SSIE-B - Scaling Social and Impact Enterprises in Bangladesh

Direct beneficiaries:

-   Incubators, accelerators and other service providers;

-    Social and impact enterprises; 

-    Government of Bangladesh partners (improve regulation)

Indirect, but ultimate beneficiaries:

Low income men and women in Bangladesh as customers, suppliers and/or employees of the social and impact enterprises.

1.    Up to 150 social enterprises grow and create additional income and employment for poor and disadvantaged people – particularly women - after having received tailored capacity building through incubators;

2.    Up to 21 social enterprises create additional income and employment for poor and disadvantaged people– particularly women –after having scaled their operations thanks to private investments catalyzed by SDC;

3.    Donors, impact investors and government promote an enabling environment for social entrepreneurship and impact investing and improve access to finance for social enterprises through innovative blended finance instruments.

Risultati principali attesi:  

-    Incubators/local organisations more effective due to SSIE-B support;

-    Social Enterprises receive tailored support; 

-    Social Enterprises secure appropriate investment; 

-    SIINC-based payments/matching funds ensure financial viability in the short to medium term; 

-    Robust and convincing social impact data made available (with sex disaggregation, where feasible).

Risultati fasi precedenti:   Promoting social entrepreneurship has been successfully tested in Latin America. Innovative and blended finance have also been tested in another programme, both of which serve as lessons learnt for this programme.