Competitiveness and Innovation European Programme

Call for proposals on Economic impact of social enterprises

The call for proposals 46/G/ENT/CIP/12/F/S01C24 has been published by the European Commission within the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)
by the European Commission, Directorate Enterprise and Industry.

The objective of the activities to be funded by the “Economic impact of social enterprises” call for proposals is to contribute to the availability of reliable statistics on social enterprises at national and European levels and to identify countries interested in collecting this information. 

The aim of the current call, published in the framework of the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, is to provide policy-makers and relevant stakeholders for credible,  comparable and systematic information and indicators on the role of the social enterprises in national economies and to offer usable and practical information to stakeholders for their  decision making. Therefore the Commission wishes to encourage national statistical offices in Member States and in other eligible operators under the  Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) to collect this information.

Among its priorities, the current  call for proposal, published by the European Commission, is aiming at providing for reliable statistical data for social enterprises, especially with regard to their direct contribution to GDP and employment, to their indirect impact on other economic sectors, as well as with regard to trends in the evolution of social enterprises and providing useful information to public authorities.

Eligible participants within this “Economic impact of social enterprises” call for proposal are:
- national/regional statistical offices or 
- any public or private organisation or entity whose activities include promotion of social enterprises.
Such organisations or entities may include: 
- public or semi-public administrations at all levels and national, regional and local authorities or services;
- educational institutions like universities, research centres etc.;
- NGOs, associations and foundations active in related fields;
- chambers of social economy and/or of commerce and industry and similar bodies, like social economy business associations and support networks


The maximum budget allocated from for this call for proposals is  € 250.000. Indicative number of approved projects: 5 to 9.

The deadline for submitting proposals in the framework of the current “Economic impact of social enterprises” call for proposals is 7 September 2012.

Further information on the current call for proposals published by the European Commission is available on the European Commission’s web site at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=6013&lang=en&title=46%2FG%2FENT%2FCIP%2F12%2FF%2FS01C24---Economic-impact-of-social-enterprises