EURICSE participated in the meeting "Young people, Activism and the Social Economy in Tuscany". Giulia Galera, senior researcher, presented the data from the study supporting the IKIGAI SOCIAL HUB project. Mirella Maturo, senior expert, moderated the panel dedicated to the new generations in social enterprise. Read More
On the 10th of July, our junior researcher Giulia Tallarini spoke at the annual conference of the European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS) in Riga, presenting EURICSE's contribution to the ESIRA project, funded by the European Commission through Horizon Europe. Read More
From 27 to 29 November 2025 the Scientific Colloquium on Social Enterprise will be held in Rome, promoted by the journal Impresa Sociale and EURICSE, in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome and INAPP, with the support of the Perugia Foundation. Abstracts should be sent by 10 September 2025. Read More
EURICSE is launching a new two-year research project in June, funded with €460,000 by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) through the Fund for Economic and Social Research. The project will investigate the role of social economy organizations in integrating social and healthcare services, aiming to enhance their effectiveness and accessibility. Read More
Giulia Galera, senior researcher, and Gianluca Salvatori, Secretary General of EURICSE, took part in two high-profile panels at the Trento Festival of Economics, offering insights on the role of the social economy in today’s economic landscape. Read More
On the 29th of April, EURICSE participated in the 1st ESIRA Policy Event - ‘Breaking the Cycle of Rural Decline’, an event that brought together researchers, policy-makers and practitioners with the aim of discussing the role of the social economy in the regeneration of rural areas in Europe. Read More
EURICSE, toghether with other members of the European Commission's Expert Group on the Social Economy and Social Enterprises (GECES), signed a joint statement addressing the discontinuation of the unit dedicated to the social economy within DG GROW. Read More
From the 22nd to the 25th of May, the Festival of Economics returns to Trento. The main theme of 2025, "Fatal risks and choices. Europe at the crossroad", proposes a reflection on the crucial challenges awaiting the continent. EURICSE will be among the protagonists of the official programme. Read More
On the 4th of April, during the Assembly of Confcooperative Alpe Adria in Gorizia, our Secretary General Gianluca Salvatori will present data on the social economy in Europe based on the report Benchmarking the socio-economic performance of the EU social economy. Read More
On 7th February in Brussels, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted the presentation of the Statistical Report on the Social Economy in the EU, produced by EURICSE and CIRIEC, with the support of the European Commission in the framework of the Action Plan for the Social Economy. Read More
Euricse has published a new in-depth page on the social economy in Italy on its website. Thanks to interactive graphs and official data from authoritative sources, it is possible to explore in detail the number of organisations, employment and their contribution to the national economy. Read More
On the 7th of February, Euricse, together with CIRIEC, will present the new report on the social economy in the EU at an event organised by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels Read More