by JoseJuan | Jun 26, 2024 | Highlights
The International Day of Co-operatives (#CoopsDay), which is officially celebrated every first Saturday in July, will have the slogan “Co-operatives Build a Better Future for All”, a theme that is in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
by JoseJuan | Jun 26, 2024 | Highlights
The UN General Assembly, at its meeting on June 19th, declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025), to be celebrated under the theme “Cooperatives Build a Better World”, following the theme of the first ‘CoopsYear’, held in...
by JoseJuan | Jun 26, 2024 | Highlights
Juan Antonio Pedreño was re-elected for the fourth time as president of Social Economy Europe (SEE), an organization that encompasses 2.8 million entities, represents about 8% of the European GDP, and employs more than 13.6 million people. In Pedreño’s words,...
by JoseJuan | May 29, 2024 | Highlights
A hundred participants gathered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on May 11 and 12, 2024, for the Annual General Assembly of the European Disability Forum (EDF). The Slovenian National Disability Council – NSIOS – hosted the event, which included a pre-conference on...
by JoseJuan | May 29, 2024 | Highlights
After several years of intense negotiations, the EU institutions have agreed on the reform of the Union’s fiscal rules, which could signal a return to the austerity policies of the past decade. For Social Platform, the main platform for European social...
by JoseJuan | May 29, 2024 | Highlights
Micro and small social economy enterprises often lack resources and opportunities to engage in green transition processes. The transnational initiative “Skills for Transition: Increasing the Impact of Small Social Economy Enterprises (SKI.F.T.)” aims to...