The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) has long been a pillar of support for the social economy (SE), fostering innovation, sustainability, and inclusive growth. However, the recent announcement that from May 1st DG GROW will be relinquishing its current clear and direct commitment to the SE comes at a critical moment. It will have far reaching consequences, undermining the progress achieved and stalling future advancements in this crucial ecosystem. And most of all, this decision undermines economic policies based on people and local needs.
The geopolitical landscape is in turmoil, the EU economy and way of life are under threat with the upending of international trade norms, inflationary pressures, war at our borders and threats to our democracy. The new Commission’s response is to focus on competitiveness and defence, which of course is necessary, but overlooks the contribution of the only proven model for sustaining the economy in times of crisis: the Social Economy. Commissioner Séjourné’s strategy is to focus on our export economy while it should rely on a sound SE that supports both the economic activity and the well-being of citizens, communities and the planet. It’s a moment to strengthen the SE and economic policies working towards a thriving Europe. On May 1st, the unit responsible for social economy and social entrepreneurship will be disbanded in DG GROW. Dismantling this Unit will see the institutional knowledge built up over the last decade lost. As alarming, these days some funds supporting SE actors COSME were suddenly cancelled, raising substantial concerns for the ecosystem.
This decision makes neither economic nor administrative sense. Economically speaking, The SE ecosystem is an important one, on a par with the automotive sector: social economy has over 4 million enterprises and organisations directly employing over 11 million people and in 2021 it had a turnover of nearly 1 trillion euros (that’s more than the Swiss GDP last year).
There is more to the SE: it uniquely integrates economic, social, and environmental objectives. It prioritises social goals over profit, reinvests earnings into the social objectives, and operates with democratic governance. It is an economy that works for people and the planet.
The OECD, UN, ILO, and European Commission have recognized SE’s contribution to inclusive growth, cohesion, sustainability, innovation, and democracy. In late 2023, all 27 Member States agreed to “take measures in order to acknowledge and support the role of the social economy” including integrating social economy in national industrial policy. SE supports EU goals such as local value chains, quality jobs, and the clean industrial transition. Driven by locally rooted enterprises, SE answers community needs while also exporting globally. Its democratic governance includes workers, consumers, and citizens, reducing risks of ‘off-shoring’, delocalisation and killer-acquisition. These features make SE key to a “Made in EU” strategy.
SE businesses operate everywhere—from capital cities to rural areas (which make up 45% of EU land and 21% of the population)—offering ultra competitive businesses as much as essential services in underserved areas that enable communities to thrive. From small entities to major groups, SE provides unique solutions to the energy crisis, the housing crisis and empowers people and businesses with digital solutions. It drives Europe’s sustainable farm-to-fork strategy. We are your health mutual, your sports club, your ethical financial partner, your local cultural centre, we take care of your babies and elderly, we are active in industrial activities and in the circular economy, we provide jobs to all, including people with disabilities.
Moreover, SE is a pillar of democracy, thanks to civil society organizations and through its democratic governance that upholds European values of dignity, freedom, equality, and human rights. Through sustainability and community empowerment, it builds a resilient, just, and inclusive Europe.
To be fair, the European Commission hasn’t totally discarded the SE: thanks to a strong lobby, combined with leadership and vision, Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu has been mandated by President von der Leyen in her mission letter to support SE. She has enthusiastically accepted this role and is engaged in further promoting and implementing the Social Economy Action Plan adopted in 2021, running until 2030. This initiative was supported by both the Commissioners for Social Affairs and the Internal Market because they understood the SE stands on 2 pillars: social and economic. This was reflected in the intense and fruitful cooperation between DG GROW and DG EMPL to further deploy the SE in their respective activities and policies. Separating the economic and industrial dimension from its social mission undermines the impact of SE which plays a critical role in advancing industrial autonomy, competitiveness, and territorial resilience.
Disbanding the SE Unit within DG GROW is a major mistake, there will be no one left dealing with the Single Market to oversee initiatives and policies that impact on the SE. Not only does it weaken the understanding of SE, it impedes a coherent approach to SE in economic policies, and will end DG GROW’s initiatives to enable SE businesses access markets and supports on an equal basis with the private for-profit sector. This cut will result in fewer human and financial resources and expertise for SE businesses within the Commission. In fact, important funding for SE (COSME calls) have abruptly been stopped last week, with no explanation.
This comes at a time of a shifting world. SE has proven resilient throughout all the recent crises (2008 and COVID-19) and is a proven source of resilience for local communities. Its exclusion from the economic and industrial policy arm of the Commission at this critical time is incomprehensible. The Letta Report on the Single Market recognised that the EU is more than a Market. The issues we face cannot be resolved if economic practices are divorced from social considerations. We need economic policies that integrate social and environmental dimensions and that means also supporting an economy that embeds these aspects by design.
