Angela Achiței, president of ADV Romania was invited to give a speech at the European Parliament event, organized by Social Economy Europe on December 7, to celebrate 1 year of Social Economy Action Plan & 10 years of Social Economy Europe!

Policy makers and social economy key stakeholders were present at the event

Nicolas Schmit, PatriziaToia, Juan Pedreño, Jordi Cañas, Marlène Schiappa, Chris MM Gordon, Joaquín Pérez Rey & more had presentations during the event.

See the recording of the event here.

Angela Achitei, president of ADV Romania was invited to deliver a speech during the event and she brought to attention the story of ADV Romania in social economy, that started in 2008. She continued with the challenges that social entrepreneurs from Romania and stressed the importance of access to market as a means to ensure the sustainability of the sector.

Another key point she addressed is the need for data collection about the sector as it provides valuable insights about what needs to be changed, improved or created for the sector to fulfill its potential.

Angela Achiței ended her speech with a call to action about the need to raise awareness about the impact of social economy and to enable the national public support to apply the Social Economy Action plan on the ground.