Working with the social economy for public outcomes
Increasingly, governments rely on relationships with communities, not-for-profits, social enterprises and other partners to deliver services, develop policy and achieve lasting impact. Yet public sector systems and processes are often designed around transactions, procurement and organisational boundaries.
Join ANZSOG Academic Fellow Professor Jo Barraket AM from the University of Melbourne in the first of two roundtable workshops to explore how governments can support the social economy and adopt a more relational approach to public management and governance. Participants will explore how they can work effectively across sectors and systems to build relational governance.
Both sessions will also provide an opportunity to share insights with participants from across government, civil society, education and industry to build networks, understanding and relationships.
What to expect
In this first workshop, participants will be introduced to current research on two government-social economy reform initiatives and discuss how we can build on the insights gained so far and share them effectively across the public sector to support engagement with the social economy.
The case studies include social procurement policy in Victoria and Scotland and Australian Employment Services reforms.
The session is an opportunity for active discussion, participation and sharing of knowledge and experience on this critical issue. The group will feature participants from government as well as community and research organisations and provide opportunities to network and build relationships between social economy and public sector actors.
Insights from the roundtable will be summarised and published with participant contributions anonymised unless otherwise agreed.
Event Details
Speakers
Professor Jo Barraket AM
Professor Jo Barraket is one of Australia's leading scholars in social enterprise, the social economy and public policy. Her Fellowship work explores relational public management and how governments can work more effectively alongside social enterprises, not-for-profits and community organisations to achieve public outcomes.