Transdisciplinary Forum: Social enterprises for sustainable societies From research to practice and back

03 July 2017, auditoires Socrate, Place Cardinal Mercier, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve.

"Grand Place" parking.

Practitioners and researchers will exchange views and learn from each other of topics related to social economy, such as public recognition of social enterprises, development cooperation, social economy mutation with digitalization, renewable energy cooperatives, social innovation and care, and social finance.
This forum will be followed by 6th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise

Organizing team : Géraldine Goffe, Andreia Lemaître, Rocio Nogales Marthe Nyssens,

Schedule of the day :

13h00 - 14h45 (workshop choice) :

Workshop 1 : Chair in Social and Solidarity Economy in the South: A dialogue between researchers and field actors (CIRTES UCL et Louvain Coopération) - Language : French

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Since 2012, the UCL’s Chair in Social and Solidarity Economy in the South (CESSS), a unique partnership between the university’s NGO Louvain Coopération and the CIRTES (Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Work, State and Society), facilitates academic research in social and solidarity economy grounded in the empirical fields provided by the NGO’s various development projects in the South.
This session aims at discussing the lessons learned by the Chair’s two stake holders (PhD students and NGO staff) in this specific form of partnered research. Topics covered will be the opportunities but also the methodological and ethical challenges specific to this form of research. In this session, we will also discuss and consider ways for improvement for future partnered research.
President: Andreia Lemaître (CIRTES/DVLP, UCL)
Speakers: Vincent Henin (Louvain Coopération), Maria José Ruiz (CIRTES/DVLP, UCL), Maïté Kervyn de Lettenhove (CIRTES/DVLP, UCL), Andreia Lemaître(CIRTES/DVLP, UCL)

Workshop 2 : Cooperative energy: toward consumer engagement in the energy transition ? (EPFL, Lausanne ; Centre d’Économie Sociale, HEC, ULg ; Leuphana University of Lüneburg ; REScoop.eu) - Language : English

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Renewable energy cooperatives have been perceived as ideal institutional models to foster consumer engagement in sustainable energy generation and consumption. The present session will address this topic, gathering representatives of the European Federation of Renewable Energy Sources Cooperatives (REScoop.eu) and researchers working in the field of renewable energy cooperatives and community energy. Together with the session moderator, these actors will discuss how energy cooperatives can promote households’ engagement in renewable energy production, energy efficiency and demand-side response, and discuss the possibilities of establishing further synergy between research and practice. The format of the session will include short presentations on the different projects that REScoop.eu has been developing to engage energy users in sustainable energy generation and consumption. This will be followed by a plenary discussion with participation of the audience.
President: Thomas Bauwens (EPFL, Lausanne)
Speakers: Thomas Bauwens (EPFL), Lars Holstenkamp (Leuphana University of Lüneburg), Dirk Vansintjan (president of REScoop.eu) or Stan d’Herbemont (project manager of REScoop.eu), Daan Creupelandt (coordinator of REScoop.eu), Josh Roberts (policy officer of REScoop.eu)

Workshop 3 : WISDOM : (Social innovation in field of elderly home care: The role of social entreprises): The elderly’s domicile: A space for social innovation? (CIRTES UCL) - Language : French

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Ageing in place is a crucial issue in the long-term care debate and its related reforms all across Europe. This first WISDOM roundtable will present a set of social innovations supported by not-for-profit providers in the domiciliary eldercare in Wallonia. Researchers and field actors will discuss the kind of social approaches to health these initiatives refer to and, more fundamentally, what makes them social and innovative and to whom.
President: Caroline Jansen (Union des entreprises à profit social – UNIPSO)
Speakers: Marie-Claire Sépulchre (Fédération wallonne de services d’aide à domicile), Pierre Drielsma (Fédération des maisons médicales), Valentine Charlot et Caroline Guffens (“C’est ma vie !...et la maladie d’Alzheimer en fait partie” project, NPO Le bien vieillir), Jessica Arias (“Patient, soignants, aidant : une relation intégrée” project of the Centrale de services à domicile (CSD) Centre, Charleroi and Soignies / Protocole 3-INAMI), Martine Balthazar (“Maisons d’accueil communautaire” project, NPO Aide à domicile en milieu rural – ADMR), Annalisa Casini (CIRTES/IPSY, UCL), Olivier Schmitz (IRSS, UCL)

Workshop 4 : When is social finance social? (CIRTES UCL, Université de Rennes 1, CERMi ULB) - Language : French (english translation provided)

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Social finance has drawn a lot of attention in the aftermath of the financial sector turbulence in 2007-2008. An array of initiatives—e.g. social banks, crowdfunding, financial cooperatives, socially responsible investment funds, etc.—have thrived. Our workshop aims to identify the structuring features of the field of social finance and to discuss its boundaries. Can social finance be defined through the public it targets at? Through its practices? Through its governance structure? Through its social mission?
The workshop will gather together researchers and practitioners to discuss these questions. The former will offer an analytical framework that will be enriched and questioned by the latter on the basis of their ground experience and knowledge of the social finance sector. The theorization of social finance appears to be at its early stages. This workshop is aimed to bring a contribution towards this end.
President: Marek Hudon (CERMi, ULB)
Speakers: Amandine Albizzati (La Nef), Annika Cayrol (Réseau Financité), Simon Cornée (Université de Rennes 1), Bernard Horenbeek (Crédal et Vice-Président Febea), Sebastien Mortier (FairFin), Anaïs Périlleux (CIRTES, UCL), Frédéric Fourrier (Finansol), Triodos

