Projects and Activities

The aims of the European Network are the promotion of a transnational cooperation by organisations and campaigns working for economic self-help and local development as well as the enabling of joint project work and the creation of a strong lobby in Europe for our interests.

The exchange of experiences takes place in the form of

• information services and publications,

• direct visits, work placement programmes and study/research trips,

• meetings, seminars and conferences,

• transnational research projects and working groups.

Up to now, the major activity fields were

• Local Partnerships

• Key values, structures and concepts of a Social Economy

• Community economic development and Social Enterprises

• Third System and employment

• Training of local actors

• East-West-European cooperation

• North-South-cooperation

• Social Capital

• Acting locally for employment

 

Transnational projects / information and publications:

"Local Economy. Employment and Economic Regeneration Policies in Crisis Regions", international Symposium within the European Congress "Learning from European Experiences", Berlin 1992,
publ. in: "Think Globally - Act Locally. Report on the Congress 'Learning from European Experiences'", Berlin 1992;
and in: Twelvetrees, Alan, "Community Economic Development. Rhetoric or Reality?", Community Development Foundation, London 1998

"People's Economy - Wirtschaft von Unten. Approaches towards a New Social Economy in Europe", congress proceedings, ed. by Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and European Network for Economic Self-Help and Local Development, Dessau 1996

"The Role of Partnership in promoting Social Cohesion“, European survey, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin,
publ. in: "Local Partnerships and Social Exclusion in the European Union. New forms of local social governance?“, ed. by Mike Geddes and John Benington, Routledge, London/New York 2001;
National Surveys have been published separately

"Key Values and Structures of Social Enterprises in Western Europe“, research project, European Commission, DG XXIII,
publ. in: "Key Values and Structures of Social Enterprises in Western Europe“, publication series Local Economy No 29e, Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V., Berlin 1997

"Community Economic Development and Social Enterprises", research project, European Commission, DG V,
publ. in: "The Contribution of Social Enterprises to Community Economic Development in six European Countries“, publication series Local Economy No 30e, Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V., Berlin 1998; and
"Community Economic Development and Social Enterprises. Experiences, Tools and Recommendations“, ed. by Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V., Berlin 1997 (summary)

"The Contribution of Social Enterprises to Employment Creation“, research project, European Confederation of Workers‘ Co-operatives, Social Co-operatives and Participative Enterprises,
publ. in: „Social Enterprises and New Employment in Europe“, ed. by Carlo Borzaga and Alceste Santuari, Regione Autonomia Trentino-Alto Adige, Trento 1998

"Work Integration. The contribution of the Social Economy“, research project, International Centre of Research and Information on the Public and Cooperative Economy,
publ. in: „Tackling Social Exclusion in Europe. The contribution of the Social Economy“, ed. by Roger Spear, Jacques Defourny, Louis Favreau, Jean-Louis Laville, Ashgate, Aldershot 2001

"The Employment Potential of Social Enterprises in six EU Member States“, research project within the framework of the European programme „Third System and Employment“, European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs,
publ. in: "The Employment Potential of Social Enterprises in six EU Member States“, publication series Local Economy No 31e, Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V., Berlin 1999

"Employment, Family and Community Activities. A new balance for women and men?", research project, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin,
publ. in: Alessandra Cancedda, "Employment in Household Services", ed. by European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Luxemburg 2001;
national surveys have been published separately

“The Role of Intermediary Support Structures in Promoting Third System Employment Activities at Local Level“, research project, European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs,
publ. in: „Promoting Local Employment in the Third System: The Role of Intermediary Support Structures in Promoting Third System Employment Activities at Local Level“, ed. by Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e.V., Berlin 2001

"The Contribution of Social Capital in the Social Economy to Local Economic Development in Western Europe“, research project, European Commission, DG Research
reports are available at: www.conscise.mdx.ac.uk;
there is also a new summary of the outcomes available.

Please see also our actual report.