Public policy trends and instruments supporting the social economy : Tendances et instruments de politiques publiques au service de l'économie sociale : expériences internationales

The author is grateful to Rupert Downing, Co-Director of the Canadian Social Economy Hub; Annie McKitrick, Manager of the Canadian Social Economy Hub; Jorge Souza, BC-Alberta Research Alliance on the Social Economy (BALTA); and the members of the Public Policy Facilitating Committee at the Social Economy Hub for their guidance and support. [...] In the third and final report, the author will provide an analysis of the findings from the first two papers and provide recommendations for enabling academics, practitioners and policy makers to participate in activities and initiatives to strengthen the public policy environment for Canada’s Social Economy. [...] The Office of the Social Economy within the Ministry of Finance was created in 2002, which was transferred in 2003 to the Ministry of Regional and Economic Development. [...] Brazil provides excellent example of an excellent example of cross-government policies that support the Solidarity cross-government policies Economy with the creation of the National Secretariat on Solidarity Economy, a that support the Solidarity branch of the Ministry of Labour and Employment of the Federal Government Economy with the and by supporting the Forum Brasileiro de Economia Solidaria. [...] The establishment of a new legal the Ministry of Labour framework governing the relationship between the Third-Sector and the State and Employment of the has introduced new novelties such as the parceria (partnership) and public- Federal Government interest civil society organizations (Sugiyama, 2008).