1. Social Enterprise Ecosystem (for example the legal framework, authorities responsible for social enterprises in your country, business support organizations etc..)
Legal framework
- Law 381/1991
- Law 118/2005
- Legislative Decree 155/2006
See also: Fici, A. (2006). The new Italian law on social enterprise. In seminar Emerging models of social entrepreneurship: possible paths for social enterprise development in central east and south east Europe (available at https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/37508649.pdf ). - Legislative Decrees 117/2017
- Legislative Decrees 112/2017
Key actors in the italian ecosystem:
Policymakers
- Ministry for Labour and Social Policies
- National Council of the Third Sector
- Regional authorities
- Local authorities
Research institutes and others
- IRIS Network Network of Research Institutes on Social Enterprises
- Euricse – European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises
- AICCON – Italian Association for the Promotion of the Culture of Co- operation and of Nonprofit
Social enterprise ecosystem
For a comprehensive overview of the social enterprises’ ecosystem in Italy, please refer to: European Commission (2020) Social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe. Updated country report: Italy. Author: Carlo Borzaga. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available here.
2. Finance (banks or other institution providing financial support to social enterprises)
Financial intermediaries, banks with a social orientation, traditional and specialized banks
- Banca Etica
- Credito Cooperativo (Cooperative Credit Banks)
- Banca Prossima (Intesa Sanpaolo group)
- UBI Banca (Intesa Sanpaolo group)
Innovative instruments for social finance