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PSE Platform Ambassador highlight: Chloé Gallien, Groupe SOS

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24 March 2025

PSE Platform Ambassador highlight: Chloé Gallien, Groupe SOS

Financing the ecosystem

Partnerships

Regenerative Green Transition

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This article is part of a series of introductory pieces for the Ambassadors of the EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform. Ambassadors play a pivotal role in bridging connections among the ecosystem’s stakeholders. Today, we introduce Chloé Gallien

Authors

Editorial Team: Diesis

Topics
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

    • Proximity and social economy

    • Agri-food

    • Construction

    • Cultural and creative industries

    • Digital

    • Electronics

    • Energy intensive industries

    • Energy-renewables

    • Health

    • Mobility, transport, automotive

    • Retail

    • Textile

    • Tourism

    • Aerospace and defence

  • 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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Chloé Gallien is the Head of European Affairs and Partnerships at Groupe SOS, a major non-profit force of social cohesion in France, in Europe and worldwide. Groupe SOS is mainly active in the fields of solidarity, youth, health, and senior citizens, managing facilities for marginalized people, as well as day-care centers, hospitals, and nursing homes open to all. Groupe SOS is convinced that these activities should not be profit-driven.

As an Ambassador of the EU Platform for PSE, they see several strategic opportunities to strengthen the impact of the social economy in Europe. First, this role enables them to promote a favorable political and regulatory framework for social economy enterprises and organizations, highlighting their contribution to a just and sustainable transition. Additionally, it serves as a key lever to reinforce synergies between public and private actors, facilitate access to funding, and foster social innovation at both local and European levels.

Their thematic priority focuses on social inclusion and employment, with particular emphasis on the professional integration of people in vulnerable situations. They will also prioritize the development of a socially responsible economic ecosystem by fostering cooperation between social economy enterprises, local authorities, and European institutions. 

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"We plan to encourage our networks to join the EU Platform for Proximity and Social Economy by adopting a proactive and collaborative approach."

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