This document was drafted by the organizations that promoted the open letter to the European Commission titled “From Words to Action: Supporting Cooperative and Social Enterprises to Achieve a More Inclusive, Sustainable and Prosperous Europe.” The letter, signed by over 400 European academics, was officially presented to European Commissioners Michel Barnier and Antonio Tajani on October 13, 2010. Read More
This document was drafted by the authors of the open letter to the European Commission titled “From Words to Action: Supporting Cooperative and Social Enterprises to Achieve a More Inclusive, Sustainable and Prosperous Europe.” The letter, signed by over 400 European academics, was officially presented to European Commissioners Michel Barnier and Antonio Tajani on October 13, 2010. Read More
With this position paper, Euricse would like to emphasize the importance of mountain agriculture as one of the main avenues in achieving the sustainable growth objectives that are at the centre of today’s European agenda, and to lend our contribution to the conversation about the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. Read More
The main objective of the paper is to contribute to the debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by offering the point of view of an extraordinarily important part of the European agricultural and rural fabric, which is agricultural cooperation. Read More
More than 400 researchers and academics from 29 European countries signed the plea "From words to action: supporting cooperative and social enterprises to achieve a more inclusive, sustainable and prosperous Europe". The plea, originated from a Carlo Borzaga's initative (President of Euricse), was sent to the European Commission and takes the cue from the statements on the importance of social economy released by the Commissioners Michel Barnier and Antonio Tajani. Read More
The Social Europe guide is a bi-annual publication aimed at providing an interested but not necessarily specialised audience with a concise overview of specific areas of EU policy in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion. Read More
This exploratory study provides an overview of the Social Economy in Africa and its potential for local development, in particular in four African coutries: Ghana, Marocco, Ethiopia and Kenya. Read More
This work, based on a qualitative survey regarding a representative sample of 1,000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, sought to identify the degree of entrepreneurs' knowledge about the Small Business Act (SBA) and recent industrial policy measures, as well as to analyze their most recent economic performance and the main competitiveness factors, both internal and external. Read More
This publication is the result of a joint United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and EMES European Research Network project. Read More