Be part of the Universse 2017
Democratising Economy, Emancipating Society, Empowering Change
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.
During the 3day Congress, we are going to have the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas, experiences, expertise and common strategies around SSE. We consider 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’s visibility in Greece and to build strong connections amongst people, groups and coops on a European level.
We are also happy to announce that the 6th General Assembly of RIPESS EU – Solidarity Economy Europe will be held in Athens as well, as part of the Congress.
Call for ideas
While the organisation team works for the success of this congress, we are looking forward to receiving your ideas regarding the following themes that wprioritiseze to discuss during the 3day Congress.
The procedure will be the following:
Every group, network or individual that is interested in participating on the process of formulating the program, could send ideas according to the following axes, until 05/03/2017 through our email: call@universse2017.org
Proposed axes:
1) Concepts, forms and fields of social solidarity economy and cooperativism
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 (on local, national, European level) promoting SSE : From whom, for who, what for.
7) Open space / Free zone
We invite ideas indicating the thematic area you refer to and the format of the meeting you propose (workshop, panel discussion, etc.). After the deadline (05/03/2017), the organizational team will assess all proposals and arrange them in clusters. Within these clusters we will make an effort to include as many ideas sent as possible.
The main intention is to organize the Congress along with the main axes (plus the free zone area) in order to enable a common vision while allowing for the exchange of different perspectives and experiences.
Check for updates and contact us
Organizational Team contact: call@universse2017.org – www.universse2017.org
Ripess EU contact: info@ripess.eu – www.ripess.eu