At this late stage we do not expect Commissioner Séjourné to reverse his decision. We regret that the Commission’s Expert Group on the Social Economy (GECES) was simply informed that DG GROW would no longer take part in the Expert Group. However, we do ask the Commission to ensure that the Social Economy continues to have a presence within DG Grow. Ideally by keeping a team responsible for SE, at minimum by assigning senior Commission officials responsible for the SE ecosystem, experts who would oversee all industrial initiatives and policies impacting the SE and to coordinate with the social pillar of SE (within DG EMPL). It also requires a proper budget allocation, and certainly not a reduction. The SE ecosystem looks forward to constructive dialogue and tangible answers as to the future of the industrial ecosystem, we wish to be recognised as allies that help overcome the EU’s challenges.
Signatories (updated 28/05/2025 at 13:00):
1. Juan Antonio Pedreño Social Economy Europe President
2. Maurì Frangi Cooperazione Finanza Impresa – CFI CEO
3. Angela Achitei ADV Romania Group & RISE (Romanian Network of Social Economy) President
4. María Alonso Impact Hub Málaga (Hub de Impacto Málaga, S.L.) Director
5. Alberto Alonso de la Fuente Impact Hub Madrid (Hub Madrid, S.L.) Director
6. Dimitris Apostolou SSE Union of Central Greece (STEREA DESMOS) Chairman
7. Hermes A. N,. Arriaga Sierra Impact Hub Zagreb (Pokreni Ideju) Director
8. Camilla Baldini Consorzio Nazionale Idee in Rete European Projects Coordinator
9. Franco Bissaro EVT Consorzio di cooperative sociali President
10. Viktorija Braziunaite Lithunanian Social Business Associaton CEO
11. Jozef Bubica BJ Energy CEO
12. Jozef Burkoň, Ing. Fajnoty s.r.o. r.s.p., SLOVAKIA Director
13. Laurent Charlotte Proxiservice SC Directrice
14. Antoine Colonna d’Istria Aginso President
15. Ivan Cooper The Wheel Representative on GECES
16. Oana Craioveanu Impact Hub Bucharest CEO
17. Massimo D’Amico Consorzio Sociale Abele Lavoro S.C.S. – Impresa Sociale President
18. Ľubica Danechová Ľúbivka s.r.o. rsp konateľ
19. Mathieu de Poorter European Coucil of associations of general interest (CEDAG) President
20. Jenny de Villiers Co-operatives UK Director
21. Anne-Laure Desgris SmartCoop Belgium CEO
22. Diana Dovgan CECOP Secretary General
23. Miroslav Ďumbala Registrovaný sociálny podnik ALFA s.r.o. owner, managing director
24. Wieteke Dupain Euclid Network – the European Social Enterprise Network CEO
25. Claudio Farrugia Malta Co-operative Federation CEO
26. Maryline Filippi Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRAE Umr SAD-APT, SAD Paris Saclay Professor
27. Jesper Frilund Skäggbyrån ekonomiska förening Boardmember
28. Maria Fritz Impact Hub Karlsruhe Director
29. Simone Gamberini Legacoop President
30. Maurizio Gardini Confcooperative President
31. Tatiana Glad Impact Hub Network Executive Director
32. Chris Gordon Irish Social Enterprise Network CEO
33. Alena Gunárová Aliancia pre socialnu ekonomiku na Slovensku, ASES President
34. Gustav Gyllensten Restaff ekonomiska förening Director
35. Ľubomír Haško Excelent konateľ
36. Anja Hirschfelder Impact Hub Leipzig Director
37. Miloš Hlavatý MH ASIST, s.r.o., r.s.p. konateľ
38. Margaréta Hlbocká Margaret, s.r.o. r.s.p. Director
39. Želmíra Jamrichová STAVJAM s.r.o., r.s.p. CEO
40. Viera Jantošovičová Matky v práci, s.r.o. Owner, Managing Director
41. Lena Kalinina SSE Union of Thessaly, Greece (KOINON TΗESSALON) ViceChair
42. Monika Kašáková Salón Moni s.r.o,r.s.p Slovakia CEO
43. Stelios Katomeris SSE Union of Attica, Greece (DYNAMIKI) Chairman
44. Françoise Kemajou Pour la Solidarité Director
45. Pavol Kmeť BKS Úspech, s.r.o CEO
46. Patrik Kniš Patricius.sk r.s.p s.r.o owner, managing director
47. Sreten Koceski CDI Macedonia Director
48. Ioannis Lagos MENALON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE President
49. Ioannis Lagos SSE Union of Peloponese, Greece (PELOPAS) Chairman
50. Sophie Lamprou Impact Hub Athens co-founder, CEO
51. Antoine Laurent Fédération des entreprises d’insertion (FEI) Executive Director
52. Ján Leštinský ELWORK, s.r.o. Director
53. Mikael Leyi SOLIDAR Secretary General
54. John Logue Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland (SERI) CEO
55. Rafael López García Faedei President
56. babs macgregor workers.coop ( UK) International Representative
