Save the date!
The Blueprint for Social Economy and Proximity Skills & Advanced Trainings Schemes Adaptable to diverse Social Economy Ecosystem in Europe – baSE project was launched in 2022 to address skills gaps and anticipate future competences needed in the Social Economy and proximity sectors across Europe; and it now arrives at the very end!
The final event “Strengthening skills for the Social Economy: from Blueprint to action” marks the culmination of this collective effort and will be web-streamed from Brussels to present key results and hands-on workshops, discussing together how to sustain and scale outcomes beyond the project’s lifetime.
Details:
July 9th 2026 / 9:00 – 15:00
Hybrid EU Conference
Venue: Circularium – Chaussée de Mons 95, 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels
Registration: Eventbrite platform
Target: young people and students (VET and university level), VET providers and trainers, universities and higher education, SE practitioners and networks, industry representatives, EU and national policymakers, project stakeholders and partners.
BASE_concept note final event here. Please note that the agenda may be adjusted due to speaker availability or unforeseen circumstances)
| 9h – 9h30 | Registration and welcoming coffee | |
| 9h30 – 10h | Official opening:
Introduction to baSE skills journey |
Circularium welcoming
Diesis Network Mondragon university Social Economy Europe |
| 10h – 10h35 | High-level keynote session:
Competitive Social Economy and Skills that matter |
Baptiste Mandouze – DG EMPL
Amal Chevreau – OECD (tbc) Brikena Xhomaqi – LLLP (tbc) Luca Pastorelli – Diesis Network |
| 10h35 – 11h10 | Blueprint for Social Economy:
baSE roadmap |
Iñigo Albizuri – Mondragon corporation
Florence Lanzi – Liege University |
| 11h10 – 11h40 | Coffee break | |
| 11h30 – 12h20 | Parallel interactive workshops (in-person) | |
| – From skills to impact: how the baSE Blueprint project turned transition challenges into learning opportunities | Barbara Dainelli – ENAIP NET
Marina Letonja – DOBA Business School |
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| – Universities & Higher Education engagement in training delivery | Charlotte Moreau – Liege Univ
Sjard Honsch – Hildesheim Univ |
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| – Policy and strategy: baSE sustainability | Chiara Lipari – SEE
ESS France |
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| 12h20 – 13h15 | Lunch break and networking | |
| 13h15 – 13h45 | Skills strategies – Reflection and sustainability | Julia Koczanowicz-Chondzyńska – FISE
Claudia Petrescu – CLNR |
| 13h45 – 14h15 | Round-closing session | Sarah de Heusch – SEE
Felix Rohn – DG EMPL Blueprint |
| 14h15 – 15h | Cocktail closure | |
