This report summarises the findings of the project 'Benchmarking the socio-economic performance of the EU social economy'. Across the 27 Member States, the social economy includes more than 4.3 million entities1. Social economy entities are mainly cooperatives, mutual benefit societies,...

This report summarises findings of the project 'Benchmarking the socio-economic performance of the EU social economy', (Call for tenders EISMEA/2022/OP/00159 Lot 1). This study assesses the socioeconomic weight of the 'Proximity and Social Economy' ecosystem and its contribution to a...

Dieser Bericht fasst die Ergebnisse des Projekts "Benchmarking der sozioökonomischen Leistung der EU-Sozialwirtschaft (Ausschreibung EISMEA/2022/OP/00159 Los 1)". In dieser Studie wird das sozioökonomische Gewicht des Ökosystems "Sozialwirtschaft" und sein Beitrag zu einer nachhaltigen,...

Italian Abstract: Da qualche anno il tema dell’economia sociale riveste un crescente interesse nel dibattito pubblico a livello europeo, nazionale e locale. Nella provincia autonoma di Trento le realtà attive in quest’ambito, forti della lunga tradizione cooperativa e dell’intraprendenza...

Italian Abstract: Da qualche tempo i media, gli attori sociali e gli amministratori pubblici stanno dedicando una particolare attenzione alle difficoltà del sistema cooperativo trentino, ma con una tendenza a soffermarsi su specifiche realtà, senza affrontare invece la questione in termini...

Researchers and policymakers have identified the need to accurately and quantitatively evaluate cooperatives and their economic, social and employment effects, as well as their evolution over time, in a way that is as reliable as possible and not subject to interpretation. This need was also...

In recent times, both researchers and policymakers have identified the need to develop statistics on cooperatives that can be compared at the international level. This need has also been discussed at the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) held in Geneva in October 2013,...