On March 15th the seven-person group of candidates to work in the Social Economy Centre in London started a three-week training session in Barka Foundation and the Barka Cooperation Network in Poland.

The group has visited, among others, the social cooperatives and social enterprises of the Barka Network as well as the Local Partnerships developed by Barka in Poland’s Regions. The group participated in an International Conference in Poznan on social enterprises and recycling and took part in a two-day study trip to Berlin to visit German migrants’ support programmes. The training in Poland will end on the 1st of April.

Please find the training’s itinerary attached: Programme SEC

Please see the profile of Barka Network representatives who conducted training sessions and workshops for the Social Economy Centre induction team: A List of Barka Network representatives in charge of the Training of the Social Economy Centre Group.

We encourage you to read the reports from Social Economy Centre Team – the participants of the training:

Dorota Harembska Report (English Version)

Hubert Abramek Report (English version)