{"id":5888,"date":"2014-05-25T14:40:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T12:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroalter.local\/?p=5888"},"modified":"2020-03-03T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T10:07:04","slug":"putting-a-face-on-europes-social-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/fr\/putting-a-face-on-europes-social-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting a face on Europe’s social economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

People naturally look for characters they can identify with. They have the power to personalize the story and deepen our connection with a particular issue. We know that identifying different types of unmet needs and capabilities can make use of customer segmentation techniques. But how about combining the data to reveal new needs & patterns, could these help create personas or characters people could relate to?<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0research<\/a>\u00a0created\u00a0characters<\/a>\u00a0that help people put themselves in the shoes of the different situations that young Europeans face when trying to make a living. A report has just come out on the\u00a0state of social economy<\/a>\u00a0across Europe. What’s fascinating is how the\u00a0visualisation<\/a>\u00a0below helps bring to life the situation that social entrepreneurs face across each country.<\/p>\n

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However, if we go deeper into the study, it argues that the social economy acts as a \u201cbuffer against the crisis\u201d, based on the following assumptions, that the social economy:<\/p>\n

“is difficult to relocate because groups of people are anchored in places and more resistant in view of its financial reserves, which they cannot be distributed to the shareholders”<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are the lessons the social economy should then learn from the Co-op Bank going into crisis and a member of Spain’s Mondragon co-op facing bankruptcy?<\/p>\n

“because of its particular rules (non-profit, allocation of surpluses, double nature) the social economy cannot be bought out because there is no market for its shares”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given that\u00a0three quarters<\/a>\u00a0of the banking division of the Coop Group was bought out, does this mean there should be stricter rules to ensure social economies cannot be bought out, or greater power to their stakeholders to be able to hold them to account on how well they uphold their mission?<\/p>\n

From what I\u2019ve seen of the growth of the social economy and even greater growth in the interest in using the term is that it has created a certain degree of complacency about how \u201csocial\u201d actors of the social economy are. The article by the\u00a0Secret Social Entrepeneur<\/a>\u00a0echoes this. We could also ask the cooperative movement about how \u201ccooperative\u201d its members are.<\/p>\n

By their very nature, the\u00a0social economy depend on human behaviours and in particular their goodwill.<\/strong>\u00a0Of course, humans are social animals, but their actions are influenced by a range of\u00a0habits, attention & decisions<\/a>, summarised by the RSA Social Brain Centre which\u00a0affect our ability to be social and collaborative.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps behind the faces of the Europeans above, we should also look at their motivations for becoming social entrepreneurs and their behaviours as they go about doing business…and how these are affected by different factors (not only those experienced by the Coop)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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