Deep dive 2.3 Bold & bright: learning from innovative global practice in social outcomes contracts

Theme: Innovations

Deep dive 2.3 Bold & bright: learning from innovative global practice in social outcomes contracts

Lecture Theatre I

This session will be an opportunity to learn about the impact and lessons learnt from pioneering social outcomes programmes from around the world. We will bring together a diverse group of projects from countries as diverse as Australia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, India and Japan, to explore implementation challenges, adaptations required and value of collaborative working.

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Presentations

Reducing youth re-offending social impact bond: working together to deliver enduring longer-term outcomes

The Government Outcomes Lab’s March 2023 Impact Bond dataset indicates there have been just 19 impact bonds in the criminal justice sector. This study examines a New Zealand youth reoffending …

Adaptation and adoption of impact bonds - learnings from India

Outcome-based financing instruments such as impact bonds (IBs), offer a promising solution to achieving the SDGs in an environment of setbacks on poverty alleviation, budgetary pressures and shocks. While high-income …

Adapting implementation approach to deliver outcomes contracts in low-income countries: Lessons from implementation in Sierra Leone and Ghana

Ghana Education Outcomes Programme (GEOP) and Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC) are two first-of-their-kind outcomes contract with immense potential to shape the market. Both programmes bring together a mix …

Partnerships for social good - driving better services, outcomes and value

Overview of the Foyer Central social impact investment and how it relates to SOC23 themes

Foyer Central is the only purpose-built Foyer* in NSW, and the first Foyer in the …

Balancing Simplicity and Complexity in the Government Funded Imagine Social Impact Bond in South Africa.

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has launched the first outcomes-based contract (OBC) in South Africa with full outcomes funding being provided by government. The SAMRC has brought together …

What is the driver for innovation? Insights from the Skill Mill

Governments across the world have commissioned SIBs In the field of criminal justice to reduce reoffending rates. However, as reoffending is driven by a complex set of factors, it has …

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Deep dive 2.3 Bold & bright: learning from innovative global practice in social outcomes contracts