Description 

Interpretation of existing regulation concerning crowdfunding in Europe, North America and Israel.

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http://eurocrowd.winball2.de/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/85/2014/12/ECN-Review-of-Crowdfunding-Regulation-2014.pdf

Description 

This Toolkit is aimed at the national members of the European organisations which constitute the Semester Alliance, and is designed to support them in engaging with Europe 2020 and the European Semester. It gives information about the processes and the opportunities for engagement, by clarifying the key elements, timeline, and strategic actors of the new process, as well as giving links and suggesting different ways of involvement.

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http://easpd.eu/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/Policy/ES/easpd_toolkit_en.pdf 

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This report provides a framework for assessing the social impact investment market and focuses on the need to build the evidence base. The report highlights the importance of further international collaborations in developing global standards on definitions, data collection, impact measurement and evaluation of policies as well as experience sharing between players in the market.

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http://bruegel.org/wp-content/uploads/imported/publications/OECD_SII.pdf

Description 

The Commission's Social Investment Package (SIP)  highlights the importance of well-designed welfare systems in which social enterprises and social entrepreneurs  are supported as pioneers of change and innovation to complement public sector efforts.

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http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.int-opinions.32426

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The goal of this study is to identify challenges that may hinder the full and effective implementation of the Convention, and measures that would facilitate the achievement of its objectives (‘good practices’). 

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http://efc.issuelab.org/resource/study_on_challenges_and_good_practices_in_the_implementation_of_the_un_convention_on_the_rights_of_persons_with_disabilities_executive_summary

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This paper provides the basis for both a better understanding and a stronger evidence base for co-production. Given the current diversity of uses of the term, this paper also explains what coproduction is not.

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http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_challenge_of_co-production.pdf

Description 

This paper aims to assess the possible impact of the UN CRPD on the EU legal context and on the EU system of human rights protection. It also argues that the UN CRPD, and its implementation, may well have a profound impact not only on EU (secondary) law but also on European constitutional standards of human rights. 

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http://www.cde.unict.it/sites/default/files/4_2010.pdf

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The present study is about the current use and future potential of the United Nations human rights instruments in the specific field of disability.

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http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HRDisabilityen.pdf

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As an aid to those who use person-centered planning to improve life conditions for people with disabilities, this chapter offers one account of how the family of approaches to person-centered planning developed. 

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http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.502.8388&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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This article summarizes the five major characteristics of the transformation era and describes how intellectual and closely related developmental disabilities organizations can apply specific transformation strategies associated with each characteristic. Collectively, the characteristics and strategies provide a framework for transformation thinking, learning, and acting.

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255174721_The_Transformation_of_Disabilities_OrganizationsDoi: 10.1352/1934-9556-51.4.273