Social Economy Scotland is the Development Partnership (DP) supported through the second round of the European Equal Community Initiative.
Social Economy Scotland is a national strategic partnership of which SCVO isthe lead partner. Our partners include:
- Careers Scotland
- Scottish Executive (Social Economy Unit now part of Third Sector Division)
- Forth Sector
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Scottish Enterprise
- Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition
- Scottish Centre for Regeneration
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Social Firms Scotland
- Social Investment Scotland
- Volunteer Development Scotland
Social Economy Scotland is supporting a wide range of innovative pilot projects established under priority themes.
The five priority themes are:
- Partnership and Procurement;
- Access to Finance;
- Quality and Impact;
- Business Development and
- Raising the Profile
Cooperation between partnerships across Europe is an important element of the EQUAL programme and Social Economy Scotland is working with partners in Italy, Finland and Poland.
For information on the work Social Economy Scotland and to access to a number of guides, events, newsletters, an online database of key procurement contacts and an online database of social economy Scotland contacts, please look at our website by using the following link www.socialeconomyscotland.info
For further information on Social Economy Scotland, please contact:
The Equal Team
SCVO
3rd Floor, Centrum Building
38 Queen Street
Glasgow
G1 3DX