Social Economy Europe

Social Economy Europe is part of the Stand Up for the Social Pillar Alliance, alongside with ETUC, CECOP, Social Paltaform and the European Movement International.

-European Association of Paritarian Institutions (AEIP)
-International Association of Mutuals (AIM)
-Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe (AMICE)
-Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia Social (CASES)
-European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CECOP-CICOPA Europe)
-Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social (CEPES)
-Plateforme de Concertation des organisations représentatives de l'économie sociale (ConcertES)
-European Foundation Centre (EFC)
-European Network of Social Integration Enterprises (ENSIE)
-Chambre Franqçaise de l'Économie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS-France)
-European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks (FEBEA)
-Forum Nazionale Terzo Settore (FTS)
-European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy (REVES)

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

37,500€

93% of Social Economy Europe total revenue in 2018 came from membership fees (members contributions).

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Social Economy Europe is responsible for the secretariat of the European Parliament's Social Economy Intergroup.

Created in 1990 and continuously active since then, the Social Economy Intergroup serves to ensure a permanent dialogue between all European Institutions, Member States and the social economy sector and is of vital importance to mainstream social economy’s perspective into the legislative and non-legislative work of the EU Parliament.

In December 2014, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament approved the re-establishment of the Social Economy Intergroup thanks to the determined support of 80 MEPs from 6 political groups.

During the 2014-2019 mandate the Intergroup organised 15 public hearings, attended by more than 1,400 people in total, on relevant issues and policies for the social economy.

The Intergroup also held 6 high level meetings with key EU leaders like Vicepresident Jyrki Katainen and Commissioners Thyssen and Bieńkowska; the Minister for Labour and Social Economy of Luxemburg, Nicolas Schmit, and with the special advisor of the European Commission for European Pillar of Social Rights, Allan Larsson.

In 2017, thanks to the support of 39 MEPs from different groups, a debate on the proposal for a European Action Plan for the Social Economy was held at the plenary of the European Parliament. Nine MEPs participated in it and Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality represented the European Commission.

The Intergroup has also actively worked to mainstreaming social economy’s perspective into the legislative and non-legislative work of the European Parliament and reports of key importance such as:

• European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), including an operative legal definition of the European Social Economy, 2019.

• Report of the European Parliament on the European Pillar of Social Rights, 2017.

• Report on the Single Market Strategy, 2016.

• Report on social entrepreneurship and social innovation in the fight against unemployment, 2015.

In addition, the Intergroup strongly supported the adoption of the Council Conclusions on Social Economy, the actions of the European Commission for these enterprises and organisations, as well as the agenda of various governments and presidencies of the Council of the European Union to promote the Social Economy in Europe.

-SEE's policy paper "The future of EU policies for the social economy: towards a European Action Plan" (2018).
-SEE Memorandum for sthe European elections 2019 "Social Economy, a driver of economic and social progress in Europe" (2019).
-Social Economy, a driver of economic and social progress in the European Union: Annual Report 2018, Assesment of the EU mandate 2014-2019 and proposals for the future (2019).
-Buying for Social Impact (BSI), a project commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the European Commission Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) to promote the use of social considerations in public procurement procedures.

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The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

• Date	17 Jul 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Social Economy Recommendation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Fédération Européenne de Finances et Banques Ethiques et Alternatives CONFEDERACION EMPRESARIAL ESPAÑOLA DE LA ECONOMIA SOCIAL

• Date	09 Mar 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Social Economy :State of play of the Social Economy Action Plan and next steps.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)

• Date	05 Mar 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Intervention in a roundtable event “Stand up for the Social Pillar” on the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the road to the Porto Social Summit.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Anouk Faber (Cabinet member) Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Confederation of Workers' Cooperatives, Social Cooperatives and Social and Participative Enterprises Platform of European Social NGOs EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

• Date	30 Oct 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Pact for Skills: Proximity and social economy roundtable
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	GIRLEEK Public Private People Partnership Digital Innovation Hub MONDRAGON CORPORACION COOPERATIVA S. COOP Euclid Network Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises Reach for Change Politecnico di Milano

• Date	30 Oct 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Pact for Skills Roundtable on proximity and social economy.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Anouk Faber (Cabinet member) Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Politecnico di Milano Euclid Network Reach for Change GIRLEEK Public Private People Partnership Digital Innovation Hub Reuse and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises MONDRAGON CORPORACION COOPERATIVA S. COOP