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07 February 2025

Overview of submitted pledges

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This article provides an overview of submitted pledges until November 2024 

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Editorial team: Social Economy Europe

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Geographical descriptors

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

EU-27

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Türkiye

Ukraine

Organisation Type

Academic/Research and VET Institutions

Business Support Organization

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer / tourist organisation

Cultural and Heritage Organisations

Destination Management & Marketing Organisations

EU institutions

Financial Institutions and Investors

Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

International Organisations

Local authorities

Media/Travel Journalist Organisations

National authorities

Networks and Federations / Confederations

NGOs / Non-profits

Regional authorities

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

Social Economy Entity

Trade Unions

  • Thematic area

    • Financing the ecosystem

    • Partnerships

    • Regenerative Green Transition

    • Skills

    • Transformative Digital Transition

    • Urban and Rural Wellbeing

    • Working conditions and governance

  • Interlinkages with other sectors

    • Aerospace and defence

    • Agri-food

    • Construction

    • Cultural and creative industries

    • Digital

    • Electronics

    • Energy intensive industries

    • Energy-renewables

    • Health

    • Mobility, transport, automotive

    • Proximity and social economy

    • Retail

    • Textile

    • Tourism

  • Action areas and keywords

    • 15-minute city

    • Access to Finance

    • Access to technology

    • Addressing capacity and skills gap

    • Advancing gender equality and safety at work

    • Blue Economy

    • Boosting digital skills by - and in the social economy

    • Buy social

    • Certification, labelling and self-regulation

    • Circular Economy

    • Clusters (including Cluster of social and ecological innovation)

    • Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

    • Creating financial incentives and supportive regulation for green and circular social economy business models

    • Data Maturity and data driven business models

    • Data sharing, Data management & Code of Conduct

    • Digital Platforms

    • Digital social innovation

    • Economic democracy

    • Education

    • Future workplaces

    • Greening infrastructures and business operations

    • Housing

    • ICP rights & workers involvement

    • Industrial relation and social dialogue

    • Innovation

    • Innovation as enabler for green transition and business development in the social economy

    • Internationalisation

    • Local employment

    • Local Green Deals, green business communities and citizens’ initiatives

    • Local Markets

    • Micro mobility

    • New business models

    • New business models – the platform economy

    • New European Bauhaus

    • Other action area

    • Public and private tech partnerships and support

    • Reinforcing Business to Business collaboration for greener and circular value chains

    • Responsible (Public) Procurement

    • Smart mobility

    • Social Finance

    • Socially oriented territorial regeneration

    • Strategy for Data

    • Supporting Digital Social Innovation & Tech for Good entrepreneurship

    • Sustainable Finance

    • Tech for Good

  • Ecosystem focus

    • Proximity economy

    • Social economy

  • Scope of activity

    • International

    • Local/neighbourhood

    • National

    • Regional

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As of November 2024, the total number of submitted pledges is 214. 60% of pledges are linked to the Green Transition, while only 33% address the Digital Transition, with 7% categorized as "Other". If we focus on the different action areas, the highest number of pledges (13%) are on Addressing Capacity and Skills Gaps, followed by Reinforcing B2B Collaboration for Greener and Circular Value Chains and Boosting Digital Skills in the Social Economy. 

Social Economy entities submitted most of the pledges (30% of total pledges), followed by EU Networks of Organizations (26%). Local and regional public authorities contributed significantly but academia and research organizations did not submit any pledges. 

It´s important to note that some organizations have submitted multiple pledges, indicating a strong commitment. 

 

Most pledges come from France (18%), Italy (13%), Austria, Spain, and Poland and a total of 43 pledges (20%) were submitted at the EU level. Eastern European and Nordic countries have lower participation, highlighting a need for further engagement. 

 

Apart from the necessity of higher engagement and participation of these regions and countries like Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Cyprus, Malta and from academia and research centres, the digital transition is clearly underrepresented in the pledges. So, we would like to encourage you to submit pledges for the digital transition here until 1st June 2025! 

In order to give you a little bit of inspiration, we have selected the following pledge made by Fondazione Piemonte Innova (Italy) on the action area 9: Data maturity and data-driven business models: 

 

Piemonte Innova is dedicated to supporting non-profit organizations in their digital transformation journey. Leveraging business positioning, strategic roadmaps, skills analysis, and training initiatives, we are committed to supporting 15 entities per year by 2025. Our commitment extends beyond traditional approaches as we actively collaborate with strategic partners such as Torino Social Impact, Torino Chamber of Commerce, Salesforce Italia, Sas Institute, PrivacyLab, and through our managed projects. This comprehensive strategy aims to equip organizations with the necessary skills and insights to thrive in the digital landscape. Additionally, we underscore our commitment by initiating a new project each year (funded by regional, national, or European funds), specifically tailored to reinforce the adoption of data-driven approaches among nonprofits and SMEs. This refined commitment aligns with our dedication to measurable outcomes, ensuring that our efforts make a meaningful impact on the entities we support. 

 

You can also get inspiration by reading the recently launched Code of Conduct for Data Sharing in the Social Economy.

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