Social Services Europe (SSE) welcomes the European Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation to be presented in 2023. SSE contributes to this recommendation due to our extensive knowledge of the realities and needs of not-for-profit social services providers within the social economy. SSE also highlights that more than a third of the (estimated) 13.8 million paid jobs in the social economy are provided by social services.
Therefore, SSE recommends the following:
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Promote socially responsible public procurement (SRPP).
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Promote legal and political recognition for alternative instruments to public procurement.
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Revise State Aid rules to ensure more accessibility to not-for-profit social services within the
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Promote and reinforce structured dialogue in all sectors of the Social Economy.
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Nominate social economy ambassadors.
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Ensure investment for the sustainability and impact of not-for-profit social services within the social economy.
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Provide training and awareness raising activities.
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Encourage that any future guidance addresses social economy organisations.
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Address low wages and precarious working conditions in the sector through the proposed national social economy strategies.
You can read the full SSE Contribution submitted by clicking here.