Being a Work Integration Social Enterprise: the event in Brussels

On November 18th, Giulia Galera participated in the event organized by ENSIE Network in Brussels at the European Economic and Social Committee focused on the question of what it means to be a Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) today. During the event our researcher presented some of the key findings from… Read More

Social cooperatives and for-profit enterprises in Trentino, new areas for collaboration

How can work integration social cooperatives and for-profit enterprises develop a deeper collaboration to further promote the work integration of disadvantaged people? Euricse’s new project focused on production chains and job opportunities will provide cooperatives and local enterprises with guidelines to establish new forms of collaboration. The first fourteen partners took… Read More

Learning Community , Introduction to the cost-benefit analysis model

Con.Solida, the consortium of social cooperatives in Trentino, entrusted Euricse with running a training activity called “LEARNING COMMUNITY – Introduction to the cost-benefit analysis model”, derived from models developed within the research project “Analysing the social impact, work quality and welfare systems of cooperative and social enterprises”. Read More

Economic and social impact assessment for work integration social enterprises

The topic of social impact evaluation is of great interest and a priority to both researchers and cooperatives. Nevertheless, some of the methodologies tested in the past can prove to be full of gaps or risky, while new models are not yet sufficiently promoted nor tested. Prompted by a number of social cooperatives and their consortia, for some years Euricse has been reflecting on the theme of social impact evaluation. Read More