MOMENTUM –“Breaking silos, promoting young third-country national women’s access to targeted vocational training and labour market opportunities through social economy” is the new project funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. It will facilitate the socio-economic integration of migrant and refugee women, through interventions in the sector of social… Read More
On July 2nd cooperatives all around the world will celebrate the 100th International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay). A decade on from the UN International Year of Cooperatives, which showcased the unique contribution of cooperatives to making the world a better place, this year’s #CoopsDay slogan –“Cooperatives Build… Read More
The 110th International Labour Conference of the ILO in Geneva focused its general discussion on the topic of social and solidarity economy and its relationship with decent work. Euricse Secretary General Gianluca Salvatori participated as a member of the Italian delegation in the drafting group to which the concluding document was entrusted. The … Read More
The 110th International Labour Conference of the ILO in Geneva focused its general discussion on the topic of social and solidarity economy and its relationship with decent work. Euricse Secretary General Gianluca Salvatori participated as a member of the Italian delegation in the drafting group to which the concluding document was entrusted. The … Read More
At a round of academic events, Euricse gave special attention to the Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs) sector and its mapping in Europe in the context of the European project B-Wise. Our researchers Giulia Galera and Giulia Tallarini attended the European Social Economy Summit (EUSES) in Strasbourg and the Iris Network Scientific Colloquium to illustrate some… Read More
On June 16 and 17, Euricse organized the 13th International Workshop on Cooperative and Responsible Finance for Development in Trento, in collaboration with Federcasse, the University of Trento (Department of Economics and Management) and with the support of the European Association of Cooperative Banks (EACB). During the workshop, scholars and… Read More
SEED EU Project Partners met in Ljubljana on May 19-20 for the 3rd transnational partner meeting. The event provided an interesting opportunity to work together, present intermediate results of the project, and outline future actions. The SEED learning repository will soon be available online, was one of the results of WP2 presented on… 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. These… Read More
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
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
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
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