EU policies, publications and SEE contributions
2025
Social Economy Europe (SEE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on a Regulation establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules.
Social Economy Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposal for a regulation on establishing the European Competitiveness Fund.
Social Economy Europe (SEE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the proposal for a Regulation establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities under the post‑2027 Multiannual Financial Framework.
Social Economy Europe (SEE) welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to design a comprehensive EU Anti-Poverty Strategy as a central pillar of a more social, and competitive Europe. Poverty eradication must stand at the heart of the European project, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the commitments of the Porto Declaration.
Social Economy Europe welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to develop a European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) and advocates for the explicit recognition of social economy and cooperative housing models as essential components of this strategy.
Social Economy Europe calls for including ‘social economy’ definition in the legal text and align it with SEAP, Letta Report and EESC Opinions.
Social Economy Europe’s comprehensive mid-term review of the EU Social Economy Action Plan, highlighting achievements, challenges, and strategic priorities for 2026–2030.
Two-page summary of SEE’s contribution to the 2025 Public Consultation on the Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP) Mid-term Review.
Social Economy Europe calls for innovative businesses and initatives through Social Economy models. Therefore, promotes an inclusive concept of innovation, an open 28th regime and the integration of social economy enterprises/ entities and their principles in the 28th regime as a core EU business ecosystem.
SEE calls for maintaining the Social Economy at the Core of the EPSR, for equipping the Pillar with adequate Budget, and for ensuring Policy Coherence and prioritising Social Policy.
Social Economy Europe’s recommendations to strengthen the EU Public Procurement Directive by improving access for social economy entities and SMEs, promoting strategic use of social and environmental clauses, and enhancing capacity building.
Social Economy Europe’s recommendations for a more inclusive and competitive Single Market, calling for full integration of social economy enterprises into EU policy and regulatory frameworks.
SEE’s contribution to the European Commission’s consultation on the Savings and Investment Union (SIU) highlights the social economy’s role in building a resilient, democratic, and sustainable European economy.
Social Economy Europe’s recommendations for a future-proof EU budget, calling for stronger, more accessible funding to support social economy actors and ensure inclusive, sustainable growth across Europe.
2024
This opinion contains many elements relevant to the revision of the Public Procurement Directive, as well as to the links between the social economy and public procurement. These are essential for the further implementation of the Social Economy Action Plan. With this opinion, the EESC wishes to highlight the potential of public procurement for social economy entities
2023
Calls on Member States to develop comprehensive strategies for the social economy to promote an enabling environment for the social economy across all relevant areas, by adapting policy and legal frameworks. In doing so, the aim is to promote quality job creation, boost the local economy, and strengthen social and territorial cohesion.
2022
The report, launched in November 2022, puts forward a set of 30 actions in 14 different areas to further support the social economy in leading fair green and digital transitions.
2021
The aim of the action plan is to enhance social investment, support social economy actors and social enterprises to start-up, scale-up, innovate and create jobs. It will do this through a series of initiatives in the following three areas: creating the right framework conditions for the social economy to thrive, opening up opportunities and support to capacity building and enhancing recognition of the social economy and its potential.
2016
This communication from the European Commission released in 2016 had the aim to make the Single Market more efficient for start-ups and scales-ups.
2016
The necessity of a European Social Economy Action Plan was raised for the first time in this 2016 GECES Report.
2015
Through this document, the 28 Member States in 2015 agreed that Social Economy is key to achieve EU objectives and plays an important role in the transformation and evolution of contemporary societies and economies.
2011
In order to promote a ‘highly competitive social market economy’, the Commission placed in 2011 the social economy and social innovation at the heart of its concerns, in terms of both territorial cohesion and the search for new solutions to societal problems.
1989
This is the first communication by the European Commission to the Council on the social economy, released in 1989.
