On 26 October 2026, all five ResilienCE project partners from Italy, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia gathered online for the 9th Partnership Meeting. INFORMEST, OWOP, the Hungarian Economic Development Agency (MGFU), CENTER NOORDUNG and the Slovak Business Agency (SBA) reviewed the implementation of key project activities and coordinated the next steps for supporting social economy enterprises across Central Europe.
A central part of the meeting focused on the Transnational Call for Social Economy Enterprises and the transition from the selection phase to the implementation of support activities. Partners discussed the current status of the call, the achievement of project KPIs and the operational arrangements for launching activities with the selected enterprises.
Partners confirmed the final list of candidate SMEs, having achieved the project KPI of 25 SMEs across all five countries, with more than 25 applications received overall. Partners are now proceeding with the evaluation and publication of the results, and the final list of selected enterprises will be officially approved in the coming weeks.
Partners also discussed practical aspects related to this new phase, including the importance of ensuring appropriate documentation and a clear audit trail throughout the support process.
A transnational podcast to share ResilienCE knowledge and experiences
The meeting also marked an important step forward in the project’s communication activities. INFORMEST presented the concept for the ResilienCE Podcast, a new transnational communication initiative designed to transform knowledge, experiences and solutions developed within the project into engaging and accessible content for a wider audience.
The proposed series will combine the knowledge of mentors and experts with experiences from social economy enterprises, project case studies and peer-learning results. Rather than focusing on institutional descriptions of the project, the episodes will explore concrete challenges, real experiences and practical lessons that can be transferred to other organisations and territories.
Three complementary formats have been proposed:
- ResilienCE Talks, featuring mentors, experts and project specialists and addressing practical questions related to sustainability, digitalisation, leadership, social innovation and skills;
- ResilienCE Stories, giving social economy enterprises and stakeholders the opportunity to share their experiences, challenges and lessons learned;
- ResilienCE Solutions, highlighting concrete results, tools and solutions emerging from the support provided through ResilienCE.
Following the meeting, partners were provided with common operational guidelines and a dedicated proposal form to identify potential stories, topics and guests from across the participating countries. This collaborative approach will help create a genuinely transnational podcast series reflecting the diversity of experiences within the ResilienCE community.
Looking ahead to the next ResilienCE activities
The Partnership Meeting was also an opportunity to coordinate the upcoming ResilienCE Labs and other activities planned across the partner territories. Partners shared updates on the organisation of their local initiatives and discussed how their experiences and results could be communicated through the project’s common channels.
The next Partnership Meeting is scheduled to take place in Slovenia on 24 and 25 November 2026, giving partners another opportunity to assess progress, exchange experiences and coordinate the next phase of project implementation.
Through these activities, ResilienCE is moving from planning and selection towards concrete support for social economy enterprises, while continuing to strengthen transnational cooperation, peer learning and the exchange of practical knowledge across Central Europe.