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Proximity and social economy in the EU’s new agenda
On the 6th of October 2025, from 10:00 to 12:00, the online event “Forging Alliances for the Twin Transition: Proximity and Social Economy in the EU’s New Agenda” will take place. During the event, Gianluca Salvatori, EURICSE Secretary General, will deliver a keynote speech.
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ESIC: Skills for the future of Social Innovation
From 22 to 26 September, Ilana Gotz and Maria Muriglio, project managers at EURICSE, took part in the second transnational meeting of the ESIC project, which was held in Cork, Ireland. As part of the project, a questionnaire has been created for students, educators and professionals in the sector: we invite you to fill it in!
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Master GIS celebrates its 30th edition
The Master's Degree in Management of Social Enterprises, promoted by EURICSE and the University of Trento, celebrates its 30th edition. The new cycle will start in March 2026. All information and the call for applications will be published in november on the Master's and University of Trento websites.
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Measuring Cooperatives: implementing the ILO Guidelines
Chiara Carini, senior researcher at EURICSE, edited the chapter on Italy in the recent ILO study "Implementing the ILO Guidelines Concerning Statistics of Cooperatives: Insights from Five Countries (2025)". A preview of the report is available on the ILO website.
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EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise
Once again this year, EURICSE will be among the protagonists of the EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, scheduled for 3–7 November 2025. A draft programme for the conference is now available online.
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Forging Alliances for the Twin Transition: event online
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.
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New research reports on the way
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,
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A new Working Paper for the EURICSE Series
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.
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Co-operative education for democratic engagement
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.
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Italian best practices in Social Innovation
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.
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International Workshop on Cooperative Law and Public Policy
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.
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