "Mid-Term Evaluation of the EU Programme for Employement and Social Innovation - EaSI"
European Comission, (2019) "2019 European Semester: Country Reports", Commission Staff Working Document, SWD(2019)
Survey on Financial Instruments under the European Social Fund (ESF) - Final Report, fi-compass, provided by the European Commission in partnership with European Investment Bank, (2019)
Social Business Initiative (SBI) Follow-Up: Co-operation between Social Economy Enterprises and Traditional Enterprises | Final Report, Commissioned by Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises(EAsME), 2018
Financing Social Investment for an Economy of Well-Being: Moving from Good Practices to a Paradigm Shift, Dhéret, C., Pilati, M., European Policy Centre (2019)
European Commission, (2019), "Reflection Paper - Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030"
EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, (2018), "Financing a Sustainable European Economy - Final Report 2018"
Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, (2018), “Catalysing an Impact Investment Ecosystem - A Policymaker's Toolkit - Working Group Report"
Blended Finance Taskforce, (2018), "Better Finance Better World - Consultation Paper of the Blended Finance Taskforce"
European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), (2019), "Europe's Sustainability Puzzle - Broadening the Debate"
Eldridge, M., Hawkins, R., Mitra-Majumdar, M., (2019), "State and Local Governments and Impact Investing", Urban Institute
Bishop, A., Bonavita, L., Klinger, J., Mateos-Garcia, J., Otubusen, A., Richardson, G., Rusmaully, S., Stathoulopoulos, K., Tippett, C., Winch, R., (2019), "Innovation mapping now", Nesta
CIVICUS, ICCL, (2018), "Regulating political activity of civil society"
Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development, (2019), "Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019", United Nations
Janečková, H., Pribuišis, K., Strauka, O., (2019), "Projects and organisations funded by the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)", European Commission
Edmiston, D. and Nicholls, A. (2018) "Social Impact Bonds: The Role of Private Capital in Outcome-Based Commissioning." Journal of Social Policy, 47 (1). pp. 57-76.
Roots of Impact (2019) "Blueprint for an Outcomes Fund in Off-Grid Clean Energy - Pushing the boundaries of high impact businesses with next generation Results-Based Finance"
Maduro, M., Pasi, G., and Misuraca, G., (2018) "Social Impact Investment in the EU - Financing strategies and outcome oriented approaches for social policy innovation: narratives, experiences, and recommendations" JRC
OECD (2019) "Social Impact Investment 2019: The Impact Imperative for Sustainable Development"
Fransen, L., del Bufalo, G., and Reviglio, E., (January 2018), "Boosting Investment in Social Infrastructure in Europe ", Report of the High-Level Task Force on Investing in Social Infrastructure in Europe, European Commission
Social Finance, (2018), "Leaving Care, Leaving Well"
Carter, E., Fitz Gerald, et al. (2018), "Building the tools for public services to secure better outcomes: Collaboration, Prevention, Innovation", Government Outcomes Lab
Cabrita, Sandra (2018), "Patchwork Philanthropy. Philanthropic & public spending blind spots & the Brexit vote". The Young Foundation.
European Commission (2018), "Partnership Forum Report"
Wood, D. & Deane, K. (2018), "The Power of Cross-Sector Collaboration", Initiative for Responsible Investment
Veron, N. (2018), "EU Financial Services Policy since 2007: Crisis, Responses and Prospects", Bruggel
Mann, C. (2018), "The policy challenge: Catalyse the private sector for stronger and more inclusive growth", OCDE
Halabisky, D. (2018), "Policy Brief on Women’s Entrepreneurship", OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Papers, No. 8, OECD Publishing, Paris
AVPN (2018), "Pay-For-Success Models in Asia Pacific: the early movers"
Utting, P. (2018), "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Social and Solidarity Economy: Incremental versus Transformative Change"
UNRISD (2018), "Mapping of Intergovernmental Documentation on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)"
OECD (2018), "Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018. Toward Sustainable and Resilient Societies", OECD Publishing, Paris.
FHI 360 (2018), "The Atlas of Innovation for Economic Stability"
Social Finance (2018) "Investing in Localism. How Local Authorities Can Provide Good Finance For Community Business", Power to change.
Broome, J. (2018), "2018 Ariadne Forecast. For European Social Change and Human Rights Funder".
