Label ESS-85 is an association law 1901 created in 2014. It has for objective the development of the Social and Solidarity Economy in the Vendee by its promotion and its support.
For this the association proposes a number of actions :
- The ESSpresso : business appointments between economic actors ;
- The project Made in ESS of introducing young people to the SSE in schools ;
- The annual Forum of the SSE to make SSE and its stakeholders in the Vendée to the general public ;
- Morning : conferences-debate on a current topic in the ESS (organized in partnership with the city of la Roche-sur-Yon and the CEAS Vendée)
The association promotes the values of social and solidarity Economy, that is to say, the respect for the individual, acceptance of differences, democratic management, cooperation, the promotion of the collective and humanism.