Social enterprises

Cooperatives, together against the crisis

Cooperatives, together against the crisis CECOP-CICOPA Europe has presented Together, a documentary about cooperatives which face the crisis. It has been promoted by one of the most important European network of NGO, namely Social Platform. 4 examples of cooperatives are developed, and the documentary takes us back to Poland, France, Italy and Spain. The fact [...]

Social economy: a viable alternative

14
million
The social economy sector already employs more than 14 million people in the EU, which amounts to more than 6% of all European workers. The social economy is a key element of the European social model, especially in times of crisis. However, social enterprises do not enjoy a level playing field with [...]

The Fair Trade is female

63%
In Italy, women accounted for 63% of all workers in the organizations of Fair Trade. For a total of 362 employees against 211 male colleagues. Not to mention that women are the majority of the nearly 5,000 volunteers working in this field. This is what emerges from the Agices report [...]

Volunteering grows in Lazio

+135%
In the Italian region of Lazio, the voluntary organizations are 1,906: +135% compared to 2004. Between 2010 and 2011, at the height of the economic crisis, the increase was only 6.61%, the lowest data in the last few years. Most organizations are dedicated to social services (46%) and the Civil [...]

Labor cost for third sector workers

In Italy, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy published tables on the hourly labor costs for workers in the cooperatives sector social health care education and job placement. The reference is from January to October 2012.