Our communities are great places to live, work and play. Departments should also work with recipients at the outset in the design of their calls for concepts to ensure the calls reflect broad priorities in the sector and that they are meeting the needs of the community. There are also few mechanisms to ensure that the knowledge and interests of social purpose organizations are taken into consideration across government departments and policies in a sustained and collaborative fashion. Almost three years to the date since Occupy Wall Street first raised the consciousness of Americans about the wide economic disparities between the richest one percent versus the 99 percent of U.S. earners, new Federal Reserve data confirms that wealth and income inequality in the U.S. is accelerating. You will not receive a reply. by Tamara Krawchenko, Dawn Madahbee Leach. We recommend that the Government of Canada expand the evidence base of data and research and provide a new mechanism to coordinate better sharing of data, research and knowledge across social innovation ecosystems in Canada. This would include most non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, and individuals. Proven to be a key enabler of development and progress, access to electricity has been prioritized by governments using grid extension actions and off-grid solutions, namely microgrids and home systems technologies, fed by renewable sources. The Jasper Place Wellness Centre (which addresses the needs of one of Edmontons challenged communities) has used SEF loans to purchase trucks and bins for its junk removal business, equipment for its rapidly growing mattress recycling business and the mortgage to purchase land for a new community food hub. These issues and others like them not only hamper economic growth, they heighten inequality, increase the need for expensive public services, and result in a profound human cost, both in terms of individual lives and social cohesion. Located in Charlottetown, UpStreet Craft Brewing began as a small business and quickly grew into a popular and important part of the community. We heard that people want opportunities to work together across sectors, across issue areas, and with governments at all levels to improve outcomes for Canadians. Social purpose organizations, especially those that are non-profit, have trouble finding products that meet their needs. A number of "guidelines" or blueprints for development are offered in academic economics and the political economy of development, which we will discuss and compare in this essay. The Fund should aim to accelerate growth across market segments, in order to reflect the diversity of practices, capital needs and investor requirements in Canada. The institutions of the European Union have also made social innovation and social finance a priority. Is that enough to get us to net zero? The first SIB in Canada, the, Supply-side and product-based market estimates identified between, The Responsible Investment Association has also estimated that there were, Social enterprises will be included for the first time in the federal. Examples include, but are not limited to: The social finance market brings together three types of actors: Estimates of the size of Canadas social finance market are based on surveys which likely capture a number of socially responsible investing assets that would not meet the definition of social finance advanced in this report (see Figure 11). We also recommend that major grant and contribution delivery departments demonstrate leadership within the federal government by proactively embedding the innovation funding criteria in the design and implementation of their programs. Instead of continuing to focus on short-term grant programs that are only capable of targeting one symptom of a more complex issue, they must work to develop scalable solutions, capable of addressing the root of the problem. The Government also has a role to play in building awareness within the federal public service. Canada has much to learn and share from the experiences of other jurisdictions that have led the way in enabling and supporting social innovation and social finance. Statistics Canada data on federal government funding for R&D illustrates the limited funding available for research and development directed to social issues or to the portion of the charitable and non-profit sector that excludes higher education: Figure 23 is a Statistics Canada chart illustrating 2017 federal funding granted for research and development in the areas of natural sciences and engineering compared to social sciences, humanities and the arts. First Nations, Inuit and Mtis community practitioners told us that the capacity and skills gap is particularly acute in the Indigenous context. It is the Government of Canadas role to address these gaps and pursue an integrated approach in support of existing ecosystems. The research found that only two of the programs and services reviewed specifically excluded non-profits, but that access was unclear, ambiguous or appeared restricted for 93 of the other programs and services.Footnote 45. Refer to the Canada Revenue Agency's Policy Statement CPS-019, What is a related business for more information. There are over 3,300 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries around the world. The Canadian Government has a range of business programs targeted at Indigenous peoples and Indigenous groups, and governments have supported the development of a network of organizations to promote economic development such as the pan-Canadian network of Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs). It also limits how well government can compare the effectiveness of innovative approaches versus business as usual. We await the Governments response to the Panels recommendations. ), a knowledge-sharing and capacity-building initiative that brings together municipal governments, educational institutions and social economy support organizations from Canada, Spain and South Korea. Government procurement is a key lever for growing the market for social purpose organizations. The creation of the Social Innovation Ecosystem Program could help scale up successful projects such as S4ES and fund new initiatives to develop ecosystems of supports that empower social purpose organizations to improve outcomes in their communities. We heard that the Government of Canada should commit to engaging National Indigenous Organizations, at