Why engage with Policy

Policy can intervene
at different levels

Policy action has
wide-ranging effect
across impact areas

Emerging cadre of
policymakers keen to
collaborate
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Key Insights & TakeawaysA unique 12-month fellowship programme supporting policymakers in India to engage cross-sector capital for greater impact
Learn moreAVPN Policy engages a critical perspective in the social economy – policy – in the work that AVPN and its members are doing to build the social economy. It offers a convening platform, a community of champions of the social economy, and practical learning opportunities to support governments, policymakers and policy influencers to build an enabling environment for the social economy to flourish.
Policy can intervene
at different levels
Policy action has
wide-ranging effect
across impact areas
Emerging cadre of
policymakers keen to
collaborate
AVPN leverages a five-pronged framework to consider how policy can affect the social economy. Join us in gathering perspectives and resources from various stakeholders mapped and aligned to our Social Economy Policy Framework.
E.g. Policy statements, Cross-ministry committees, Public private sector alliances, Multilateral agency committees.
E.g. Investment in building centres for excellence, capability development of social entrepreneurs, knowledge development, incubators and accelerators
E.g. Government-funded social investment funds, matching incentives for social investment, tax incentives, government grant programmes, unlocking CSR capital
E.g. Social procurement, trademarking, consumer platforms, advocacy campaigns, data collection and analysis
E.g. Certification system, legal framework and recognition, legal structure, philanthropy regulations, social investment regulations, small business regulations
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