University Social Economy Week

The 2nd University Social Economy Week was held during the first fortnight of March, with a total of 127 activities in 26 universities, in which over 5,000 people took part.

Organised by the Centro de Investigacion en Economia Publica, Social y Cooperativa, CIRIEC (Centre for Research in Public, Social and Cooperative Economy) and the network of researchers in Social Economy, ENUIES, the initiative revealed the intense educational activity and university research regarding the sector of cooperatives, worker-owned companies, mutual societies, social companies and the social action third sector that is being developed at present.

The week concluded with an online event about the role of cooperatives and other social economy companies in the Plan for the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience of the Spanish economy and in which the General Manger of the Self-employed, Social Economy and CSR, Maravillas Espín participated.