Social Economy village

Financial partner for social economy and cooperative projects in Wallonia.

Association whose aim is to inspire, bring together, support and train the social entrepreneurs.

Support and advice on problems relating to the management of a social economy enterprise.

Ethical finance cooperative building an inclusive and sustainable society, where money is used for the common good.

A pluralist movement whose non-profit aim is to develop research, education and action in the field of responsible and socially responsible finance in order to contribute to a fairer and more humane society.

Wallonia's social economy incubator. Facilitates guidance, support, training and meetings between players in the social economy

Association whose mission is to defend and develop the social economy as a credible and concrete alternative to globalised neo-liberal capitalism.

Belgian federation of cooperatives which defends, promotes and supports cooperatives.

Four university chairs to strengthen teaching and research in the social economy, with close links to the social enterprise ecosystem in the Walloon Region and Brussels.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy is an OECD-EU policy-learning network to strengthen youth entrepreneurship.

Community Land Trust Brussels (CLTB) develops permanently affordable housing projects in Brussels for people with limited means on collectively-owned land.

Walloon federation of housing cooperatives approved as social enterprises, which aims to federate and boost social housing initiatives to promote collective ownership, access to buildings for all and, more broadly, to keep them free from property speculation.

Non-profit association committed to a more affordable, democratic, resilient and creative city.

Intersectoral confederation of employers in the social profit sector (non-profit) in Wallonia and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

A support and advice structure for entrepreneurship and business development.

ETA, adapted work enterprise, whose social objective is the socio-professional integration of people with disabilities and employs over 600 workers on 3 sites. Active in packaging/logistics, electricity/connectics, composite materials, maintenance of green spaces/renovation of social housing.

Not-for-profit organisation that creates links between migrants and the people of Liège.

ETA, adapted work company and, non-profit association, whose mission is to provide useful, remunerative and rewarding jobs for workers with disabilities in the following areas: training courses for children, school visits, birthdays, animal park, garden business, restaurant, organic grocery shop, organic bakery, joinery.

CSC (Confédération des Syndicats chrétiens), workers' trade union.

Workers' trade union.

Mutual health insurance.

Bimonthly newsletter from the Ligue des familles (an association that supports and defends all families in Wallonia and Brussels and offers solutions to meet parental needs).

A magazine providing critical analysis of social issues for 25 years in Belgium.

Belgian feminist magazine.

Press cooperative - Peasant and citizen magazine that takes stands.

Press cooperative & alternative and independent media.

An independent print and online media, financed by its readers and co-operators.

A centre of expertise and reflection, bringing together in one place all the data relating to the social economy.

The aim is to create a Belgian platform for consolidating, publishing and statistically analyzing data from companies in the social profit sector.

Blueprint for advanced skills & trainings in the social economy (2022-2026)

Training young people to use the technologies available in FabLabs in a more professional way, to meet the demand from enterprises looking for skilled labour in an industry in the throes of a digital revolution.

A workers' cooperative that provides a place for professional projects, sharing resources, tools and guarantees to develop activities with complete peace of mind. The choice of social protection for employees combined with entrepreneurial freedom.

Digitalisation support for social economy enterprises

Expert in assistive and inclusive technology. Lichtwerk assists (work integration social) enterprises with the implementation of assistive technologies and the adaptation of workstations.

Group Maatwerk represents the interests of enterprises and organisations that provide adapted work to people distanced from the labour market.

Training centre for French as a foreign language (FLE) and alpha. Training in the use of new technologies.

The Ceinture Aliment-Terre Liégeoise [CATL] is a project designed to mobilise the vital forces of the Liège region in support of the development of a local food supply chain that is short, ecological and generates high-quality jobs.

Walloon Federation of Adapted Work Enterprises

Promoting the social and professional integration of jobseekers with a low level of education.

Bike repairs, learning the basics of self-repair and giving a second life to unused bikes.

Building circular bicycles from recycled raw materials..

Manufacture of recycled paper-based panels for interior acoustic insulation work.

Transforming excavated soil - officially "waste" - into circular building materials.

Citizen cooperative that valorizes local wood resources to heat enterprises, schools, municipalities and communities.

Cooperative with the mission to make the best use of local wood.

Adapted work enterprise on wood.

Man, Nature and Future

Citizen energy cooperative of Brussels.