On 19th October our Secretary General Gianluca Salvatori took part in the GSEF Global Virtual Forum 2020. The central theme of the Forum was “Great Challenges, Greater Solidarity: Power of Community and SSE as a Path for Transformation”. Salvatori contributed his expertise in the first plenary… 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
This report presents the results of the project "Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems," designed to foster a better understanding of the different ways in which financial resources can be made available and accessible to support the growth of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations and their ecosystems. Read More
The paper investigates the conditions under which consumer ownership should be preferred to investor ownership in economies with externalities. Read More
The General Secretary of Euricse, Gianluca Salvatori, participated on the 25th and 26th of June at International Conference on SSE in Geneva. This event is part of a series of conferences resulting from the Call for Papers “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?” launched… 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
This paper aims to reformulate the "critical" status of consumption by looking for its traces within models that have become mainstream from alternative. In particular, we intend to analyze the effects generated by new value chains with respect to a more conscious and proactive user/consumer. Read More
The main purpose of this volume is to introduce the reader to the legal concept of social economy, as it is being formed at the European level, also in order to assess its relationship to more familiar notions and formulas in the national context, such as that of "Third Sector." Read More
This article will describe the current state of social enterprise legislation in Europe, investigating its key role in the development of the social economy and its particular logics, distinct from those of the for-profit capitalist economy. Read More
The International Labour Organization and the National Institute of Social Economy of Mexico (INAES) are organizing an Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) that will take place in Mexico, from 23 to 27 of November 2015, at the Ibero-American University in Puebla. Read More
We are pleased to announce that our researcher Giulia Galera has been elected new member of the EMES Board of Directors which was elected by all members of the the network in October. Read More
This study explores the dimensions of the social economy in Italy in terms of organizations, employment and revenues, taking into account the market/non-market orientation of organizations. Read More