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Manager in Social Economy - Leonardo Vocational Training

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In October 22th and 23th, ARIADNE Partners shared all national training pilote session results to evaluate the Training Approach designed for the Hungarian Market. Practionners involved in all session gave a global satisfaction of the training content and the pedagogical approach,

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Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (JEOD)

The Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (JEOD) focuses on the subject of entrepreneurial diversity, encompassing therefore all enterprise types and models.

Stories.coop

Stories.coop is the world’s first global, digital campaign to spread the benefits of cooperation through the tradition of story-telling. Stories connect people through the power of words and the power of pictures.

New measures to stimulate funding for social businesses

Social businesses are companies that have a positive social impact and address social objectives as their corporate aim rather than only maximising profit. It is a growing sector in Europe, already representing 10% of all European businesses and employing over 11 million paid employees. While these businesses often receive public support, private investment via funds that invest in social entrepreneurs remains vital to their growth. However, such specialised social investment funds are rare or are not large enough. Cross-border investment in such funds is unnecessarily complicated and expensive.

European Commission launched the New European Policy on Social Enterprises

"Social enterprises are businesses that are not only seeking to include people or to share profits more fairly, but that also create jobs. They are businesses whose very ethos is grounded in responsibility and long term shared benefits. Being a social enterprise can in itself be a competitive advantage." (J-M Barroso, President of the Commission).

Regional Dynanics and Social Economics Conference

ESCEM research team will organise the first Regional Dynamics and Social Economics Conference in Tours on the 22th & 23th Mars 2012. The scientific committee will involve famous researcher on theses issues from Spain, Poland, France, Quebec, ... The aim of the conference is to invite discussion of combining Economy, Social Progress and Performance for both Research related to Professional Sector and relation between Regions and the players in the field.