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Year: 2024
Published in: YouTube
Cited as: “Learning from Scotland” YouTube, uploaded by @EuclidNetwork, 8 January 2025, https://youtu.be/vEIPIbFOOdo
Subject
Learning from Scotland
Abstract
In this sixth episode of Season 2 of The Social Economist, our second mini-series concludes! After hearing about the European Council Recommendations and how Germany has been making progress in the development and implementation of their new strategy, in this episode we were delighted to hear from Scotland’s experience. Since 2016, Scotland – both from public authorities and ecosystem stakeholders – has been working to support social enterprises through the implementation of a 10 year strategy. As EU Member States start to develop or reflect on their policies to support social enterprises, perhaps looking to Scotland could provide some inspiration of guidance. In this third episode of this mini-series, host Toby Gazeley from Euclid Network is joined by Martin Avila, CEO of CEIS. Toby and Martin delve into the Scottish strategy, understanding its history and some of its key areas of focus. Martin highlighted the importance of the consistent political support for social enterprises in Scotland over more than the last decade as well as some of the challenges they’ve experienced. Martin also highlighted some of the topics of the upcoming review of the 10 year strategy and what this should look like post-2026. Even though Scotland has a lot of experience in designing tailored policies for social enterprises, the discussions around integrated vs sectoral approaches or where social enterprises should sit within government structures are reminiscent of countries all around Europe.
