The availability of financial resources is often held to be one of the fundamental conditions for launching a new season of development for cooperatives and social enterprises. Particularly in regards to the latter category, debate has increased greatly in recent years, thanks in part to documents like the European Commission’s Social Business Initiative (COM2011 682) and other policy initiatives that have led to an increase in the number of actors – mostly from the private sector – who seem interested in investing in initiatives “with a high social impact”. Read More
Project status: concluded Description All over Italy, regenerated railway stations host many different initiatives – social, cultural and tourism services, for example – aimed at inspiring inclusion and social cohesion and promoted and managed by non-profit organizations. Objectives The collaboration between Euricse and the… Read More
Euricse is one of the 100 partners from around Europe participating in Targeted Network/BESTPRAC, an action aimed at creating a network of technical and administrative staff working to support researchers involved in research projects. Read More
EU CoopC serves as a continuation of the Ariadne project, which concluded in 2012. The project developed out of the awareness of new training needs, responding to them by coming up with specific learning pathways for cooperative managers. Read More
Social economy organizations today face major challenges (mergers, competitive procurement, etc.) that must be tackled in particular by improving the professionalism of their managers. Read More
Since the 1980s, Western countries have seen a real turning point in terms of housing policy, with local communities becoming involved in the creation of residential neighbourhoods and services. This cultural transformation, aiming at putting inhabitants at the core of urban regeneration initiatives and housing, started to be considered not just a matter of building houses.
This project intends to extend the general theory of the commons to the specific research area of housing. Read More
The resilience of cooperatives has been widely acknowledged by policy and opinion makers, as well as international organizations. However, in spite of their societal relevance, the lack of understanding of the potential of cooperatives has severe policy implications in terms of insufficient political recognition and inadequate management modalities. Read More
Society’s interest in cooperative and social enterprises stems from their capacity to sustain the welfare of individuals and families, to fight social inequalities and to enhance social cohesion and solidarity behaviours through the production of a wide spectrum of general interest services. Read More
The project aimed to promote the social economy (cooperatives and social enterprises) as a tool for generating jobs, economic development and social inclusion in Romania. Read More
Cooperative initiatives that place the local community at the center of their mission and economic model are multiplying in Italy and elsewhere. Thanks to the recognition of the value of local resources (environmental, historical and cultural), community cooperatives are generating economies able to fuel a supply that improves social cohesion and encourages inclusion, particularly in disadvantaged areas. Read More
As a rule, rural development in Europe is related to agricultural development. C-BIRD recognizes the diversity and complexity of rural areas across Europe in terms of needs and development solutions. Read More
Centri di servizio per il volontariato (CSVs) are volunteer support centres established by the framework law on volunteering (Italian Law 266/91). Their function is to provide support and training to voluntary organizations, and they have been conceived as institutions that manage regional funds in the interest of voluntary organizations. Read More