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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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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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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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European Commission issues proposal for a Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions
On 13 June 2023 the European Commission issued its proposal for a Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions. This Recommendation, once adopted, is a political act of primary importance, as it has to be agreed by all Member States which, by this act, commit themselves to pursue the objectives identified in the document.…
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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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LEGAL ECOSYSTEMS FOR SOCIAL ECONOMY
At the end of an unprecedented peer learning experience, REVES and CEPES are pleased to present the report “legal ecosystems for social economy“, realised within the framework of the OECD global action promoting social & solidarity economy and financed by the European Union. the wide partnership that made this collective growth of knowledge possible was…
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First ever UN Resolution on Social and Solidarity Economy encouraging the involvement of the social and solidarity economy in policymaking processes
Milestone for the recognition and promotion of the social economy at international level: On 18 April 2023 the United Nations General Assembly adopted, for the first time in its history, a resolution on the social and solidarity economy entitled “Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development” (A/77/L.60). With the resolution, the UN acknowledge…
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Declaration for the Support of Slow Fashion
Declaration for the Support of Slow Fashion Barbara Trachte, Secretary of State for Economic Transition of the Brussels-Capital Region (BE), is proposing a declaration calling on the Member States of the European Union, the OECD, the G7/G20 and the United Nations to create a fair level playing field for sustainable slow fashion. The declaration points…
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OECD POLICY GUIDE ON LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
OECD POLICY GUIDE ON LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY The OECD issues a Policy Guide on Legal Frameworks for the Social and Solidarity Economy aimed to support countries, regions and cities wishing to use legal frameworks as an appropriate lever to develop conducive social and solidarity economy (SSE) ecosystems. The gide provides step-by-step…
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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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