URGENCI: Advocacy for Agroecology Partnerships"
2023-06-28 - 2023-06-29 | ND du Chant D’Oiseau, Brussels, Av. des Franciscanes 3A, Belgium
Final event of the SALSIFI (Supporting Advanced Learning for Stakeholders Involved in Sustainable Food systems Initiatives) – an Erasmus+ Project aiming to develop and implement an innovative transnational education programme reinforcing the capacity of CSA networks and civil servants at local, regional, national and EU levels to engage in collaborative public food policy-making processes.

Here is the programme.

ADVOCADO – Advocacy learning platform

Four courses have been developed through the partnership of 10 organisations. Each course concentrates on a specific advocacy topic. You’ll find the descriptions of each course below. The courses are open-access and available in English.
Each course consists of an online self-paced online learning module, recordings from live sessions and downloadable course materials. The materials of the courses that finished running in May 2023 are being compiled and will be available below in the next weeks.
The partnership consists of: AMAP IdF – France, AMPI – Czechia, ASAT – Romania, DEAFAL – Italy, GASAP – Belgium, ICLEI – Germany, Solawi Netzwerk – Germany. TVE – Hungary, URGENCI – France and Zambra – Spain

Sustainable mobility against pollution, energy and time wastage
2023-06-22 16:30 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | online
Less polluted cities on a human scale, flexible services for getting around, innovative, territorially integrated and efficient transport: this is sustainable and intelligent mobility, that which increases the quality of life.
Unfortunately, the organisation of the ever-growing transport system and land planning often do not go hand in hand, even in Trentino.
Developing sustainable mobility projects therefore means working simultaneously on the environmental impact and on people’s quality of life.
Is Trentino sustainable in terms of mobility? How can an area like ours be connected? How can the concept of the 15-minute city be adapted to our province? Which direction should the future of sustainable mobility take?
We talk about this on Thursday 22 June at 4.30 p.m. in this online talk with:
Giuseppe Grezzi | Valencia’s mobility councillor
Jacopo Nespolo | Physicist and cycle activist
Elisa Nicoli | Eco-narrator
Moderator: Andreas Fernandez, communication sociologist and ecologist

[Devisus E+ project] Meeting around social utility and social impact
2023-06-13 15:30 - 18:00 | Bruxelles, Belgique
Impact and social utility of the social and solidarity economy (SSE): common issues and benchmarks at the heart of the evaluation
The question of social impact and utility (IUS) in the SSE sector is a current issue throughout Europe.
Taking into account the diversity of evaluation tools and approaches, all the partners of the DEVISUS project share the importance of building evaluation methods that take into account the specificities of the SSE and that are supported by the actors themselves, hence the resulting training challenge.
At the end of this project, we invite you to a meeting to present some common benchmarks and collective orientations as part of the evaluation of the IUS. It is also about exchanging with you, stakeholders of the SSE ecosystem, to feed our future reflections.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Audience : national and European SSE actors, administrations, public authorities, institutions, etc.
Date : Tuesday, June 13, 2023 (3:45-6pm) + drink
Address : Mundo-Madou, Av. des Arts 7/8, 1210 Brussels
Cost : free participation
DEVISUS PROJECT
Through times of exchange of practices, knowledge, experiences, skills and resources, the partners of the DEVISUS project (Development of an Ecosystem for the Valorization of Social Impact and Social Utility) wished to work on the co-construction of a shared vision, by sharing their experiences and lessons on the subject.
Interested? Mark your calendars for this meeting and check THE ONLINE PAGE and PROGRAM (in French) !

ISHF 2023 event – Housing policies from below: local co-production strategies for housing justice
2023-06-08 15:30 - 18:30 | online
How is housing policy shaped by local actors inside and outside public institutions? How do these practices respond to the housing emergency with short and long-term actions? How do they vary across the globe? What alliances are driving them, particularly between local governments and civil society?
Information and Registration
In order to address these and other questions, we invite you to join the activity “Housing policies from below: local co-production strategies for housing justice”, to be held in the context of the 2023, International Social Housing Festival, taking place in Barcelona, from the 7th to the 9th of June. The event will take place on Thursday 8th of June, between 15:30h and 18:20h at Comissions Obreres de Catalunya (CCOO) (see map here).
Please register here by clicking on the event. Participants must be registered to the festival in order to join the activity. Registration is free and can be done here until May 29th. The event will count with interpretation in English and Spanish.
MORE INFO : https://www.right2city.org/events/ishf-2023-event-housing-policies-from-below-local-co-production-strategies-for-housing-justice/

