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THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND OF SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES IN RELOCATION PROCESSES

THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND OF SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES IN RELOCATION PROCESSES P. De Bucquois, Vice-President Brussels, 29 June 2006. Comité européen des associations d’intérêt général – European Council for Non-Profit Organisations

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THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND OF SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES IN RELOCATION PROCESSES

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  1. THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND OF SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES IN RELOCATION PROCESSES P. De Bucquois, Vice-President Brussels, 29 June 2006

  2. Comité européen des associations d’intérêt général – European Council for Non-Profit Organisations Founded 1989 – About 30 Members from 11 EU Countries

  3. Represents associations in the European Union’s main representative body of social economy (enterprises) : CEP-CMAF (Standing conference of Cooperatives, Mutualities, Associations and Foundations)

  4. Relocations : • As a process • As an event

  5. An analytical framework for relocations : Fernand Braudel’s three layers : • Capitalism • Market • Material life With a different relation to space AND to time

  6. Civil society organisations : different relation to time (participation requires building trust) Social economy organisations : different relation to space – anchored in « territories » (= politically regulated spaces)

  7. Other dimensions of relocations : - The end of the « job for life » model (rising life expectancy of people, dropping life expectancy of companies) Life exp Individuals Companies Time

  8. Other dimensions of relocations (ctn’d): The increasing role of services Social economy organisations play a key role in this respect because of their important « trust-building » component • Education • Health and care • …

  9. Those features call for increased recognition of social economy enterprises at European level, including in such issues as : • Directive on services in the internal market • Corporate social responsibility

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