Towards a European Statute for Social and Solidarity-Based Enterprise

A chat with Professor Antonio Fici about his latest study for the European Parliament. “The hope is to now move from theory to practice, meaning concrete legislative initiatives which identify and promote social enterprises.” Social enterprises (SE) are subject to ad hoc legislation in an increasing number of EU jurisdictions, and legislative initiatives in this field are under consideration by EU institutions. With the aim of deepening the understanding of this topic, the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament commissioned, oversaw and published, just a few days ago, the study entitled “A European Statute for Social and Solidarity-Based Enterprise”. Read More

Empublic – Enhancing self-employment and entrepreneurship of disadvantaged people

Project Status: on-going Description The Erasmus Plus project “Empublic – Enhancing self-employment and entrepreneurship of disadvantaged people through better relationships between the public and private sectors”, launched in September 2016, aims at increasing opportunities for education, business ownership and employment for disadvantaged individuals in the context… Read More

New evolutions and regulation of worker cooperatives

The recent interest shown in cooperation between workers needs to be supported by an analysis of the situation of worker cooperation in Italy. In particular, there is interest in examining the conditions under which the management of the cooperative and the regulation of the relationship with worker-members are guaranteed to work efficiently and effectively. Read More