Irish Social Enterprise Network

Lobbying Organisation Irish Social Enterprise Network

Date published 17 Sep, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Community

Period 1 Sep, 2019 to 31 Dec, 2019

Specific Details Invited the Minister to speak at an event organised by the Irish Social Enterprise Network, run by the European Commission

Intended results To encourage the Office of Government Procurement to assist in the inclusion of community benefit clauses in tendering using public funding

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Chris Gordon

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Event / Reception (1)

Buying for Social Impact The Project in a Nutshell Buying for Social Impact (BSI) is a project commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the European Commission Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) to promote the use of social considerations in public procurement procedures. The project has two main objectives: • To encourage contracting authorities to use public procurement to pursue social goals; • To Increase the capacity of social economy enterprises to take part in public procurement procedures and to access new markets. • Location: DublinCityCouncil–RediscoveryCentre,Ballymun,Dublin9. • Time & Date: 09:00 to 17:00 on Thursday 5th of September 2019 • Format: Conference. Breakout session

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Michael Ring Minister (Department of Rural and Community Development)