Concurrent deep dives
Theme: Procurement and social value
Deep Dive 2.1 Outcomes are knotty for public procurement
Procuring services on an outcomes basis – instead of an activities basis – is different. This session explores these differences looking at market engagement, requirements specification, procurement procedures, tender evaluations, contract design, payments, contract modifications, and oversight from the perspective of public procurement professionals
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Presentations
A survey of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) in homelessness space depicts how partnerships with the third sector organizations have predominantly focused on the housing first approach. Such approaches though form …
Nadiya Parekh
Sonoma State University
Public procurement of food is now a widely used practice in Latin America to include marginalised smallholder producers in local economies and supply chains and to address hunger and malnutrition …
Marcos Rodriguez Fazzone
United Nations Food and Agriculture Program
Felipe Roa-Clavijo
Andes University
“It can’t be done here”, an oft-repeated phrase heard across UK military establishments, is the standard refrain towards developing innovative ideas to improve the lived experience or social outcomes of …
Dr. Elizabeth Newman-Earl
e50K Consultancy
This presentation will share highlights from the (forthcoming) Social Outcomes Contracting in Europe -- Procurement Guide published by the European Investment Bank on the European Investment Advisory Hub. Social Outcomes …
Dr Ruairi Macdonald
Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Mayra Gramani
Education Outcomes Fund
In the outcomes-based commissioning ecosystem, significant attention has (rightly) been paid so far on the design of payment functions for implementers – choosing metrics, pricing outcomes and setting targets. Less …
Stephen Chandler
Education Outcomes Fund
Chair:
Professor Anne Davies
Oxford Law Faculty
Chair
Theme: Outcomes-based contracting
Deep Dive 2.2 Exploring the role of outcomes-based contracting for environmental management
From net-zero carbon emissions to restoring biodiversity, recognition of the existential threat posed by climate change has led to a wide variety of commitments from governments, multilateral organisations, NGOs, and private enterprises. Achieving the desired aims will require innovation, more investment and more efficient spending, and greater partnership between the public and private sectors. What is the role of outcomes-based contracting (OBC) in this ‘green agenda’? This session aims to summarise the current state of environmental OBC and consolidate lessons learned from existing programmes.
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Michael Rieser
UBS Optimus Foundation
James Ronicle
Ecorys
Chair
Presentations
Improving the health of our planet is arguably the biggest challenge human-kind faces today. We need to restore the health of our land and oceans, capture harmful carbon from the …
Amit Shah
Bridges Outcomes Partnerships
The Green Outcomes Fund is a first-of-its-kind climate finance structure which uses outcomes-based contracting to crowd in private capital investment. A key objective of the GOF is to support investment …
Dr. Jason Van Staden
Bertha Centre
In March 2022, the World Bank issued the $150 million Wildlife Conservation Bond (WCB). This development impact bond channels investor funds to achieve conservation outcomes measured by an increase in …
Elisson Wright
World Bank
Outcomes-based approaches to environmental management and climate change mitigation have been implemented in a variety of contexts, including waste management, agriculture, and energy. While a body of evidence about such …
Dr Harry Bregazzi
University of Oxford
Theme: Outcomes-based contracting
Deep Dive 2.3 Let’s be friends: outcomes contracts & relational contracting
Outcomes-based contracts bring together parties from different backgrounds in a long-term partnership where collaboration is key. However, a more traditional, transactional approach to contracting may lack many of the features needed for success.
In this session, we’ll explore whether a "formal relational” approach to contracting might help to achieve better social outcomes.
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Daniella Jammes
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Gary Wallace
Plymouth City Council
Professor Stéphane Saussier
Sorbonne Business School
Chair
Presentations
Impact bonds and other pay by results transactions share a focus on serving a designated beneficiary population, many of whom may be the least able to manage catastrophic risks and …
Deborah Burand
NYU School of Law
Louise Savell
Social Finance
Central question and main issues analysed
Various commentators have seen Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) as implementing practices associated with New Public Management and/or neo liberal ideas (e.g. Dowling 2017, Warner …
Lee Whitehead
Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor Chris Fox
MMU
Government agencies have increasingly turned to complex multi-actor contracts and public-private partnerships (PPPs) to outsource social services. When these contracts do not deliver as promised, the consequences can be severe, …
Professor Carolyn Heinrich
Vanderbilt University
Deanna Malatesta
Indiana University
This presentation discusses a project governed by an outcomes-based contracting arrangement, the Kirklees Better Outcomes Partnership, through the lens of formal relational contracting. It analyses how relational aspects of the …
Dr Felix-Anselm van Lier
University of Oxford
Building on a practitioner focused guide being developed by the GO Lab, Michael and Nigel will share insights on the different reasons to take a more relational approach to contracting …
Nigel Ball
Social Purpose Lab
Michael Gibson
University of Oxford
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