The Master GIS, with its 28th edition starting on March 15, 2024, has an all-new format, starting with online and weekend classes to connect with working professionals who want to improve their skills in social enterprise management. Read More
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
In 2011, the European Commission launched the Social Business Initiative (SBI), which established a set of concrete measures to create a favourable environment for the development of social enterprises. The study “Impact of the Social Business Initiative and its follow-up measures”, carried out by… Read More
On the 15th of December Euricse is organizing an online event dedicated to insights from international experiences and practices This online webinar is organized by Euricse on the 15th of December in the framework of the project “Mubaderoon for social change: Strengthening social enterprise initiatives to… Read More
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
A trip around the world in three webinars recounting the cooperative economy through the work of Around the World.coop and commentary from Euricse. "Coop cinema" is a series of online events from October to December featuring screenings of a selection of documentaries produced by Sara Vicari and Andrea Mancori, each followed by reflections from our researchers on the key themes, such as cooperative models, governance, the future of work, and local development. Read More
Euricse joined the Spatial Productivity Lab at the OECD Trento Centre together with an international network of other leading research institutions such as the University of Trento, the Bank of Italy, Sheffield University and Ohio State University. Euricse will focus on the field of social economy… Read More
The Comparative Sinthesis Report of EU Mapping Study is now available. Drawing on the findings from the 35 national reports, this comparative synthesis report provides an overview of the social enterprise landscape in Europe based on information available as of January 2020. This comparative analysis goes beyond the… Read More
EURICSE researchers Giulia Galera and Stefania Chiomento, together with EURICSE president Carlo Borzaga, are participating in the 7th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise held from 24th June to 27th June in Sheffield… Read More
Researchers from all over Europe met in Brussels on May 16th and 17th to discuss the present and future of social enterprises. Over the last two decades, organizations defined as social enterprises have become increasingly important, but their real size and role are still misunderstood in most EU countries. For… Read More
Gianluca Salvatori, Euricse Secretary General, has been appointed member of a new expert group on "Social Economy and Social Enterprise” set up by the European Commission's Social Business Initiative (SBI). The purpose of this new group will be to discuss and agree on developing and strengthening activities related to the development of the potential of the social economy and social enterprises, aiming to promote innovation and positive impact on the economy and society at large. The expert group’s actions will focus on 5 pillars: access to finance, access to markets, better framework conditions, new technologies and social innovation, as well as the development of an international dimension. Read More
Together with the EMES International Research Network, Euricse has recently won the call for tenders launched by the European Commission (Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) for the “Update of the mapping of social enterprises and their ecosystems in Europe”.The objectives of the project are threefold.Firstly, it aims at updating the country reports on 21 EU countries that were published in 2014 as a result of the first mapping study promoted by the European Commission. Seven country reports had been updated during the second phase of the mapping study, carried out in 2016, which targeted seven EU countries. Read More