Social enterprise and their ecosystems in Europe (2019)
Project “Social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe”, is a research project commissioned by the European Union Program for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” (2014-2020) to EURICSE and EMES that updates a study started earlier on social enterprises in European countries, having as results a synthesis report and national reports.
The different national reports can be seen here.
The Portuguese report can be downloaded here (pdf).
The Synthesis Report can be downloaded here.
SEFORIS
The SEFORIS project is a multidisciplinary international research project on social enterprises, funded by the European Commission. SEFORIS aims to better understand the role that social enterprises play in the EU in the development and evolution towards more inclusive and innovative societies.
Portugal – National Report: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d2eebbb654f9329ddbd20e/t/57e5a52ebebafba4111f1078/1474667827836/Country-Report-PT_EN-FINAL.pdf
To know more:
- EPP – Strengthening emergent professional profiles in the third sector, a way to foster innovative bridges to work and social inclusion of vulnerable groups (2016)
The EPP project (Strengthening emerging professional profiles in the third sector – a way to promote innovative bridges to work and social inclusion of disadvantaged groups) was a European comparative project within the scope of Erasmus + based on 10 case studies of social insertion companies for work (WISE) in Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Italy and the United Kingdom
Portugal- Article: Quintão, Carlota, Ana Luísa Martinho, and Mafalda Gomes. 2018. “Social Insertion Companies in the Promotion of Employment and Social Inclusion from European Case Studies”. Management and Society 12(32): 2374–91. https://doi.org/10.21171/ges.v12i32.2438.
To learn more: https://a3s.webnode.pt/recursos/
Social Entrepreneurship in Portugal
The project “Social Entrepreneurship in Portugal: policies, organizations and practices of education / training” was a research project coordinated by Cristina Parente, a professor at the Institute of Sociology of the FLUP (ISFLUP) and intended to analyse the structures and dynamics of Portuguese social entrepreneurship.
E-book:
https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/73385/2/88711.pdf
https://issuu.com/dianovaportugal/docs/e_book_empreendedorismo_social_em_p
To know more:
http://up-en.academia.edu/EmpreendedorismoSocialemPortugal
A map of social enterprises and their eco-systems in Europe
The European Commission launched in 2013 an initiative that aimed mapping the activity of social enterprises and their ecosystems in 29 European countries (EU 28 and Switzerland) using an operational definition of social enterprise and a common research methodology.
Portugal – National Report:
file:///C:/Users/Joana/Downloads/SE%20Mapping_Country%20Report%20Portugal%20(5).pdf
To know more:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2149
Boosting Social Enterprise Development – Good Practice Compendium
In 2015, the OECD Secretariat launched an invitation through its website to national and international networks and the European Commission’s Specialist Group on Social Entrepreneurship to bring together policies, programs and initiatives that support social enterprises. One of the results of this challenge was a Compendium – Good Practice Compendium, which presents a rich set of initiatives aimed at boosting the development of social enterprises.
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Study on Practices and Policies in the Social Enterprise Sector in Europe (2007)
European study, coordinated by Eva Heckl, at the Austrian Institute for SME Research and TSE Entre, Turku School of Economics, funded by the European Commission (DG Enterprise & Industry) on good practices and public policies with potential to promote the development of social enterprises.
The study was carried out in Portugal by the consultancy and research company Tecninvest.
National Study (pdf): https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/2292/attachments/1/translations/en/renditions/pdf
To find out more: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/study-practices-and-policies-social-enterprise-sector-europe-0_en
Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project (CNP)
The Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project (CNP) aims to analyse the purpose, structure, financing, and role of the private non-profit sector in the countries to enrich our understanding of this sector and provide a more solid basis for public and private action in relation to it. This project works with teams of local researchers in 13 countries to produce the first systematic body of international comparative data on CSOs, philanthropy and volunteering. It currently operates in more than 45 countries, covering all continents of the world and most of its major religious and cultural traditions.
Portugal – National Reports:
http://ccss.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/09/Portugal_CNP_WP43_2005.pdf
http://ccss.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/11/Portugal_NationalReport_2005.pdf
To know more:
https://ccss.jhu.edu/research-projects/comparative-nonprofit-sector-project/
ELEXIES – L’entreprise sociale : struggle against exclusion par l’insertion économique et sociale” (2001-2004)
Project coordinated by ENSIE – European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE), CECOP – European
Confederation of Workers’ Co-operatives, Social Co-operatives and Participative Enterprises (CECOP) and EMES European Research Network, funded by the European Commission (DG Employment and Social Affairs)
National Study: Perista, Héloísa, and Susana Nogueira. 2002. «National Profiles of Work Integration Social Enterprises: Portugal». EMES WP no. 02/09: 20.
To learn more: https://emes.net/research-projects/work-integration/perse/
PERSE – Socio-economic performance of social entreprises d’insertion par le travail (2001-2004)
Pioneering study dedicated to social enterprises and integration through work (WISE – work integration social enterprises, coordinated by Marthe Nyssens, (CERISIS, Catholic University of Louvain) and funded by the European Commission (DG Research)
National Study: Perista, Heloisa, and Susana Nogueira. 2004. «Work Integration Social Enterprises in Portugal». Liège: EMES European Research Network Working Paper Series no. 06/04: 27.
The Emergence of Social Enterprise in Europe (1996-1999)
Pioneering study on social enterprises, involving 15 countries, coordinated by Jacques Defourny, Center d’Economie Sociale, University of Liege, in a partnership between the EMES Network and CECOP (European Confederation of Workers’ Co-operatives, Social Co-operatives and Participative Enterprises), funded by the European Commission.
The study in Portugal was developed by Heloisa Perista (CESIS), who characterizes the CERCI (Cooperatives for the Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities) as examples of social enterprise in Portugal.
National Study: Heloisa Perista. 2001. “Co-operatives for rehabilitation of people with disabilities”, in Borzaga, Carlo, and Jacques Defourny, The Emergence of Social Enterprise. London: Routledge.
To learn more: https://emes.net/research-projects/social-enterprise/emes-project-2/