1. P. De Bucquois, Vice-President
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND OF SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES IN RELOCATION PROCESSES
P. De Bucquois, Vice-President
Brussels, 29 June 2006

2. Comité européen des associations d’intérêt général – European Council for Non-Profit Organisations
Founded 1989 – About 30 Members from 11 EU Countries

3. Represents associations in the European Union’s main representative body of social economy (enterprises) : CEP-CMAF (Standing conference of Cooperatives, Mutualities, Associations and Foundations)

4. Relocations :
As a process
As an event

5. An analytical framework for relocations :
Fernand Braudel’s three layers :
Capitalism
Market
Material life
With a different relation to space AND to time

6. Civil society organisations : different relation to time (participation requires building trust)
Social economy organisations : different relation to space – anchored in « territories » (= politically regulated spaces)

7. Other dimensions of relocations :
- The end of the « job for life » model (rising life expectancy of people, dropping life expectancy of companies)
Life exp
Individuals
Companies
Time

8. Other dimensions of relocations (ctn’d):
The increasing role of services
Social economy organisations play a key role in this respect because of their important « trust-building » component
Education
Health and care …

9. Those features call for increased recognition of social economy enterprises at European level, including in such issues as :
Directive on services in the internal market
Corporate social responsibility