Il welfare che verrà

Giornata formativa realizzata da Erickson ed Euricse sulla partecipazione comunitaria e della co-costruzione di nuovi sistemi di welfare locali Read More

Urban regeneration through cultural third sector organizations; the role of multi-stakeholder governance and price discrimination in social enterprises and welfare systems; the importance of sharing social impact data; an in-depth report about the Academy of Korean studies international conference on reciprocity and a book review of Eric Bidet and Jacques Defourny’s last publication on social enterprises in Asia. Read More

The social economy as a paradigm for the present and future of Europe: Elements for an Action plan

As the European Commission prepares to launch a new Action Plan for the Social Economy, together with Diesis Network and with the support of Social Economy Europe, we wanted to share some observations that we have drawn from our experience as practitioners… Read More

Euricse launches a free online course to train teachers on co-operative entrepreneurship

Framed within the European Project YOUCOOPE, Euricse has developed, in collaboration with partners from five countries, a MOOC to train teachers in co-operative entrepreneurship and to encourage educational institutions to include the co-operative model in their curricula. Euricse has launched a new online training on co-operative entrepreneurship framed within the… Read More

The study on the impact of the Social Business Initiative is out

In 2011, the European Commission launched the Social Business Initiative (SBI), which established a set of concrete measures to create a favourable environment for the development of social enterprises. The study “Impact of the Social Business Initiative and its follow-up measures”, carried out by… Read More

“Empowering the planet” with the cooperative movement

The third episode of the series “Coop Cinema” was a success. On the 27th of January, our journey around the world to discover the capacity of cooperatives to empower workers, communities and environment took us to South America. Watch the webinar “Empowering the planet“ Watch the… Read More

World Cooperative Monitor: new ranking of the largest cooperatives is now available

Reporting a total turnover of over two trillion USD and focus on cooperative response to the Covid crisis and contribution to SDG13 (Climate Action). The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse) launched today the 2020 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor… Read More

“Mubaderoon”, the open webinar to unlock the potential of social enterprises in Jordan

On the 15th of December Euricse organized an open webinar, “Unlocking the potential of social enterprises in Jordan” in the framework of the project “Mubaderoon for social changes”, aimed at promoting social enterprises as a high potential driver of socioeconomic inclusion of disadvantaged groups such as young people and… Read More

Social cooperatives and for-profit enterprises in Trentino, new areas for collaboration

How can work integration social cooperatives and for-profit enterprises develop a deeper collaboration to further promote the work integration of disadvantaged people? Euricse’s new project focused on production chains and job opportunities will provide cooperatives and local enterprises with guidelines to establish new forms of collaboration. The first fourteen partners took… Read More

Coop Cinema, “Empowering communities” from Castel Volturno to Warsaw

Innovation happens on the ground. This is the fil rouge that links the two documentaries filmed by Around the World and screened in the second episode of Coop Cinema on the 18th of November. Ilana Gotz from Euricse opened the webinar, giving the floor to Hanna… Read More

SSE in times of great challenges: a strategy for inclusion and well-being

On 19th October our Secretary General Gianluca Salvatori took part in the GSEF Global Virtual Forum 2020. The central theme of the Forum was “Great Challenges, Greater Solidarity: Power of Community and SSE as a Path for Transformation”. Salvatori contributed his expertise in the first plenary… Read More

Empowering workers, the first episode of “Coop cinema” was a great success

On the 7th of October, in the first episode of our "Coop Cinema" webinar series, Euricse experts succeeded in linking the experiences of the Up & Go digital platform for cleaners in New York, with the Cheese Board Collective bakery in Berkeley, highlighting the ways that cooperative enterprises empower workers. Read More