Papers
The Scottish Executive's Social Economy Review 2003 sets out a strategic framework for strengthening social economy organisations. The document highlights that good relationships between social economy organisations and the public and private sectors are vital to complement one another's strengths.
Download the Social Economy Review 2003 (pdf version).
Futurebuilders Scotland: Investing in the Social Economy 2004 builds on the social economy review document by translating the strategic objectives of the review into practical action through the £18 million Futurebuilders fund.
Download Futurebuilders Scotland- Investing in the Social Economy 2004 (pdf version).
The Scottish Government released the 2nd edition of its guide Tendering For Public Sector Contracts in 2007
Download Tendering For Public Sector Contracts (pdf version)
To download the Government's Strategy for Social Enterprise see below
Download Better Business (pdf version)
GSEP has produced a series of handy Infosheets for use by social economy organisations. The first of these are avialble to download as word documents (1) Full Cost Recovery (2) Tendering - A Rough Guide to Allocation
To download the Glasgow University Training and Employment Research Unit study on Support Services to Glasgow's Social Economy click TERU Review of Support Services (Word Document)
SCVO's framework for quality improvement for all voluntary organisations THE BIG PICTURE is anvailable to download in PDF format buy following this link www.scvo.org.uk
GSEP and NHSGGC commissioned GCVS to carry out a scoping exercise to look at the feasibility of developing a web based resource for use by public sector procurement professionals and others to enable then to identify the nature of services available through social economy organisations with a view to their being able to tender for NHS contracts. The report is available in PDF format. Please click the following link Web Based Procurement Resource Study
The Scottish Government's reort on the use of Community Benefit Clauses in Public Sector Procurement Contracts is available to download in PDF format. Please click the following link Community Benefits In Public Procurement
The Scottish Government's Enterprising Third Sector Action Plan 2008-2011 is available to download here in PDF format Enterprising Third Sector Action Plan 2008-2011
The Scottish Government's Scottish Investment Fund Guidance is availible to download here Scottish Investment Fund Guidance
GSEP has commissioned research into Equalities and the Social Economy in Glasgow. This important piece of work together with its recommendations will hopefully become the basis of actions to mainstream equalities within the sector GSEP Equalities Study There are a number of appendices to this report . Please click on the follwing links to access these. Appendix 1 Sample Questionnaire; Appendix 2 Private Sector Learning; Appendix 3 Background Equalities Legislation; Appendix 4 Other Factors; Appendix 5 The Equity Continuum
GSEP's Workplan draft Report for 2007-2008 is available to download here GSEP Workplan Report 2007-2008
The Social Economy Development Partnership's Guide Developing Consortia is available to download here Developing Consortia
GCVS is providing a series of six free sessions in Mainstreaming Equalities. For more details download brochure here Mainstreaming Equlaities - brochure July 08 pdf 1
Big Lottery Guides to Full Cost Recovery Big Guide to Applicants FCR; Big FCR Spreadsheet Guidance; Big FCR Spreadsheet; FCRfundersmanual 1
Third Sector paper on the role of the Third Sector in delivering public services Choice and Voice - The Unique Role of the Third Sector
if you would like to add other relevant papers please forward them to david.logan@gcpl.org.uk