Publications

The entry particularly pays attention to the comparative advantages that SSE has in providing services to migrants and refugees, and introduces three empirical cases.

The entry explains the contribution of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) to strengthening social control over the finance sector for sustainable development. It highlights the role of SSE in developing financing mechanisms for the socio-economic development of deprived areas and vulnerable groups of people. It particularly pays attention to…

The entry presents a list of financial instruments organised according to five broad categories: social base, surpluses and assets, grants, debt, equity. Each group shortly defines financial mechanisms that are, at least in principle, available to SSE.

Social economy (SE) organizations are, by their very nature, different from other economic actors both in terms of their mission – which excludes or assigns secondary importance to the generation and distribution of profit in favor of the pursuit of meeting the needs of a particular category of members or…

For over a decade, Diesis Network and Euricse have been working on, with and for the European social economy. As the European Commission prepares to launch a new Action Plan for the Social Economy, it seemed important to share some observations that we have drawn from our experience as practitioners…

The paper, produced by the OECD and the European Commission, presents the issues and ongoing debates surrounding social impact measurement and provides concrete examples of measurement methods.

This report was delivered in the framework of the Erasmus+ project “EMPUBLIC – Enhancing self-employment and entrepreneurship of disadvantaged people through better relationships between the public and private sectors”. EMPUBLIC, carried out between 2016 and 2019, was aimed at increasing opportunities for education, business ownership and employment for disadvantaged…

Euricse and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Think Piece for the 4th World Forum on Local Economic Development, 17-20 October 2017 – Praia, Cabo Verde. Rising inequalities, environmental degradation and increasing rates of unemployment, among other issues, oblige us to reconsider our current development paradigms, and seek alternate, complementary and…

This study conducted by Antonio Fici, professor of University of Molise and a fellow of Euricse was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs and commissioned, overseen and published by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Social enterprises (SE) are subject to ad…

As a stakeholder, Euricse presents these observations, sharing the proposal which intervenes in a sector characterized by elements of undeniable complexity, both on the legal and the administrative level.   The document is available in Italian.

Normative and policy documents related to the cooperative and social enterprises’ sector. The paper, produced by the OECD and the European Commission, presents the issues and ongoing debates surrounding social impact measurement and provides concrete examples of measurement methods. It highlights the concept of proportional measurement, in other words balancing…

In the light of the experience it has gained over the years, Euricse positively evaluates the new Government's guidelines on the third sector reform. The proposal offers a comprehensive approach to the sector that had been lacking so far.

Carlo Borzaga, the president of Euricse, launched an appeal on behalf of the community of experts from the cooperative world yesterday in Venice, during the international conference on cooperatives “Promoting the understanding of cooperatives for a better world”. He asked all the European Union heads of state and government, the EU’s governing bodies and the European banking authorities to pay more attention “to the role of cooperative banks in Europe’s economic recovery.”

This document was prepared by the Board of Directors of EMES as a response to the notice of the European Commission “Social Business Initiative” [COM(2011)682/2]", October 25 2011, with the aim of presenting the standpoint of EMES, gathering the experiences and opinions of the main scholars working in the social enterprises sector.

EMES, Euricse e CIRIECThis 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.

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.

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.

After a series of reforms begun in 1992, the governments and institutions of Europe have arrived at a juncture whereby they are in the process of defining their agenda in support of the agricultural sector—a sector that secures the livelihood of millions of farmers and occupies a physical space that extends across over 45% of the EC’s footprint.

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 at the European Parliament on the day of their assignment.