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CEPES presents the third edition of the Study "Analysis of the Socio-Economic Impact of the Values and Principles of the Social Economy in Spain". Its aim is to make visible and quantify the differential contribution that the Social Economy makes to society as a whole, measuring its impact on employment and territorial cohesion. Its data are official and are extracted from the Continuous Sample of Working Lives. Its methodological development is widely supported by the scientific community and has been published by the United Nations and the OECD. This study has been co-financed by CEPES, Ministry of Labour and Social Economy and CAJAMAR.

The president of CEPES and Social Economy Europe (SEE), Juan Antonio Pedreño, proposed during his speech at the Conference organised by the Union for the Mediterranean, the European Commission, CEPES and the German Development Cooperation, the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean strategy for social economy enterprises and entities in the region. A strategy that is consulted with social economy organisations and that develops the European Social Economy Action Plan, establishing objectives around which all the institutions can work together to make the most of the available resources. This event, held on Tuesday in Barcelona, on social economy entrepreneurship and the role of women in this business model, brought together social economy representatives and experts from 30 countries, among other issues, to raise awareness of the current opportunities and challenges in the social economy in the region, highlight the boom in this business model, promote entrepreneurship and facilitate the active participation of women in the social economy.

CEPES presents the report 'The Social Economy in postgraduate university education. Academic year 2022-2023'. According to this report, in the academic year 2022-2023, Spanish universities have offered 76 postgraduate training actions, 19 chairs and 3 doctorates related to the social economy, which represents a total of 98 actions. The document, carried out annually by CEPES, shows the different modalities of existing training in the field of social economy, including both courses directly linked to this business model and those that contemplate the social economy within their programming and curricula or that focus on any of its different legal modalities

Representatives of the European social economy met in Brussels last Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary of the approval of the European Action Plan on Social Economy by the European Commission, which took place on December 9 last year. The event, which was organized by the entity that represents this business model in Europe, Social Economy Europe (SEE), and the Social Economy Intergroup of the European Parliament, was attended by different personalities who explained why this plan is an opportunity to promote this business model, create quality jobs and achieve sustainable development in Europe. That same day was celebrated the 10 years of the employers of the European Social Economy, an entity that took the opportunity to meet its General Assembly, which approved the entry of three new members.

The president of the Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES), Juan Antonio Pedreño, received on Monday the International Social Economy Award 'Txemi Cantera' 2022 from ASLE (the business association that brings together the Labor Societies and Investee Companies of Euskadi). This award, which this year celebrated its 32nd edition in the Yimby room in Bilbao, seeks to recognize people, companies and institutions from around the world for their defense and promotion of this business model. Chaired by the Second Vice-Lehendakari and Minister of Labour and Employment of the Basque Government, Idoia Mendia; the award ceremony included the interventions of the Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, the president of ASLE, Kepa Olivares; and ASLE manager Jone Nolte.

The president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, has participated in the Board of Directors of the Spanish Business Confederation of Social Economy (CEPES), which was held in Murcia on the occasion of the First International Congress of Social Economy, which is taking place this Tuesday and Wednesday in the capital of Murcia. He was accompanied by the Minister of Business, Employment, Universities and Spokesperson of the Region of Murcia, Valle Miguélez. During the meeting he noted that betting on the social economy is betting on sustainable and safe growth. He also stressed the importance and resilience of this business model.

The Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES) has gathered for two days in Santiago de Compostela its top leaders to deepen the strategy that the Confederation will launch in the coming years to mark a roadmap that promotes the growth of this business model. The city has been chosen for these days of reflection within the framework of the capital of Social Economy that the Galician city holds in 2022, as part of an intense agenda of events that are being held to strengthen the capital.

CEPES celebrates the PERTE of the Social Economy and Care, which has been presented this Friday by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. According to the estimates of the employers of the Social Economy, this PERTE will increase the weight of this business model in GDP one point, going from the current 10% to 11%.

The Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy showed on Wednesday the strength of this business model during the celebration of its XXX General Assembly. This was evident during this event, which was held at the Beatriz Auditorium in Madrid with more than 150 attendees from the field of social economy, personalities from politics, the economy and civil society. The day had the interventions, in addition to the president of the entity, Juan Antonio Pedreño; the second vice president and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, who participated via telematics; the General Director of Autonomous Work, Social Economy and Corporate Social Responsibility, Maravillas Espín; and the President of the Economic and Social Council (ESC), Antón Costas.

CEPES in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy, held the international event organized this Thursday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the approval of the Spanish Social Economy Law, which was attended by more than 500 people from 4 continents. During the same he valued the socio-economic impact of Spanish social economy companies after the approval of this law in 2011 unanimously by the parliamentary arc, and also the power of this business model at the international level.

CEPES, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, will bring together in Madrid the highest political representatives at the state, regional and international level responsible for the promotion of this business model since the spanish Social Economy Law (Law 5/2011 on Social Economy) was approved in March 2011, a pioneer in the international arena and which was unanimously approved in the Congress of Deputies

CEPES celebrates the commitment reached yesterday by 23 EU ministers who support the social economy portfolios to promote the social economy business model in Europe. The agreements have been adopted in Paris at the first informal ministerial conference dedicated to this issue, organized by the French presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The third seminar gathering the international consortium led by CEPES in the framework of the OECD's global initiative 'Promoting favourable legal frameworks for the Social Economy at a global level' was held. This event was attended by 35 experts from the 25 partners, including public and ministerial departments from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Korea, France, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Spain, together with CEPES and other Social Economy organisations from Canada, the United States and the European Union, as well as the ILO, the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), CIRIEC-INTERNACIONAL, AIM, SSE-IF and the Global Forum of the Social Economy that are part of this international initiative. The conclusions of this seminar will feed into the conclusions and guidelines resulting from this Project which aims to promote laws and regulations that foster Social Economy at the international level.

