Knowledge exchange platform CollectieveKracht, founded by research group Social Enterprises & Institutions for Collective Action, has received an award from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. The platform provides citizen collectives with reliable, science-based knowledge to help them develop into more resilient organisations.
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On October 10, Ondernemen met je Buurt organizes a SEWF Fringe Event and has invited Lukas Held from CollectieveKracht to participate in a discussion around thriving community entrepreneurships. He will shine a light on the commons movement and the role of the government. Also attending are: Tutku Yuksel, initiator of Thuis Wageningen, Caroline Gribner and Safka Overweel regarding funds such as Stichting DOEN and Katalys, and Martin Avila, explaining how the Scottish government created a welcoming environment for collectives.
From 9 to 13 October SEWF Week ’23 takes place, organized by the Social Enterprise World Forum. On the 10th is Fringe Day: a collections of related (and mostly free) events independent of SEWF.
CollectieveKracht, Europe Direct Eindhoven and DuurzaamDoor organised an event on Friday 16 June with the theme ‘Burgercollectieven en overheid: Genoeg geëxperimenteerd?!’, which attracted around 250 attendees. In the Parktheater in Eindhoven, citizen collectives, civil servants and scientists shared inspiring stories and examples, entered dialogues and shared new insights from practice and science from The Netherlands and other European countries.
On 17 February, our symposium “From science to society: evidence-based lessons for (cooperative) social enterprises” took place, followed by prof. dr. Tine De Moor’s inaugural lecture entitled: “Shakeholder society? Social Enterprises, citizens and collective action in the community economy”. We would like to thank all (online) attendees for attending these events! We hope everyone found it as interesting as we did.
We are already looking forward to the next event! In the meantime, if you would like to look back at the symposium, you can do so below!