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 […]
Murcia to host Social Economy European Summit The most important European event of the social economy ecosystem of the year, Social Economy Week, takes place in Murcia, Spain – the official 2025 Spanish capital of the social economy. Social Economy Europe is co-organising our 2025 Social Economy European Summit in Murcia, featuring a full programme of events. Download full […]
For the 9th year, ECOLISE and its partners are highlighting how community-led initiatives are shaping the transition to sustainable, resilient, and inclusive societies. What to expect? National policy dialogues in France, Spain, Croatia, Finland, and Portugal Inspiring stories from the ground: • Henbant permaculture farm (Wales) • Ökoregion Kaindorf (Austria) • Sunseed Desert Technology Spain) […]
The Beyond Growth Conference will be a space for democratic deliberation for a new economic model based on caring for people and the planet. The desired outcome is to lay the foundations for a new social compact that will help us overcome our economy's dependence on economic growth and unequal global relations. This requires addressing the current […]
Connecting SSE Youth Advocacy from Every Continent ! ️ Interpretation FR ⇄ EN ⇄ ES Zoom link : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84922584800?pwd=lsjTjNx6mJsvRGafp8z3CIV8mDnWno.1 This webinar will be a key milestone to discover and share the advocacy papers carried by youth from the five continents (Africa, Latin America, North America, Asia, Europe) in the framework of the Global Social and Solidarity […]
Between 2023 and 2025, the ESCAPE (Économie Solidaire, Co-construction, Action Publique Émergente) participatory research project, financed by the ANR and led by a consortium comprising Cose Commune, CNAM Laboratoire HT2S, Collectif des Associations Citoyennes (CAC), Ligue de l'enseignement (LDH), the Mouvement pour l'Économie Solidaire (MES), the Réseau national des Maisons des Associations (RNMA), the Union […]
Bagnolet: October 16 , International Day of Action for People’s Food Sovereignty, and against Transnational Corporations, at a time when humanity faces a profound systemic crisis, we at La Via Campesina — uniting peasants, rural communities, small-scale farmers, Indigenous Peoples, pastoralists, migrant workers, women, youth, and diverse rural identities — we maintain our conviction that […]
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 […]
European policy dialogue series | November 6th, 2025, EESC Brussels & Livestream Europe’s long-term wellbeing depends on fair and locally-driven sustainability transitions. Housing and food, our most basic human needs and the two largest household expenses, are powerful entry points for change. Yet, solutions to Europe’s housing and food challenges need to go beyond affordability to […]
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 […]
