Resources
This resources library brings together key publications, tools, and learning materials supporting the development of the social economy across Europe. Find the initiatives under our Inclusion focus.
The Employee Involvement in Personal and Household Services Industry
Personal and household services (PHS) cover a broad range of activities that contribute to wellbeing at home of families and individuals: child care, long term care for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, cleaning, remedial classes, home repairs, gardening, ICT support, etc. EIforPHS project aimed at exploring : the PHS evolution in EU and in the World; the actors and their business models; the employee involvement experiences with focus on ICP; Information Consutation and Parteciaption; National Situations in Italy, Spain, France and Greece; Relevant Practices.
- Type: Good practices, Research Paper
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 01/01/2016
Youth Social Entrepreneur Competences Profile
The goal of this KIT is to provide both trainers and trainees a step by step approach on how to develop social enterprises, starting with the understanding of basic concepts and institutional frameworks of setting up a social enterprise in Europe (specifically in Romania, Italy and Belgium), moving on to building and promoting the newly established enterprise.
- Type: Framework of competences
- Author: Eleonora Lamio
- Published on: 01/02/2022
Preliminary Study on the inclusion for digital emwpowerment for migrant women
This report summarizes the digital labour markets in six EU countries (The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Greece, Bulgaria). It primarily concentrates on the digital skill opportunities for migrants and refugees, with special attention to migrant and refugee women.
- Type: Research Paper
- Author: Frohar Poya
- Published on: 01/07/2021
The positive impact of migrants in the sphere of the economy
This research collect and analyse information on the impact of migrant population in Europe on 3 different areas: the migrants’ contribution to European economic value, including innovative entrepreneurship and new products; the added value of migrants in the European social context, including the way they contribute to social cohesion, support and solidarity; the ways migrants contribute to European cultural diversity, including the production of new cultural models, and the co-creation of cultural products.
- Author: MAX project, Diesis Network
- Published on: 01/01/2017
IN4bte: CaseStudies
Information , consultation and participation rights,as a factor of success of the bussiness transfer to employees in SMEs. Case studies.
- Type: Good practices
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 01/06/2014
How Social Enterprise contribute to sustainable food systems
Our study begins with an overview of food systems, and a brief discussion of the concept of sustainable food systems. T he second part deals with the social economy and social enterprises as models for the development of sustainable food systems, and presents some alternative patterns for food systems developed by social economy enterprises, such as social farming and community food. The third part of the study focuses on the role of the social entrepreneur and presents some good practices of social enterprises involved in creating sustainable food systems. This research has enabled us to elaborate some observations on the role of social economy organisations in the implementation of actions toward sustainable food systems.
- Type: Good practices, Research Paper
- Author: Diesis Network
EntreComp into actiom: get inspired maket it happen
EntreComp into Action, a user guide to the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework.
- Type: Good practices, Guide/Handbook/Toolkit
- Author: European Commission, Joint Reserach Centre
- Published on: 01/01/2018
Cultural and Social Youth Entrepreneurship: CASYE project
This document was developed in the framework of the project CASYE carried out by Diesis Network, with the collaboration of all the partners of the project. It is a background research on Cultural and Social Youth Enterpreneurship in selected EU Members States.
- Type: Research Paper
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 01/01/2020
Hanbook & Good practices: CASYE project
The handbook will contain all the relevant worksheets and materials needed when developing a mentor/mentee relationship, as well as other useful information for building your entrepreneurial idea within the CCI sector. It will help you to build both the knowledge and skills to start shaping your enterprise and lay the foundation for a successful mentoring experience.
- Type: Good practices, Framework of competences, E-learning course
- Author: Diesis Network
Right to Grow: Interviews
NewTalents4EU: Training
NewTalents4EU (NT4EU) project proposes to empower all refugees to program their future, making integration work now and more durably. Market-focused training schemes in coding/programming skills and enterprises networking will be implemented by social innovators across four EU countries, offering a skilled workforce in a demanding sector.
- Type: E-learning course
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 21/05/2021
MAX: Training, Research & Good Practices
The MAX project will change public perception of migrants’ contribution to society, both by seeking to convince rationally on the basis of facts and statistics, but also by acting on opinion formers and on citizens directly. The messages are based on scientific research into facts and opinions, as well as on emotion, and will tell personal stories and creating face-to-face encounters between indigenes and newcomers.
- Type: Good practices, Training programme, Peer learning report, E-learning course, Research Paper, Guide/Handbook/Toolkit
- Published on: 15/05/2020
Supporting Youth Social Entrepreneurship: Western Balkan & Europe
Supporting Youth Social Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans and Europe has been published within the framework of the WB SEA (Western Balkans Social Economy Alliance) project, in June 2021. The study looks into the opportunities open to social economy and how economic activity can be carried out among the youth community and the youth voluntary and social enterprise sectors across the Western Balkan countries and the EU. The ultimate goal is to stimulate more young people to start and develop social businesses, and to make sure that they have access to appropriate help and support at each stage of their entrepreneurial path. The study also draws out the challenges, needs and trends identified in the Western Balkan region in the field of youth social entrepreneurship and lead to recommendations inspired by the country models in terms of the right tools, programmes and support to meet the needs of youth in the Western Balkan countries, so they can, eventually, contribute their utmost to the development and the success of their social businesses.
