community of practice on inclusive entrepreneurship - lessons from the basque country
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Donosita – 29th July 2008
International Summer School on Social Innovation
Community of Practice on Inclusive Entrepreneurship
(COPIE)
Lessons from the Basque Country
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.CONTENT
1. THE BASQUE COUNTRY IN FIGURES
2. THE BASQUE COUNTRY KEY EMPLOYMENT
CHALLENGES
3. THE CONTEXT OF COPIE STUDY
4. KEY STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES
5. QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.1. THE BASQUE COUNTRY IN FIGURES
Total landmass: 7.261 km2
Urban and Rural diversity
Bilbao: strong industrial tradition reconverted towards service sector
San Sebastian: tourist amenities
Vitoria-Gasteiz: From sleepy and devitalised town into an administrative and service centre
2.129.339 inhabitants equally distributed (gender). Half of the population is concentrated in the Historic Territory of Bizkaia
Unemployment rate of people of working age: 3,1%
GDP per cápita (2006): 28.821 € (23.400€ - UE)
Immigrant people: 4,5%
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.2. KEY EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES
Problem Key pointsLow youth employment activity rates Activity rate of 31,5 % (below the CAPV average, 68%)
High youth unemployment Under 25 unemployment rate, 7,1 %
Main territorial disparities Bizkaia is the most active territory in comparison with Gipuzkoa and Araba but it also represents the main negative figures for employment and unemployment rate
Highest unemployment rate by territories
Bizkaia has the highest unemployment rate (3,9%) in comparison with Gipuzkoa (2,4%) and Araba (2%)
Women suffer worse working conditions The massive presence of women in the service sector makes the distance to men working conditions greater. Service sector is less structured, has greater employee rotation and poorer contractual conditions than the industrial sector. In general women suffer worse working conditions
High Basque Government expenditure in Social Salaries (5.060€ per person)
The Basque Government expenditure in Social Salary summed up 139.212.355€ in 2005. The Basque Government expenditure in Bizkaia was 103.034.988€, in Gipuzkoa 21.498.936€ and Araba 14.678.431€.
Gipuzkoa province has the highest expenditure in Social Salaries
Bizkaia Regional Government expenditure in Social Salary 1.121.000€, Gipuzkoa Regional Government expenditure in Social Salary 6.038.000€ and Araba Regional Government expenditure in Social Salary 4.402.000€.
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.
Type of Users
31%
16%11%
0%
11%
26%
0%
5%NO SPECIFIC GROUP
UNEMPLOYED
WOMEN
MIGRANTS AND ETHNICMINORITIES>50
YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER30DISSABILITIES
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
3. CONTEXT OF COPIE STUDY
42 interviews5 policymakers 18 specialist
advisers19 Users
Mainly face to face interviews
E-mail interviews when distances and time required time to obtain responses
ObjectiveGAIN
QUALITATITATIVE VIEW OF THE STUDY
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.3. CONTEXT OF COPIE STUDY
Framework of the Study…
Strategy
Culture & Conditions
Start up support & Training
Support for consolidation & Growth
Access to Finance
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.3. CONTEXT OF COPIE STUDY
Remarkable aspects…
All participants were positive and willing to participate
Questions to entrepreneurs prompted stories , barriers, etc.
Facilitates identifying existing gaps in the provision of support and infrastructure
Facilitates identifying existing different entrepreneurship views across policy makers, specialist advisers and users
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.4. KEY STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES
Strengths Challenges
Strategy • Defining a possible framework for a more integrated entrepreneurship policy between Basque Public Institutions
• The need for an overall and a global strategy to coordinate all initiatives (no collaboration and coordination mechanism & methods)• Lack of a more comprehensive and inclusive entrepreneurship strategy
Culture and conditions
• Entrepreneurship culture is developing • Pre-start support is good • Growing development of adapted teaching materials• Lots of initiatives and programmes at regional and local levels• Lots of public budget for entrepreneurship activities
• The need to embed entrepreneurship and enterprise within core teacher training programmes • Pre–start support to the 50+, people with disabilities and people under 30 • More events in regional areas • Involve business education in schools• There are complex and slow administrative processes for start up
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.4.
Strengths Challenges
Start-up support
• There is good access to mentors • Lots of people are available to give support and advice • Subsidies and grants to start ups
• Coordinated support for start-ups • Scarce provision of incubators and lack of space • Lack of specific mentors for people with disabilities • Lack of mentors with real business experience • No accredited training for business advisors• Scarce access to networking opportunities
Growth and Consolidation
• There is free access to mentoring for Social Economy Enterprises
• Need for a more joined-up approach for growth • Availability and accessibility of premises for post start up • Mainstream business networks around clusters/ sectors
Access to Finance
• Great competitive activities between Financial Institutions • Special financial service providers, e.g. “Cajas de Ahorro” through their “Social Tasks” programme
• Variety of financial products for entrepreneurs - particularly in growth sectors• Banks need to provide more debt crisis advice • Need for financial management support for grants • Scarce financial services for socially excluded groups
KEY STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.ENTREPRENEURIAL DYNAMIC
Entrepreneurial Programs…
Inter-Institutional Planning for employment
Emprender On-line
HASI etaHAZI
EJE program
KOSMODISEA
GipuzkoaEmprendedora
1. Culture &Conditions
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2. Start-up support
ENTREPRENARI
SUSTATUEMEKIN
SARBIDE
EKINTZAILE
TXEKIN
URRATSBAT
PRONUE
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3. Consolidation & GrowthINCUBATION
STRATEGY
CENTRE FORINCLUSIVE
ENTERPRISES
2
FINANCIALINSTITUTIONS
HAZIBIDE SEED
CAPITAL
SEED CAPITALBIZKAIA
SPRI
FIARE
ELKARGI
4. Access to Finance
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT
Specialist advisers…
Centre forEnterprise and
Innovation(CEI)
SPRI – Society forIndustry Restructuring
and Promotion
Chambers ofCommerce
Local DevelopmentAgencies
Specific target groupsupport
Social and VoluntaryAgents
Centre for Inclusive Enterprises in San
Sebastian…
Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia
Araba
Gipuzkoa
Bizkaia
Araba
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Capítulo. Sección…Título Punto 1.1.4. QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION
How can Public & Private Institutions
move to a more
comprehensive and inclusive
entrepreneurship?
What can be done to get socially excluded people to be involved
in entrepreneurial processes?
What can be done to involve business in
Education?
How can these entrepreneurs develop
Networking
opportunities ?
How can we adapt current Financial
availability?
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Donosita – 29th July 2008
International Summer School on Social Innovation
Thank you very much for your attention!!!
For further information please contact:
Ainhoa Unamuno [email protected] Iñigo Urkidi [email protected]