The resilience of cooperatives has been widely acknowledged by policy and opinion makers, as well as international organizations. However, in spite of their societal relevance, the lack of understanding of the potential of cooperatives has severe policy implications in terms of insufficient political recognition and inadequate management modalities. Read More
Society’s interest in cooperative and social enterprises stems from their capacity to sustain the welfare of individuals and families, to fight social inequalities and to enhance social cohesion and solidarity behaviours through the production of a wide spectrum of general interest services. Read More
The project aimed to promote the social economy (cooperatives and social enterprises) as a tool for generating jobs, economic development and social inclusion in Romania. Read More
As a rule, rural development in Europe is related to agricultural development. C-BIRD recognizes the diversity and complexity of rural areas across Europe in terms of needs and development solutions. Read More
The research project is part of the European Commission programme IPA – Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance 2008-2013, which provides assistance on the basis of the European Partnerships of the potential candidate countries and the Accession Partnerships of the candidate countries. Read More
The SCE project, carried out within the scope of a contract between the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry and a consortium composed of Cooperatives Europe, EKAI Center and Euricse, concentrated on two main theme Read More
The SVI project intends to provide support to social innovation and to introduce specific financial instruments for the “new” asset class of social enterprises. Read More