Social Innovation in Canada How the Non-profit Sector Serves Canadians ... and how it Can Serve Them Better - Mark Goldenberg - Research Report W|25 Work Network

Download or read book Social Innovation in Canada How the Non-profit Sector Serves Canadians ... and how it Can Serve Them Better - Mark Goldenberg - Research Report W|25 Work Network written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Social Innovation in Canada summarizes the results of that discussion, highlighting a broad consensus on the need to support social innovation by improving the stability of funding for non-profits, broadening the types of financial instruments available to the sector, improving the efficiency of accountability requirements, and reforming the regulatory and tax systems. [...] Key themes for further discussion could include: A future-oriented vision for the non-profit sector A common understanding of social innovation and the social economy The roles and responsibilities of the sector and of government and the private sector What the sector itself can do to secure its own future A new framework for government support to the sector How to enhance non-governmental support. [...] The purpose of this paper is to stimulate a dialogue within the non-profit sector, in all its diversity, and between the sector and government10, in order to do two things: • To begin to imagine the future for citizen organizations working at the community level; and • To provide a framework to help in the implementation of the federal Budget 2004 measures and guide the development of further init. [...] Whatever the terms and classification system used to describe the sector and its components, the critical point is the capacity of the non-profit sector to play an important and often unique role in serving Canadians, to promote and lead social innovation, and to contribute in a significant and meaningful way to Canada's social and economic development and the well-being of individuals and communi. [...] The Policy Rationale for Supporting the Non-profit Sector Why should governments support the work of the non-profit sector, through the use of public funds, policy and legislation or regulation? What role or roles in society and the economy can it play that government and the private sector cannot or will not play? What are the strengths and qualities of the sector that enable it to play these rol.