57. Zuzana Maďarová TEHLAN, s.r.o.
58. Hård af Segerstad Marie-Louise Göteborgs förenade sociala arbetskooperativ Manager
59. Margita Marková millhill s.r.o., r.s.p., Slovakia CEO
60. Denisa Marušincová Matky v práci, s.r.o. Project coordinator
61. Alberto Masetti-Zannini Impact Hub Network Global Development Director
62. Cezary Mizejewski National Audit Union of Social Cooperatives President
63. Mária Molnárová Centrála s.r.o., SLOVAKIA Director
64. Paul Nilsson Skoopi, national network of work integration social enterprises in Sweden Controller
65. Mária Ondriašová MARION ZM s.r.o. President
66. Zuzana Pallová EkonMedia s.r.o., r.s.p. CEO
67. Konstantinos Papadakis AgroID SCE President
68. Jorgos Papadakis European Microfinance Network (EMN) Managing Director
69. Konstantinos Papadakis Panhellenic Confederation of SSE Unions (PASE KALO) VC of EU & International Policies, GECES Member
70. Konstantinos Papadakis SSE Union of Crete, Greece (CretanSCENT) Chairman
71. Margaréta Pecová JUMBO MOJMÍROVCE spol. s r.o. Director
72. Jan Peloza Impact Hub Ljubljana Director
73. Frederik Petersen KOOPERATIONEN denmark President
74. Przemyslaw Piechocki Association for Social Cooperatives CEO
75. Giacomo Pinaffo Fondazione MeSSInA – Ente Filantropico Secretary General
76. Matej Plesnik POH, s.r.o. “registrovaný sociálny podnik” CEO
77. Lukáš Priškin Kvalitné služby s.r.o. director
78. Felicia Relenschi AFIN IFN SA & Social Finance Association, Romania General Director
79. Naana Rench Social Trade ekonomisk förening President
80. Francesco Rocca Impact hub Lisbon Director
81. Heather Roy Eurodiaconia Secretary General
82. Anna Šamajová Viana Art o.z. Director
83. Giovanni Schiavone AGCI President
84. Rainer Schlüter Fondazione MeSSina European Project Manager
85. Louise Scott media co-op Manager & Producer
86. Bénédicte Sohet ConcertES (Concertation des organisations représentatives de l’économie sociale – 24 membres) Secretary General
87. Daniel Sorrosal European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks and Financiers Secretary General
88. Pernilla Svebo Vägen ut! kooperativen President
89. Irene Tarradellas Ricart Impact Hub Barcelona (Impact Hub Barcelona S.L.) Director
90. Sotiris Tsoukarelis SSE Union of Εpirous, Greece (KOINO KALO) Chairman
91. Leif Tyrén Coompanion Värmland Director
92. Anna Tyrén JösseNavet ekonomisk förening President
93. Haris Vanidis SSE Union of Western Macedonia, Greece (EFKALODYM) Chairman
94. Tony Ward The Wheel Acting CEO
95. Maria Zafiropoulou SSE Union of Western Greece (SYMPOLITEIA) Chairwoman
96. Regita Zeiļa Social Entrepreneurship Association of Latvia Director
97. Jan Zucha municipality Nova Bosaca, Slovakia mayor
98. Jan Zucha Obecne sluzby Nova Bosaca s.r.o. director
99. Nerea González Roncal Impact Hub Donostia S.Coop President
100. Paolo Campagnano Impact Hub Trento (Impact Hub Transition srl società benefit) President
101. Vegim Hoti Impact Hub Antwerp Project Manager
102. Hugues SIBILLE Le Labo de l’ESS president
103. Cristian Mateescu Romanian National Union of Handicraft and Production Cooperatives Association – UCECOM Vice-President
104. Felicitas Kresimon Social Firms Euorpe CEFEC General Secretary
105. Felicitas Kresimon Duemilauno Agenzia Sociale Vicepresident
106. Esmeralda van der Naaten De Omslag CEO
107. Corine van de Burgt ENSIE President
108. Lucinda Broadbent media co-op Co-owner and Co-Director
109. Domenico Andrea Laguardia Legacoop Produzione e Servizi Director and Vice President
110. Petru Vasile Gafiuc Bucovina Institute president
111. Lago Lena Basta Executive Chairman of the Board Basta
112. Carmen Podani ACDC Romania – Association for Community Development Consultants vicepresident
113. Weronika Margula Social Firms Europe CEFEC Technical Officer
114. Chris Makliri Social Cooperative KoiSPE Diadromes BoD Member
115. Athina Fragkouli Society of Social Psychiatry P. Sakellaropoulos President of the BoD
116. Roberta Crivellaro Francesco d’Assisi Soc. Coop. Soc. President
117. Stylianos Katomeris Social Economy Workshop CEO
118. Eva Balogová CHDMI, s.r.o. Director
119. Ivan Balog Abalstav spol. s r.o. Director
120. Beatrix Bedone Pal Impact Hub Budapest CEO, Co-Founder
121. Gordon Hahn Coompanion CEO
122. Vitlena Vasileva European Development Foundation Founder
123. Jaroslav Hefka cShop SK s. r. o. r.s.p. CEO
