This year’s General Assembly will be held during the International Year of Cooperatives, making it an especially important moment to show the strength and relevance of our movement. In addition to formal decision-making and board elections, the programme includes a public conference led by young cooperators who will tackle some of the most pressing challenges […]
An annual celebration of the worldwide localization movement World Localization Day is an annual celebration convened by the international NGO Local Futures. On June 21 and throughout the month of June, Local Futures and an array of amazing Global Partners host in-person and online events to highlight localization as a strategy for change. And not […]
Mark your calendars! The European Ecovillage Gathering is set to return in 2025, bringing together visionaries, change-makers, and community builders from across the continent and beyond. From August 12th to 17th, 2025, we’ll gather at the beautiful Manas Garden in Hungary, hosted by the Mindenegyüttmegy Egyesület community. In 2025, we embark on a journey to […]
In the autumn of 2025, the Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum will be held for the first time in France, following previous events held in Seoul, Montreal, Bilbao, Mexico City and Dakar. This major biennial international eventbrings together all the stakeholders in the Social and Solidarity Economy ecosystem. The aim is to pool the visions […]
This year’s theme is ” Collapse and Regeneration: Community-led initiatives prefiguring liveable futures“. The full Call for Contribution description with submission guidelines is here. We are facing unprecedented times, marked not only by climate collapse, but also the tearing of the social fabric, due to increased socioeconomic inequality, political polarization, mistrust of institutions and expertise, bellicism, and erosion of […]
There are many burning issues within our communities. How can we build ever-greater mobilization to realize the right to food and nutrition? In the aftermath of the pandemic, where does the power of our partnerships lie in providing a resilient basis for disarticulated societies? What is the role of peasant agroecology in building local solidarity-based partnerships […]
