The 4th European Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) Congress will take place in Athens on the 9\/10\/11th of June. Cooperatives, grassroots initiatives, SSE organisations, groups and people that work to promote and advance SSE from all over Europe will meet for the event.<\/p>\n
RIPESS (R\u00e9seau Intercontinental pour la Promotion de L\u2019Economie Sociale Solidaire) is a Network of networks and initiatives for the promotion of Solidarity Economy in Europe and the world.
RIPESS brings together, in Europe (as elsewhere on the five continents), thousands of concrete experiences that identify as solidarity economy: self-managed productive cooperatives, solidarity markets, responsible consumption and food sovereignty, time banks, services of proximity, environmental and ecological initiatives, financial alternatives (local currencies, ethical finance), structures for the promotion gender equality, innovative educational experiences, fair trade enterprises, local development associations and more.
RIPESS Europe organizes every two years a Solidarity Economy Congress with the local member networks (Barcelona 2011, Lille 2013, Berlin 2015 ).<\/p>\n
In 2017, Ripess Europe organizes UNIVESSE 2017 the 4th European Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) Congress that will take place in Athens on the 9\/10\/11th of June, in collaboration with Greek partners:<\/p>\n
From Athens:<\/p>\n
Dock \u2018Social Solidarity Economy Zone\u2019<\/strong><\/a> Hub (Komvos) for the Social Economy, Empowerment and Innovation<\/strong> Festival for Solidarity and Cooperative Economy<\/strong><\/a> Coordination of KOINSEP in Athens<\/strong><\/a> Nationwide Coordination of Solidarity Schools<\/strong><\/a> Efimerida ton Syntakton \u2013 EfSyn (Journalists Paper) <\/strong><\/a> and from Thessaloniki:<\/p>\n Pro.s.k.al.o.<\/strong><\/a> People\u2019s University of Social Solidarity Economy (UnivSSE)<\/strong><\/a> During the 3day Congress, we are going to have the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas, experiences, expertise and common strategies around SSE. <\/i> The undergoing programme of the Congress will include the following thematic issues<\/strong><\/em> :<\/p>\n 1. Concepts, forms and fields of social solidarity economy and cooperativism Contact :<\/p>\n Contact organizing team : call@universse2017.org \u2013 www.universse2017.org<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cDock\u201d is a permanent infrastructure that supports Social Solidarity Economy projects.
Its people are active members in the field of Social Solidarity Economy with constant participation in cooperative ventures, social actions and the networking of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Komvos is a collective for the development and empowerment of projects in the field of Social Solidarity Economy. Through the production of programs and exchange of knowledge, it aims at strengthening the operational capabilities of active projects, at the maturation of new projects and the overall expansion of the field of Social Solidarity Economy. Its most recent action was the organization of training seminars for the Social and Solidarity Economy in cooperation with the Simon Fraser University of Canada.<\/p>\n
The Festival\u00a0for Solidarity and Cooperative Economy from 2012 until now contributed in the development of Solidarity and Cooperative Economy in Greece and in its consolidation in people\u2019s consciousness as a reality. Its role is important for the networking of all projects, the synergies and the birth of new initiatives and ideas.<\/p>\n
KOINSEP are the social cooperative enterprises. Their goal is not the profit, but the creation of projects for unemployed workers who with their own forces try- in the crisis- to ensure their daily survival with dignity, while they are presenting another standard of collective living, working and creating.<\/p>\n
It is an attempt to coordinate nationwide the structures involved in education in the field of solidarity, with the primary purpose\u00a0among others to formulate the accumulated experience. It launched in 2015 with the initiative of the Solidarity School of Mesopotamia, along with the Solidarity School of Keratsini.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe newspaper of Editors\u201d, which is issued by the \u201cCooperative of workers in newspapers and magazines\u201d through the \u201cIndependent Mass Media Inc\u201d and in which the Cooperative is the major shareholder, was formed mainly by former employees of the \u201cEleftherotypia\u201d and \u201cSunday Eleftherotypia\u201d \u2013 journalists, technicians and clerks- but also former employees of other media.<\/p>\n
The Initiative of cooperation for Social Solidarity Economy (PRO.S.K.AL.O.) aims to contribute to an action plan that will establish a comprehensive system of work, consumption and life and will lead to the social liberation of human on a sustainable planet.<\/p>\n
This is a self-managed cooperative collective, created in Thessaloniki in 2013. It aims to promote education, training, retraining and information of\u00a0the participants in ideas, values and principles of social and solidarity economy, direct democracy and synergism.<\/p>\n
RIPESS Europe considers SSE to be a dynamic space that spreads all over Europe, in which people organise their social and economic activity in many different ways.
This event is a great opportunity to enhance SSE\u2019s visibility in Greece and to build strong connections amongst people, groups and coops on a European level.
We are also happy to announce that its 6th General Assembly of RIPESS EU \u2013 Solidarity Economy Europe will be held in Athens as well, as part of the Congress.<\/p>\n
2. Responsible consumption, production and climate change
3. Practices of SSE on social integration with a special focus on refugees issues
4. Social innovation: Research, technology, education and tools for SSE
5. Commons: Approaches and practices on digital, natural, urban, cultural common goods
6. Public policies ( local, national, European level) promoting SSE: From whom, for who, what for.
7. Open space \/ Free zone<\/p>\n