Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 3 - Analysis, Evaluation and Infrastructure: Recent submissions
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BALTA Project C4 - Preliminary Profile of the Size and Scope of the Social Economy in Alberta and British Columbia
(2010-09-15)This project proposal/plan describes research undertaken on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) to develop a preliminary profile of the social economy in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, ... -
BALTA Project C6 - From Social Economy to Solidarity Economy: Changing Perspectives in a Volatile World (Phase Two)
(2010-09-15)This proposal/plan describes a second phase research project for the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) to explore the relative merits and limitations of social economy and solidarity economy conceptualizations ... -
Le nouveau rôle des organisations de l’économie sociale: perspectives économique et sociale
(Concordia University, 2007)This presentation to a 2007 seminar in Vancouver, Canada, of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was based on research compiled for the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in ... -
QUELQUES INITIATIVES AYANT PERMIS L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’ÉCONOMIE SOCIALE AU QUÉBEC : RÔLE CENTRAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE ET RÔLE ESSENTIEL DE L’ÉTAT - Deuxième partie
(2010-09-15)This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary, in French, of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector. This is the second section of the report. -
QUELQUES INITIATIVES AYANT PERMIS L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’ÉCONOMIE SOCIALE AU QUÉBEC : RÔLE CENTRAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE ET RÔLE ESSENTIEL DE L’ÉTAT - Première partie
(2010-09-15)This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector. -
Some Initiatives that Enabled the Institutionalization of Quebec’s Social Economy: Civil Society’s Crucial Role and the State’s Essential Role
(2010-09-14)This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary, in French, of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector. The first part of the report was translated ... -
Preliminary Profile of the Size and Scope of the Social Economy in Alberta and British Columbia
(2010-09-14)Using existing data, mainly of a statistical nature, this report provides a preliminary profile of the social economy and social economy organizations in the two Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Aggregate ... -
BALTA SERC 3 Workplan - 2010-2011
(2010-09-11)This is the annual research program plan of Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 3 of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). SERC 3's mandate includes infrastructure, analysis and evaluation. -
BALTA SERC 3 Workplan - 2008-2009
(2010-09-11)This is the annual research program plan of Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 3 of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). SERC 3's mandate includes infrastructure, analysis and evaluation. -
BALTA SERC 3 Workplan - 2007-2008
(2010-09-11)This is the annual research program plan of Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 3 of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). SERC 3's mandate includes infrastructure, analysis and evaluation. -
Training Businesses in Quebec
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and l'Alliance de recherche universités-communautés en économie sociale (ARUC-ÉS), 2010)This report examines the experience of what are referred to in Quebec as les entreprises d’insertion. While the term training businesses is used in English, this merely describes the focus on the activity performed in ... -
Municipal Government Support of the Social Economy
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA research project (C10) examining the role of municipal governments in supporting the ... -
Procurement Policy and Market Development for the Social Economy: Expanding the Market Opportunities for Social Enterprise, Co-operatives, and Other Social Economy Businesses
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA research project (C18) examining procurement policy and market development for the social ... -
Building a Supportive Environment for Social Enterprise
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a synthesis (Project C17) of various BALTA research projects examining their potential to contribute ... -
C7 Project Follow Up (Part 1) and Social Co-ops & Social Care
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of two BALTA research projects (C7 and A2) exploring how to strengthen co-operative development ... -
Establishing a Co-op Development System in BC & Alberta
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of two BALTA research projects (C2 and C7) examining the existing co-operative development system ... -
Empowering our Citzens & our Communities: Building an Engine for Social & Economic Change
(2006-11)Mike Lewis, principal investigator of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), gave several presentations in November 2006 as part of a speaking tour in Germany. His topic was the Canadian Experience in ... -
CED and Social Economy Policy Inventory in B.C. and Alberta (Phase I)
(2008-11-13)This presentation addresses the aims and initial results from BALTA's Research Project C9. Objectives of this project are: To conduct an inventory of federal and provincial legislation, policies, programs and initiatives ... -
Social Economy? Solidarity Economy? Exploring the Implications of Conceptual Nuance for Acting in a Volatile World
(Published as "Social economy and solidarity economy: Transformative concepts for unprecedented times" in Jenna Allard, Carl Davidson and Julie Matthaei (Eds.). Solidarity economy: building alternatives for people and planet. Changemaker Publications, Chicago., 2008)This paper suggests that the solidarity economy as a conceptual framework in progress may have significant theoretical and strategic implications for actors in the social economy. The distinct boundaries most social economy ... -
Constructing a Sustainable Future: Exploring the Strategic Relevance of Social and Solidarity Economy Frameworks
(2007-08)This working paper explores recent economic trends and thinking and the resulting conceptualizations of social and solidarity economy. The project focused on examining the definition of social economy being used by BALTA ...