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2023
Upcoming events
November
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Nov | Brussels | Ensie event on developing Work integration social enterprises |
| 13-14/11 | San Sebastian, Spain | Social economy conference in the context of the Spanish EU presidency |
| 14/11 | San Sebastian, Spain | European Social Economy Awards. Second Edition |
| 13-14/11 | San Sebastian, Spain | RREUSE Side Event to the Social Economy Summit (tbc) |
| 16/11 | Helsinki, Finland | Social Enterprise Day, seminar (tbc) |
| 16-17/11 | Brussels | European Employment and Social Rights Forum (EESRF) DG EMPL, European Commission (incl. one session on social economy on 17/11) |
| 21-22/11 | Online | 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: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Akxh-AZTBH_McD065h1hh0RdjkAfwRY-HeS3T226SAyWBJDqAL9k~Agw8v09hfRowxAgIcst5YhmJJiNQV8sk3rP5z72ZHIs9gZ8vtMvnAVDfGQ Link to event page & registration: Social Finance Vibe 2023 (mfc.org.pl) |
| 22-24/11 | Turin, Italy | EVPA Impact Week |
| 29/11 | Brussels, Belgium & Online | CECOP Conference on "Workers Buyouts - what is the cooperative key to success?" |
December
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 5/12 | tbd | Volunteering day event |
Past events
February
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 16-17/02 | Riga | Final conference BuiCaSus – https://buicasus.eu/event/final-conference/ |
March
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 8/03 | Online | Edition 2023 Euclid Network Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise - Euclid Network |
| 15/03 | Brussels | RREUSE conference on circular skills: ‘All hands on deck: Putting people & skills at the heart of the circular economy’ All hands on deck: Putting people & skills at the core of the circular economy | RREUSE |
| 20-21/03 | Paris | OECD conference (in the context of the EU-OECD project Global Action on Promoting Social and Solidarity Ecosystems): Inspiration, innovation and inclusion: Shaping our future with the social and solidarity economy |
| 26/03 | Online | “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 |
| 31/03 | Online | EU Funding Mentoring on Skills and Education (EVPA) |
April
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 18/04 | New York | Adoption of UN resolution on social economy |
| 4-5/04 | The Hague | Euclid Network: Scaling Social Impact in Europe – Digitalisation and Internationalisation |
19/04 16h-17h30 | Online | 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. |
May
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1-6/05 | Dakar | 6ème édition du Forum Mondial de l’Economie Sociale Appel à propositions GSEF2023 Dakar | GSEF (gsef-net.org) |
09/05 11h - 12h CEST | Online | EVPA - Granting to develop, not deter, enterprise How can funders ensure grants aid – not hinder – enterprise growth? |
| 11/05 | Lisbon | Evocative ceremony of the 10 years of the Social Economy Framework Law in Portugal |
| 15/05 | Venice | 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. |
| 24/05 | Online | Social Enterprise World Forum policy forum |
| 25/04 | Turin | ENSIE: Work integration social enterprises: a European Perspective, Good practices, similarities and differences, hints for innovative collaboration between public sector and WISEs Register here Follow the session via Youtube Turin, CSAL, in Via Paolo Veronese 202 – Turin
From 14.00 TO 18.00 C/0 SERMIG ARSENALE DELLA PACE P.ZZA BORGO DORA, 61 - TORINO (ITALY) |
| 26/05 | Slovenia | Social enterprises fair organised by sPOINT |
| 29/05-01/06 | Dublin | Dublin Circular Economy Hotspot 2023 co-organised by social enterprise The Rediscovery Centre Ireland Circular Economy Hotspot Dublin 2023 (dublincirculareconomyhotspot.com) |
June
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 5/06 | Online | EU GREEN WEEK 2023: RREUSE Webinar: How can policies support inclusive training opportunities in the circular economy? |
| 7-9/06 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 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 |
| 14-16/06 | Paris | European Microfinance Network: 20 years anniversary conference. Economy for the people https://www.european-microfinance.org/event/annual-conference-2023 |
| 20-21/06 | Aldeia da Luz | Social Innovation Village |
| 22/06 | Sofia | Inclusive Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Policy Forum in Sofia organized by Microfinance Centre and MFC Members in Bulgaria (SIS Credit, USTOI, Maritza Invest, etc) |
| 22/06 | Geneva | AIM Seminar on Digital Health |
| 23/06 | Geneva | AIM Seminar on Long Term Care |
| 23/06 | Berlin | RREUSE Textile Conference in Berlin: Policy and Innovation for the Textile Sector |
| 28/06 | Tbilisi | 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. |
July
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 01/07 | Slovenia | International Day of Cooperatives organised by CAAP |
| 04 – 06/07 | Seoul, South Korea | 9th CIRIEC Conference on Social Economy;’ Building forward better: Social and solidarity economy for a peaceful and fair world.’ CIRIEC CIRIEC 2023 (manuscriptlink.com) |
| 11/07 | Berlin, Germany | Social Economy Berlin Konferenz 2023 |
September
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 11 – 14/09 | Frankfurt, Germany | 9th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprises https://emes.net/events/conferences/9th-emes-international-research-conference-on-social-enterprise/ |
| 14/09 | Online | Webinar “Social economy at the core of local®ional action plans for green transition” (RESPONDET/REVES) https://www.revesnetwork.eu/2023/08/29/european-webinar-14-september-2023/ |
| End of Sept or Oct | Bologna | Conference on platform cooperatives (tbc) |
| End of September | Online | EVPA – EU Funding Meet-up (tbc) |
October
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3/10 | Málaga, Spain | GSG Global Impact Summit 2023 |
| 03/10 | Brussels/online | Competence-building in the social economy: A Pathway to Transition (REVES) https://www.revesnetwork.eu/2023/07/14/hybrid-event-3-october-2023/ |
| 4-5/10 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration: High level CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL ECONOMY „Social economy - inspiring, innovative, unifying“ Accompanying event Eleventh European Forum of the entities of Social and Solidarity Economy 05 - 08.10.2023, Sofia, Bulgaria. Live stream here |
| 11-12/10 | Amsterdam | Social Enterprise World Forum annual event https://sewfonline.com/events/sewf23/ |
| 17/10 | Barcelona | Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) event on social economy in the Mediterranean |
| 26-27/10 | Nürnberg, Germany | Consozial 2023 |
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