124. Vladislav Lazarov National Union of Worker Producers’ Cooperatives President
125. Jozef Suja Modrokamenský podnik s.r.o. konateľ
126. Jakob Detering Impact Hub Vienna GmbH Managing Director
127. Johannes Völlenklee Impact Hub Tirol GmbH Co-CEO
128. Mathias Maucher Social Services Europe (SSE) Policy & Project Coordinator
129. Elsa Brander Kooperationen Special Consultant
130. Bart de Bart SWOM (Stichting Studeren en Werken op Maat) Chairman and Founder
131. Dimitrios Tataridis Social Cooperative KoiSPE of Nautilos President of the BoD
132. Petr Vítek Impact Hub Brno, Prague, Ostrava Co-founder, Co-owner
133. Sotirios Koupidis Panhellenic Federation of Social Cooperatives of Limited Liability President
134. Róbert Palko PSML s.r.o. Konateľ
135. Johanna Rapp Impact Hub Munich GmbH Steward Owner & Managing Director
136. Duncan Walker Irish Social Enterprise Network EU Project Manager
137. Zane Feldmane Impact Hub Liepāja Board Member
138. Antonín Ferdan HUB Mladá Boleslav Director
139. Martina Jandzíková STM SK Konateľ
140. Kimmo Kumlander Silta-Valmennusyhdistys ry CEO
141. Kimmo Kumlander Valo-Valmennusyhdistys ry CEO
142. Zdenka Kuviková FOKUS ČR Chairman
143. Schembri Daniel Koperattivi Malta CEO
144. Neva Nahtigal RREUSE – Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enteprises Director
145. Anna Kratochvílová SWEET REVELATION s.r.o., r.s.p. Konateľ
146. Dietrich Eisold Impact Dresden GmbH Managing Director
147. Jan Mácha FOKUS Tábor, z.s. Director
148. Amaya Delgado Confederación Española de Cooperativas de Trabajo (COCETA) Director
149. Luis Miguel Jurado Confederación Española de Cooperativas de Trabajo (COCETA) President
150. Radka Rybáková Futurum F s.r.o. Director
151. Merve Kavas Yekpare Social Enterprise Turkiye Director
152. Sinem Güravşar Gökçe İstasyonTEDU – TED University Center for Social Innovation Manager
153. Harri Kostilainen Finnish Social Enterprise Research Network – FinSERN ry CEO
154. Georg Mildenberger Centre for Social Investment, University of Heidelberg Acting Director / Head of Research
155. Rose Marley Co-operatives UK CEO
156. Marija Lovrenčič Allium z.o.o.. so.p., Etri Group, Slovenia President
157. Lenka Puh Institut Lintvern so.p., Etri Group, Slovenia Manager
158. Marija Lovrenčič Institut Jazon, Etri Group, Slovenia Manager
159. Barbara Grintal Institut Trust, Etri group, Slovenia manager
160. Lucie Durand Yunus Social Business GmbH co-CEO
161. Elitsa Barakova BCause Foundation, Bulgaria CEO
162. Thomas Bignal European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) Secretary General
163. Jelena Pavlovic ACT Group Management board member
164. Patrizia Bussi European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE) Director
165. barbara SAK CIRIEC (Centre international de recherches et d’information sur l’économie publique, sociale et coopérative – Aisbl) Director
166. Dimitris Kokkinakis Impact Hub Athens Co – Founder|CEO
167. Marco Gargiulo Consorzio nazionale Idee in Rete CEO
168. Per Bach Sociale Entreprenører i Danmark – Social Entrepreneurs in Denmark chairman
169. Chris Martin Social Enterprise Scotland CEO
170. Sibylle Reichert Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM) Executive Director
171. Marco Nannini Angels4Women – Italy Vice President
172. Marco Nannini Angels4Impact – Italy President
173. Peter Holbrook Social Enterprise UK Chief Executive
174. José Luis Monzón Campos CIRIEC-Spain Director
175. Marcella Militello BASTA! – Belgian Antimafia: Steps Towards Awareness! President
176. Jean-Louis Cabrespines CIRIEC-France Délégué Général
177. Marco Nannini Impact Hub Milano CEO
178. Edoardo Ramondo Impact Hub Torino Manager
179. Andrea Rapisardi Impact Hub Firenze Manager
180. Rafael Chaves-Avila IUDESCOOP Research Institute of University of Valencia Senior Professor
181. Daniel Büchle AfB social and green IT gGmbH Managing Director
182. Tereza Dostálová TESSEA ČR z.s. Direktor
183. Dragoș Jaliu fonduri-structurale.ro/consolid8 CEO
184. Raluca Prelucă fonduri-structurale.ro/consolid8 Partner
185. Gianluca Salvatori EURICSE – European Research Institute on Cooperatives and Social Enterprises Secretary General
186. Arnaud Alain CIRIEC-France Président
187. Francesca PETRELLA EMES international research network for Social Enterprise President
188. Jose Juan Cabezuelo Menadas CIRIEC-España, Social Economy News Communication Manager
