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IntroductionColin Stutt Consulting was appointed early in 2001 to undertake a major review of the Social Economy in Northern Ireland. The Review was undertaken in fulfillment of an undertaking in the first NI Programme for Government to review the role of the social economy. ReportThe Report of the Review was completed in June 2001 and its recommendations were endorsed by the Northern Ireland Executive in September 2001. The full report is provided here, together with an Executive Summary. Further down this page a range of other key documents is provided. To facilitate download, the Report has been split into a number of sections. Executive Summary - click here to download the Executive Summary Sections 1 & 2 - Introduction, terms of reference, defining the social economy, scope & scale and sustainability of the social economy - click here to download (23 pages) Section 3 - current policies and support structures for the social economy in Northern Ireland, developments at the UK level, gaps and shortcomings in the current arrangements - click here to download (10 pages) Section 4 - recommended process of social economy development in Northern Ireland, principles of good practice, recommended actions by the public sector, by the social economy sector and joint actions, locus for social economy policy, resource implications and monitoring and evaluation - click hereto download (15 pages) Resource PapersTo support the conclusions and recommendations set out in our full report, we produced 5 'resource' papers providing a summary of the detailed research and literature review which we carried out. The papers will make it easier for others to get to grip with what the social economy is, key issues in social economy development at local, national and international level, case studies of a range of Northern Ireland social economy organisations and a menu of possible actions to support the social economy at local level. Social Economy Resource Paper 1 - Defining the Social Economy this paper covers definitions of the social economy, types of social economy organisations, impacts of the social economy (45 pages) Social Economy Resource Paper 2 - Comparative Practice reviews aspects of social economy development in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and the US (34 pages) Social Economy Resource Paper 3 - Key Strategy Issues what are the barriers to the successful development of the social economy, how can they be overcome? How do we measure success in the social economy and what is the nature of the social economy's specific value added? What are the key themes in social economy development. Paper prepared by Prof. Mike Campbell of Leeds Metropolitan University from a UK, EU and international perspective (17 pages) Social Economy Resource Paper 4 - Case Studies ten Northern Ireland social economy case studies, from a variety of sectors. You will have to download the document to see if your organisations is included in these in-depth case studies (42 pages) Social Economy Resource Paper 5 - Developing at Local Level a structured menu of possible actions to develop the social economy at local level. As in a Chinese restaurant menu, no-one suggests that you work right through the menu; different actions and combinations will be appropriate for different localities - but this paper provides a structured starting point for considering what should be done in your locality (21 pages) To a considerable extent, our 2004 study of Finance for the Social Economy in Northern Ireland was a follow on from the 2001 study in that the earlier study recommended a partnership approach towards working on defining the financial mechanisms for the social economy and the later study was implemented using the structures that we recommended should be put in place in the 2001 study. Click here to go the the 2004 study of Finance for the Social Economy in Northern Ireland.
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