{"id":5681,"date":"2019-09-18T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ripess.eu\/?p=5681"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T09:37:51","slug":"round-tables-in-lyon-cities-and-sse-practical-policies-to-transform-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.eu.ripess.rio20.net\/en\/round-tables-in-lyon-cities-and-sse-practical-policies-to-transform-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Round tables in Lyon – “Cities and SSE: practical policies to transform the economy”"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

On the 4th\u00a0of July 2019, in Lyon (France), RIPESS Europe with the\u00a0support\u00a0of the Municipality of Lyon organised a round table meeting on \u201cCities and SSE: practical policies to transform the economy\u201d. In preparation of the World Social Forum on Transformative Economies to be held in Barcelona in 2020, it marked the beginning of the RIPESS Europe General Assembly which took place from the 4th\u00a0to the 6th\u00a0of July in Lyon. Given the fact that public authorities play a key role in defining policies which impact communities at different levels\u00a0(housing, tourism, health, finance…)\u00a0the occasion was given to highlight major practical trans-local and open,\u00a0participatory\u00a0policies which transform the economy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The three-session event brought together RIPESS Europe members\u00a0and partners, policy makers, local actors who shared their experience. The first panel on \u201cTransforming cities through SSE practices and public policies<\/strong>\u201d facilitated by Jason Nardi, the RIPESS Europe General Delegate was composed of Dounia Besson, Deputy Mayor of Lyon and representative of\u00a0RTES\u00a0(SSE Mayors network), Jeanine Verna, Director of the Arobase Vocational training centre and Julie Maisonhaute of Commerce equitable France (Fair trade movement).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For Dounia Besson, the strength of SSE is determined by its territorial anchoring and it is more than crucial to place the \u201cinhabitants at the centre of all preoccupations regarding SSE initiative before shareholders\u201d. In the dynamic of valorising and reinforcing SSE initiatives, the label\u00a0LVED\u00a0(Lyon ville equitable et durable \/ Lyon fair and sustainable city) was put in place. With regards to environmental protection, health, citizens\u2019 participation, education, cultural development, the LVED SSE organisation of Lyon plays\u00a0an active role in transforming economic practices and building a human society.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jeanine Verna sees in the sustainability of SSE actions a vocational training dimension based on SSE values and principles. The\u00a0Arobase\u00a0vocational training centre\u00a0created\u00a030 years ago has trained more than 2000 SSE professional and\u00a0promoted\u00a0the convergence of different SSE families,\u00a0in partnership with the\u00a0XES Catalonia\u00a0network\u00a0and REVES\u00a0network,\u00a0through a\u00a0recent\u00a0European project. Therefore, training SSE local actors constitutes\u00a0an essential\u00a0resource\u00a0which needs to be popularized\u00a0and supported by local authorities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sustainable production and consumption\u00a0has been at the heart of\u00a0Fair trade movements\u00a0and\u00a0is\u00a0today\u00a0more necessary\u00a0than ever. Julie Maisonhaute outlays an optimist view of a modern society bringing together citizens, civil society organisations, enterprises, local authorities with a common objective of\u00a0mainstreaming\u00a0fair-trade practices.\u00a0Commerce equitable France\u00a0has as its main mission to\u00a0transform consumption modes, promote effective fair-trade skills, promote equality in public policies and help structure the fair-trade sector,\u00a0therefore\u00a0developing a strong alliance with local authorities is inevitable,\u00a0which is what the Fair Trade Towns network is trying to do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Josette Combes of MES\u00a0(the French Solidarity economy Mouvement) facilitated the second session on \u201cCitizens movements – Transformative cities<\/strong>\u201d, with Melissa Koutouzis of the Transnational institute (TNI) and Genevi\u00e8ve Brichet of Mouvement Utopia as guest speakers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The\u00a0Transformative Cities Initiative,\u00a0explains\u00a0Melissa Koutouzis\u00a0seeks to learn from cities and collectives working on solutions to ensure access to water, food, energy and housing. These basic human rights are threatened by the ongoing climate crisis and our increasingly dysfunctional political and economic structures, and the states, international institutions and transnational corporations that support them.