For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored the latest findings from the evaluation of the UK's Commissioning Better Outcomes (CBO) Fund.
This report focuses on practical issues related to the interplay of public contracting rules and social outcomes contracts in Europe
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On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held an academic symposium on governance & institutional logics in outcomes-focused partnerships.
Explore our in-depth collection of case studies on impact bonds and other outcomes-based approaches around the world.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a rountable that looked at the progress of the projects commissioned under the UK's Life Chances Fund.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a rountable that looked at measuring what matters in outcomes-based partnerships
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, the GO Lab & their partners at Warwick University launched SyROCCo, a pioneering tool to support practitioners, policymakers and researchers to find the right evidence on outcomes-based contracts.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a session that took a deep dive on the complexities of public procurement for outcomes-based projects.
We have a range of guidance to support you develop impact bonds, from setting and measuring outcomes, to awarding the contract and pricing outcomes.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a session on the role of outcomes-based contracting (OBC) in promoting a ‘green agenda’.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a session that explored some of the ways in which outcomes-based contracts can bring together parties from different backgrounds in a long-term partnership.
This discussion brought together a rich mix of policymaker and practitioner perspectives from around the world for an in-depth exploration of the engines of impact that can strengthen the long-term legacy of outcomes-focused partnerships.
On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we concluded the conference with a Public Talk delivered by Professor Stefan Dercon (Oxford) on achieving more alignment between stakeholders in the world of policy.
We publish articles on a range of topics related to improving social outcomes. Give them a read and if you'd like to write about something relevant to our work, get in touch!
This guide has been developed to explain concretely what relational working between organisations is and how to do it, to support people to experiment more boldly with such approaches – and importantly, to help manage some of the risks inherent in them.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a rountable on outcomes measurement and public value
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a round table on the current state of outcomes-based contracting around the world.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, Prof. Julie Battilana (Harvard) delivered a keynote presentation on Power and Social Change.
We coordinate a range of geographical and thematically focused peer learning groups which enable people to learn from each other.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a deep dive session on achieving well-being through public procurement.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a deep dive that looked at ways in which central governments can support local institutions to help (re)build local governance capacity.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a deep dive session that explored some ways to unlocking investment for outcomes-focused social programmes.
This working paper seeks to bring lessons from other forms of results-based finance and early thinking from SOC practitioners into a conceptual framework for use by researchers and evaluators, practitioners and governments..