189. José Alberto Pitacas CIRIEC (Centre international de recherches et d’information sur l’économie publique, sociale et coopérative – Aisbl) Auditor
190. Peter VANDOR Vienna University of Economics and Business WU WIen / Social Entrepreneurship Center Senior researcher, Director
191. Nathalie FERNANDEZ CIRIEC-France CA
192. Diego Dutto Legscoopsociali National Director
193. Thierry Sibieude FAIR (Financer Accompagner Impacter Rassembler) President
194. Marek Hudon Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB) Professor
195. Mario Calderini Social Impact Agenda per l’Italia (SIA) Board
196. Filipa Farelo Cooperartiva Antonio Sérgio para a Economía Social Coordinator Department of Institutional Relations, Cooperative Sector and Statistics
197. Hanna Surmatz Philanthtropy Europe Association (Philea) Head of Policy
198. Andreas Stefanidis Academy of Entrepreneurship President
199. Sergi Rufat Noverraz Tandem Social President
200. Nicole ALIX La Coop des Communs President
201. Pavel Novák Fokus Praha, z.ú. Manager
202. Jarmo Hänninen Coop Finland Association Chairman of the Board
203. Ricardo Borges dos Santos Ciriec Portugal Board Member
204. Františka Svobodová EkoRent, s.r.o. Manager
205. René Pisko CIBEKA s. r. o., r. s. p. CEO
206. Lander Beloki MU ENPRESAGINTZA S. COOP. General Manager / Dean
207. Elsebeth Terkelsen European Green Cities Senior Consultant
208. Iñigo Albizuri MONDRAGON Head of Global Pulic Affairs
209. Agnès Mathis Cooperatives Europe Director
210. Ana Umbelino European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy (REVES) President
211. Michael Meyer WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Professor and Head of Compentece Center for NPOs and Social Entrepreneurship
212. Lourdes Marquez Fundacion ONCE Directora of Alliance and Intrenational Relations
213. Juan Antonio Carrera Social Economy Europe (SEE) President
214. Manuel Belo Moreira CIRIEC Portugal President
215. Dario Carrera Impact Hub Rome CEO
216. Sébastien Chaillou-Gillette Chambre Régionale de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire d’Ile-de-France (CRESS IDF) Director
217. Joaquim Pequicho CONFECOOP – Confederação Cooperativa Portuguesa Vice-President and Director
218. Guillem Perdrix Federació de Cooperatives de Treball de Catalunya Director
219. Janusz Paszkowski National Auditing Union of Cooperatives (NAUWC) President
220. Sotiris Themistokleous Center for Social Innovation – CSI Director
221. Joaquim Pequicho FENACERCI – Federação Nacional de Cooperativas de Solidariedade Social Vice-President
222. Deolinda Meira CIRIEC Portugal; Polytechnic University of Porto Member; Professor
223. Byrne Noreen Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork, Ireland. Director
224. Sreten Koceski CDI Macedonia Director
225. Jose Carlos Ceballos Centro Internacional Santander Emprendimiento (CISE) International Area Director
226. Kaat Peeters Sociale InnovatieFabriek , Belgium CEO
227. Ségolène MOLLARD CRESS PACA Responsable Développement d’affaires et achats responsables pour les entreprises de l’ESS
228. Susanna Kallama ARVO, The Finnish Association of Social Enterprises CEO
229. Liselott Ström E.L.S.A Ekonomisk förening Director
230. Matthias Neitsch Re-Use Austria Director
231. Sara Belloi Legacoop Emilia-Romagna Internationalization
232. Roberta Trovarelli Legacoop Emilia Romagna Head of international projects and relations
233. Rastislav Suroviak Obecný podnik Pribiš s.r.o., r.s.p. Director
234. Andri Kyriacou SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education Executive Director
235. Yves KOTTELAT CIRIEC France Trésorier
236. Raffaella De Felice Banca Etica Board Member
237. Brieuc Laurent Gammes asbl Director
238. Damien Baldin ESS France Vice-Chair
239. Eric Chenut Mutualité Française President
240. Yannick Lucas GECES Member
241. Mahel Coppey Réseau français des collectivités territoriales pour l’Economie solidaire (RTES) Présidente
242. Claire Thoury Le Mouvement Associatif Présidente
243. Natalia Wegner Koszalin Regional Development Agency President
244. Justyna Iwankiewicz West Pomerania Social Economy Support Centre Manager
245. Mortier Quentin Solidarité des Alternatives Wallonnes et Bruxelloises Co-director
246. Athos Charalambides Emphasys Centre Director
247. Maria Theodosiadou CitizensACT Director
248. Paolo Lasagni Impact Hub Reggio Emilia Founder
