Within the World Economic Forum a live-streamed session on Social Innovation at the Cutting Edge will be held on Wednesday 22 January at 11:30 am

Launch of the European Social Enterprise Monitor (ESEM) Report 2023-2024 in the Social Innovation House in Davos

Livestream link of the launch event can be follow online (Thursday 23 January at 15:30-16:15 CET).  https://www.youtube.com/c/Catalyst2030

Kick-off for the EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform

event information, registration

“Impact Measurement and Management 360°”, the Impact Europe’s 10-week advanced peer-learning programme on Impact Measurement and Management, starting on 12 March

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Conference  "Fostering Europe's prosperity and industrial transformation: Cooperatives as drivers of change" by the European Commission, CECOP and the European Economic and Social Committee. The one-day event will take place in occasion of the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives. 

Agenda and Registration 

Global Government Summit - Shaping the future of social innovation 

Declaration

21st Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference by EGADE and IMD

Registration

"Fostering Europe’s prosperity and industrial transformation: Cooperatives as drivers of change" by Shark Tank ESADE.

Registration

Metrics from the Ground Up 2025 - ANDE 

Registration

SEWF Policy Forum 2025 by Social Enterprise World Forum

Agenda and Registration

Swiss Forum for Social Entrepreneurship

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International expert seminar on the development of the Social Economy in Poland and Europe. 

Registration

Open Business for Community Development international event

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BLUEDOTS project - Living lab event

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Barcelona, Spain

Online

European WISE Alliance Working Group Meeting

Agenda & registration

The Cooperative Model in the Era of Sustainable Reporting – Values That Build a Better World (CECOP and Polish members NAUWC and OZRSS)

Registration | More information on the event here.

EU GPP Helpdesk Webinar: Reserved contracts and sustainable public procurement

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Empowering WISEs for a Sustainable Future: GreenBoost4WISEs - Final Conference

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EU Social Economy Week - Agenda

European Social Economy Awards - More information

"Who’s the Boss? Algorithmic Management & the Cooperative Perspective" webinar

Registration

FEBEA Annual Conference 2025: The Next Chapter of Ethical Finance. 

More details coming soon.

Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy Conference (YEPA) taking place on Monday, October 6, 2025 from 14.00 until Tuesday, October 7, 12.30, organised together by the Commission and the OECD. More information 

Agenda  and To follow online 

CECOP Conference “Quality Jobs, the Cooperative Way” between 14.30 and 17.30. Through powerful testimonies, expert insights, and policy discussions, the conference will spotlight how cooperatives are delivering on fair, inclusive, and democratic working environments, with workers in control.

Registration 

Social Enterprise World Forum 25 (SEWSF25)

Registration and Agenda

10th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy

The conference is an international meeting place for senior and early-stage researchers interested in the whole range of the social economy components (cooperatives, mutuals, associations, foundations)

"10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise" by EMES. 

Important Dates, Registration and Abstract submission

"Policies for people and places - European value chains, social economy and urban renewal at work"

Agenda and registration

ENACT Hackathon! by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. A three-day innovation marathon bringing together entrepreneurs, social economy actors and tech experts to co-design new products, services and digital solutions in the agri-food sector. 

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Launch event EC/OECD flagship report about the Social Economy in Europe: Social econmy in Europe: Contributing to Competitiveness and Prosperity

Agenda and registration

European WISE Alliance Working Group Meeting will take place online on 11 December 2025 from 10:00 to 12:00. During the meeting, ENSIE will launch the results of the Impact-WISEs study and outline ENSIE’s position on the Quality Jobs Roadmap, and the concrete achievements of projects such as DIGIT-ABLE and DigitalBoost will be presented. 

Agenda  and registration 

Social Economy European Meeting – Social Economy at the Core of Transitions conference by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU: Social Economy European Meeting (socialeconomy2024.eu) 

Liège Roadmap for Social Economy in the European Union adopted at the Conference of European Ministers responsible for Social Economy organised on 12 February 2024 in Liège

Diesis: Final Event of the project SEA4NEB  - Social Economy Actors for New European Bauhaus

Details about the event

Registration: https://lnkd.in/eVxC2aAP

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Social Services Helpdesk conference: Unlocking EU Funds for Social Inclusion: Investing in quality services, support and lives,

Final programme & registration here

European Social Innovation Forum organised by the Network of European Social Entrepreneurs and Innovators - NESEI.

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Lasi, Romania & Online

Enterprising for tomorrow, 3rd edition #EFT2024 Romania's Flagship Social Economy Event

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Anniversary Webinar For the United Nations General Assembly Resolution Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy For Sustainable Development. 

Agenda & registration 

Committe of the Regions event with Commissioner Nicolas Schmit: Social innovation for zero long-term unemployment - towards an EU-wide response

Information, programm & registration (by 15/04) 

Public procurement event by RReuse,

Information and registration

The Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy (YEPA) organises 3 online workshops on social entrepreneurship by the OECD & European Commission 

23 April registration 

25 April registration 

26 April registration 

Webinar to present the key findings of the flagship publication Survey Report on Microfinance in Europe by the European Microfinance Network (EMN) and the Microfinance Centre (MFC)

Registration

International conference on challenges and opportunities of a fair, green and digital transition on the labour market and in the field of education in the Danube Region. 

