Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:00 |
The Social Economy Intergroup of the European Parliament held a public hearing in Brussels on 29th March to discuss the theme of social business.
Mario Mauro MEP (IT, PPE) is a member of the intergroup and he opened the meeting with the comment that a reform of the economic system is needed to protect “our European values”. The European social model is universally approved, he said, because it is based on freedom, equality etc. Values such as non-discrimination, solidarity, and opportunity and dignity for young and old people should be to the fore in any economic system we pursue. Member states must also play their role in defending this. He repeated that in order to achieve economic growth, competitiveness and jobs it is needed that the EU play a more important role in policy planning – different national models should be harmonised through the Open Method of Cordination, according to Mr Mauro.
Sophie Auconie MEP (FR, PPE) made a presentation of a report on proposed European investment fund for social enterprise. She claimed the social economy has never been so important, and she was happy that the European commission is now taking a more pro-active approach to promoting it. |
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Monday, 02 April 2012 00:00 |
On 27th March CEDAG member the Union of social profit enterprises (UNIPSO), organised a stakeholders meeting in Brussels within the project Promoting employers’ social services organisations in social dialogue (PESSIS).
The purpose of the PESSIS project, funded by the European Programme Industrial relations and Social dialogue, is to promote the participation of employers’ social services organisations in social dialogue in the national as well as in the European context.
The first step towards this long-term goal is a mapping on the organisation and the functioning of social dialogue in the eleven countries covered by the project partnership (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, UK). The information and best practices gathered will feed into national reports which will then compiled into one European report by a European Researcher and assessed during the final Conference planned for June 2012. |
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