News and reflections shaping the sector

Transforming Europe: The New European Bauhaus and Social Economy Integration

Green Pymes Alliance visits Belgium

With the aim of connecting and exchanging experiences, partners from Green Pymes Alliance received the Chamber of Commerce of Honduras and Colombia to share with them good practices of European entrepreneurs for the development of joint activities and commercial matching.

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

BUYSOCIAL: Advancing social entreprenurship in Slovenia: a case study of Institute Knof

Social entrepreneurship addresses societal challenges through innovative products and services, contributing to social, economic, and environmental solutions often overlooked. Unlike traditional companies, these enterprises prioritize sustainability over profit, reinvesting surplus income for growth and equitable governance.

Greening Agri-food: Empowering Social Economy through Supporting Initiatives

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

The social economy momentum and its future colours

The social economy is experiencing a momentum of acknowledgement and expansion at European and international level due to the recognition of its inherent capacity to create a more inclusive, sustainable, and innovative economic system.

Future Skills for Social Economy in Europe

Alliance for a safe and equal working environment

When discussing about gender equality, we touch several areas, from employment, pay, maternity leave, transport, money to power. We are in 2023 and we still have several steps to go before we fully reach equality.

Social and Solidarity Economy Task Force Progress Update from Lebanese Social Enterprises Association

We have great news from our partner from Lebanon! The Lebanese social enterprises association (LSE) shared with us the most significant progress made by the Lebanese Social Enterprises task force in the field of social and solidarity economy.

Social Economy Enterprises and Mainstream Business – Crafting a Sustainable Future in Europe

“Buy Social” represents a transformative approach to procurement that is gaining momentum across Europe and beyond.

Diesis Network at the 4th UNTFSSE technical symposium

The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) celebrated its 4th Technical Symposium in Montreal, Quebec , the October 2nd and 3rd 2023.

EC Recognizes the RIDE project

European Commission Recognizes #RIDEproject for Empowering Migrant Women in Digital Skills Training. 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.

Promising Trends in Greening Social Economy Ecosystem

Council Recommendation on Developing Social Economy Framework Conditions

The European Commission proposes recommendations to boost Social Economy and Launches EU Social Economy Gateway

Advancing Green Jobs for Young People in Rural Areas

Diesis Digital Day – Building a Better Digital Future

Over the past few months, many of you may have been surrounded by news and articles about the advent of usable, public AI chatbot, crypto scams of unassailable scales, and research advances in biotechnology.

Launch of the SEE West Alliance (Nis, Serbia)

On March 30th Diesis Network joined the 4th International tourism conference within the 24th International tourism fair in Niš, Serbia. Together with all our members from the Balkans, we officially launched the SEE WEST ALLIANCE and had the opportunity to host a panel presenting good practices from the region and Europe.

SEE West Alliance: collaboration at its best

Although the topic of social economy has become popular in the Western Balkans, a supportive environment for such initiatives in the countries of the region has not yet been created.

Feasibility Study on SE & the Lithuanian Ecosystem by Diesis Network and LiSBA