Co-operative wins Financial Times ‘Boldness in Business’ Award

Mondragon Corporation, which includes our partner in the Social Economy project, Mondragon University, has won the Financial Times Boldness in Business award for ‘Drivers of Change‘. Mondragon uses democratic methods in its business organisation, the creation of jobs, the human and professional development of its workers and a pledge to development with its social environment. [...]

A community to promote a people-centered economy

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If you have questions about what the social/solidarity economy is. Do universities in your region offers courses on social entrepreneurship or the social economy? If you work in a social enterprise, a co-operative, a mutual [...]

Social economy – the challenge for Higher Education

Over the recent decades, the social economy sector has acquired greater significance, in terms of economic activity and in social policy planning in EU countries and internationally. Social economy enterprises represent two million enterprises (i.e. 10% of all European businesses) and employ over 11 million paid employees (the equivalent of 6% of the working population [...]