25 November 2025

The B.RIGHT SPACES Charter for the Defenders of Civic Spaces

On 3 December, alongside the REVES General Assembly, we will officially present the B.RIGHT SPACES Charter, a milestone document developed to strengthen and safeguard civic spaces across Europe. The Charter is addressed to all actors committed to fostering vibrant, inclusive and resilient civic environments at local and regional levels: Local and Regional Public Institutions, Social…

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9 October 2025

Joint Statement: 100 billion Euros for social spending? The devil’s in the details

REVES is part of the 52 signatories of a Joint Statement of European Organisations on the Commission proposals relating to the future Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2028-2034 and the place given therein to investments in social cohesion.  The document includes a deeper assessment of different aspects such as: Guaranteed funding fordelivering on Europe’squality jobs, skills, and…

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11 October 2023

Event: Social economy as a key driver of social green transition in small and peripheral territories

The transnational project GRAPE aims at experimenting the co-construction of local plans for the green, social and digital transitions in four small and marginalised territories engaging social economy actors. Indeed, effective resilience to the climate, social and economic crisis is inherently local and in the EU there are some 121 000 small municipalities (EUROSTAT, LAU2)…

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29 August 2023

Social Economy as a partner for the design and implementation of Local/Regional Action Plans for Green Transition

“Social economy as a partner for the design and implementation of local action plans for green transition: Best practices, opportunities and challenges”   RESPONDET Final Webinar 14 September, 9.30 am-1 pm (CET)   During more than a year, regions and cities from four EU Member States have been working on ways to improve the capacity…

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14 July 2023

COMPETENCE BUILDING IN THE SOCIAL ECONOMY: A PATHWAY TO TRANSITION

Holding adequate skills, including the ability to adapt them to the context, are essential elements for dealing with, preventing and also directing changes in the transition phases. This is even more true for social economy operators and structures, which by their very nature are involved in complex creative processes that are never the same. However,…

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13 February 2023

SOCIALE ECONOMY BUILDING A STRONGER RESILIENT EUROPE

“Gothenburg becomes the EU’s center for social economy – for three days In connection with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the most important European players in the field of social economy gather in Gothenburg,  at a conference highlighting the role of social economy in creating a stronger and more resilient…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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