- Type: Research Paper, Guide/Handbook/Toolkit
- Author: Diesis Network & Project Partner
- Published on: 01/01/2021
Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship: the role of social economy enterprises in supporting migrant entrepreneurs
The support that the social economy can give to migrant entrepreneurs is extremely relevant and diversified. This chapter analyses how actors from the social economy sector support migrants before, during and after the creation of a social enterprise. Indeed, social economy enterprises can encourage and support not just the creation of new jobs, but also entrepreneurship and access to economic activities for migrants and refugees.
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 01/11/2020
Youth Social Entrepreneurship: Framework of Competences
- Type: Framework of competences
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 01/01/2022
Quo vadis, homo?
An article about the EMEN project was published on the June issue and special edition of Focus Europe entitled “Quo vadis, homo? The European Union at a crossroads concerning the vocational integration of refugees – green paper from grassroots projects”.
- Type: Article
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 01/06/2019
Improving work-life balance through enabling social services
The European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) contains a principle (principle 9) aimed at improving work-life balance of parents and people with caring responsibilities. One of the deliverables of the EPSR is the ‘New Start’ initiative aimed at addressing the work-life balance challenges faced by working parents and carers. The initiative, launched on 26 April 2017, entails a mixture of legislative and non-legislative measures aimed at modernising the regulation of this area. The Work-Life Balance Package proposed will help working parents and carers by not obliging them to make a choice between their family lives and their professional careers. The proposal for a directive sets new or higher minimum standards to create more convergence between EU Member States, by preserving and extending existing rights. It will improve current EU law on paternity, parental and carers’ leave as well as flexible working arrangements.
- Type: Research Paper, Paper other topic
- Author: Social Services Europe
- Published on: 01/01/2018
Employee Involvement In Facility Management Enterprises
The present study is composed of three main parts. The first part focuses on the European legal framework related to the European Company and the European Cooperative Society as well as on the rights of information and consultation of the workers. The Second part of the study focuses on the situation in Countries involved in the project: Italy, Spain, Greece, Hungary and Bulgaria.The third part focuses on the development training modules for the implementation of rights of information, consultation and participation of employees.
- Type: Research Paper
- Author: Project team EI for FM
- Published on: 01/04/2018
Best European Policies ,Analysis and Transference in PHS
The twenty good practices identified correspond to relatively different, diverse models, in terms of both forms of action and spheres of intervention, which makes it possible to enrich the analysis and the lessons learnt in the work process.
- Type: Good practices, Impact Report
- Author: Project team
- Published on: 01/03/2018
Mapping European Social Market Economy: Review on Social Dialogue, Labour Market and Employment: Project MESMER
After a short introduction on the concept of social economy and its main components in each country, the country reports descibe the main players of social economy and their role in social dialogue and industrial relationships. Part of the report is devoted to the analysis of work conditions in social economy enterprises and the involvement of workers and democratic governance in social economy and social enterprises (namely participation, consultation and information rights and models of business governance and involvement of workers). Each country report is completed by the description of one or more concrete examples of good practices of social economy enterprises in the filed of social dialogue. Section two of the report provides a crosscutting overview of the main findings of the research focused on the workers’ cooperative sector since, from the country reports, it emerged that it is the sector with more interesting practices and where the cooperation with trade unions is more developed. This overview focuses on some countries, namely Italy, Spain France and UK, and examines in depth positive behaviours and practices that can be replicated or serve as experience for other countries. Section three consists in a series of conclusions aiming at supporting and addressing the European and national policy level, in the view of contributing to the ongoing debate on the best way to shape initiatives for enhancing social business and social economy and their role in social dialogue.
- Type: Impact Report, Paper other topic
- Author: Diesis Network
The Employee Involvement in Personal and Household Services Industry
Personal and household services (PHS) cover a broad range of activities that contribute to wellbeing at home of families and individuals: child care, long term care for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, cleaning, remedial classes, home repairs, gardening, ICT support, etc. One can distinguish between “care” activities and “non-care” activities, depending on the state of being of the recipient of the service or his/her needs. One can say that care services are provided to (dependent) persons with special needs (long-term care for older people, care services to disabled persons, childcare services), while “non-care” services will rather be provided so as to improve the well-being of the recipients. However, it is important to note that the same service (e.g., cleaning the home) can be considered as part of the overall care provided to a dependent person, or just a convenience service helping non-dependent people to have more free time or better conciliate their work-life balance. ( EI for PHS project)
- Type: Research Paper, Paper other topic
- Author: Diesis Network
- Published on: 03/03/2016