\u00a0\u201cStrengthening local initiatives can induce a radical change at the global level\u201d says Melissa.\u00a0That is why\u00a0TNI in partnership with several other networks, including RIPESS, is promoting the Transformative Cities Award and the\u00a0Atlas of Utopias,\u00a0which\u00a0showcases inspiring stories of communities challenging entrenched power and boldly developing alternatives. These range from grassroots movements in Zimbabwe and Palestine to international cities like Paris or Barcelona that have defeated transnational corporations and hostile national governments to deliver democratic, people-powered solutions for access to basic human rights.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

By putting in place a space of dialogue in between elected authorities and citizens, citizens participation is reinforced to induce endogenous change at the level of the society. This is the essence of the\u00a0Citizens\u2019\u00a0Transition Pact\u00a0(Pacte pour la Transition\u00a0Cityoenne),\u00a0as Genevi\u00e8ve Brichet explains,\u00a0a tool to promote and organize citizen participation to enable change in all municipalities, by encouraging dialogue between citizens and elected officials in the context of the campaigns for the 2020 Municipal Elections\u00a0in France. The\u00a0Citizens\u2019\u00a0Transition Pact is\u00a0at the same time: a\u00a0list of 3 principles and 32 concrete and applicable measures in favour of the ecological, solidarity and democratic transition;\u00a0the support\u00a0by\u00a0the transition network,\u00a0through\u00a050 partner organisations (Emmaus, Greenpeace, Enercoop, France Nature Environnement, etc.);\u00a0a\u00a0digital platform to connect,\u00a0train\u00a0and support participants.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Finally, the last session on \u201cConvergence between initiatives to transform the economy and to free humanity<\/strong>\u201d facilitated by Drazen Simlesa, RIPESS Europe Coordinator, had in its panel Elisabeth Voss from NETZ\u00a0f\u00fcr Selbstverwaltung und Selbstorganisation\u00a0(Germany), Iris Avinoa from the organising committee of the World Social Forum on Transformative Economies in Barcelona, Jean Roussiaud of APRES-GE and Genevi\u00e8ve Ancel, Coordinator of the Dialogues en Humanit\u00e9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Despite the plurality of SSE movements in Germany, a difficulty exists in federating these actors with the need to set up a concert space for common action. Therefore, \u201cby supporting grassroot initiatives and Solidarity Economy,\u00a0NETZ\u00a0helps put in place a network of\u00a0different\u00a0actors to engage collectively\u201d, says Elisabeth Voss. Regarding this, issues like climate\u00a0change,\u00a0and the future of\u00a0work\u00a0need to be approached in a sustainable way considering future generations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The\u00a0World Social Forum on Transformative Economies\u00a0to be held in Barcelona in 2020, is another means of convergence between initiatives to transform the economy. Actors from all around the world will have the opportunity to\u00a0meet and\u00a0share their experience of major practices transforming the economy as wells as diverse approaches. Iris Avinoa made an overview of the preparation of this forum\u00a0and the process behind it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Jean Rossiaud presented the\u00a0Jai Jagat initiative\u00a0led by Rajagopal (which some are calling\u00a0the new Gandhi) of the Ekta Parishad Movement in India. Starting on the 2nd\u00a0of October 2019, it is a 10 000 km march from Gandhi\u2019s resting place in New Delhi,\u00a0crossing\u00a0through 15 countries (Pakistan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Northern Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia and Italy and the Switzerland)\u00a0and will promote the nonviolent economy movement\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Genevi\u00e8ve Ancel concluded with a presentation of the\u00a0Dialogues en Humanit\u00e9, an international event where people from different origins, cultures, convictions all around the world meet to discuss about\u00a0the practice of\u00a0community\u00a0building. The theme this year was let\u2019s talked about tomorrow around 3 major themes: \u201cAll responsible for the rights of every one\u201d, \u201cTomorrow, all nomads, tomorrow, all migrants\u201d and \u201cInventing tomorrow by questioning the stories that shape our lives\u201d,\u00a0which\u00a0and took place\u00a0also in Lyon\u00a0from the 5th\u00a0to the 7th\u00a0of July 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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