CORDIS · DICES
Driving inclusive care: economic democracy and social economy
- Code
DICES- Programme
- HORIZON
- Call
- The role of social economy in addressing social exclusion, providing quality jobs and greater sustainability
HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-09 - Status
- SIGNED
- Period
- 2025-02-01 – 2029-01-31
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Participants
| Organisations | Role | Country | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | coordinator | BE | 748 350 € |
| INSTITUTT FOR SAMFUNNSFORSKNING | participant | NO | 525 971 € |
| LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR LANDERKUNDE EV | participant | DE | 362 735 € |
| DIESIS NETWORK | participant | BE | 347 402 € |
| UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK | participant | IE | 325 346 € |
| UNIVERSITAET GRAZ | participant | AT | 312 102 € |
| CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES ET D'INFORMATION SUR L'ECONOMIE PUBLIQUE, SOCIALE ET COOPERATIVE AISBL | participant | BE | 291 102 € |
| ZENTRUM FUR SOZIALE INNOVATION GMBH | participant | AT | 231 188 € |
| PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU | participant | EL | 180 152 € |
| SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | participant | BG | 113 902 € |
Description
Social economy organisations play a crucial role in tackling social exclusion. However, the development of social economy governance frameworks and their impact on social inclusion remains insufficiently explored. The DICES project aims to bridge this gap with a threefold objective: (i) Enhance understanding of Europe's social economy and identify factors driving its uneven development; (ii) Evaluate the role of social economy organisations in addressing social exclusion and improving services and workplaces; (iii) Recommend policy measures and governance frameworks to unlock the social economy's potential, including strategies for identifying and promoting best practices. DICES, first, establishes a conceptual and empirical framework and conducts a mapping, examining the social economy's integration into welfare governance frameworks. Second, DICES uses 'deep dives' to investigate contributions at local, including in left behind places, and organisational levels, including in the provision of care. This work builds on case studies and pilot actions, a survey, small-scale experiments and other innovative methods. This approach is connected through the identification of conditions that would allow organisational experiments to scale up into institutional experiments. DICES uses interdisciplinary methods across EU and non-EU countries. The project engages stakeholders through co-design of pilot actions and peer review cycles, complementing quantitative and qualitative studies. Stakeholder input helps develop concrete policy proposals. DICES disseminates findings through research papers policy briefs, a digital storyboard, webinars, and toolboxes for policymakers and practitioners to maximise impact on policymakers, stakeholders, and the public.
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