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A New Vision for a Competitive and Sustainable Economy

Today, we launch our new website—an important milestone in consolidating our collective work and strengthening how we bring our shared vision into life as network.  At the core of this community are you, our members and partners: the knowledge, relationships, and capacity to act that drive everything we do. 
Dices Frederci Dufays

Frédéric Dufays on Economic Democracy, Organisational Governance, and Inclusive Care Systems

In this interview, Dufays reflects on the role of economic democracy in everyday care practices, the importance of inclusive governance, and what meaningful impact looks like for research aimed at strengthening social inclusion. Read the interview to discover how democratic organisations can build better care for workers and communities alike.

Work Safety in the European Union: International Workers’ Day and the Role of the Social and Solidarity Economy

Empowering Rural Women: Catalysts for Sustainable Development in the European Union

Rural areas within the European Union (EU) have long been characterized by their natural beauty, agricultural richness, and traditional way of life.

The social economy momentum and its future colours

Future Skills for Social Economy in Europe

Many individuals in the EU faced continuous job losses or significant income reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a great necessity emerged to acquire new skills to transition from declining activities to expanding ones, especially due to the rise in new ground-breaking technologies and incentives for the young public to enter a potentially challenging labour market.

EC Recognizes the RIDE project

We are excited to share a major achievement for our groundbreaking project, RIDE (Reach Inclusion through Digital Empowerment for Migrant Women), as it has been highlighted by the European Commission as part of the European Year of Skills.

Advancing Green Jobs for Young People in Rural Areas

Social Economy Approach to Creating Gender Safe Workplaces

Empower women to regenerate our rural communities

The European Green Deal sets Europe on the pathway to becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The EU’s first-ever Gender Equality Strategy is designed to make gender equality in the EU a reality.

Thoughts about employee financial participation, democracy at work, competitiveness and sustainability

There is no democracy at work without worker involvement. These days democracy – including economic democracy – is even more important than ever when we witness decline in democratic trends especially in politics in certain countries what has a profound effect on all areas of life. Democracy starts and manifest at lower levels, democracy at work and democracy at home are basic ingredients.  But what does this mean when we talk about democracy at work?

Social economy organisations and trade unions – partners in social dialogue?

Social dialogue – as defined by the ILO – includes all types of negotiation, consultation or simply exchange of information between, or among, representatives of governments, employers and workers, on issues of common interest relating to economic and social policy.

The future of youth: what role for social economy?

A brief overview of youth unemployment in the EU