Do you know what the European Observatory on social entrepreneurship and  ESS is ?

 The social economy, which combines social and economic utility, is recognized as a social innovation vector model, and inclusive and sustainable development of societies. Green jobs, social services, accompanying dependents or renewable energy are all issues at the heart of our societies, which have a special resonance in the field of social economy and social entrepreneurship.

This sector is now booming across Europe.

However, often, policy makers and stakeholders in the field report also lack concrete information about the area, its actors, local policies and strategies in existing good practices of other European countries.

From our side, we could ourselves, admittedly different studies exist, but it lacked a place to centralize this information and update regularly.

This is why the European Think Tank Pour la Solidarité, took the initiative to create a European Observatory on social entrepreneurship and ESS to gather data and news sorted by themes, countries and relevant stakeholders.

Transverse and comprehensive, this site Contact proposes to centralize and decrypt the legal and politicalissues of the ESS in Europe, rapidly evolving field and changes to industry professionals in the social economy, policymakers and any citizen interested in alternative forms of production and consumption.

This observatory is therefore proposed to be a reference in regulations, best practices and innovative players in a dynamic sector, and in perpetual motion.

This site is a resource designed to inform and analyze the events of this dynamic and ever-changing, respond efficiently to the needs of actors in social entrepreneurship and the social economy

Do not hesitate to send us information and publications, and examples of initiatives structures of the social economy, knowing that the Observatory does not investigates the “micro-local”. Finally, all your comments about this initiative and its contents are welcome.

Stokkink Denis, President of the European Think Tank Pour la Solidarité

denis.stokkink AT pourlasolidarite.eu