The social economy and its capacity to provide a positive response to both economic and social issues are attracting increasing interest from politicians and scholars. After Euricse’s guide to the social economy was published by the European Commission, the European Parliament commissioned it to produce a study on the role of the social economy in triggering sustainable local development processes in Africa. Read More
In order to fully harness the contribution of social enterprises (SEs) to societal wellbeing, inclusion and smart economic growth, their rationale and roles need to be better understood and subsequently translated into effective policies that are able to exploit their competitive advantages vis-à-vis public and for-profit enterprises. Read More
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
Centri di servizio per il volontariato (CSVs) are volunteer support centres established by the framework law on volunteering (Italian Law 266/91). Their function is to provide support and training to voluntary organizations, and they have been conceived as institutions that manage regional funds in the interest of voluntary organizations. 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 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
This research project intends to explain the existence and role of cooperative enterprises within socio-economic systems by taking advantage of both a solid scientific base and a constant activation of theoretical reflection as well as empirical developments that can verify the hypotheses and theories and bring a better understanding of the characteristic traits of cooperative and social enterprises. Read More
July 6th-11th, 2015, Bertinoro Residential Centre, University of Bologna Read More
The aim of the conference is to point out experiences of cooperatives and social economic organizations on creativity and innovation. For that, the conference wants to bring together researchers, policy makers and practitioners from different cooperative and social economic fields and from different countries to debate about the amazing creativity that cooperatives harness to innovate and to develop new solutions for their members. Read More
CIRIEC - Portugal and CIRIEC - International (the International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy) are organizing the 5th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy that will take place next July the 15th to 18th 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal. Read More