European Action Plan on Social Economy Roadmap

For Caritas Europa, social economy organisations play an essential role in building an inclusive labour market and in fostering a human-centred economy, where the main function of the economy is to serve people.

Given the mission, impact and value of social economy actors and the growing significance of the social economy sector in Europe and around the world, Caritas Europa urges the European Commission to ensure that the Action Plan for Social Economy:

• • builds upon the Toledo Declaration and following declarations on the Social and Solidarity Economy;
  • acknowledges the importance of both the internal and external dimensions of the social economy; and