26 November 2020

END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE!

The UN Secretary General launched the UNiTE campaign, managed by UN WOMEN, to  prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls around the world. REVES welcomes and joins this overarching effort, and supports the Six Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence .  Hereafter an article by Carola Carazzone, Secretary General of REVES’ member ASSIFERO, providing insigths and perspectices on the…

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4 November 2020

An alternative approach to skills, employability and job creation: Women and territories at the centre

Webinar, 12 November 2020, 10-12 am Nothing brought them to light more clearly than the pandemic: The essential needs of territories, on one hand (social services, mutual help, access to medical equipment, food…), but also the enormous – and often untapped – potential and capacities cities, regions and their inhabitants are able to mobilise in…

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20 October 2020

International alliance supporting position paper on digital transition/platform cooperatives

Digital transition is at the centre of proposals linked to the EU Recovery Plan, Cohesion Policy and other policies. But do we know which direction this transition should follow? A European alliance of commons activists, social economy networks and academics (La Coop des Communs – France ; Smart – Belgium ; Internet Interdisciplinary Institute of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya –…

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15 October 2020

Webinar/Round table: Cooperation with the cultural sector as an important vector for societal change

Friday, 16 October, 10-12 am The cultural sector is certainly one of those sectors hit most by the pandemic. Especially smaller initiatives – among them many social economy and community projects – experience problems getting back on their feet. On the other hand, a number of cultural players have proven also in times of Covid…

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16 September 2020

CoR report “Impact of the social economy at local and regional level”

The Committee of the Regions of the European Union published a report on the “Impact of the social economy at local and regional level”. Drawing on a number of studies, publications and interviews with different stakeholders, among them REVES, the document provides an insight into social economy realities in different EU Member States, different legal…

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2 September 2020

For a digital transition serving people and planet/The added value of platform coops: Sign our position paper!

Digital transition is at the centre of proposals linked to the EU Recovery Plan, Cohesion Policy and other policies. But do we know which direction this transition should follow? A European alliance of commons activists, social economy networks and academics (La Coop des Communs – France ; Smart – Belgium ; Internet Interdisciplinary Institute of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya –…

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27 May 2020

European Parliament/Social Economy Intergroup: Discussing a European Action Plan for the Social Economy

The future European Action Plan for the Social Economy, which should be tabled by the European Commission in 2021, will be at the centre of an upcoming online hearing of the European Parliament’s Social Economy Intergroup. The event will take place on 2 June 2020, 3pm-6pm. MEPs from different political groups and a diversity of…

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10 April 2020

Covid-19: EU measures/Potential support and obstacles for the social and solidarity economy

In the current Covid-19 context, the European Commission has tabled a number of proposals to adapt EU legislation in order to rapidly make (financial) support and assistance available to all Member States. In this context, the European Commission decided, for instance, to loosen state aid rules and set up a State Aid Temporary Framework. The Coronavirus Response…

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10 April 2020

Children’s Rights: Covid-19 does not stop us. Together with kids and families even now. On line

While the home visits, which together with other community meetings (parishes, kindergartens, and in our centre the Pomegranate “Times for families”) have led us to reach about 150 families throughout the city, are temporarily suspended due to the Coronavirus emergency, the activities of cognitive and educational support to children and their families are continuing. From…

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20 February 2020

TOWARDS A EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN PILLAR OF SOCIAL RIGHTS: WORK-LIFE BALANCE: MASTER PARENTING IN WORK AND LIFE

Despite a number of recent (policy) initiatives at European level and in EU Member States, parents – and in particular mothers – still face a number of difficulties in combining (access to) work and family life. Moreover, the general employment rate of women is still considerably lower than that of men (by 11,6% in 2018). …

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