a pace determined by them, to facilitate potential Nation-to-Nation collaborations in this area. The DAC Network on Development Evaluation helps to facilitate joint and collaborative evaluations among members. Different groupings, including the co-operative, social economy, social enterprise and community economic development movements, are key drivers of social innovation and social finance across the country. Around $1.70 is now invested in clean energy for every $1 invested in fossil fuels. Today, there are over 1,000 CDFIs operating across all 50 states, managing over $100 billion in assets. While cross-sectoral collaboration is essential for the type of systems change we aspire to set in motion, we are conscious of competing interests and motivations and must ensure the public good is at the centre of our efforts. There is a lack of specialized intermediaries who understand the business models of social purpose organizations and are able to assess their risk profile and help them build their investment readiness. Social R&D is a field of practice that enables social purpose organizations to discover and prototype new approaches to achieving social impact. Canadas social finance market is diverse, with different organizations pursuing different priorities across a broad continuum. The Council will advise the Government on how federal programs and policies can support social innovation and social finance ecosystems and could oversee implementation of a federal strategy. Aki has partnered with Manitoba Hydro using an innovative pay-as-you-save arrangement, and invests revenues from its energy business in local organic farms that are helping to address nutrition and food security issues in remote communities. .chakra .wef-10kdnp0{margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.388;}What's the World Economic Forum doing about the transition to clean energy? Achieving sustainable economic development on a global scale will require the judicious use of resources, technology, appropriate economic incentives and strategic . Social finance is a key source of financial support for developing and scaling social innovation. Its aim is to inspire the next generation of changemakers to use their entrepreneurial skills to make a real change in their communities. New methods such as social research and development, design thinking, data analytics, impact measurement and digital literacy are increasingly important skills for social purpose organizations to obtain. This includes Infrastructure Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada. What is the World Economic Forum doing to help companies reduce carbon emissions? Today, following a year-long process, we are advancing recommendations for the Government to consider as it delivers on its commitment. However, achieving universal access to energy is still highly challenging, given the lack of . They are accelerating the growth of social finance the practice of making investments to create social or environmental impact as well as financial returns to unlock the private and philanthropic capital needed to tackle pressing challenges. The funds raised by New Dawn through the CEDIF have offered these businesses a local alternative. But business owners also need. During our consultations, stakeholders in many sectors told us they were working towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and saw the 17 SDGS as an opportunity for cross-sector collaboration. We envision five key measures related to social procurement as part of the plan. Canada should be at the table for these conversations. Governments must create a cultural shift within their organizations. Budget 2018 reallocated $7.8 million over five years from Employment and Social Development Canada's existing resources to help build the capacity of organizations working with vulnerable people to access government funding. We recognize the Governments ongoing exploration of outcomes-based funding, prizes and challenges, and microgrants. You are welcome to republish this Policy Options article online or in print periodicals, under a Creative Commons/No Derivatives licence. Their work has contributed to reducing poverty, provided a platform for people in marginalized and vulnerable situations, reduced carbon emissions, increased conservation, improved health and championed human rights. It is through this kind of innovation that we make our communities, country and world more inclusive and sustainable. The following is a list of some of the many formal and informal consultations. In our dialogue, Indigenous groups and individuals also conveyed some important messages regarding challenges specific to Indigenous communities and risks that social innovation and social finance practices could potentially create for them. Figure 8 illustrates how social innovation comes in different shapes and sizes. Recommendation 2: Establish and fund a permanent multi-sectoral Social Innovation Council to advise the federal government. Brian Emmett and Geoffrey Emmett, Charities in Canada as an Economic Sector, 2015. Responsible Investment Association, Canadian Responsible Investment Trends Report. 2016. This program allows communities, businesses and organizations to raise private funds via a generous provincial tax credit and, in doing so, provides investors with the opportunity to support local, innovative and growth-oriented businesses. The Strategy cannot impose common impact metrics on anyone. Canadas social innovation and social finance ecosystems: achievements and challenges, 4. Or, the philanthropic and private sectors working together to prevent high blood pressure among seniors or to improve outcomes for Canadians facing employment barriers. Today, more than ever before, we need to draw on this innovative spirit. 2018. The Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) is working with the Government of Ontario and other partners to develop a common approach to impact measurement for Ontario social enterprises, framed by two of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Use new as well as traditional media and adopt messaging and innovative methods that are suited to under-represented groups, including youth, women, people living in rural and remote communities and immigrants. Impact measurement as a field is still in the early stages, but we are aware that work is under way with coalitions of stakeholders, researchers and governments in Canada and internationally to develop improved methodologies for common metrics. The cost and intensity of the review process, however, is beyond the means of smaller charities and is a major deterrent to innovation. While these initiatives are welcome, there has been little movement to engage in social procurement initiatives beyond those relating to diverse suppliers. Grants should support collaboration and the development of partnerships and networks. Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, 4 charts that show how technology is enabling the transition tolow carbon energy, A new yardstick for leaders in the 21st Century, Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022, Increasing Climate Ambition: Analysis of an International Carbon Price Floor. Recently, the Fiducie entered into agreements for a second associated fund with an initial amount of $10 million, also financed by private partners, to build student housing. Women are the driving force behind many of the sectors and movements leading social innovation and social finance in Canada. Priority areas to address should include: In Australia, charities are allowed to generate revenue through business activities, on an income-tax-exempt basis, provided profits are used to advance the organizations charitable purpose and do not confer private benefit. This evidence base is inherently complex, as it is multidisciplinary and spans both the non-profit and charitable sector and the business and financial sectors. We heard that certain aspects of social innovation and social finance, notably, the potential for an increased role for private and philanthropic capital, pose risks for Indigenous communities. We recommend that the Government embed a commitment to social innovation and social finance in Canadian legislation. By using a social innovation tool called a social lab, Winnipeg Boldness is working to create systems change by bringing together community leaders, businesses, and residents to co-create solutions that are then tested with the help of neighbourhood families. Instead, the CRA left the organization with no option other than to set up a distinct corporate entity that would require an arms-length board, separate staff and separate accounting. Cross-sectoral partnerships are essential for the type of systems change we hope to create. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Canadians still have very little knowledge of social innovation and social finance. We were also told the language of social innovation and social finance does not always resonate with the approaches that are used in communities. As well, inconsistency across federal policies defining Indigenous organizations has negatively impacted Indigenous development. In 2017, the Government of Canada appointed a Co-Creation Steering Group to guide the development of a Canadian Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy. It is time for Canada to deploy these levers to grow social innovation and social finance across its communities, or risk falling behind. The social economy is a socioeconomic driver in Quebec. The figure has two sets of three columns, reading from left to right. The federal government is already working to improve accessibility to grants and contributions. We believe that this future is within our reach, and that the Government of Canada can hasten its arrival by implementing the recommendations contained in this Strategy. The CCIF is a response to a critical challenge facing co-operatives and mutuals: the challenge of accessing capital without compromising their autonomy and democratic ownership. Throughout these conversations, we learned of successful examples of social innovation in Indigenous communities. Canadian Summit on Social Innovation, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing Social Finance Forum, EconoUS - Canadian Community Economic Development Network Conference, Canada's Impact Moonshot: Creating Inclusive Prosperity, Conference Board of Canada's Business [Un]Usual Profit for Purpose Conference, G7 Conference on Wholesale Social Finance, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche et d'information sur les entreprises collectives (CIRIEC Canada), Territoires innovants en conomie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, Canadian Executive Service Organization - Service d'assistance canadienne aux organismes (CESOSACO, international development-focused), The McConnell Family Foundation (Innoweave), Eastern Ontario rural social enterprise and community groups engagement session, Montreal consultations with organizations serving immigrants and black communities, Ottawa community and social enterprise organizations consultation session hosted at Causeway Work Centre, Saskatoon community and social enterprise organizations consultation session with Quint Development Corporation, Webinar with social purpose organizations situated throughout Atlantic Canada, Canadian Community Economic Development Network, Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO), Canadian Federation of Voluntary Sector networks, CAP Finance (rseau de la finance solidaire et responsable), Canadian Community Economic Development Network Conference, Fdration des aines et ains francophones du Canada (FAAFC), MicroEntreprendre - Qubec community credit network, Quebec Community Groups Network (Official Language Minority Community consultation), Social Innovation Canada (a network in development and a national affiliate of the global Social Innovation Exchange, SIX), Social Innovation Generation (SiG) Social Research and Development Practitioner Gathering, Women's Economic Council (webinar session with other organizations focused on women social entrepreneurs and women's economic development), Atlantic Region roundtable with intermediaries, funders, experts, social enterprises and service delivery organizations from all four Atlantic provinces, National roundtable in Ottawa involving federal officials and a variety of stakeholders, including intermediaries and philanthropic organizations, Toronto roundtable involving financial sector representatives from banks, private equity firms, wealth management firms as well as intermediaries and other stakeholders testing social finance approaches, Vancouver roundtable and events with the National Impact Investment Practitioners Table and Vancity, Buy Social and Public Services and Procurement Canada Pacific Region Supplier Advisory Committee, Canadian Institute for