The rector of the University of Valencia, M. Vicenta Mestre, and the director of the University Institute for Research in Social Economy, Cooperativism and Entrepreneurship (IUDESCOOP) have inaugurated the event that has had the invited presentation by the president of the European employers' association of the Social Economy (Social Economy Europe) and coordinator of the Euro-Mediterranean Network of Social Economy (Red ESMED), Juan Antonio Pedreño, has made a presentation on "The social economy and recovery after the pandemic: challenges and prospects".