249. Susanne Vinderå Coompanion Cooperative development Västernorrland Manager
250. Igor Future Development Agency Chairman of the Board
251. Youssef Achour Président de la Chambre Régionale de l’Économie Sociale et Solidaire île de France President
252. Dora Heracleous Future Development Agency Director
253. Mario Calderini Torino Social Impact Chairman
254. Irene Bongiovanni Confcooperative Piemonte Nord President
255. Jeanne Bretécher Social Good accelerator Director
256. Matteo Solivo Microfinanza Srl Project and Relationship Manager
257. Flavie Deprez MaVoie.org co-présidente
258. Aurélie Louguet SILK Association President
259. Timothée Duverger Chaire TerrESS de Sciences Po Bordeaux Responsable
260. Marinka Vovk Center ponovne uporabe d.o.o., SO.P. Director
261. Marinka Vovk EKO d.o.o. – ZC Director
262. Marinka Vovk EKO-TCE d.o.o. – ZC Director
263. Franc Zver Z_eniac, SO.P. procurator
264. Franc Zver ORZ procurator
265. Mathieu Fortin Mutuelle Nationale Territoriale – groupe Vyv administrateur
266. Marie Fare Université Lumière Lyon 2 – Triangle – Chaire ESS Research Professor
267. Tilche-Jean Johanna Association Amama Chargée de mission
268. Saint Martin Séverine SCOP Fondespierre Dirigeante
269. Fontaine Hélène Réseau des Accorderies Chargée de partenariats
270. Beaucamp Aurélien Greenflex Directeur RSE- développement durable
271. Laura de Bonfils Social Platform Secretary General
272. Djémilah HASSANI ESS France Outre-mer Co-delegate for Europe and international affairs
273. Lasserre Tiffany Média Médor (SCES agréée) responsable diffusion et partenariats
274. Katarzyna Pawlak Microfinance Centre CEO
275. Filippo Barbieri Legacoop Nazionale Responsable
276. Pauline Boivin Lifelong Learning Platform Policy and Project Manager
277. Manuelita Mancini Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini Director
278. David Valderrama Panacea Social Farm President
279. Loris Fionda Limo Comunicazione CEO
280. Mihaela Vețan CRIES-Centrul de Resurse pentru Initiative Etice si Solidare President
281. Büscher Jan La Mednum Co-CEO
282. Giuseppe Mastruzzo International University College of Turin Director
283. Alessandro Prandi Volontariato Torino ETS Manager of the Design and Development Area
284. Cristina Hurdubaia The Tree of Good Deeds Association Romania (Asociatia Copacul cu fapte bune Romania) President
285. Ivano Viotto Barriera Design District APS Co-founder
286. Francesca battistoni social seed president
287. Andrea Couvert Community Land Trust – Terreno Comune ETS Vice chairperson
288. Loris Marchisio Fondazione WellFARE Impact ETS Social Change Manager
289. Olga Brito CIRIEC Portugal Technical officer
290. Berenice Dondeyne Mouvement pour l’Economie Solidaire France (MES France) Co-présidente
291. Lino Sbraccia Figli del Mondo ETS President
292. Julien Loïs Elycoop Entrepeneur Partner
293. Filippo Barbera University of Torino Professor of Economic Sociology
294. Jacky Lesueur Miroir Social PDG Honoraire de l’AMF
295. Jean-Philippe Milesy Institut Polanyi / auteur Secrétaire général
296. Yves Deniaud Volunteer Bénévole actif ESS
297. Jacques Remacle Arts&Publics administrateur-délégué
298. Samuel Silva GRupo CEU Administrador
299. Jason Nardi RIES – Rete Italiana Economia Solidale President
300. Cristina Bîcîilă Ateliere Fără Frontiere Managing Director
301. Luis Reto CIRIEC Portugal Member of the Board
302. Alina Perjoiu Asociația CARP OMENIA Bucuresti Sef serviciu
303. Ionut Ardeleanu Federatia Nationala Omenia a CARP din Romania Secretary
304. Panagiota Koutsoukou EcoMuseum Zagori Social Cooperatie Enterprise President-Legal Representative
305. Elena Isabela Oniche Asociația Dialog pentru Dezvoltare Iași President-Legal Representative
306. Françoise Goethals Coopeos Communication & Sensibilization
307. Marco Piccolino Boniforti humain.coop President-Legal Representative
308. Roberto Greco Didaxé cooperativa sociale a r.l. President and legal representative
309. Manuelita Mancini Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini S.r.l. SB President of the Board of Directors, and Legal Representative
310. Simon Smith Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEIS) Executive Director
311. Zoltan Bereczki Synerb Venture Catalyzer President
312. Joana Moreira Movimento Transformers, Associação Reformers e ESLIDER – Associação Nacional para a Inovação Social President
