Social Enterprise Policy Agenda

What SIA asks of policymakers, built with social entrepreneurs, partners and the evidence from SIA’s programmes.

The Strategic Plan 2026–2031 gives SIA a policy voice. The Social Enterprise Policy Agenda is where that voice is written down: the changes in law, finance and public services that would help social enterprises in Pakistan start, grow and last.

The Agenda is being written with the people it affects. It draws on the Collaborative Projects Lab at SIA Summit 2.0, on conversations with SENPak members, and on the evidence in the State of Social Enterprise in Pakistan report.

CONFIRM: publication date of the first Agenda.

Contribute to the Agenda

Founders, researchers and officials: tell us which policy problem the Agenda should take on.

Where the Agenda starts

The themes of SIA Summit 2.0

At SIA Summit 2.0, policymakers, entrepreneurs, investors and development partners discussed four themes. They are the starting point for the Agenda.

Financial inclusion

How founders, especially women, can open accounts, borrow, and receive payments.

Digital empowerment

Access to the internet, digital skills and online markets.

Policy reform

The rules and recognition that social enterprises need.

Market access

Routes to buyers, including public procurement.

What it covers

The questions it answers

Countries that support social enterprises tend to answer the same few questions. The Agenda will set out SIA’s answers for Pakistan, with evidence.

Recognition: is there a clear way for a business with a social purpose to be recognised?
Finance: can social enterprises reach grants, loans and investment on terms they can carry?
Procurement: can public bodies buy from social enterprises?
Skills: are entrepreneurship and problem-solving taught in schools and universities?
Data: does anyone count social enterprises, and what they achieve?

These are the questions, not SIA’s positions. The positions will be published with the Agenda.

How it is built

Collect problems from founders and SENPak members
Test them against SIA’s programme data
Draft with partners and experts
Publish, in English and Urdu
Track the policies it influences

Accountability

How progress is measured

SIA measures its own results at four levels. The fourth, Systems, counts the policies SIA has influenced and the places that adopt the SIA Method. The Policy Agenda is how SIA will report progress at that level, on the Live Impact Dashboard and in the annual report.

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