Opinion
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...
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...
Social Economy Europe: Op-ed: One month for the release of the Social Economy Action Plan
From Social Economy Europe By Juan Antonio Pedreño & Víctor Meseguer The release of the European Action Plan for the Social Economy by the European Commission is foreseen on Wednesday 8 December 2021: less than a month, if all goes as originally scheduled. As...
Reconceptualising the Social Economy – SSIR
Article SSIR: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/reconceptualizing_the_social_economy Reconceptualizing the Social Economy The social economy is increasingly seen as a motor for social change, but how can this shift in perspectives be framed to better understand and...
Irish Social Enterprise Network Welcomes Signing of Toledo Declaration on Social Enterprise
The Irish Social Enterprise Network welcomes the positive steps forward that the Irish government has taken in signing the Toledo Declaration of Social Enterprise. (https://www.socent.ie/blog/2020/12/04/ireland-signs-the-toledo-declaration-on-social-enterprise/)...
Webinar 16th June 2020 at 13:00: Conversation with Andrew Forde, Head of Social Enterprise
The Irish Social Enterprise Network are delighted to welcome Andrew Forde from the Department of Rural and Community Development to chat about all things social enterprise. The event, held as a webinar will be on Tuesday 16th June 2020 at 13:00 unit 14:00 and will be...
What is Social Procurement?
Taken from: https://www.orbidalgroup.com/tender-tips-orbidal/blogs/what-is-social-procurement/ Governments and contracting authorities have a responsibility to ensure they leverage their buying power to achieve a social value, rather than simply getting the lowest...
Social Enterprise Tender: Irish Prison Services seeks Cafe in Dublin
Aligned with the objectives of the Department of Justice & Equality social enterprise strategy, the Irish Prison Service, published their first ever market testing process specifically seeking expressions of interest from social enterprises to be the independent...
Guest post: Ask&Advise Evening
From our friends in BNest via us in Socent.ie! http://bnest.ie/guest-post-askadvise-evening/ On the 5th December in the BOIWorkbench Limerick, we in the Socent.ie hosted a BNest Ask&Advise night. As ever in Limerick, the audience gathered were positive and...
Ireland’s shameful global social enterprise ranking
Irish Social Enterprise Network calls for an immediate support for Ireland’s social enterprise sector after report ranks Ireland’s legacy at 43rd of 45 of world’s largest economies for social entrepreneurship and social enterprise development. A compelling...