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The circular economy through a cluster at the 19th edition of Equiplast

After four days of face-to-face event at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via Venue, from September 14 to 17, Equiplast closes the doors of its nineteenth edition with a good taste in the mouth Recycling, new resources and raw materials or Next Generation funds were some of the star themes of the...
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The Social Economy in the Mediterranean

"The Social Economy in the Mediterranean" publication, coordinated by Juan Antonio Pedreño, president of the Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES), brings together more than 500 pages, analysis and opinions of fifty personalities of the Government of Spain, the European...
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EU funding for social economy missions

Under the programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Mediumsized Enterprises (COSME), the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has launched a new call for "Social economy missions" to extend the exististing inter-regional collaboration in the field of...
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Extension of Application Deadline for Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) 

New Deadline: 29 May 2020 The Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) was recently launched and is open for applications. Given the difficult situation currently faced by European countries with the spread of COVID-19, please be informed that the deadline for the submission for the ICC Expressions of...
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A Canvas for Social Economy

In October 2018, during the concluding event of the European Social Economy Regions pilot, a group of policy makers and practitioners asked for more clarity on what should be considered “Social Economy”. As a response, the Social Economy Unit at DG GROW and the EU Policy Lab at DG JRC initiated a...
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Intelligent Cities Challenge open for applications

Deadline for applications: 29 May 2020, 11:59 CET In 2017 the European Commission launched the Digital Cities Challenge to help 41 cities across the EU transform their digital policy to make their urban space more enjoyable for everyone. This year the Commission is going a step further to help 100...
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Social Business Initiative (SBI) follow up: Cooperation between social economy enterprises and traditional enterprises

The study “Social Business Initiative (SBI) follow up: Co-operation between social economy enterprises and traditional enterprises” commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME), investigates the various forms of co-operation between social economy enterprises (SEEs)...
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Social Economy Missions Call for Proposals has been launched!

Deadline: 26th of September, 2019 17:00 hours (Brussels time). The European Commission launched the European Social Economy Regions Pilot (ESER) in February 2018 in order to raise awareness and build networks of social economy stakeholders at regional and local level. The successful initiative has...
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Creating value together: towards business partnerships between social economy and traditional enterprises”

We are pleased to publish the invitation of the European Commission to this conference that will bring together private market players - both representatives of social economy enterprises and traditional enterprises - and policy-makers as well as representatives of networks and umbrella...