Information on the social economy
- Benchmarking the EU social economy's performance (2024)
- Report on the transition pathway for proximity and social economy
- Comparative legal analysis of associations laws and regimes in the EU (2022)
- Designing legal frameworks for social enterprises - Practical guidance for policy makers (2022)
- Report on clusters of social and ecological innovation in the European Union, perspectives and experiences (2021)
- New technologies and digitisation - opportunities and challenges for the social economy (2020)
- Social business initiative (SBI) follow up: Cooperation between social economy enterprises and traditional enterprises (2019)
- Council of the EU conclusion on promotion of social economy as a key driver of economic and social developement in Europe (7 December 2015)
- Communication on the promotion of cooperative societies in Europe COM(2004)18
- Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 on the statute for a European cooperative society (SCE)
- Study on the implementation of the Regulation 1435/2003 on the statute for a European cooperative society (SCE)
- Study on the current situation and prospects of mutuals (2003)
- Final report (2 MB)
- Annex: country studies (2 MB)
- Communication on business in the social economy sector: Europe’s frontier-free market (1989)
Information on cities and the proximity economy
- The Digital Cities Challenge
- The Blueprint for cities and regions as launch-pads for digital transformation
- Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship policy recommendations and reports
- Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship reports
- Digital compass for policy makers: technologies, impact and recommendations