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The social economy is made up of a diversity of enterprises and organisations such as cooperatives, mutuals, associations, foundations and social enterprises among other forms that can be specific to each country.
They are united around the values of: primacy of people and the social objective over capital, democratic governance, solidarity and the reinvestment of most profits to carry out sustainable development objectives.
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EU GDP
Contributing to
QUALITY JOBS
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DEMOCRACY
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SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOLIDARITY
GENDER EQUALITY
ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION
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UNEP’s Six-Sector Solution: the massive, untapped potential of social economy
Author: Reine Cernero Unsustainable food production and distribution, waste management, social inclusion, employment and poverty crises,… It is no secret the world is facing numerous ecological,
On the Social Economy – Insights from a European Social Economy Awards winner
João Salazar Leite, social economy activist and former Director of International Relations Department at SEE member Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia Social (CASES), Portugal, shares
Op-ed- One month to go before the release of the Social Economy Action Plan
One month before the release of the European Action Plan for the Social Economy, the President and the Director of SEE, Juan Antonio Pedreño and Víctor
7/10 Social Economy as an Industrial Ecosystem
On Thursday 7 October 2021, the European Parliament’s Social Economy Intergroup organised a hybrid public hearing in San Sebastian on Social Economy as an Industrial Ecosystem: a
17 – 19/11 – MedaWeek Barcelona
The MedaWeek Barcelona (Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders) is nowadays the iconic conference dedicated to promoting the Mediterranean region worldwide. This event endorses the key economic
10/12 – The Congress of Social Economy by ESS France
ESS France is organizing a special event: L’ESS fait son Congrès – The Congress of #LaRépubliqueDel’ESS Rassembler, imaginer et contruire le monde qui vient. Jérôme Saddier,
18/11 – SILK Outreach Event
Organised with ESSFI, the event ‘Internationalisation of the social and solidarity economy (SSE): Unleashing the potential breaking barriers’ will take place online on the 18th of
16/11/2021 – Entrepreneurial education through the cooperative lens
Join the YOUCOOPE consortium to celebrate the end of the project, and discover how you can bring entrepreneurial education using the cooperative model into secondary and
putting people and the planet before profit #Socialeconomy
📢#SocialEconomyActionPlan 📅 9/12 Did u know… @EFC (@PhilanthropyEU) is a leading platform 4 #philanthropy in 🇪🇺. It strengthens the sector & its members form a dynamic network of strategically-minded philanthropic organisations from more than 3⃣0⃣ countries! #Time2ScaleUp https://t.co/UWCXn5YzYW
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📢On Thursday 9 December at 16.30 CET @SocialEcoEU Director, #VictorMeseguer will speak at the @OECD_local event “The Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystem in Colombia: Challenges and Opportunities” https://t.co/JuI0JVfoy5
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📢A truly important week for the #SocialEconomy! The release of the #SocialEconomyActionPlan 🗓️9/12! ➕ ✅6 - 10/12 - @untfsse retreat ✅09/12 - @OECD_local event "SSE Ecosystem in Colombia" ✅10/12 - Congress by @ESS_France https://t.co/fWAmBz8fgq
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📢#SocialEconomyActionPlan📅9/12!⏳ Did u know… Our member @Diesiseu is a wide EU Network specialised in supporting #SocialEconomy and social enterprise development It covers 2⃣0⃣ EU countries through major national federations & national support networks #Time2ScaleUp https://t.co/LXBkauDTF0
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📢#SocialEconomyActionPlan coming 📅9/12 Did u know... Our member @Eurodiaconia represents 5⃣2⃣orgs in 32 countries & works on: ✳️Roma inclusion, extreme poverty, employment & active inclusion, #migration, #youth ✳️ageing & care, social services, COVID ➕more... #Time2ScaleUp https://t.co/OEWaKEaupB
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