Procurement and Materiel Management, Native Council of Nova Scotia (Truro, Nova Scotia), Native Council of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, PEI), Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs (30 Mikmaq, Maliseet, Innu, Passamaquoddy FNs), Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island, Under One Sky Friendship Centre (Fredericton, NB), Mi'Kmaq Child Development Centre (Halifax, NS), Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation, West Region Tribal Council, and representatives from the Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation, Algonquin First Nations Economic Development Association, Apeetogosan (Metis) and Pinnacle Business Services (Edmonton, Alberta), National Affordable Housing Corporation Prairie Region, (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), Ontario First Nations Economic Development Association (Pembroke, Ontario), First Nations University of Canada (Regina, Saskatchewan), The First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Economic Development Commission, NATAO, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation. Unfortunately, social purpose organizations face significant challenges in building their capacity and skills. Pinnguaq, which means play in Inuktitut, was created in 2012 as a non-profit technology startup based in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, with the goal of providing gaming experiences in Indigenous languages. Here's how, Here's what we know and don't know about the energy transition. Economic Development Blueprint. Registered charities must devote their resources to their charitable activities and purposes. Those interested in engaging in social purpose work also need venues and opportunities to act on their newfound knowledge, to connect with others, and to get to work on concrete projects and initiatives. Large print, braille, MP3 (audio), e-text and DAISY formats are available on demand by ordering online or calling 1 800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232). The review should recognize the value of these programs both to social purpose organizations that generate revenue and to those that do not. Understanding the role of evaluation Robust, independent evaluation of development programmes provides information about what works, what does not and why. The competitive solicitation processes launched by the Fund would also require intermediaries applying for investment to outline what partnerships they have created to build investment readiness. In establishing this new relationship, we recommend the Government adopt a series of innovation funding criteria (see Figure 53) within its granting practices to ensure that federal funds facilitate innovation where it is desired and appropriate to do so. We recommend that Treasury Board Secretariat and Public Services and Procurement Canada develop a cohesive social procurement plan that supports federal initiatives related to sustainable procurement and purchasing for social and environmental impact. Governments and international organizations around the world have begun making ambitious investments to strengthen communities through support for social innovation and social finance. It can act as a national convenor to help innovators in different parts of the country learn from each other and expand the reach of ideas that have been proven effective elsewhere. We heard during consultations that organizations seek greater capacity for early stage innovation and experimentation as well as partnership development and knowledge transfer. Innovation within the health sector, for example, will look different than innovation within the arts sector. Brookings Institute, Who and what gets left behind? The private sector is also part of this conversation. Except when specific sectors must be named to clarify recommendations, this document will use the terms "social purpose organizations" and "those engaged in social purpose work" in order to improve ease of reading and to respect regional and sector-based preferences in terminology. Ontario's Rural Economic Development ( RED) program provides cost-share funding to support activities that create strong rural communities in Ontario and opens doors to rural economic development, by funding projects that: address barriers to economic development create or retain jobs in rural Ontario The Pilot will now be called "Economic Development" instead of "Economic Diversification.". Social finance intermediaries making bonds or bond-like instruments available to retail investors. Actors in all parts of society are breaking out of their historically defined roles, merging profit and purpose, to forge new ground all to the benefit of people. Consumers are using their purchasing power to support brands that promote fair labour practices and environmental stewardship. to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a risingstandard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, andthus to contribute to the development of the world economy; to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as non-membercountries in the process of economic development; and In June of 2017, the Government of Canada appointed us, a diverse group of seventeen individuals, to a steering group with the mandate to guide the development of a Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy for Canada. The individuals and organizations that participate in these movements, which are not mutually exclusive, have often been at the forefront of efforts to address social, economic and environmental challenges facing Canadas communities. Finally, we reiterate that any project or initiative flowing from these recommendations and which primarily affects Indigenous communities should be Indigenous-led. It must breach the perceived walls between the structures and motivations of the charitable and non-profit, private, and public sectors. This initiative is needed to kick-start growth in regional social finance ecosystems across Canada. If they are to succeed, the measures we recommend must be designed and implemented with the following principles in mind. Critical data gaps currently hobble our capacity to include evidence-based decision-making and reliable data in national and community-level policy creation, particularly since the core federal surveys and satellite accounts have been dormant for a decade or more.
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