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15h15 - 17h00 (workshop choice) :

Workshop 5 : How to mobilize actors and researchers to foster social economy? The case of digitalization in the services sector (Concertes et CIRTES) - Language : French

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If collaboration between the world of research and the actors of the social enterprises world is often desired by both sides, the setting up of such collaboration is often complex: both the temporality and the objectives of Researchers differ from those in the field. Hence, it requires to develop a mutual and realistic understanding of the expectations and contributions of each other’s. This seminar will approach this issue through the development of a concrete case: the impact of new technologies on work and society structuration. Indeed, the use of digital technologies in the field of services highlight different questions: form and framework of employment; relations between enterprises/providers, users and workers; accessibility to services ... All these issues affect social protection systems, the world of work, and the equity and equality in the access of certain services. Social enterprises will faced with these issues and a partnership with the world of research could enable them to anticipate this phenomenon and position themselves as best as possible in this digital economy and to foster a positive development for all.
President: Olivier Brolis (CIRTES, UCL)
Speakers: François Pichault (Lentic, ULg), Vincent Rialle (Université Grenoble Alpes), Denis Morrier (Atout EI), One member of CSD Liège (To be confirmed)

Workshop 6 : The future of renewable energy cooperatives in the European energy governance (EPFL, Lausanne ; Centre d’Économie Sociale, HEC, ULg ; Leuphana University of Lüneburg ; REScoop.eu) - Language : English

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In this second session dedicated to cooperative energy, researchers and practitioners working in this field will discuss what roles renewable energy cooperatives can play in the current and future energy policy governance regime, in Europe and elsewhere. Questions to be addressed include: to which extent is European policy supportive of energy cooperatives and communities? What are the main divergences between European nations in this respect? How is the 4th package of proposals for the reform of EU energy legislation going to change the current situation? How to build stronger partnerships between energy cooperatives and governmental authorities at the European, national and local levels? The format of the session will include short presentations on the advocacy activities of REScoop.eu and on the ways energy cooperatives have sought to build collaborations with European and local authorities. This will be followed by a plenary discussion with participation of the audience.
President: Benjamin Huybrechts (HEC, ULg)
Speakers: Daan Creupelandt (coordinator of REScoop.eu), Stan d’Herbemont (project manager of REScoop.eu), Benjamin Huybrechts (HEC-ULg), Josh Roberts (policy officer de REScoop.eu), Dirk Vansintjan (president of REScoop.eu) or Stan d’Herbemont (project manager of REScoop.eu)

Workshop 7 : WISDOM : (Social innovation in field of elderly home care: The role of social entreprises): Innovating care services: the challenges of socioeconomic viability and well-being at work (CIRTES) - Language : French (English translation provided)

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This second WISDOM roundtable will examine socio-economic resources, governance, worker’s participation and well-being in elderly care social innovations. Discussants will show how these topics contribute to shape a variety of organisational models of social innovation. This roundtable will also reflect on the embeddedness of these models in their institutional context and how they contribute to shape social policies.
Chair: Cécile de Préval (Union des entreprises à profit social – UNIPSO)
Speakers: Régis de Kerautem (ASBL Un toit deux âges), Marie-Laure Mercier et Cindy Joye (Maison médicale de Ransart), Claire de Kerautem (ASBL Un toit deux âges), Didier Dubois, Christelle Noel and Murielle Beguin (“Garde à Domicile Alzheimer” project, NPO Service Provincial (Namur) d’Aide Familiale – SPAF), Lucie Lacasse (“Lion Solidaire” project, Mutualité chrétienne du Brabant wallon), Ela Callorda Fossati (CIRTES, UCL), Rachida Bensliman and Céline Mahieu (CRISS,ULB)

Workshop 8 : Labels in social finance: opportunity or threat? (CIRTES UCL, CERMi ULB) - Language : French

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In view of the development of financial products and actors in the field of social finance, labels may help consumers to make sure that financial institutions comply with ethical, social and environmental charters. However, the proliferation of labels entails the risk of a confusion. What should be the foundations of these labels? What should they be governed and controlled? Are they effective in the sense that they deliver enhanced information for consumers? What risks do they entail (negative reputational chain effects)? Social finance actors will gather together to tackle these issues in order to outline new perspectives on the development of labels.
President: Marek Hudon (CEB, ULB)
Speakers: Amandine Albizzati (La Nef), Triodos (To be confirmed), Annika Cayrol (Réseau Financité), Simon Cornée (Université de Rennes 1), Bernard Horenbeek (Crédal et Vice-Président Febea), Sebastien Mortier (FairFin), Anaïs Périlleux (CIRTES, UCL), Finansol:(To be confirmed)

17h30 - 19h00

6th EMES International Research Conference opening plenary: Social Enterprise for sustainable societies. From research to practice and back.

Jacques Grégoire, Vice-Chancellor of social sciences and humanities, UCL
Jean-Claude Marcourt, Minister of Economy,Industry, Innovation, Digital Economy and of Higher Education, Research and Media

Which Social Enterprises Models for Sustainable Societies? Dialogue between research and practice

Marthe Nyssens, UCL, EMES president
Jo Barraket, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
Marek Hudon, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Free University of Brussels

19h30 - 21h00

Welcoming cocktail

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