{"id":831,"date":"2021-04-30T18:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/times.ces.uc.pt\/?p=831"},"modified":"2021-12-29T03:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T03:58:56","slug":"times-international-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/times.ces.uc.pt\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"TIMES International Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social enterprises (SE) are a phenomenon that is deserving growing attention at the academic, political and civil society levels all over Europe. SEs are bringing innovations in the organizational forms of the social economy and its sectors of activity, articulating economic, social, cultural, and environmental dimensions, and orienting their missions towards social and societal problems of poverty, unemployment, aging, environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n

The debate around the concept of SE is indicative of the transformations and complex articulations in the field of social economy and the relationships between these organizations, the State, private companies, and the market. In spite of this international, scientific, and political relevance, the existing knowledge about SEs in Portugal is still limited.<\/p>\n

With the TIMES project we aimed at contributing to the knowledge of the meaning, profile, institutional context, and roles of SE in Portugal, focusing on their contribution in addressing social and societal challenges and drawing a future political agenda for SEs. The conceptual and methodological choices of the TIMES Project were in line with the International Comparative Social Enterprise Models (ICSEM) project, thus adding in comparative power.<\/p>\n

This conference has two objectives. On one hand, to present the main results of the TIMES Project regarding social enterprises in Portugal. On the other hand, to debate the main challenges for SEs at the organizational, social and political levels and help forward an agenda for their role in society. This is done by situating the Portuguese case within experiences of other European countries and in relation European institutions policies and initiatives.<\/p>\n

In this conference we will deal with: SE models in Portugal and Europe (day 1); social enterprises contribution in addressing social and societal challenges (work integration, social inclusion, culture, arts and environmental sustainability) (day 2); drawing a future political agenda for SE capacity and roles (day 3).<\/p>\n

Invited speakers will be national and European scholars, representatives of European Institutions, representatives of SEs that participated in the study, local and European policy makers, as well as other social economy stakeholders.<\/p>\n

The TIMES project is financed by ERDF – European Regional Development Fund through COMPETE 2020 – Operational Program Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI) and by Portuguese national funds through FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, within the scope of the TIMES project, ref. PTDC \/ SOC-SOC \/ 30612\/2017 | POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030612.<\/p>\n

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Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Day 1
\n27 April, 14h – 16h30<\/strong><\/p>\n

14h – <\/em>14h15<\/strong>
\nWelcome and introduction<\/em>, Silvia Ferreira (Professor FEUC; Principal Investigator CES\/TIMES)<\/p>\n

14h15 – 14h35<\/strong>
\nSocial Enterprises in Europe<\/em>, Dana Verbal (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission)<\/p>\n

14h35 – <\/em>14h45<\/strong>
\nSocial Economy in the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, <\/em>Filipa Farelo (Coordinator of Institutional Relations, Cooperative Sector and Statistics at CASES)<\/em><\/p>\n

14h45 – 15h10<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Short self-presentation of organizations that participated in the study \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n