I Social Impact Bonds sono strumenti potenzialmente molto efficaci per ridurre la spesa pubblica e migliorare il suo impatto sociale.
Si tratta, infatti, di meccanismi di esternalizzazione dei servizi pubblici fondati su clausole “pay-for-success”, per cui finanziatori ed erogatori privati dei progetti sociali saranno remunerati non sulla base dell’output (“quantità” di servizi erogati ai destinatari), ma sulla base del loro effettivo contributo alla soluzione dei problemi sociali (impact).
Fortunately, in Italy – and Europe at large – there is an increasing attention to social innovation, social startuppers and even the design and execution of new financial instruments aimed at providing nonprofit organisations and Public Administration with new sources of finance (Impact Investing).
Italian Government should incentivise social finance and new social startups in the financial industry to ensure access to capital for social innovators
SIBs are innovative contracting and financial models that could radically change the way in which governments finance social services.
The Peterborough SIB Since 2010 Peterborough – a little town in Eastern England – has been the hub of one of the most interesting innovations in finance: the Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). SIBs are outcomes-based financial products, that is to…
