Project status: concluded Description Social cooperatives, and more generally all organizations (profit and nonprofit) that produce welfare services, operate in a context that is both critical and full of opportunities. On the one hand, the crisis of their traditional business model is increasingly evident, on the other hand… Read More
Project status: on going Description The project ECOOPE – Entrepreneurial Cooperative Experience – co-funded by the European Commission, launched in April 2017, aims to improve the employability of young people in Europe by providing them with relevant entrepreneurship knowledge and skills to promote the set-up of cooperatives. The… Read More
Project status: concluded Description Among the approaches that can be carried out to report and to assess the results of social-interest activities , there is the so-called micro-assessment that is intended in terms of project evaluation. The evaluation is applied to individual projects initiated by one or more… Read More
Project status: on-going Description In the broad research aim of assessing the social impact generated by social activities delivered by Third sector subjects, empirical developments may take different evolutions. Among them, special attention can be devoted to the assessment of the impact generated by projects and social activities… Read More
Project status: on-going Description The recent Reform of the Third Sector (Law 106/2016) introduces “Transparency and Information Obligations to Third Parties” for third sector organizations (art.3) and requires them to carry out Social Impact Assessment Processes, defined as a “Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the effects of their… Read More
Project status: concluded Description The research is focused on cooperative development programs conducted in the agrarian sector of African countries by cooperative enterprises, as well as by cooperative development organizations (CDOs) linked to the North American and European cooperative movements. The overall objective of the project is to… Read More
Project Status: on-going Description The Erasmus Plus project “Empublic – Enhancing self-employment and entrepreneurship of disadvantaged people through better relationships between the public and private sectors”, launched in September 2016, aims at increasing opportunities for education, business ownership and employment for disadvantaged individuals in the context… Read More
Project status: on-going Description Research about social and community enterprises is linked to the broader theme of the co-production of public services or public utilities and the participatory management of community goods. This theme has recently taken on new relevance with the increasing tendency to delegate the direct… Read More
Project status: on-going Description In collaboration with the International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO), Euricse is conducting a study devoted to quantifying the number of people served globally by health cooperatives. The project examines both members and users of health cooperatives and analyses the way in which… Read More
Project status: on-going Description During 2013 and 2014 the ICF GHK Consulting conducted a study on behalf of the European Commission aimed at mapping social enterprises in 29 European countries. Euricse was in charge of coordinating a Quality Check Team who provided methodological support to ICF GHK and… Read More
The ICF GHK Consulting was appointed by the European Commission to map social enterprises in the 28 Member States and in Switzerland. The study follows up on the Social Business Initiative launched by the commission in 2011. It is based on existing academic materials and interviews with over 350 stakeholders across Europe. Read More
The OECD-LEED Programme and Euricse are now partnering to promote social enterprise development through the engagement of a number of Euricse researchers in OECD-LEED's project "Boosting social entrepreneurship and social enterprise creation". Read More