6 October 2023

Rural Pact Platform: Community Group on Social Economy launched

Rural Pact Platform: Community Group on Social Economy launched   A specific Community Group on Social Economy has been established on the Commission’s Rural Pact Platform. Members of the group have the possibility to exchange information, discuss policies and practices, share surveys, partnership requests, etc. related to the topic ‘rural development and social economy’. The…

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29 September 2023

Local action plans for green transition published: Focus on circular economy and community energy initiatives

Local action plans for green transition published: Focus on circular economy and community energy initiatives In the end of August 2023 RESPONDET partner regions and cities finalised their local action plans for green transition. Focus areas of the plans are the social economy-based circular economy and/or community energy initiatives. The plans were conceived on the…

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20 May 2023

RESPONDET Newsletter May 2023

Join us for the RESPONDET European Policy Lab in Gothenburg!     The RESPONDET consortium is glad to have the occasion to organize its European Policy Lab in the framework of the European conference «Social Economy building a stronger resilient Europe” which will be organized on 8 and 9 June 2023 in Gothenburg (Sweden). The…

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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…

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2 December 2021

Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions: A Handbook for collaboration with social enterprises

New pathways to innovative welfare solutions” is the title of a publication issued by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. So far, (cooperation with the) social economy in Sweden has very much been associated to the field of work integration. However, an increasing number of public authorities now see a need to better…

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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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