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Harnessing Social Enterprise for Local Public Services
The government’s public service reform policy emphasises the collaboration of local authorities with a network of other agencies in the locality, either through contracts or through partnership arrangements. Strong encouragement is currently being given to the involvement of ‘third sector’ organizations (including social enterprises) in such partnering arrangements. This environment has opened up new opportunities for social enterprises. However, as the DTI has asserted in relation to social enterprise, ‘rhetoric rather than a robust evidence base continues to inform many arguments for its growth and support’ (DTI, 2003a: 49). This paper examines one of the most widespread examples of social enterprise in the provision of public services: ‘new leisure trusts’. It asks whether the combination of entrepreneurial skills and social purpose in social enterprises such as new leisure trusts provides a useful model upon which public service partnerships could be based. Findings show that these social enterprises can work to create synergy through improved input/output ratios, commitment to meeting social objectives and wider stakeholder involvement. However, there are issues of incentivisation and relative autonomy that must be resolved within such partnerships, and more work to be done in some cases to build genuine social inclusion
Non-profit organisation state joint stock company Latvian Privatisation Agency annual report for 2000 and consolidated annual report for 2000; Privatisation Agency's activities in 2000
Available from Latvian Academic Library / LAL - Latvian Academic LibrarySIGLELVLatvi
The privatisation network The multinationals bid for public services
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:q96/07843 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
Privatisation yearbook 1992
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:6617.0697(1992) / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo
The privatisation experience Competitive tendering for NHS services
SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:q90/25826(Privatisation) / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo