Type of Project: Funded project
Developing new ways to raise capital for social enterprises

The sub-project builds on the experience gained through the so-called "fire department funds" in the 1980s to 1990s. Here, social enterprises provided risk-bearing capital in self-help. The approaches developed at that time are to be further developed on the basis of the current economic and legal framework. The aim is to create instruments with which the special financing tasks of social enterprises can be mastered through self-help and through cooperation with public authorities, e.g. in the case of liquidity problems, for short- and medium-term financing or through the assumption of guarantees or the provision of assurances. This is done by evaluating previous experience with the so-called "firefighting fund" and by recording and analyzing the needs and problems of social enterprises. Based on these results, concepts will be developed in a joint process between social enterprises and public authorities as to how risk-bearing capital can be made available to social enterprises across institutions and organizations. Note: The information on this project has been archived and is no longer being updated.