Draft agenda & registration (until 13 May) 

General assembly and symposium 2024 of Cooperatives Europe

Registration and draft Agenda

The conference Shaping an ecosocial future now!
Disseminating and advancing transdisciplinary research
on sustainability transitions presents the main findings of the European research and doctoral training project ASTRA, combining social work and transdisciplinary sustainability transition research, policies and practices 

Program & Registration (until April 28)

Conference by EMN: Cultivating Futures. Nurturing entrepreneurs through microfinance,

Registration

The SocialTech4EU project is organising its final conference "Green and digital together" by ENSIE at the European Economic and Social Committee The SocialTech for Europe for Resilient and Responsible Ecosystems, SocialTech4EU, is a two-year project who started in 2022. 

Agenda and Registration 

“AI Theory of Change” organised by Portugal Social Innovation 

This 1 hour session (between 10.00 and 11.00) will explore two cutting-edge AI tools designed to enhance impact measurement within the social innovation ecosystem.

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Vilnius, Lithuania

Capacity Building Workshop "Measuring Social Impact & Matchmaking" by the Network of European Social Entrepreneurs and Innovators (NESEI). The aim will be to explore how to shape the future of social innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe. 

Register here by October 7, 2024

Policy Forum by Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF)

Program 

Social Finance Vibe 2024: Leadership and Diversity, by Microfinance Centre (MNC)

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Final event of B-WISE project "Boosting employment of workers with support needs and boosting skills for work integration" by ENSIE. The event will be held on the 13th of November, 9:30-18:00 at the European Economic and Social Committee

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Final event for the cooperation between WISEs and private enterprises by ENSIE

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Social Enterprise Day and Research Seminar on Social Entrepreneurship by the Centre of Expertise for Social Enterprises

Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) Social Enterprise day. SEWF is holding a virtual event to inspire, engage and connect the global movement. The programme is scheduled across three time blocks to ensure that wherever you are in the world, you can join during your daytime

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Socially Responsible Public Procurement Webinar on “National approaches to SRPP - Tools and methodologies to monitoring and measure social impacts” from 10.00 to 11.30

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(21-22/11)

postponed

[posponed until further notice due to the floods] 

Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy: International Congress "CooperaMED" 

(streaming link will be added)

Brussels, Belgium

and online

Final event: Code of Conduct for the social economy. The conference on 28 November from 10am - 2pm will present the EU Code of Conduct for data sharing and management in the social economy.

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Closing event of the 9^th Edition of the European Microfinance Day (EMD) campaign.

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Online

Socially Responsible Public Procurement Webinar “Successful examples of SRPP and how procurement authorities integrate social considerations into public procurement” will take place from 10:00 to 11:30.

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Round table on the future of social economy in Europe in Brussels at 17h30 by Pour La Solidarité and SMART

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First edition of « Luxembourg Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award ». Social entrepreneurs are creating innovative economic solutions that meet social and societal needs. It is important to support and promote these initiatives. 

More details to follow soon.

“The Social Economy project, for an economy that works for people and the planet” - Event on the Social Economy by Citizen Movements for Social Democracy and the Renovative Left (in Greek) 

https://www.youtube.com/@user-de7bn1re5x  

https://www.youtube.com/@user-js3qv3fu7i 

https://www.youtube.com/@user-mi4jv3nn8n  

Adoption of UN resolution on social economy

The resolution provides an official definition for the Social and Solidarity Economy and acknowledges that it can contribute to the achievement and localization of the Sustainable Development Goals.

19/04  

16h-17h30

EVPA - Talking Numbers – Scaling impact practices 

The webinar convenes national experts to discuss a set of crucial topics linked to the European data harmonisation effort, such as additionality, listed assets and impact investing segmentation. We aim to foster a fruitful discussion among different market builders and find sweet spots to improve European collaboration for harmonising the impact investing market.   

09/05  

11h - 12h CEST 

EVPA - Granting to develop, not deter, enterprise 

How can funders ensure grants aid – not hinder –  enterprise growth?   

EVPA – Business of Impact 2023 

Get perspectives on how to transform business models and further empower corporate social investors in the interest of creating more purpose-driven organisations.    

ENSIE: Work integration social enterprises: a European Perspective, Good practices, similarities and differences, hints for innovative collaboration between public sector and WISEs 

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EU2023 Social Economy. Building a stronger resilient Europe https://socialeconomy2023.com/ 

https://cecop.coop/works/gothenburg-becomes-the-eus-center-for-social-economy-for-three-days  

EVPA - Impact in the Neighbourhood 

Join the Collaborate for Impact community for two days of building social entrepreneurship through impact investing! Learn, connect and scale impact with pioneers and leaders of impact entrepreneurship in the central and eastern Europe and Middle East and north Africa (MENA) regions. 

GSG Global Impact Summit 2023

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Social finance Vibe (Microfinance Center) 

The agenda of this year’s edition is divided into 3 main streams – Social Economy Actors, Vulnerable Groups, and Mega Trends.

Link to agenda

Link to event page & recording : Social Finance Vibe 2023 (mfc.org.pl)