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25 July 2025
Transformative Digital Transition Highlights June and July 2025
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25 July 2025
Transformative Digital Transition
Proximity and social economy
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These highlights showcase the transformative impact of digital innovation and collective leadership in the social economy. As cooperatives and social enterprises navigate the challenges of digital transition, collaboration and knowledge-sharing remain key drivers of success. Looking ahead, strengthening these efforts will be essential to fostering resilience, inclusivity, and sustainable growth across various sectors.
Topics
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
Other
Academic / Research and VET Institutions
Business Support Organisation
Company with 250 or more employees
Cluster Organisations
Consumer Organisations
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 / Journalist Organisations
National authorities
Networks and Federations / Confederations
NGOs / Non-profits
Notified Bodies
Regional Authorities
SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)
Social Economy Entity
Trade Unions
Other
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Thematic area
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Transformative Digital Transition
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Interlinkages with other sectors
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Proximity and social economy
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Agri-food
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Construction
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Cultural and creative industries
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Digital
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Electronics
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Energy intensive industries
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Energy-renewables
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Health
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Mobility, transport, automotive
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Retail
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Textile
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Tourism
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Aerospace and defence
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Action areas and keywords
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15-minute city
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Access to Finance
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Access to technology
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Addressing capacity and skills gap
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Advancing gender equality and safety at work
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Blue Economy
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Boosting digital skills by - and in the social economy
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Buy social
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Certification, labelling and self-regulation
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Circular Economy
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Clusters (including Cluster of social and ecological innovation)
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
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Creating financial incentives and supportive regulation for green and circular social economy business models
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Data Maturity and data driven business models
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Data sharing, Data management & Code of Conduct
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Digital Platforms
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Digital social innovation
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Economic democracy
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Education
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Future workplaces
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Greening infrastructures and business operations
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Housing
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ICP rights & workers involvement
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Industrial relation and social dialogue
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Innovation
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Innovation as enabler for green transition and business development in the social economy
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Internationalisation
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Local employment
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Local Green Deals, green business communities and citizens’ initiatives
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Local Markets
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Micro mobility
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New business models
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New business models – the platform economy
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New European Bauhaus
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Other action area
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Public and private tech partnerships and support
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Reinforcing Business to Business collaboration for greener and circular value chains
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Responsible (Public) Procurement
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Smart mobility
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Social Finance
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Socially oriented territorial regeneration
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Strategy for Data
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Supporting Digital Social Innovation & Tech for Good entrepreneurship
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Sustainable Finance
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Tech for Good
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Ecosystem focus
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Proximity economy
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Social economy
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Scope of activity
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International
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Local/neighbourhood
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National
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Regional
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