Employ SSE

Help rebuild Recycled Estate Educational Centre in Croatia

The earthquake caused great damage to the Recycled Estate Education Center – we need your help to rebuild it together!

The Recycled Estate suffered significant damage in the December 29, 2020 earthquake whose epicenter was about 25km away. In our village Vukomerić there almost isn’t a sole house without damage from the earthquake so we immediately set out to help everyone, repaired the damage on the roofs, removed the collapsed chimneys and did everything else necessary so people can safely spend the winter in their homes.

After we saved the houses on the Estate and in our village, just after the New Year’s day ZMAG’s construction team headed to the hardest hit areas South of us – to Banija where we help in the towns of Sisak and Glina and the surrounding villages. Our knowledge and skills in the field of construction that we have been developing for years are now reaching their full potential as we participate in the most basic repair of damaged buildings. We coordinate teams of volunteers and work at several locations in order to make homes of the local population safe before the coldest part of the winter. In addition to physical work, we do not neglect moral support, we talk and provide words of comfort and encouragement to our hosts, and we volunteer in delivering supplies to homes in remote areas. We are there as long as we can build and provide support, and then we return to our Recycled Estate.

Continue reading “Help rebuild Recycled Estate Educational Centre in Croatia”

OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19): Social economy and the COVID-19 crisis: current and future roles

The “social economy” has played an important role in addressing and mitigating the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on economy and society. In the short term, social economy actors have assisted the recovery from the crisis by providing innovative solutions that are aimed at strengthening public services to complement government action. In the long term, social economy organisations can help reshape the post-crisis economy by promoting inclusive and sustainable economic models. Relying on decades of experience, its specific features and underlying principles, the social economy can inspire models of social innovation and a sense of purpose to firms operating in the market economy.

Find out more here.

EmploySSE is now present in the EPALE Platform

Check it here.

The Osnabrück Declaration

The Osnabrück Declaration has been approved by the EU Council of Ministers of Education for supporting the vocational education and training systems, policies and transition in the labour market.

Find out more here.

A review of training on SSE

A review of training on SSE in the project’s five countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece and Italy. This review highlights the connection between the fields of SSE and Adult Education for Social Transformation.

You can find it here.

A report of the Education and Training 2020 Working Group on Adult Learning 2014 – 2015

The Digital project aims to integrate digital tools in adult education to facilitate the work of educators and allow them to enhance their student’s learning experiences as well as their motivation and engagement. Digital will provide different tools to help adult educators have access to information both inside and outside the adult learning classrooms. Did you know that the European Commission has released a manual (attached below) regarding essential steps to improve adult learning in Europe by the application of digital tools in education processes? Click the link below for more details.

Find out more here.

UNESCO´s Futures of Education – ICAE´s Future of ALE

The International Council for Adult Education has recently taken part in the global discussion on the UNESCO initiative Futures of Education by publishing a report entitled “Adult Learning and Education (ALE) – Because the future cannot wait”.

Find out more here.

Open letter to the minister of labour and social affairs of the Czech Republic

The COVID 19 pandemic and crisis is endangering social enterprises. Support them. The letter was initiated by TESSEA – Czech network of social enterprises – and has already more than 70 signatures !

Ekumenická akademie was one of the first who signed it.

Find out more here.

International manifesto for solidarity economy

The actors involved in solidarity economy must be heard. The economy we need for tomorrow is already here. Its growth depends on the advent of a new generation of public action.

Find out more here.

A guide to SSE entrepreneurship from a gender perspective

Quartiers du Monde (QDM) publishes the guide “Accompanying social and solidarity entrepreneurship with a gender perspective”. The purpose of this document is to provide tools for alternative entrepreneurship for women’s socio-economic autonomy.

Find out more here.