As part of UniverSSE2017, RIPESS Europe is proud to announce the important member’s investement on the issues and debates about Social Solidarity Economy in Europe.

This is the list of the main events promoted or with participation by RIPESS Europe members.

FRIDAY 9^th, 18 :00 – 21 :00

OPEN PLENARY : Matter and Energy of UniverSSE: Democratizing Economy, Emancipating Society, Empowering Change

Patricia Coler, Movement pour l’ Economie Solidaire, MES (France)

Georgia Bekridaki, DOCK Greece

Jason Nardi, Solidarius Italia

SATURDAY 10^th  10:00 – 12:00

Agroecology: a key element for responsible production and consumption, and fighting climate change

Judith Hitchman, President of Urgenci (International CSA Network)

Gaelle Bigler, member of the Urgenci Kernel, European CSA Research Group, representative of Swiss CSA network

The future of SSE in Europe: How do we co-build public policies with the institutions

Jean-Louis Laville, CNAM and Advisory Council of RIPESS EU, France

Laura Aufrere, Fédérale d’ Intervention des Structures Culturelles – France (UFISC/RIPESS)

Patricia Andriot, French network of Local Authorities for implementing Social Economy in Public Policies – RTES

Coordination: Eric Lavilluniere, INEES Luxembourg

Financing the solidarity revolution: Concepts and tools of financing the universe of SSE

Carlos Askunze, REAS RdR, Spain

Coordination: Jason Nardi, Solidarius Italia

Promoting SSE in different areas of training to accelerate the social transition

Josette Combes, RIUESS, France

Soana Tortora, Solidarius Italia

Rogerio Amaro, Summer school on ESS, RedPES, Portugal

Coordination: Bruno Lasnier, MES (Mouvement pour l’ Economie Solidaire), France

SATURDAY 10^th  12:15 – 14:15

Fair and solidarity trade: Past, present and future

Gabriella D’Amico, World Fair Trade Organization Europe and Tavolo RES, Italy

Contributor: Member of Solidarity 4 all
 

Practices on commons I: Natural commons

Mathieu Richard, RESCOOP (European network of Energy cooperatives)

Making laws work for the development of SSE: comparing experiences between Spain, France and Greece.
Organized by Heinrich Böll Foundation

Patricia Coler, MES–Movement for Solidarity Economy, France

Carlos Askunze, REAS RdR, Network of networks for the Solidarity economy, Spain

Françoise Wautiez, Socioeco.org

Contributor: Member of Solidarity 4 all

SATURDAY 10^th  16.30 – 18.30

The daily challenge of “existing” collaboration in cooperative initiatives

Laura Aufrere, UFISC- Union Fédérale d’ Intervention des Structures  Culturelles, France

Local government and SSE: Political direction and synergies

Nora Inwinkl, Solidarius Italia

Patricia Andriot, Network of Local Authorities for Social Economy of France – RTES

Ivan Miró, Solidarity Economy Network of Catalonia – XES

Another economy is possible! Time Banking – P2P Currencies

Ruby Van der Wekken, Commons.fi – Time Bank in Finland

Member of Solidarity 4 all

The Localisation – Degrowth – transition movement as an alternative to the destruction of the environment and the local communities

Eric Lavilluniere, General Coordinator – RIPESS Europe, Reconomy project Luxembourg Transition Network

Towards a democracy of commons: Approaches and pursuits

Ruby Van der Wekken, Siemenpuu Foundation and Commons.fi, Finland

The challenge of SSE in particular socio-political conditions

Markéta Vinkelhoferová, Ecumenical academy, Fair & Bio Cooperative Roastery, Czech Republic

Lana Zdravkovi, Peace Institute, Slovenia

Zanda Skuja, Green Liberty , Latvia

Colm Massey, Solidarity Economy Association, UK

Pavlina Petrova, Ideas Factory, Bulgaria

SATURDAY 10^th  16.30 – 18.30

1st European Alternative Media and SSE Meeting (1st part)

Organised and coordinated by Ripess EU and The Journalists’ Journal (EF.SYN)

You are the Solidarity Economy!

Let’s build together a united world.

Because we want a united future, we call for resistance and to the convergence for those who defend the fundamental rights, the economic democracy, the social justice and the ecological transition. Join us! Share your experiences and reflections.

The MES, a charter member of RIPESS EU has the pleasure to invite you to share reflections, analysis and actions during our National Solidarity Economy Movement congress, organized on June 12^th and 13^th 2015 in Toulouse, France and build together a more cohesive society!

