SIV – Social Impact Vouchers
SOCIAL CHALLENGE
Facing challenges of long-term unemployment and remaining difficulties for integrating disadvantage groups into the labour market, the SIV project will introduce a novel instrument to increase the capacities of social enterprises and public stakeholders for leveraging private capital for solving social challenges of unemployment.
The partners will jointly test the initiation of Social Impact Funds in the CE countries to make use of private capital for integrating disadvantaged- groups into the labour market. On this line, the partners will also establish the capacities for an incentive system for SMEs to hire long-term unemployed people, based on a voucher system.
The voucher system will be financed via the Social Impact fund. Building on these pilot activities, the partners give guidance to stakeholders on how to create the necessary capacities and abilities to replicate both the Social Impact Fund and the voucher system.
Problems arising from the limited public financial capacities, reluctance among companies in hiring people form disadvantaged groups and problems of acquiring jobs with disadvantages are countered. Thereby the project will introduce a mechanism to overcome these shortcomings and enable a endurable capacities for the integration of disadvantaged groups into the labour market.
Expected project results will be:
- Capacities for lasting private capital leverage and socially innovative mechanism for the integration of disadvantaged groups into the labour market.
- The reduction of long-term unemployment in the partner regions
- Decrease of labour shortage in the partner regions and thereby increased productivity of SMEs
- Tool kit and trainings for broad uptake of the mechanism, strengthening the capacities for social innovation in CE.
A baseline for measuring the impact will be drawn with the beginning of the project (evaluation matrix). Nonetheless, from past experience and a qualified forecasting it can be estimated that in 2020 approx. 1 Million € additional private funds will be leveraged, creating new jobs and 2021 further 1,2 Million € additional private funds (philanthropic investments) will be leveraged. The tool kit (starter kit / webinars) will be used by approx. 400 organisations in CE enabling them to initiate similar activities.
- Social Entreprise Stuttgart DE
- CEF – cooperative for ethical financing HR
- Fund 05 -Foundation for Social and Impact Investment SI
- IFKA Public Benefit Non-Profit Ltd. for the Development of Industry HU
- Caritas of the Archdiocese Vienna AT
- Centre for Community Organizing Northern Moravia CZ
- Rzeszow Regional Development Centre PL
- Cooperation Fund Foundation PL
- Social Welfare Service of the Protestant Churches in
- Württemberg DE
- Vienna University of Economics and Business AT
- Centire SK
- Ministry of Labour and Pension System of the Republic of Croatia HR
Total budget: 2.678.810,33 EUR
Co-financed in 85% by: