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Boardmatch: Charity Trustee Speed-Dating is coming to Cork!
Charity Trustee Speed-Dating is coming to Cork - 23 May 2024. Calling all Cork based charities and not-for-profits: Boardmatch Ireland are delighted to announce they are bringing their hugely successful Charity Trustee Speed-Dating event to Cork for the first time...
OECD Webinar: Registration reminder – Worker cooperatives across continents: Policy and practical experiences from Japan and beyond. 12 March 2024
? REGISTRATION REMINDER Worker co-operatives across continents: Policy and practical experiences from Japan and beyond 12 March 2024 10:00 Paris time | 18:00 Tokyo time REGISTER HERE In 2020, the Japanese legislature unanimously approved a groundbreaking law focusing...
Auto-Enrolment Webinar for Social Enterprises 17th April 2024
The Department of Social Protection in conjunction with the Irish Social Enterprise Network are pleased to present this webinar to social enterprises on the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, which will be introduced late this year. The webinar will...
Social Enterprise World Forum 2024
Community Consultation: Update including dates for your diary At SEWF, it is important that our plans and activities reflect the needs of the global social enterprise community. Thank you again to everyone that participated in the SEWF Community Consultation...
ENSIE Newsletter.
FROM; ENSIE CALLS FOR ACTION Join the Helpdesk Final Conference! The Helpdesk Final Conference will take place the 16 April, and the registration are open until the 31st of March. Bringing together a diverse array of social services, managing authorities of EU Funds...
Rethink Ireland, Social Enterprise Funding News
FROM: RETHINK IRELAND We are delighted to announce an additional €3.5 million in funding from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to support projects for people with disabilities through the Disability Participation and Awareness...
Social Economy European Conference in Liège:
FROM.Social Economy Europe The Social Economy at the core of the transitions conference took place in Liège on February 12 and 13, in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council. Over 600 people participated, most of them social economy actors and...
GRAINS – Greening Agrifood in Social Economy
FROM: DIESIS GRAINS understand the unique challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agrifood sector. Funded by the EU, our project is on a mission to empower and support organisations in their transition towards sustainability...
ISEN Submission to National Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027
The Irish Social Enterprise Network are proud to provide our submission to the National Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027. This submission is the result of many individual and group consultations. We are particularly proud of our collaboration with our European...
GreeenBoost4WISE’s Online Event 30th January 2024
You are invited to the GreenBoost4WISEs online consultation event on 30th January 2024. Are you a Work Integrated Social Enterprise? Would you like to reduce your costs for your social enterprise energy bills? We can help by giving coaching and mentoring and access to...
Are you a WISE?
Are you a Work Integrated Social Enterprise (WISE)? The Irish Social Enterprise Network are proud to announce that we have two programmes running of interest to you. 1/ BuyWISEly: A project aimed at helping WISEs sell more for the next few months 2/ GreenBoost4WISEs:...
ISEN National Social Policy Response 2024-2027 Online Consultation Event.
If you would like an opportunity to meet with other Social Enterprises and discuss the draft Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027, then join us online at the event below. This is a wonderful opportunity to have your voice heard and to discuss topics of concern for...
Social Economy & Skills Conference
From The Wheel We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming event on Friday, 3 November - Social Economy & Skills. Join us as we come together to explore the big topics related to the social economy in Ireland and the EU. It will be a day of learning and...
ENSIE’s position and reaction on the proposal for a council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions.
FROM: ENSIE Dear Irish government representatives, Please, find here enclosed the position and reaction to the proposal for a Council Recommendation Enabling Framework Conditions for Social Economy proposal, signed by the European networks for work integration social...
We are Hiring! Social Enterprise Officer
Job Description & Person Specification Social Enterprise Officer: Buy WISEly & GreenBoost4SMEs. Free-lance contract position – 139 days over 23 months. The Organisation Social Enterprise in Ireland has a home. We are here to help social enterprises, social...
Buy WISEly Survey
Irish Social Enterprise Network are part of a European Buy WISEly project aimed to help Mainstream Businesses (MBs) purchase from Work Integrated Social Enterprises (WISE). We are starting out on the project and need your...
Buy WISEly Kick-off meeting
On the 6th of July 2023, partners of the Buy WISEly project met online for the kick-off meeting. Tasks leaders explained the Work Packages tasks and deliverables to the rest of the consortium. We're looking forward to the coming months of the project. If you want to...
MESMER + Irish Policy Lab Invitation.
FROM DIESIS Are you passionate about shaping policy and making a positive impact? Are you eager to share your insights, exchange ideas, and contribute to improving SE national systems? Then join this event. The MESMER+ aims to establish an up-to-date in-depth mapping...