313. Kirsty Lynch Social Enterprise Academy Head of Social Enterprise Schools
314. Lorenz Gunther Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V. Board
315. Batel Anne PULSE CEO
316. Anne Graham Western Development Commission Social Enterprise & Lending Manager
317. Mary Nohilly Community Finance Ireland Client Relationship Manager
318. Caroline Crowley Independent PhD researcher of the social economy in Ireland Independent PhD Researcher
319. Nick Weir Open Food Network Community Facilitator
320. Laura Ciacci Cooperativa Sociale di Comunità Campagna Sabina President
321. Giulia Grignani Kermasofia srl impresa sociale CEO
322. Marika Mazzi Boém X23 The Innovation Bakery CEO
323. Valérie Vialatte Solidarity worker signing in my own name Citizen and EC tax contributer
324. Sven Zivanovic Social Impact gGmbH Project Lead National Competence Center for Social Innovation Germany
325. Philippe Chemla Scic T.E.T.R.I.S. Administrateur
326. Antonio Perdichizzi Isola Catania Impresa Sociale S.r.l. President
327. Antonio Perdichizzi Fondazione Marea Ente Filantropico ETS President
328. Paola De Matteo Volontariato Torino ETS Project Manager
329. Thomas Boothe Coopérative La Louve President
330. Catherine Seguin Mairie de Peymeinade Adjointe au maire pour l’action sociale et l’E.S.S.
331. Bogdan Merfea Social Finance Association Board President
332. Stefano Arduini VITA direttore
333. Geneviève Fontaine Association évaléco Présidente
334. David Cluzeau UDES (Unision des emploeyurs de l’économie sociale) President
335. Alžbeta Tkacova Ramex trade, s.r.o. CEO
336. Daniela Patti Eutropian Director
337. Jonas Dinger SIA ocial Impact Award gGmbH Managing Director
338. Petra Peternel Združenje CAAP, so.p. President
339. Alina Resetnicov NGO AREAP President
340. Emanuele Cusa Università di Milano-Bicocca Professor
341. Patrizia Saroglia ICCSI- Italian Competence Centre for Social Innovation Director
342. Violayne Le Borgne CRESS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Chambre régionale de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire) Director
343. Sergiu Gurau Eco-Razeni Association Executive Director
344. Dumitru Braga Floare de cires LTD (WISE) Director
345. Philippe PAILLIART France générosités President
346. Laurence LEPETIT European Fundraising Association (EFA) Vice President
347. Maëlle PREVOTAT Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine Project Manager
348. Teresa Barbosa de Oliveira Inova + Senior Consultant
349. João Baracho CDI Portugal CEO
350. Daniele Caccherano Liberitutti s.c.s. President
351. Laura Fornaro Consorzio Kairos Board member
352. Andrea Couvert Community Land Trust – Terreno Comune ETS – Torino, Italy Vicepresidente
353. Marco Romito EVT Consorzio di cooperative sociali board member
354. Guido silvestri Volt Italia (capitolo italiano di Volt Europa) Co-President
355. Norbert Kunz Social Impact gGmbH CEO
356. Anna Soltorp Coompanion Kalmar län CEO
357. Oriana Spanò Comune di Torino Public Officer
358. Carole Monnot Active Pôle de l’économie Solidaire Cheffe de projets
359. Manuela Vollmann arbeit plus – Soziale Unternehmen Österreich President
360. Laura Bongiovanni Associazione ISNET President
361. Bruno GILAIN Convivial Directeur
362. Agnese Francescato Cooperativa Sociale ACLI President
363. Guillaume GILLET Fédération InitiativES Coordinateur
364. Paola Bellotti Coopfond Director Sustainability & development
365. Etienne Dewandeler Réseau d’Entreprises Sociales asbl Coordinateur
366. Jordi Gusi Puig Tandem Go President
367. Marco Baldini GEA Cooperativa Sociale – Padova – Italy Vice presidente
368. Wouter Tebbens Free Knowledge Institute President
369. Patrice BORCY SC TRUSQUIN Titres-Services – BELGIUM Directeur
370. Isabelle Colinet MaxiNet-Centre SC – Belgium Directeur
371. Antonio Martínez de Bujanda ANEL – Asociación de Empresas de Economía Social de Navarra – Spain Director
372. Alejandro Mendizábal Red Economía Alternativa Solidaria Rioja (REAS Rioja) Secretario
373. Sophie Bloemen Commons Network Director
374. Catherine Davister Citizen Citizen
375. Alina Bocharnikova Future Deelopment Agenccy Program Сoordinator on Social Entrepreneurship Development
376. Carlo Maria Tresso ATT Srl Impresa Sociale Amministratore Unico
377. Elisabeth Steen InitiativES Social Economy Advisor
378. Enrico Pesce ConfCooperative Federsolidarietà Piemonte Presidente
379. Valeria Negrini Confcooperative Federsolidarietà Lombardia Presidente
380. Piera Lepore Consorzio Nazionale Idee in Rete Project Manager
