Partnering up for increased social impact: WISEs and Mainstream Businesses Together - BuyWISEly Final Event Date ¦ 14/11/2024
Time ¦ 10:00 - 17:00
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Partnering up for increased social impact: WISEs and Mainstream Businesses Together - BuyWISEly Final Event

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Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, Brussels
14 November 2024, 10:00 - 15:30 

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The final conference will highlight the BuyWISEly project's achievements in promoting partnerships oriented to buy social with Work Integration Social Enterprises, presenting an overview on B2B partnerships with Mainstream Businesses engagement and shared value creation. Key discussions will cover the means towards partnership build-up based on existing practices, and the way forward in advancing B2B that gathers increased social impact towards mutual gains among parts. The conference comprises a study visit in WISEs in the Brussels region.

The conference will also discuss the results of “Consommer malin, consommer responsable”, a project developed by ENSIE at the national level in Belgium and realised with the support of Loterie Nationale.

This conference is part of the European Working Days on WISEs, which also comprehends the B-WISE Final Conference on the 13th of November.

Agenda:

  • 10:00: Welcome speech; Presentation of BuyWISEly aims and achievements; Presentation of "Consommer malin, Consommer responsable" aims and achievements;
  • 10:15: Presentation of good practices of WISE-MB good practices;
  • 10:55: Panel discussion on means to build synergies and increased social impact between WISEs and MBs;
  • 11:25: Coffee break;
  • 11:40: Can online database facilitate the increase of social purchase? Online platforms and digital tools upgrade through BuyWISEly;
  • 12:00: Presentation of ENSIE new databases;
  • 12:10: The way forward for social purchase: presentation of BuyWISEly policy recommendations and closing remarks on the future of WISEs-MBs partnerships;
  • 12:40: Lunch break;
  • 14:10: Shift to study visit venues;
  • 14:30: Study visit to WISEs:

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La conférence finale mettra en lumière les réalisations du projet BuyWISEly dans la promotion de partenariats orientés vers l'achat social avec les entreprises sociales d'insertion par le travail, en présentant une vue d'ensemble des partenariats B2B avec l'engagement des entreprises traditionnelles et la création de valeur partagée. Les principales discussions porteront sur les moyens de construire des partenariats basés sur les pratiques existantes, et sur la manière de faire progresser le B2B qui permet d'accroître l'impact social et d'obtenir des gains mutuels entre les parties. La conférence comprend une visite d'étude dans les ESI de la région de Bruxelles.

La conférence discutera également des résultats de « Consommer malin, consommer responsable », un projet développé par ENSIE au niveau national en Belgique et réalisé avec le soutien de la Loterie Nationale.

Cette conférence fait partie des Journées de travail européennes sur les ESI, qui comprennent également la Conférence finale de B-WISE le 13 novembre.

Ordre du jour :

  • 10:00 : Discours de bienvenue ; Présentation des objectifs et réalisations de BuyWISEly ; Présentation des objectifs et réalisations de « Consommer malin, Consommer responsable » ;
  • 10:15 : Présentation des bonnes pratiques de collaborations entre les ESI et les entreprises traditionnelles
  • 10:55 : Discussion en panel sur les moyens de construire des synergies et d'augmenter l'impact social entre les ESI et les entreprises traditionnelles ;
  • 11:25 : Pause café ;
  • 11:40 : Les bases de données en ligne peuvent-elles faciliter l'augmentation des achats sociaux ? Amélioration des plateformes en ligne et des outils numériques par le biais de BuyWISEly ;
  • 12:00 : Présentation des nouvelles bases de données de l'ENSIE ;
  • 12:10 : La voie à suivre pour l'achat social : présentation des recommandations politiques de BuyWISEly et remarques finales sur l'avenir des partenariats entre les ESI et les entreprises traditionnelles ;
  • 12:40 : Pause déjeuner ;
  • 14:10 : Déplacement vers les lieux de la visite d'étude ;
  • 14:30 : Visite d'étude aux ESI :
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