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Social enterprises gaining ground in Europe: new country reports available!
The European Commission is currently updating the map of social enterprises and their eco-systems in Europe which was first published in 2014 and criticized by a number of players. New country reports from Italy, Belgium, Spain, France, Slovakia, Ireland and Poland are now available. Moreover, a more general EU report outlines the latest developments in…
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Housing and social inclusion of refugees. Congratulations to Wind of Renewal for the WELCOMMON project kick-off!
[:en] REVES welcomes the launching of WELCOMMON – the social innovative project for refugees – by the greek partners of the social cooperative Wind of Renewal ! On 12 of October 2016, the social cooperative welcomed the first group of refugees in a fully renovated building, located in the center of Athens. On October 2015, Wind of Renewal, started to…
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Brussels, December 5 – Conference on Platform Cooperativism
[:en] On December 5, REVES is invited to participate in the conference “Towards a fair sharing economy: The role and place of cooperative platforms” organised by La Coop des Communs, Confrontations Europe, P2P Foundation, SMart, Ouishare and Cecop. Digital platforms are powerful tools for matching needs, cooperation and sharing information, but they also raise property, governance, democracy…
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CICOPA has designed the Youth Cooperative Entrepreneurship campaign – Make a contribution!
[:en] CICOPA has designed a one-year Youth Cooperative Entrepreneurship campaign to let the world know how young people can satisfy their needs & contribute to a better society through the creation of worker, social and producers’ cooperatives. This campaign aims to: Promote cooperative entrepreneurship and employment among the youth in the world; Create an impact…
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“SAVING JOBS!” – kick-off meeting of the project boosting transfer of enterprises to workers
[:en] On 8-9 September 2016, REVES took part in the first fruitful meeting of the Saving Jobs project consortium which will implement, until mid-2017, a number of activities aiming at improving the environment for transferring businesses to workers/employees by organizing them in a cooperative form, and to raise awareness about the benefits of the cooperative model.…
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15/09/2016 – EP Resolution “How best to harness the job creation potential of SMEs?”
On 15 September 2016, the plenary session of the European Parliament has approved the resolution on how best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2015/2320(INI)). The document is aimed at supporting SMEs in their efforts to combat unemployment (8,9%) and youth unemployment (19,4%) rates, since SMEs provide about two…
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Public consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights: let’s use the doors that are open for us!
[:en] Never has the European integration process undergone a stronger scrutiny than these times. Much is at stake. At the same time, opportunities to build a stronger, citizen-driven Europe arise. Among the “hot issues” figures the ongoing work of the European Commission on the “European Pillar of Social Rights” (REVES had informed its members on…
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Social Economy Intergoup of the European Parliament – Public Hearing: “Towards a European Action Plan for the social economy”
The public hearing will bring together MEPs, high-level European Commission and Member States representatives, EESC members and social economy representatives, to have an exchange of views on the importance of developing a European Action Plan for the social economy, towards an ambiutious European social economy policy. When & Where: Wednesday 28th of September, from 1pm to…
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Social Innovation Community launch event on 26-27 September – Join us!
Funded by the H2020 Programme and run by a consortium of 12 leading organisations across Europe, SIC will build on the work of Social Innovation Europe to engage, strengthen and connect existing social innovation networks including public sector innovators, digital social innovators, social economy actors and more. On 26-27 September, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the activities of the…
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European Parliament’s study on Social Economy – Download it now!
The European Parliament’s study on Social Economy assesses the important role the social economy plays in the EU, shaping a detailed background made up of data, legal frameworks and best practices. Priority policies identified to reach the full potential of the sector include: 1) digital transformation of social economy, 2) enabling EU cross-sectorial regulatory and…
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