In the framework of SOCIAL SEEDS project, the Association Social Economy Slovenia organise the Forum "Creating the Future of Europe together" to debate and contribute to the process favourising social economy enterprises and their ecosystems, on 6th of March, Minorite Church (Minoritska cerkev, Vojašniški trg 2a), Maribor, starting at 12.00 with study visit of social enterprise community in Maribor, European capital of Social Economy 2018. For the next day, Social Economy Europe together with the Association Social Economy Slovenia in cooperation with the Prime Minister’s Office of the Republic of Slovenia, SOCIAL SEEDS project partner, Regional development agency of Gorenjska, BSC Kranj, and Municipality of Maribor invite you to participate in the Conference “Boosting Social Economy in South East Europe in order to foster learning and exchanging knowledge as well as networking among social economy stakeholders.
With the attendance of
Juan Antonio Pedreño President Social Economy Europe
Mojca Ž. Metelko Secretary General Social Economy Slovenia
Tadaj Slapnik State Secretary Prime Minister's Office
Andrej Fištravec Mayor Municipality of Maribor
Rok Šimenc Director RDA Gorenjska
6 March 2018
10.00 – 12.00 Partners meeting: SOCIAL SEEDS, Action plan
12.00 – 16.00 Study visit of Social enterprises in Maribor (starting with short lunch break at Dame
Cooperative)
16.00 – 19.15 Forum of Social economy in EU Regions: Creating the Future of Europe together:
16.00 – 16.15 Opening speech
- 16.15 – 16.45 Panel (1): The role of municipalities in the Future of Europe through Social
economy actions
- 16.45 – 17. 15 Panel (2): The role of Regional Development Agencies and Local Action Groups
as regional and local promotors of social economy actions
- 17.15 – 17.45 Panel (3): The role of supporting environments and initiatives as one of the main
important stakeholders in the ecosystem of Social Economy
- 17.45 - 18.30 Panel (4): Best practices of Social Economy on the regional level: Presentation of
SOCIAL SEEDS project and best practices of social enterprises in partners regions
- 18.30 – 19.00 Presentation of the Position paper as a result of public consultation for national
and transnational actions
Please register on: https://goo.gl/forms/1425KfFqKt1PGL6H3
7 March 2018
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 10.30 Welcome speeches
10.30 – 11.30 Roundtable 1: The social economy in South-East Europe and supporters
11.30 - 11.45 Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.45 Roundtable 2: Conducive ecosystems for the social economy: other best practices from all over Europe
12.45 – 13.45 Roundtable 3: Innovative social economy experiences and projects
13.45 – 14.30 Lunch Break
14.30 – 15.30 Round table 4: Buying responsible
Closing remarks – Slovenian presidency perspective
Register on: goo.gl/forms/UQIxFupgd9TTz8YJ2