Coinciding with the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union, leading European players in the social economy are gathering in Gothenburg for a conference highlighting the role of the social economy in creating a stronger and more resilient Europe.

The conference, “Social Economy 2023 – Building a Stronger and Resilient Europe,” has been planned in close collaboration with European experts and stakeholders and will focus on the Social Economy Action Plan and its implementation. It builds on last year’s Strasbourg conference “Social Economy – Future of Europe,” which was included in the official program of the French presidency, and bridges to the equivalent event to be held under the upcoming Spanish presidency in San Sebastian, November 13-14, 2023.

The conference, organized by Coompanion in collaboration with Social Economy Europe, REVES, and CECOP, with support from the Västra Götaland Region, the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, and Fremia, also aims to highlight the state of the social economy in southern and northern Europe, thus providing a basis for the Council’s further work in this area.

For Torino Social Impact will be an opportunity to share the results of the Respondet project, an international consortium funded by COSME under social economy missions, dedicated to implementing local policies for improving the social economy in connection with the circular economy, with a focus on energy communities.

The Respondet project is led by Generalitat Cataluna and accompanied by REVES, which will also organize its annual meeting on the same days in the Swedish city.