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 (9H30-11H10 webstreamed and translation options FR, IT, ES)
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 |
Gerd de Wilde – Circularium welcoming
Marta Bruschi – Diesis Network Ane Sanchez-Zeziaga – Mondragon university |
| 10h – 10h40 | High-level keynote session:
Competitive Social Economy and Skills that matter |
Baptiste Mandouze – DG EMPL
Marina Monaco – ETUC Veronica Arduino – LLLP Moderator: Luca Pastorelli – Diesis Network |
| 10h40 – 11h10 | Blueprint for Social Economy:
baSE roadmap |
Iñigo Albizuri – Mondragon corporation
Jossie Ravomanana – ESS France |
| 11h10 – 11h30 | Coffee break | |
| 11h30 – 12h20 | Parallel interactive workshops (in-person) | |
| A – 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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| B – Integrating Social Economy Skills into Higher Education: pedagogical tools for teaching SE workers |
Sjard Hönsch – Univ Hildesheim
Pascale Zoetaert – ConcertES |
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| C – Sustainability and strategy: turning baSE results into concrete actions | Chiara Lipari – SEE
Marievi Gretsi – AKMI Symbat Yessimgaliyeva – EVTA Briana Urzica – EVBB |
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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 | Felix Rohn – DG EMPL Blueprint
Sarah de Heusch – SEE |
| 14h15 – 15h | Cocktail closure | |
