In the framework of the EU-funded project EU-GIVE aiming at “Generating opportunities from Intangible assets and Value chains in the collaborative Economy in Europe”, Enterprise Europe Brussels c/o ;organises on 13th  June 2018 for an information day about the collaborative economy.

Are you Brussels-based and

• an SME or social enterprises from the social economy?
• a service provider whose business has been supported from the collaborative economy ?
• a platform manager ?
• an enterprise, initiative and organisation from other sectors interested in developing exchanges and collaboration with the collaborative economy ?
• a promoter of new business ideas which can grow up in a collaborative economy environment ?

If one of these sentences ring a bell, then this event is made for you ! Join us on Wednesday 13 June from 9 am to 5 pm at Hotel Manos, 135, Chaussée de Charleroi B-1060 Bruxelles.

The objectives of this event are

• to raise awareness about the collaborative economy potential in Brussels taking into account its social impact
• to increase knowledge and involvement of participants
• to look for synergies, connections, integration between collaborative economy initiatives and with the conventional economy.

More information : Programme below

Language : FR, NL, no interpretation

You want to participate?

REGISTER BEFORE 5 JUNE!  Link to register at the beginning of the page.

(free event but registration compulsory)

You can contact Camille Lepinay clepinay@

PROGRAMME :

9h-9h30 : Welcome coffee

9h30 – 10h30 : Introduction session

• Welcome note – Patricia Foscolo, manager, , President,
• What is the EU-GIVE project – Camille Lepinay, project manager,
• Collaborative economy, cooperative economy, circular economy, what do we mean? Barbara Garbarczyk, SAW-B (tbc)

 Coffee break

11h -13h: Finding your way to the collaborative economy

• Cooperative platforms, an inspiring model for the collaborative economy – Lieza Dessein,
• Regional support for qualitative cooperative platform – Gaëtan Vanloqueren, Adviser in the cabinet of Didier Gosuin, Minister of Economy and Employment of the Brussels Capital Region
• Legal framework in Belgium – Caroline Ker, Legal expert, Febecoop, Belgian federation of cooperative
• The European Agenda for collaborative economy – Neil Kay, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Grow
• Questions & Answer

Networking lunch

 14h-15h : Lesson learnt from Brussels-based initiatives 

• Usitoo – Frédéric Chomé
• Cook-Work – Elodie Bouscarat
• Pwiic – Nathalie Devriese
• Tale me – Anna Balez
• – Louis Wouters

Coffee break

15h15-16h45: World Café – What are the needs for the collaborative economy in Brussels?

Presentations from the conclusions of the tables

16h45-17h – Conclusions