REVES Yearbook of excellences 2015 – Download it now!

The objective of the REVES Yearbook of excellence 2015 was to identify and reward best working examples of general-interest-oriented partnership between public authorities and social and solidarity economy that is based on or produces measurable and replicable social innovation (including a direct involvement of citizens in design and realisation of actions). In total, REVES had…

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Global Social Economy Forum 2016: be there!

[:en] The City of Montreal and the Chantier de l’économie sociale co-organize the next Global Social Economy Forum #GSEF2016, to be held 7-9 September 2016 and which will focus on the collaboration between local governments and the social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations for the development of cities. An event not to be missed for:…

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BESPAT: Good Practices in the Field of Personal and Household Services/Policy recommendations

[:en] A collection and analysis of good practice in the field of personal and household services and proposals for an improvement of these services are the main outputs of the BESPAT project (co-financed by the European Commission), which came to an end in April 2016. For more information you may consult the latest newsletter  (http://www.bespat.eu/index.php/actions/newsletter/mailing/view/listid-0/mailingid-7/listype-1)…

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European Pillar of Social Rights: Raise your voice! Public consultation process now open!

[:en] The European Commission recently launched a public consultation on the « European Pillar of Social Rights”. We would strongly recommend any interested organization/authority/person to participate in this consultation (which will be open until 31/12/2016) in order to raise his/her/its voice on the direction the EU/Eurozone should take when it comes to defending fundamental and social…

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“The role of the social economy in restoring economic growth and combating unemployment” – Committee of the Regions opinion adopted

In its plenary session of 3 and 4 December 2015 the Committee of the Regions adopted its opinion “The role of the social economy in restoring economic growth and combating unemployment” (rapporteur: Luis Gomes, PT, EPP). This opinion is the first since a number of years (2002) in which the Committee of the Regions takes…

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COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON SOCIAL ECONOMY!

At its meeting on 7 December 2015, almost twenty years after the first mentioning of social economy in a Council conclusion, the Council adopted the proposal of the Luxembourg Presidency for Council conclusions on “The promotion of the social economy as a key driver of economic and social development in Europe”. Jens Nilsson, spokesperson of…

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