Themes: Social economy

Projet

ReSolution: training to (re)mobilise people far from employment

Faced with an increased difficulty for European actors in charge of social or professional support for people who are far from employment, the ReSolution project aims to train professionals to innovate in terms of (re)mobilising these people.
Projet

CHANGE OF VIEW: renew the methods of supporting vulnerable groups

The European project CHANGE OF VIEW aims to renew the methods of supporting vulnerable groups, particularly in the remobilisation phase, the first stage of any training programme. The project aims at two target groups: adult learners and educators or staff accompanying these groups.
Actualité

EUnited We Code: What about the Hackathon?

At the beginning of June, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner in Digital Economy and Society department, stressed the importance of ensuring that everybody has “equal opportunities in the digitalisation of our economy and our society” in a speech given at the opening of the Digital Assembly 2019. Also, she identified three action levers to achieve this equality of opportunities: the development of digital infrastructures, the dissemination of digital skills and the strengthening of the ability of all to be informed.
Evénement

Improve the skills of home helpers for older people

On 22 October 2019, POUR LA SOLIDARITÉ – PLS organises a conference in Brussels on the development of professional skills for home helpers, and on improving the quality of care for the elderly person at home. This event is part of the atHOME European project which aims to improve the maintenance of older and dependent people at home.
Actualité

Inclusive digital Hackathon

The EUnited We Code project partnership will be in Brussels at the end of June 2019 for a full week dedicated to inclusive digital. A hackathon, a creative, participatory and collaborative process dedicated to digital innovation will be held!
Publication

Sustainable skills and food : a winning training !

Since October 2018, POUR LA SOLIDARITE-PLS and the Erasmus+ european project partners of Training 4 Sustainable Food Systems Development – T4F work together to create a formation which aims to develop and/or reinforce the sustainable competencies with (future) workers of the food industry sectors. The training manual, first out of three tools that will be completed in the next weeks, is now available ! 
Evénement

Blockchain, digital innovation and social economy

What happens when social economy and blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology meet? Join the discussion on 7 February 2019 from 09:00 to 13:00 at the EESC with experts and representatives from Social Economy, Eu institutions and companies. The workshop will present solutions based on Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) for social goals. Denis Stokkink, President of PLS, will moderate the third session of the event.
Projet

Digital skills and social inclusion: EUnited We Code

Eunited We Code is a European project co-funded by the Erasmus+ program aiming to foster the innovative pedagogy developed by the social enterprise Simplon.co. This methodology facilitates the integration of vulnerable populations in the tech sector through digital skills learning. The partnership includes five organisations and will build a European network of social coding schools.  
Publication

The outermost regions: challenges and prospects

The construction of Europe begins in 1957, with the signature of the Treaty of Rome. The initial aim is, then, to build a Union equipped with institutions and common values, with the objective of economic and social prosperity for all its members and partners. In the course of its evolution, in particular through the signature of treaties and the adhesion of new States, the European Community has met political, economic, social and cultural changes.

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