News of the European Social Economy
SEN#20May 2023
The first World Social Economy Law has finally been approved by the United Nations
By Rafael Chaves Ávila, president of the Scientific Commission of CIRIEC-Spain, member of the EU Expert Group on Social Economy and Social Enterprises (GECES)
"For their common mission to provide effective responses to major global problems, such as inequality and the climate crisis, and for their governmental mission to solve the economic and social problems of their territories and their citizens, especially the most vulnerable, all the countries of the planet have, since last April, a first-rate regulatory reference that legitimises and gives concrete form to a new public policy, the social economy policy."
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The social economy sector welcomes the UN Resolution for the promotion of the social economy
The social economy sector, represented in Europe by Social Economy Europe (SEE), has expressed its "great satisfaction" with the adoption of the resolution 'Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development' by the UN General Assembly. For the president of SEE, Juan Antonio Pedreño, this resolution "is an important milestone for the social economy, as it places it at the centre of the international scene, reinforcing once again its importance in providing economic solutions with a positive impact on societies".
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Katherine Gibson, guest speaker at the 9th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy - Seoul, from 04 to 06 July
Katherine Gibson will be guest speaker at the 9th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy in Seoul (Republic of Korea) from 04 to 06 July 2023. She will take the floor to present her views about our world today and its future, the place of the social economy and alternative economy models in our era, and recent research on social enterprise in the Asia-Pacific region.
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The different dimensions of sustainability were the focus of the debates at the 19th CIRIEC-Spain Social Economy Researchers' Congress, held in Mataró (Barcelona)
The 19th CIRIEC-Spain Researchers' Congress celebrated the momentum that research and training in Social Economy is also experiencing, with more and more university students approaching the social economy as a field of study, from very different perspectives and topics but all of them highly topical, and with an entity such as CIRIEC that unites them all.
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Philea launches Futures Philanthropy initiative
Philea has launched the Futures Philanthropy initiative, a programme that offers learning and collaboration opportunities and aims to create and share futures literacy in context of philanthropy and civil society. The Futures Philanthropy initiative will bring together foundations and philanthropic organisations in a community to strengthen future thinking capability in the sector and ignite partnership with other sectors.
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New SSE portal of the International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) welcomes the new UN resolution on social and solidarity economy with a new web portal on SSE. All its projects, publications and activities related to the social and solidarity economy can be consulted at: http://ilo.org/sse.
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CIRIEC-Mexico and CIDE presented the case study of the Social Economy Satellite Account of Mexico
On 24 April, the presentation of the Case Study on the Social Economy of Mexico, 2013 and 2018 took place in the framework of the Travelling Seminar 'Satellite Account of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Ibero-America', co-organised by the Centro de Investigación de DocenciaS Económicas (CIDE) and CIRIEC-Mexico. The event was attended by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) and the National Institute of Social Economy (INAES), as well as representatives of CIRIEC-Colombia, CIRIEC-Brazil, CIRIEC-Costa Rica and CIRIEC-Spain.
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New book: Social Innovation, Social Enterprises and the Cultural Economy. Cultural and Artistic Social Enterprises in Practice
The work presented here deals with a topic of notable social significance: how innovation proposed by a Social Enterprise and from a Solidarity Economy logic can contribute to social and economic transformation. The book studies whether a specific subset of social enterprises, active in the field of culture and the arts, could contribute to the economic, environmental, political and cultural transitions, capable of providing transversal solutions.
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Philea Forum 2023 - Šibenik (Croatia) 23-25 May
The Philea Forum 2023, main annual meeting of European foundations, will transport more than 700 delegates to the heart of the Euro-Mediterranean region to discuss about “European values” or the “European way of life”, and how philanthropy can use them as compasses to navigate today’s challenges around climate, democracy and equality.
+infoFirst Legal Congress of CIRIEC-Spain - Cordoba, 15-16 June
In addition to the traditional perspectives (commercial, labour, civil and tax law), the aim is to address areas that have so far been little explored, including historical, international, comparative, philosophical and constitutional studies. The 1st CIRIEC-Spain Legal Conference has the collaboration of the University of Cordoba (UCO), the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Centre for Research in Business Management (CEGEA) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV).
+info9th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy - Seoul, 4-6 July 2023
The aim of this Conference will be to share with academics, entrepreneurs and social sectors their research by contributing to issues such as: social and solidarity economy in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, as major global issues. The CIRIEC-International Research Conferences on Social Economy are the largest academic event on social economy worldwide.
+infoSocial Economy Conference in Gothenburg, June 7-9th
Within the framework of Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on 7-9 June the most important European players in the field of social economy gather in Gothenburg, at a conference highlighting the role of social economy in creating a stronger and more resilient Europe. The conference program is available.
+infoCIRIEC Costa Rica 2023 International Conference
CIRIEC-Costa Rica invites you to the International Conference "The social economy in the development of Latin American societies" on 19-21 July. The event will be held at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia, UNED, Monte de Oca, San José, Costa Rica.
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