28 November 2022

RESPONDET Newsletter November 2022

Circular economy at the centre of the second RESPONDET mission How to strengthen the significant potential of the social economy to contribute and add value to the development of the circular economy through appropriate public policies? This question stood at the centre of the second transnational RESPONDET workshop co-organised by the region of Wallonia (Service…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

11 October 2022

RESPONDET Newsletter October 2022

Community Energy Initiatives were the main topic of the first mission workshop of the European RESPONDET initiative. The event, organized by the Region of Catalunya in partnership with the Catalan Federation of Cooperatives and REVES on 13 and 14 September 2022 brought together local and regional authorities, social economy organisations, academics, civil society, renewable energy…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

10 May 2022

European conference “New to the game: (Up)Skilling young people through gamified approaches”

Due to a variety of factors, today’s labour environment is becoming more complex, uncertain and competitive. Recent graduates and young people in general are the most affected social group: according to Eurostat, the youth unemployment rate in September 2021 was 15, 9 % for the EU and 16 % for the euro area. One of…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

28 April 2022

European conference “Social Economy, the future of Europe” – Our workshops

The European conference “Social Economy, the future of Europe” that will be held under the French EU Presidency on 5 and 6 May 2022 in Strasburg is approaching. REVES, together with other national, European and international organisations, has been associated to the preparation of the event. Beyond the coordination and animation of the thematic space…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

1 April 2022

AGORA Coop: the ANDREIA project towards the integration of victims of human trafficking

Human trafficking is one of the most odious criminal phenomena of our time, exacerbated by wars and the need for many people to flee  from their own  homes. Trafficking is the word for modern slavery covering mainly sexual and labour exploitation of women and children, but also men. With over 40 million enslaved people in…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

9 March 2022

Ukraine: Cohesion Policy Funds for emergency support to refugees

  On 8 March 2022 the European Commission adopted a proposal for Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE) allowing Member States and regions to provide emergency support to people fleeing from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. CARE is introducing the necessary flexibility in the 2014-2020 Cohesion policy rules to allow a swift reallocation of available…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

9 March 2022

Conference on the Future of Europe: Side event on social economy

A side event to the Conference on the Future of Europe focusing on the social economy will take place on 10 March 2022 in Strasbourg and online from 6pm to 7.30pm CET. The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) cannot ignore the model of economic governance created by the social economy. Its existence is…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

11 January 2022

Strasbourg Social Economy Conference partially postponed

Due to the pandemic, the event “Social Economy, the future of Europe” (initially planned for 17 and 18 February 2022) has been partially postponed. The planned meeting of the High-level monitoring committee of the Luxemburg declaration (i.e. representatives of governments of EU Member States), a presentation – by videoconference – of the European Social Economy Plan…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

7 January 2022

REVES: Continuous work on a conducive (legal) ecosystem for the social economy

Also in 2021 REVES continued its work on a conducive (legal) eco-system for the social and solidarity economy. Legal frameworks stood at the centre of an internal REVES working group composed of several REVES member regions and cities. The working group met several times in-between October 2020 and January 2021 to exchange on existing legal…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin

9 December 2021

The European Social Economy Action Plan 2021-2030 is out

On 9 December 2021 the European Commission published the Social Economy Action Plan 2021-2030. The document is built around three priority areas: Business environment (incl. stimulating appropriate legal frameworks at different level, taxation, etc.); Opportunities and building capacities (incl. enhancing access to funding, support to capacity-building for the sector, public administration, etc.); Awareness and recognition…

Read more

POSTED BY

Reves Admin