Board of directors members: ADEPES (Agence pour le Développement et la Promotion de l’Économie Solidaire – Région Midi Pyrénées / Devlopment Agency for Solidarity Economy Promotion ),ALICECOOP, ARDES (Association Régionale pour le Développement de l’Économie Solidaire – Basse Normandie- Regional Agency for Solidarity Economy Devlopment), APEAS (Agence Provençale pour une Économie Alternative et Solidaire – Région PACA /Provencial Agency for Alternative and United Economy  ), APES (Acteurs pour une Économie Solidaire – Région Nord Pas de Calais / United Solidarity Actors), , CESIF (Collectif pour l’Économie Solidaire en Ile de France : Solidarity Economy Network Community), CRESOL (Centre Réseau Économie Solidaire – Région Centre/ Network Center fo Solidarity Economy),ADEL (Agence pour le Développement de l’Économie Locale / Devlopment Agency of Local Economy), MIRAMAP (Mouvement interrégional des Amaps / Interregional Movement for Amap), NOVETAT Institute, Route des Sels, UFISC (Union Fédérale d’Intervention des Structures Culturelles/ Federal Union Intervention for Cultural Structure ), CRIDA ( Centre de Recherche et d’information sur la Démocratie et l’autonomie / Information and Research Center about Democracy and autonomy).

While inequalities between individuals and between regions are growing, the vast and treacherous path of transformation towards a society more respectful of humans and the planet itself as an imperative

Since the 70s, the Solidarity Economy initiatives in response to citizens’ concern and current challenge of our society are growing every day. They work to reinforce the social connection and personal dignity, energy and ecological transition, democratic practices renewed, mobilizing citizen, revealing their creativity and their power to act, also contributing to the creation of wealth, jobs and socio-economic innovations. These new forms of solidarity and closeness to structure otherwise often exclusive activities and engaged in various shared governance for the common , volunteers, consumers, wage earners and public and private economic partners. These initiatives cover a variety of areas of activity: local services , short circuits, local and organic agriculture , local development, fair trade, solidarity finance , participation of all in culture, popular education , transportation, production of goods and services , employment and fight against exclusion . Beyond the lucrative businesses and results recorded in GDP, there is an economic biodiversity, the source of much richness. The daily support of solidarity initiatives demonstrate that alternatives are possible to meet the economic, social and climate threats that endanger the planet and living together. The MOVEMENT FOR SOLIDARITY ECONOMY grew out of a call launched in 1995 to demonstrate the strong momentum of economic solidarity initiatives, which in the 1970s criticized the economic development model and experimenting with new ways to do more collective, more emancipators, more democratic. On 18 June 1997, an «Appeal for opening a space for solidarity economy «is published by Le Monde. Through it, many networks of local actors, strong in their field practices, demanding a different approach to the economy; Since then they organize themselves and in 2002, local, regional or national networks, support agencies or accompanying, international solidarity NGOs, research centers together create the Movement for Solidarity Economy. Since the Movement contributes to the development and recognition of the solidarity economy, reflects the territorial and political dialogue with the various networks of actors and public institutions. It has contributed to the emergence of regional policies SSE , the co- pilot of the States General of the SSE and the development of the law of SSE.

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The next Solidarity Economy European Congress will take place from the 5th of September to the 13th of September 2015 at the Technical University in Berlin, Germany.

From Saturday 5th of September to Thursday 10th of September 2015 the “Transformation Week” will take place with excursions all over Berlin and Brandenburg (the surrounding area). There are already nearly 80 projects, institutions and organizations, that might be part of this “exploration tour” week and open their initiatives to all who want to visit.

On the 10th of September at noon the congress starts with a regional (Berlin and Brandenburg) focus. In the course of the congress, both national and international dimensions will be adressed with hot topics like trade (TTIP and other trade agreements), climate change, fair trade and positive examples of the regional fora for solidarity economy in Latin America, as well as in other continents like Asia and Africa. There will also will be a focus on convergences among different alternative economy movements. The event will end on Sunday the 13th of September with the „planning“ of the next steps.

The main organizer of the congress is the German Forum for Solidarity Economy. Co-­organizers are the ZTG (Center for Technology and Society at the Tech University Berlin), the ZEWK (Centre for Scientific Further Education and Cooperation at the TU Berlin) and RIPESS Europe and other 40 other partners.

More information and the Call for self-organised activities will follow soon…