Griffiths, J. (2018) "Financing for Development and the SDGs", Eurodad. Supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
European Commission (2018), "ESF Performance and Thematic Reports. The support of ESF to Social innovation", Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
Morris, M. (2018), "The charity workforce in Post-Brexit Britain. Immigration and skills policy for the third sector", Institute for Public Policy Research
OECD, (2016) "Social Impact Bonds: State of Play and Lessons Learnt"
OECD (2018), "Opportunities for All. A framework for policy action on inclusive growth"
Rosandić, Andreja (2018), "Social Economy in Eastern Neighbourhood and in the Western Balkans", European Commission
United Nations (2018), "Satellite Account on Nonprofit and Related Institutions and Volunteer Work"
Darvas, Z., Wolff, G. et al., (2018), "EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies, Bruegel. Requested by the European Parliament"
Fransen, L., Bufalo, G., Reviglio, E. (2018), "Boosting Investment in Social Infrastructure in Europe", European Commission
European Commission, (2017) "Taking the future into their own hands Youth work and entrepreneurial learning"
European Commission (2017), "Social Innovation as a Trigger for Transformations - The Role of Research"
Addari, F., and Lipparini, F., (2017), "Vision and Trends of Social Innovation for Europe", European commission
Monzón, J., and Chaves, R. (2017), "Recent evolutions of the Social Economy in the European Union". Sponsored by the European Economic and Social Committee
SIMPACT (2017), "Social Innovation Policy Tool Box"
Floyd, D., (2017), "Social Impact Bonds - An Overview of the Global Market for Commissioners and Policymakers"
Dhéret, C. and Fransen, L. (2017), "Social Investment first! A precondition for a modern Social Europe", European Policy Centre
Working Group 1 of the GECES (2017), "Subject Paper: Improving access to funding"
Big Society Capital and ComRes (2017), "Pensions with purpose: An opportunity to drive deeper engagement with DC savers"
Torfs, W. and Lupoli, M. (2017), "Guaranteeing Social Enterprises – The EaSI way", European Investment Fund
GECES (2016), "Social enterprises and the social economy going forward: A call for action from the Commission Expert Group on Social Entrepreneurship (GECES)"
Galitopoulou, S. and Noya, A., (2016), "Policy brief on scaling the impact of social enterprises", European Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and OECD
Murphy, T. and Wallace, J. (2016), "The Enabling State in Practice. Evidence from Innovators", Carnegie UK Trust
Dear, A., Helbitz, A., Khare, R., et al. (2016), "Social Impact Bonds. The Early Years", Social Finance
EU NL Presidency (2016), "Integrated approaches to combating poverty and social exclusion - Best practices from EU Member States"
Fi-compass (2016), "Financial instruments working with social entrepreneurship"
UK Cabinet Office (2016), "Social investment: The UK as a global hub 2016 international strategy"
Berlin, G. (2016), "Learning from experience - A Guide to Social Impact Bond Investing", MDRC
UK Cabinet Office (2016), "Social investment: A force for social change 2016 strategy"
FASE, Ashoka and McKinsey & Company (2016), "Achieving Impact for Impact Investing: A Road Map for Developed Countries"
Big Society Capital and Cambridge Associates (2016), "Unlocking the Investment Potential of the Treasury Portfolio for the Benefit of Society"
Varga, E. and Hayday, M., (2016), "A recipe book for social finance. A practical guide on designing and implementing initiatives to develop social finance instruments and markets". European Commission
Oldenburg, F. and Dr. Daub, M. (2016), "Creating Impact for Impact Investing - Summary of Findings"
Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community (2016), "SIBs: What’s Missing?"
Griffith, J., Woelfel, T. and Fairey, K. (2015), "Unleashing the Power of Pensions: Expanding Economically Targeted Investments", U.S. Pension Funds
Bertha Centre for Social Innovation (2015), "A Guide to Impact Bond Investing"
BBC Research & Consulting (2015), "20 Years of Opportunity Finance | 1994-2013: An Analysis of Trends and Growth"
Caimi, V. (2015), "Public Procurement for Social Progress - A Social Platform guide to the EU Public Procurement Directive", Social Platform
Beeck Center, Georgetown University and Shelton, J., (2015), "Smarter Government for Social Impact: A New Mindset for Better Outcomes"
Kroll, C. (2015), "Sustainable Development Goals: Are the rich countries ready?", Bertelsmann Stiftung
Samans, R., Blanke, J., Corrigan, G. and Drzeniek, M. (2015), "The Inclusive Growth and Development Report 20152, World Economic Forum
Swack, M. and Hangen, E. (2015), "Scaling U.S. Community Investing: The investor-product interface", GIIN and University of New Hampshire
Keohane, N. and Rowell, S. (2015) "Good pension", Big Society Capital
Abramskiehn, D., Wang, D. and Buchner, B. (2015), "The Landscape of Climate Exposure for Investors", Climate Policy Initiative
Gustafsson-Wright, E., Gardiner, S. and Putcha, V. (2015), "The potential and limitations of impact bonds: Lessons from the first five years of experience worldwide", Global Economy and Development
Bolton, J., Kurrik, I. and Pereira, R. (2015), "Impact Investing Private Equity Fund Industry | Legal Considerations", The International Senior Lawyers Project, Clifford Chance and GIIN
Lipparini, F., Phillips, S., Addarii, F. and Johar, I. (2015), "From good to growth. Promoting social investment and public good to stimulate the European economy"
OECD (2015), "Social Impact Investment – Building the evidence base", OECD Publishing, Paris
Choi, Y. and Mummert, A. (2015), "Closing the gap: developing a new financing vehicle for social ventures in Germany", Impact in Motion
European Commission (2015), "Social policy innovation: Meeting the social needs of citizens"
OECD and European Commission (2015), "Policy Brief on Social Impact Measurement for Social Enterprises - Policies for Social Entrepreneurship"
Bradley, M., Dudding, B. and Wenner, Z. (2015) "Thriving in an Outcomes Based Market", The Aspen Institute
Clarke, C., Barnett, C. and van den Berg, R. (2015) "New frontiers for evaluation in an era of market-oriented development", Wilton Park
Gouwenberg, B., Ali, D., Hoolwerf, B., Bekkers, R., Theo Schuyt, T. (2015) "EUFORI Study: European Foundations for Research and Innovation", European Commission

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