Reves

REVES, la rete europea di comuni e regioni per l’economia sociale, è l’unica rete europea composta da enti pubblici locali e attori del privato sociale.

L’obiettivo principale è quello di creare delle partnership stabili e politiche comuni al fine di sostenere lo sviluppo locale e l’inclusione sociale. REVES promuove la cittadinanza attiva, la responsabilità sociale, la solidarietà e la partecipazione come pre condizione per una migliore coesione sociale e sviluppo economico. REVES si è costituita nell’ottobre del 1997 grazie ad un’iniziativa dei Comuni di Östersund (Svezia) e Reggio Calabria (Italia), la Confederazione europea dei lavoratori delle cooperative, cooperative sociali e Imprese sociali (CECOP). Ad oggi, aderiscono amministrazioni locali e enti privati provenienti da 15 stati (13 Stati membri dell’Unione Europea più Marocco e Russia), per un totale di 80 membri. Da diverso tempo REVES ha sviluppato un approccio multidisciplinare per la pianificazione delle politiche locali. Ciò è stato fatto per estendere il concetto di Responsabilità Sociale d’Impresa ad un più ampio concetto che includa tutti gli attori chiave di un dato territorio. Tali principi corrispondono agli obiettivi comuni della strategia europea contro la povertà e l’esclusione sociale, la mobilità, la sussidarietà e l’applicazione di un approccio multi dimensionale all’inclusione sociale.

Il Consorzio Leonardo ha aderito alla rete nel settembre 2007.

Reves is a unique European network that brings together Local Authorities and Social Economy Actors in order to create stable partnerships and common policies for a socially sustainable local development and social inclusion. It was officially created in September 1997 as an international non-profit association, by a group of cities such as Östersund (Sweden) and Reggio Calabria (IT) in collaboration with the European Confederation of workers co-operatives, social co-operatives, participative enterprises (CECOP). The Reggio Declaration was written. It became the REVES Charter defining the targets and development lines of local and international co-operation within REVES. In 9 years of REVES' existence, its key concepts - partnership, participation, social cohesion and new quality employment for the creation of a new pluralistic local welfare - have gone through a period of analysis and joint development in different local realities within 13 EU member states, Morocco and Russia. Since several years, REVES has been developing a multi-disciplinary partnership-based approach for local policy planning and evaluation. This was done by extending the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility of enterprises to a wider concept involving all key actors on a given territory: Territorial Social Responsibility (TSR). TSR has been and still is being further elaborated in the framework of various projects and other activities. Its principles correspond with common objectives of the "European strategy against poverty and social exclusion" such as the mobilisation of all relevant bodies, subsidiarity and the application of a multidimensional approach to foster social inclusion. REVES activities are closely linked to European Union policies, on the one hand, and to processes of local development, on the other. As a relay between different territories as well as between territories and the EU, the network represents a unique laboratory for socio-economic innovation. Today REVES is re-orienting its objectives. This is due to the fast growth of the network within and beyond the EU borders. Concepts linked to new local welfare, social inclusion, local development, employment and participation are re-defined and experimented. This requires a firm commitment from REVES members, i.e. from both local authorities and social economy organisations.