The online event ‘Forging alliances for the twin transition: proximity and social economy in the EU’s new agenda’ will take place on 6 October 2025, from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST. Registration for the event is now open, and all interested stakeholders are warmly encouraged to attend. Read More
In the coming months, EURICSE will publish two new reports: one on the commercialisation of services by social cooperatives in Italy and its effects on local welfare, and the other on the strategies that agricultural and worker cooperatives operating in the manufacturing sector are using to address the challenges posed by the digital and ecological transitions, Read More
WP 137|25 "Geography of social enterprises in the cultural and creative industries in Italy" written by Mariia Samareva and Maria Giovanna Brandano, offers an in-depth analysis of the territorial dynamics of social enterprises active in these sectors, based on company and third sector data. Read More
The webinar "Teaching Participation: Education for Democratic Involvement in Cooperatives", scheduled for 11 September at 2:30 p.m. and promoted by ICBEC, will explore how cooperative education can strengthen democratic participation. Read More
The Ministry of Labour has designated ICCSI, of which EURICSE is a partner, as the national validator of Italian good practices on the European Social Innovation Match platform, an EU tool for sharing experiences of social innovation. Read More
On 23 August 2025, President Paola Iamiceli presented EURICSE's contribution to the Legal Framework Analysis project at the International Workshop on Cooperative Law and Public Policy (ICA) in Pula, illustrating the pillars and future priorities of research on cooperative regulations at a global level. Read More
From 16 to 18 September, Murcia, Spain's Social Economy Capital 2025, will host Social Economy Week and the European Social Economy Summit, the continent's leading event in the sector. Read More
On 25 July, the European Commission launched a call for evidence and a public consultation to develop the first EU Strategy against Poverty, aimed at supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and achieving the goal of reducing poverty in the European Union by 2030. Read More
EURICSE participated in the meeting "Young people, Activism and the Social Economy in Tuscany". Giulia Galera, senior researcher, presented the data from the study supporting the IKIGAI SOCIAL HUB project. Mirella Maturo, senior expert, moderated the panel dedicated to the new generations in social enterprise. Read More
On the 10th of July, our junior researcher Giulia Tallarini spoke at the annual conference of the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) in Riga, presenting EURICSE's contribution to the ESIRA project, funded by the European Commission through Horizon Europe. Read More
EURICSE's new research report, "Housing needs and cooperatives housing models: innovative pathways for the Trentino Region", was presented at a press conference in Trento. Read More
The ICA-CCR Global Research Conference was held in Montreal. Chiara Carini, senior researcher, presented recent developments in the ILO project. Ilana Gotz, senior project manager, coordinated the session on cooperative education. Read More