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Bringing the Community Together: Explore the EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform

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28 November 2024

Bringing the Community Together: Explore the EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform

Financing the ecosystem

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Regenerative Green Transition

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Register as a user in the new EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform: collaborate with industry peers and stay updated on new funding opportunities and events. The platform aims to be a community space for stakeholders focused in the digital and green transitions. 

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Editorial Team: EY

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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

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)

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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Welcome to the EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform, the latest addition to the series of transition pathways platforms dedicated to the 14 industrial ecosystems identified in the 2020 EU Industrial Strategy. This platform is designed to serve as a comprehensive hub for proximity and social economy stakeholders engaged in fostering local economies, environmental sustainability, and digital innovation.

The platform serves as a multifaceted resource and community, providing registered users with a range of opportunities for growth and collaboration, including discussion forums to connect with peers and dedicated thematic areas to help stay informed about exciting developments in the ecosystem.

Collaborate, Innovate, and Grow

The platform offers the opportunity to join up to seven thematic areas, each providing a focused environment for stakeholders to collaborate on specific topics. For instance, a social economy organisation looking to expand its reach within its local community can join the 'partnerships' thematic workspace to connect with others looking for partners for future projects. It might also be the case that a local business wants to reach more customers through digital platforms. By joining the ‘Transformative Digital Transition’ workspace, they might find useful tips from peers.  

For those looking for inspiration from across Europe, the platform showcases successful pledges and best practices from various organisations and users. Browsing through these submissions may spark new ideas and provide insights into impactful initiatives. Members will be able to collaborate using the user-friendly discussion forums which allows any registered user to start or join conversations on different topics. This feature is ideal for users seeking to clarify doubts, brainstorm ideas, share best practices, or simply connect with peers from all backgrounds.

Stay informed with tailored content

Use the calendar to stay up to date with new funding opportunities and upcoming events. It can be personalised to display information based on content type, country of interest, and organisation type, ensuring users find what is most relevant to them.

In the 'Stay informed' tab, users will find the latest news, including updates on legislation, policies, and projects within the ecosystem. This resource is intended to keep stakeholders informed about important developments in the sector.

Social economy actors might already be familiar with the Social Economy Gateway, an information hub on the latest developments of this part of the ecosystem. The EU Proximity and Social Economy Platform extends its scope to the proximity economy, and invites members to get actively involved in the community, by sharing ideas and knowledge. 

Explore the platform and become a user

Register to the platform as a user to take full advantage of all its functionalities. By joining, you will connect with the broader proximity and social economy ecosystem, get access to the thematic areas, and enjoy a personalised homepage designed to support your needs and interests.

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