We are an ecosystem of ecosystems supporting social and solidarity economy worldwide.
Together with our members and partners, we strive for a more inclusive and sustainable economy, through knowledge-based activities, international cooperation and research.
WHAT WE DO
GOING GLOBAL
GOING GLOBAL
Fostering global cooperation between national federations and support networks, public authorities, educational and international institutions to solve sectorial challenges faster and in the most innovative way.
KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE
Embracing a human-centred approach to create opportunities, share and multiply knowledge through peer learning, capacity building, training, exchanges of good practices and research.
NETWORK
NETWORK
Connecting and supporting members and partners to create favourable conditions for the development of other ecosystems, networks, clusters and support organisations at regional and national level.
VISIBILITY
VISIBILITY
Raising awareness and sharing knowledge on innovative economic models offered by social economy enterprises and organisations enabling sustainability, resilience and innovation for socio-economic growth.
We are one of the widest networks specialised in supporting social and solidarity economy and social enterprises covering more than 20 countries through major national federations and support networks associating over 90,000 organisations and 1.2 million jobs.
LATEST NEWS
SOCIAL ECONOMY IN TOURISM
ISTO celebrates 60 years and aims to raise awareness about fair and sustainable tourism for all, and inspire other organisations to implement a more...
New project starting! EU-wide initiative on Socially Responsible Public Procurement
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our EU-wide project on how to use EU Public Procurement to achieve social goals. This is called Socially...
3rd SEA4NEB PEER REVIEW IN MESSINA, ITALY!
Last week we were in Messina, Italy, for the third Peer Review of the SEA4NEB project together with partners Horcynus Orca and Comune di...