Yesterday, in the city of Coimbra, the Iberian Social Economy Summit was held, in which the governments of Spain and Portugal signed a new ambitious and promising Memorandum of Understanding on the Social Economy, in order to strengthen common ties between both countries and promote this business model bilaterally between the two, as well as internationally. The Memorandum contemplates the following lines of action: - Specifies the role of the National Social Economy Councils as bodies for consultation and exchange of experiences on legislation, the Transformation, Recovery and Resilience Plan and the European Action Plan for the Social Economy. - Exchange of information for the realization of statistics and the definition of the methodology in the realization of reports. - Establishes the biennial periodicity for the celebration of the Iberian Social Economy Summit and undertakes to develop joint proposals to promote the presence of the Social Economy in the framework of the Ibero-American summits.

CEPES has led this week the second international event of the international project “Legal Ecosystems for Social Economy- Peer Learning Partnership (PL4SE – PLP)”. This initiative aims to promote favourable legal frameworks for Social Economy. The meeting was attended by representatives of the 25 consortium partners from 3 continents involved in this project, which is supported by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and funded by the European Union. On this occasion, the consortium analysed and discussed the legal frameworks that regulate the different entities in the Social Economy.

Last week, the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration, chaired by the Government of Portugal during that year, agreed on the CASCAIS DECLARATION, which once again confirms a resounding commitment by European governments to the Social Economy business model, insofar as the commitment derived from this document to promote the model and the recognition it makes of its contribution to the European Pillar of Social Rights. Through this declaration, they undertake to reinforce their commitment to the previous guidelines formulated in the Declarations of Luxembourg, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Madrid, the Manifesto "Pact for Impact" of Paris, and in the Declaration of Toledo that was signed by 18 EU governments last year.

CEPES welcomes the fact that the 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy recognizes the Social Economy as a fundamental and priority business agent for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The document places the Social Economy as a key business model of the 2030 Agenda that contributes “to a more inclusive and sustainable growth, creating stable and quality employment ”with a key role in strategic sectors linked to the development of the circular economy and the new care economy. Adopted by the Council of Ministers on June 8, the document is part of the 2021 Progress report that Spain will present in July at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York.

The president of the Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES), Juan Antonio Pedreño, has been unanimously re-elected for the third time, as president of Social Economy Europe (SEE), the highest representative entity of this business model in Europe. Pedreño will continue in office for 3 years and his re-election has taken place within the framework of the General Assembly, which SEE held blended in Brussels, with the presence of all its member partners. He begins this mandate at a time of consolidation of the European Social Economy as the company of the future and with the great challenge of placing Social Economy Europe at the heart of the European agenda.

“CEPES, with the support of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and funding of the European Union, has launched the project “LEGAL ECOSYSTEMS FOR SOCIAL ECONOMY - PEER LEARNING PARTNERSHIP”, a project that aims to promote laws and regulations for Social Economy enterprises. This project involves an international consortium of 26 organizations made up of national and ministerial public departments responsible for Social Economy in seven countries on three continents (Brazil, Canada, Korea, India, Italy, Italy, Mexico and Spain), social economy stakeholders and representative organisations as well as university experts”.

CEPES considers that the growing interest of society, students and teachers in the Social Economy is a clear sign of the new business models demanded by the current situation. This is clear from the success of the II Social Economy University Week, organized by CIRIEC-Spain through the ENUIES Network. In this edition, there are more than 127 activities programmed in 26 universities with the aim of bringing the academic world and the Social Economy sector closer together in two ways, making known, on the one hand, the intense teaching and university research activity that exists around the Social Economy sector and, on the other hand, showing students the possibilities of employment and self-employment that this business model provides.

The CEPES Board of Directors, in a virtual meeting with the fourth vice president of the Government of Spain and Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, discussed the participation of Social Economy companies in the recovery process that Spain is currently facing. , as well as the role that this business model plays in the demographic challenge and the structuring of the territory, in the new production model and in the Green Pact that affects numerous public policies.

The Spanish Business Confederation of Social Economy (CEPES) has prepared, together with its 27 partners and its associated companies, a report showing the actions and initiatives carried out by 383 companies of this business model and their actions before Covid-19. The sample includes companies of all sizes, from large companies, to SMEs to small businesses present in all economic sectors.

CEPES celebrates the creation, within the Government of Spain, of a Ministry and a Secretary of State for Social Economy, a business model that, with more than 42,000 companies, represents 12.5% of employment and 10% of state GDP. It was a historical claim of CEPES, which equals Spain with France and Luxembourg, countries that did have ministries and state secretariats of this business model

The book "The social economy in the Mediterranean", edited by Cajamar and coordinated by President CEPES and 'Social Economy Europe', Juan Antonio Pedreño, has been presented today in Murcia. Today's event in Murcia puts a halt on the presentations made on the occasion of the publication of the book 'The social economy in the Mediterranean', after the events previously held in Almería, Barcelona (in the MedaWeek) and Strasbourg in the framework of the European Day of the Social Economy companies.