This event will focus on the social economy and circular economy.

It will:

• Highlight the overarching context (Social and circular economy trends, policies, updates), feature examples from social enterprises, circular economy enterprises and regular enterprises that have adopted sustainability / circular economy practices.
• Promote resources and supports that can help enterprises and social enterprises to learn about, embed, enhance sustainability and circular economy practices in their operations etc. as well as key social enterprise resources including the Dublin City Social Enterprise Awards 2024.

The vision for the event is to use it to get back to basics regarding CE, demystifying it and highlighting opportunities.

This event is being hosted in partnership with CIRCULÉIRE as part of their focus on Circular Economy development in Local Enterprise week 2024.

Event programme: 

• Registration, Refreshments, Networking (Food and drinks from local social & circular enterprises: Green Kitchen & Stillgarden Distillery 
• Introduction - MC Ross Curley, Head of Economic Development, Dublin City Council
• SoCircular (Circular Economy) Context Presentation: Dr Geraldine Brennan, Head of Circular Economy - Irish Manufacturing Research / CIRCULÉIRE
• Panel Discussion - SoCircular - (Circular Economy and My Enterprise) Examples:

Moderator: Dr Geraldine Brennan

Patrick Nagle - Well Spent Grain

Colette Van Jaarsveld - Arcology System Ltd

Paul McQuaid - The Good Bike Project 

Brian Kellard - WALK Green Kitchen

Mary Fleming - Change Clothes Crumlin

• Presentation on Dublin City Social Enterprise Awards:Evanne KilmurrayInner City EnterpriseInner City Enterprise
• Launch of Dublin City#SocialEnterpriseAwards 2024:John Ryan, Department of Rural and Community Development
• Dublin City Social Enterprise Awards – Awardee Panel Discussion

Eileen McHugh,Hair Together CLG
Maggie Clune, PACE
Philip Larragy, New Creations Cleaning Service
Nessa Doran O’Reilly, Rediscover Furniture (The Rediscovery Centre)

• SoCircular Ecosystem Shoutouts
• Networking

Further Information:

SoCircular - is proud to commission catering, cups and drinks services from local social and circular economy enterprises:

- Green Kitchen WALK (Previous Dublin City Social Enterprise Awardee) 

- Stillgarden Distillery (Award winning, sustainability focused distillery)

- shareclub (Circular packaging provider)

Further information

The event is being hosted as part of Dublin's involvement in the European Commission's: European Social Economy Regions - Project & Network and Dublin's support of the implementation of the Transition Pathway for Proximity and Social Economy. The objective of the ESER project is to build networks of Social Economy actors, encourage collaboration and to raise awareness about the social economy at regional and local level. 

This event is collaboratively powered by Dublin City Council, LEO Dublin City, CIRCULÉIRE, Irish Manufacturing Research and the Dublin City Social Enterprise Committee with support from Guinness Enterprise Centre, EMWR Office, CRNI, Social Enterprise Dublin, Irish Social Enterprise Network, Dublin Place Brand, Dublin Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024 and MODOS.

This event is being hosted as part of SoCircular - a concept, initiative and ongoing project which aims to celebrate the social and circular economies. For more information on SoCircular please see the SoCircular Outcomes Report 

For information on local social and circular enterprises that you, your organisation or company can buy from and support, please see the SoCircular Brochure