381. Giusi Biaggi Consorzio CGM Presidente
382. Mirca Renzetti La Formica Cooperativa Sociale a r.l. Vice presidente
383. Thibaud Dezyn POUTREL General Director
384. Federico Aimar Cooperativa sociale Andirivieni Project & Security Manager
385. Alessandro Ceschi Federazione Trentina della Cooperazione s.c. General Director
386. Alexandra Yaghil European Assocation for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL) Policy Expert
387. Luiza Moroz Culture Action Europe Policy Advisor
388. Kätlyn Remmelg Social Enterprise Estonia Board Member
389. Rene Tõnnisson Baltic Innovation Agency Board Member
390. Luca Di Francesco Job4Good Società Benefit Presidente
391. Jose María Ruibérriz Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz (ACPP) Responsable de Economía Social y Solidaria e Innovación Social
392. Eva De Smedt FIX Director
393. Hamed Sheikh Rezaei Fix Operationel Verantwordelijke
394. Aude Saldana GSEF- GLOBAL FORUM FOR SCOAIL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY Secretary General
395. Eric De Jonge Fix vzw President
396. Paloma Tarazona FEVECTA (Valencian Federation of Worker Cooperatives) Director
397. Shane Tuohy Link Galway CLG Service Manager
398. Grégory Damman Canopia Coop. V. Socio
399. Maria Teresa Lárazo AVEI – Asociación Valenciana de Empresas de Inserción President
400. Ana Estela Gallach FLORIDA CENTRE FORMACIÓ COOP.V Teacher
401. Saldana Aude GSEF -GLOBAL FORUM FOR SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY Secretary general
402. Alfonso B. Bolado Collado REAS RED DE REDES President
403. Melina Bergström RISE Projectmanager
404. Claire Jordan AEIDL – European Association for Innovation in Local Development Managing Director
405. Vandenhende Jacques-Olivier SYNECO ASBL Director
406. Cesar Sanchez-Alvarez Unviversity of Zaragoza Professor
407. JEAN LUC CHAUTAGNAT CHAIRE D’ÉCONOMIE SOCIALE ET SOLIDAIRE LYON 2 CO-RESPONSABLE
408. Stéphane Veyer La Manufacture coopérative gérant
409. DEL FIORE Rémi ECODIPAR Chef d’Entreprise
410. Rémi Leturcq Citizen Citizen
411. PILOY Luc Mission locale pour l’Emploi de Forest Conduite de programmes en économie sociale d’insertion
412. Anne Van Lancker SOLIDAR president
413. Ariane Frankin School SEGEC Liège Teacher
414. Jean-Christophe THIOLOT CHANTIER école BFC Administrateur
415. Roblor Elisa Réseau National CHANTIER école Cheffe de projets
416. Cristina Dalla Torre Eurac Research, HEU SERIGO Project Researcher
417. Evie Kouroumichaki Stimmuli for Social Change Project manager
418. Juha Lehtikuja Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre Ltd Executive director
419. Davorka Vidovic University of Zagreb Faculty of Political Science Associate Professor
420. Mathieu Castaings Mouvess Co-président
421. Anne-Sophie Thomas Mouvess Co-présidente
422. Solomiia Boianovych Platform for Social Change CEO
423. gian angelo bellati cescot-confesercenti veneto director
424. Mauricio O’Brien Nanoma S Coop Astur Manager / Coop member
425. Miroslav Beblavy CB ESPRI CEO
426. Dimitris Kitsikopoulos Electra Energy cooperative Coordinator
427. Valeria Duflot Catalyst Now – Europe Chapter Founding Co-chair
428. Elisa Gargioni Incontra scs Cooperativa sociale
429. Mariano Failoni Incontra scs Direttore
430. Maarten Hogenstijn Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences professor of social entrepreneurship
431. Kristel Maasen ULB Researcher
432. Jose Ospina Carbery Housing Association Chairman
433. Tatiana Malchair National Sun Yat-sen University PhD Researcher
434. Agnes Nemeth University of Eastern Finland researcher
435. Charlotte Esquerré agar-agar Consultant
436. Kristine Clev Verband Region Rhein-Neckar European Affairs coordinator, project manager SECON (Interreg Europe)
437. Kristine Clev Verband Region Rhein-Neckar European Affairs coordinator, project manager SECON (Interreg Europe)
438. Francesca Calo The Open University Senior Lecturer
439. Klaus Schuch ZSI – Centre for Social Innovation Scientific Director
440. Andreas Exener Regional Centre of Expertise Graz-Styria, University of Graz (Austria) Senior Scientist
441. Harster Patrice CESER Grand Est Seconde assemblée régionale de la Région Grand Est
442. Millan Diaz-Foncea Universidad de Zaragoza Researcher
443. Egon Van Wees City of Amsterdam Team Lead Entrepreneurship and Impact and Innovation Ecosystems
444. Alex Minshall Guerrilla Media Collective Worker/owner
445. Romain Guery Groupe VYV Director of institutionnal relations
In addition, 7 other people have signed the appeal, wishing to remain anonymous.
