by Csenge Polgár | Dec 20, 2025 | Division for International Cooperation, Division for Public Policy and Impact Assessment, ESIRA, International Projects, News
The ESIRA (Enhancing Social Innovation in Rural Areas) and SERIGO (Social Economy for Resilience, Inclusion and Good life in Rural areas) sister projects organised a joint policy workshop held on 20 November 2025 in Brussels, to explore how community-led social...
by Csenge Polgár | Dec 20, 2025 | Conference, Division for International Cooperation, Division for Public Policy and Impact Assessment, ESIRA, International Projects, News, Social Economy
Our colleague, Luca Koltai coordinated a panel at the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise, focusing on the ESIRA Horizon Europe project, in which HÉTFA is a partner. The session took place on 6 November, 2025, hosted by Erasmus University...
by Csenge Polgár | Oct 30, 2025 | Division for Public Policy and Impact Assessment, ESIRA, International Projects, News
Our colleague, Luca Koltai, will present at the 10th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise on November 7, 2025, organised in Rotterdam and Utrecht. In the session “Enhancing Social Innovation through the Social Economy in Rural Areas”, she will...
by Csenge Polgár | Jun 5, 2025 | Division for International Cooperation, Division for Public Policy and Impact Assessment, ESIRA, International Projects, News
The third General Assembly of the ESIRA project (Enhancing Social Inclusion and Rural Areas) took place from May 20 to 22, 2025, in the Norwegian town of Kongsvinger. The event was hosted by local partners the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN), and...
by Csenge Polgár | May 14, 2025 | Division for International Cooperation, Division for Public Policy and Impact Assessment, ESIRA, International Projects, News, Policy Support, Social Economy
How can we reverse the cycle of rural decline? How can social economy actors be part of the solution? These were the central questions explored today, 29th of April 2025, during the first policy workshop of the ESIRA project, titled “Breaking the cycle of rural...
by Csenge Polgár | Nov 5, 2024 | Division for International Cooperation, Division for Public Policy and Impact Assessment, ESIRA, International Projects, News
On October 16-17th, a consortium of 15 partners from 8 countries gathered in Budapest for the Second General Assembly of the ESIRA project, funded by Horizon Europe. The event hosted by HETFA was organised at the venue of the European Commission Representation in...