The European Network of Initiatives for Economic and Social Integration

(R.E.I.I.E.S. – Réseau Européen d’Initiatives d’Intégration Economique et Sociale)

REIIES gathers together structures in charge of local or sub-regional projects for economic and social integration.

The aim of REIIES is to contribute to the progress of actions for the development of third sector with the philosophy of sustainable development and fight against any kind of discrimination.

Another goal is to ease and promote the knowledge of the aims of European policies, the experience, the tools and services towards territories and organizations in the candidate countries and the accession countries.

The efficient organization of REIIES encourages experience sharing, fosters debates and provides relevant information for projects related to exclusion and unemployment issues. The net also models answers in order to facilitate transferability.

REIIES, as well as all of its members, fight against any kind of discrimination, promote equality between men and women, respect all the principles on which the strategies of sustainable development are funded (principle of integration, principle of rationality, principle of solidarity, principle of participation).