The Call for Papers is now open for the 18th International Workshop on Cooperative and Responsible Finance for Development, to be held in Trento on 17th and 18th June 2027 at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Trento. Read More
EURICSE’s Seminar Series returns this autumn with a talk by Natalia Magnani on Renewable Energy Communities in Italy. The seminar will explore the socio-technical challenges and transformative potential of these emerging forms of collective energy production. Read More
On the 16th of September at 5:00 PM, at the Caritro Foundation headquarters in Trento, the fourth edition of “Between Saying and Doing” call for proposals will be presented. The initiative is organised by Caritro Foundation in collaboration with EURICSE to support the growth and consolidation of cultural and social organisations in the Trentino region. Read More
Eurofound is conducting a Europe-wide study on digitalization in the social economy; social economy organizations can participate by completing the survey by 30 September. Read More
On the 8th and the 9th of September, Athens will host the Mutual Learning Event entitled “National Competence Centres: Strengthening the Contribution”, dedicated to the role of National Competence Centres (NCCs) in strengthening social innovation ecosystems and their capacity to respond to social challenges. Read More
In Siena, on the 23rd and the 24th of October, the 19th edition of the Scientific Colloquium on Social Enterprise will bring together research, academia and social entrepreneurship, featuring over 60 papers and a keynote address by Jean-Louis Laville. Read More
The “Members’ Project 2026” project is launched: the first national survey dedicated to members of Cooperative Credit Banks, conducted by Federcasse, in collaboration with the Iccrea and Cassa Centrale Cooperative Banking Groups and the Raiffeisen Federation, and with the scientific support of EURICSE. Read More
The first edition of the Carlo Borzaga Memorial PhD Thesis Award, organised by the Venice Foundation for Peace Research and EURICSE, under the patronage of the University of Trento and in collaboration with ICA CCR, EMES and CIRIEC International, attracted 15 entries from 9 countries across 4 continents, confirming the strong international interest in the initiative. Read More
JEOD, EURICSE’s scientific journal, has improved its ranking in the SCImago Journal Rank 2025, moving up from Q4 to Q3 in the categories of Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences. This result confirms the journal’s growing scientific significance and international visibility. Read More
First year of the EURICSE research project funded by the MUR: initial findings confirm the strategic role of the social economy in healthcare and social-healthcare integration, with over 42,800 organisations active in the social-healthcare sector and 566,000 employees in Italy. Read More
The Caritro Foundation, in collaboration with EURICSE, launched the fourth edition of “Between Saying and Doing”, the programme designed to support the growth and consolidation of Third sector organisations in Trentino region. Read More
With the approval of the National Action Plan for the Social Economy, Italy recognises the sector’s strategic role in fostering more inclusive and sustainable development. On 21 July, the Parliamentary Intergroup on the Social Economy met with representatives from the organisations involved in drawing up the Plan, including EURICSE. Read More