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EESC Opinion: Potential of public procurement for social enterprises

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

The Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions

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.

Transition Pathway for the Proximity and Social Economy

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.

Social Economy Action Plan

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.

Start-up and Scale-up Initiative

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.

GECES Report

The necessity of a European Social Economy Action Plan was raised for the first time in this 2016 GECES Report.

Council Conclusion on Social Economy

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.

Social Business Initiative 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.

Communication from European Commission to the Council. «Businesses in the economie sociale sector»

It´s the first communication by the European Commission on Social Economy. It was released in 1989.

EU policies

EESC Opinion: Potential of public procurement for social enterprises

The Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions

Transition Pathway for the Proximity and Social Economy

Social Economy Action Plan

Start-up and Scale-up Initiative

GECES Report

Council Conclusion on Social Economy

Social Business Initiative 2011

Communication from European Commission to the Council. «Businesses in the economie sociale sector»

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