Conclusions of the PASE project’s seminar “Public procurement and public social partnerships – The prospects for social enterprises and the reform of EU rules”, held in Forest/Vorst, Brussels, on 26th October 2011.
by Toby Johnson, moderator
Another day, another seminar. This Monday’s was the Commission’s conference on job creation through inclusive entrepreneurship – and what a change has been wrought over policy since the Mutual Learning seminar 2 years ago. Back then, the people on...
It’s always amusing when two obsessions collide unexpectedly – it gives that frisson of the interconnectedness of all things – and even better when three do. I had that enjoyable thrill upon learning that there is a bar in...
Kambos, Ikaria, from Mt Pigi
When we were in Ikaria last summer – it’s a rather mountainous island west of Samos – we noticed that all the food seems to be imported. There are significant areas of fertile land – for instance...
I’ve just been looking at the delightful Beiderbecke Affair – thank you heartily whoever uploaded it to YouTube! It was filmed in and around my stamping ground in Chapel Allerton (indeed one location was right opposite my friend Chas’s house). It...
Mutual advantage is a comparative advantage
The EESC’s conference on The Social Economy and 2020 on 3rd October 2012 started with an interesting economics lesson from Professor Luigino Bruni of Milan-Bicocca University. The social economy, he said,...
Reblogged from Leeds Community Bakery:
We’re a small group of bakers planning to set up Leeds’ first Community Supported Bakery.
What is a Community Supported Bakery (CSB)?
A CSB is a bakery which is set up with the support and involvement of the...
It’s amazing what you find on the web sometimes.
I’ve just turned up an impassioned defence of the idea of the social economy that I apparently wrote 16 years ago, presumably for ICA Review, which the ICA has thoughtfully preserved. It...
Research recently carried out by the European Social Franchising Network (ESFN) shows that Europe’s social franchises probably employ around 13,000 people – two-thirds of whom are disadvantaged or disabled. And they are growing fast. The ESFN...
Conclusions of the PASE project’s seminar “Public procurement and public social partnerships – The prospects for social enterprises and the reform of EU rules”, held in Forest/Vorst, Brussels, on 26th October 2011.
by Toby Johnson, moderator
I was delighted to find that my old co-op Suma is now the country’s 52st biggest (by turnover, £26m) according to the Co-operatives UK Top 100 . I was even happier that it gets a mention in David McCandless’s amazing new book of...
