The social economy ecosystem in Europe is diverse, with many organisations working on representing, supporting and promoting the social economy. In this section we aim to map key stakeholders, starting with networks that are active at European level.
The list is non-exhaustive. Organisations active in specific countries can be found in the country pages.
Social Economy networks active at EU-level
List grouped by topic
Social economy (general)
- Social Economy Europe: https://www.socialeconomy.eu.org/
- Euclid Network: https://euclidnetwork.eu/
- Diesis Network: https://www.diesis.coop/
- RIPESS Europe – Solidarity Economy Europe is the European network of the Social Solidarity Economy organisations (part of the RIPESS Intercontinental network): https://ripess.eu/en/
Cooperatives
- Cooperatives Europe: https://coopseurope.coop/
- CECOP – European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives: https://www.cecop.coop/
Research on Social Economy
- CIRIEC International: https://www.ciriec.uliege.be/en/
- EURICSE - European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises: https://euricse.eu/en/
- EMES Network: https://emes.net/
- Euclid Network: https://euclidnetwork.eu/
Social services
- ENSIE – European Network of social integration enterprises: https://www.ensie.org/
- CEFEC – Social Firms Europe (European Network of organizations that all share the objective of creating paid work for disabled and disadvantaged people.): https://socialfirmseurope.eu/
- Social Services Europe – Not-for-profit social & healthcare service providers: https://www.socialserviceseurope.eu/
Mutuals
- AIM – International association of mutual benefit societies https://www.aim-mutual.org/
Philanthropy
- Philea – Philanthropy Europe Association: https://philea.eu/
Impact Investing
- Impact Europe (formerly EVPA): https://www.impacteurope.net/
Microfinance
- EMN – European Microfinance Network: https://www.european-microfinance.org/
- MFC – Fundacja microfinance centre: https://mfc.org.pl/
- FEBEA – European Federation of ethical and alternative banks and financiers: https://febea.org/
Circular economy
- RREUSE – The European network of social enterprises active in the circular economy in re-use, repair and recycling: https://rreuse.org/
Digital Transition & Social Tech
- Social Good Accelerator EU: https://socialgoodaccelerator.eu/
Cities and regions
- REVES – European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy: http://www.revesnetwork.eu/
- ESER – European Social Economy Regions: ESER intiative
European networks with some links to the social economy
- Eurocities: https://eurocities.eu/
- Pour la Solidarité (European think & do thank promoting solidarity and sustainability): https://www.pourlasolidarite.eu/fr
- EASPD – European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities: https://www.easpd.eu/
- EEN – Enterprise Europe Network (esp. its proximity and social economy sector group): https://een.ec.europa.eu/
International social economy networks
Social economy (general)
- ESS / SSE Forum International: https://www.essforuminternational.com
- Social Enterprise World Forum: https://sewfonline.com/
- Global Forum for Social and Solidarity Economy (global organisation of local governments and civil society networks): https://www.gsef-net.org/
- RIPESS – Intercontinental network for the promotion of social solidarity economy: https://www.ripess.org/
- Diesis Network: www.diesis.coop/
Cooperatives
- ICA – International Cooperative Alliance: https://www.ica.coop/en
- CICOPA – International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives: https://www.cicopa.coop/
Mutuals
- AIM – International association of mutual benefit societies https://www.aim-mutual.org/
- ICMIF – International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation: https://www.icmif.org
Social entrepreneurship
- Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship by the World Economic Forum & Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship: https://initiatives.weforum.org/global-alliance-for-social-entrepreneurship/home
- ELANET (European Latin-American Network in support for Social Entrepreneurs): https://www.elanet-se.org
International networks on impact investing
- GIIN – Global Impact Investing Network: https://thegiin.org/about/
- GSG – The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment: https://gsgii.org/
- Social Value International (Global Network for Social Value and Impact Management): https://www.socialvalueint.org/
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RSS
SOGA is a European network that gathers and supports Social Tech and social economy organisations in their digital transition
- Website
- https://socialgoodaccelerator.eu/
- Phone number
- +33 (0)1 40 53 00 84
Social Services Europe (SSE) is a network of 8 European umbrella organisations representing over 200,000 not-for-profit social and health care organisations.
- Website
- https://www.socialserviceseurope.eu/
- Phone number
- +32 495240692
Social Value International brings together practitioners, organisations and changemakers from around the world with a shared mission to change the way the world accounts for value.