Register for the events organized by ATES during the International Tourism Week for All, Solidarity and Sustainable
2023-06-05 - 2023-06-11
On the occasion of the International Tourism Week for All, Sustainable and Solidarity (from 5 to 11 June 2023), an event organized annually by the International Organization for Social Tourism (ISTO), the Association for Fair and Solidarity Tourism (ATES) of France wishes to offer a space in which fair and community tourism actors from different countries can exchange with their peers and share their experiences, challenges and successes.
For the first time, on 5 and 9 June 2023, ATES will host two remote round tables open to all, which will allow Spanish- and French-speaking fair and community-based tourism agents to compare their perspectives. In addition, on June 6 and 7, ATES will organize two webinars, in Spanish and English, to help discover the principles and fundamentals of fair tourism, its applications and some inspiring practices to take action.
05.06.2023
Round table in Spanish
How to create a national brand of fair and solidary tourism?
What are the challenges of marketing and commercialization of this type of tourism offer and how can they be overcome?
What can we learn from the initiatives of fair, community and solidarity tourism brands that are being carried out in Latin America?
06.06. 2023
Fair Tourism I Webinar in Spanish
Exploring new paths, a step towards fair tourism!
What is fair tourism?
What are its principles and how can they be put into practice?
What inspiring examples can be reproduced and under what conditions?
07.06.2023
Webinaire of fair tourism I in English
Exploring new paths, a step towards fair tourism!
What is fair tourism?
What are its principles and how can they be put into practice?
What inspiring examples can be reproduced and under what conditions?
09.06.2023
Round table in French
How to accompany and bring together non-professionals around fair tourism?
How are these people organized to cooperate, develop their skills and promote an attractive tourist offer?
What can we learn from initiatives to structure rural tourism networks around the world?
https://www.helloasso.com/associations/ates-association-pour-le-tourisme-equitable-et-solidaire/evenements/mesa-redonda-como-crear-una-marca-nacional-de-turismo-justo-y-solidario
https://www.helloasso.com/associations/ates-association-pour-le-tourisme-equitable-et-solidaire/evenements/explorando-nuevos-caminos-un-paso-hacia-el-turismo-justo

Deadline extended to June 15: 3rd International Conference Social and Solidarity Economy and the Commons Decolonizing the Solidarity Economy and Commons: Enacting the “Pluriverse”
2023-05-31 - 2023-06-15 | Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) in Lisbon, Portugal
We would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting proposals was extended to June 15 2023.

The event’s webpage (https://ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt ) contains updated information on the keynote speakers, parallel cultural activities, etc.

Any questions regarding organisation of the conference or participation can be sent to ssecommons.cei@iscte-iul.pt.

On behalf of the organizing committee of #SSE&Commons2023,
Ana Margarida Esteves

World Localization Day
2023-05-23 - 2023-06-21 | WORLDWIDE
A month of local celebrations all over the world, each year.
World Localization Day, on June 21st, celebrates the worldwide localization movement–not only on the day itself, but during the entire month of June. In 2023, for the fourth year in a row, people all over the world will come together to explore the power of localization, and to honor the many initiatives, old and new, that foster ecological economies, thriving communities and healthy local food systems. Stay tuned for 2023 updates, and browse past events below.
World Localization Day is an annual celebration of the worldwide localization movement.
It’s more than just a day: it’s an invitation to see the world in a new way. To gain an awareness of place by participating in small-scale, local economic exchanges. To create change locally as part of a global movement for healthier communities and economies.

GSEF2023
2023-05-01 08:00 - 2023-05-06 17:00 | Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
The 6th edition of the Global Social Economy Forum, GSEF2023 Dakar, will take place from 1-6 May 2023 in Dakar (Senegal). This event is co-organized by the City of Dakar and the Network of Actors and Local Authorities for Social and Solidarity Economy (RACTES), in partnership with the Ministry of Microfinance and Social and Solidarity Economy of Senegal.
The Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) is one of the most prestigious and largest gatherings on social and solidarity economy (SSE) that brings together, every two years, all stakeholders in the area of SSE, from local and national governments to civil society organizations and networks, international organizations, academia & research institutions, as well as private sector actors, with the objective to share practices, experiences, policies, and visions towards building a more inclusive, equitable, solidarity-based and human-centered world.
Through this Call for Proposals, the GSEF2023 Dakar Forum intends to empower all the initiatives emerging from territories as well as local actors around the world to collectively build a path towards a less capitalist, more human-centered new model of development.
THE THEMES OF THE GSEF2023 FORUM
The main theme, Social and Solidarity Economy & Territories: Transitioning from Informal Economies to Collective and Sustainable Economies for our Territories, will be explored through seven themes and two special events on Youth and Women around which you are all invited to submit your proposals.

Theme 1: Co-constructing public policies for collective and sustainable economies conducive to decent jobs for young people and women
Theme 2: Sustainable blue economy, preservation of artisanal fishing, creation of new sustainable jobs, and social & environmental protection
Theme 3: Collective and sustainable ‘green’ economy for the territories, food self-sufficiency and its governance
Theme 4: Solidarity & sustainable digital economy and smart territories
Theme 5: Financing collective and sustainable economies for the territories
Theme 6: Policy dialogue: National & local governments and key stakeholders of collective and sustainable economies for the territories
Theme 7: Social and Solidarity Economy and sustainable development: links between practices and research
Special Event: Pre-forum on Youth and SSE – Collective and Sustainable Entrepreneurship for the Territories: Solutions for the Inclusion of Youth from Here and Beyond!
Special Event: Women & SSE Day – Social and Economic Empowerment of Women and Territorialization of Sustainable Public Policies

GSEF DAKAR 2023
2023-05-01 - 2023-05-06 | Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Welcome to the Dakar GSEF2023 Forum

Every two years, the GSEF holds a Global Social Economy Forum, in partnership with member cities around the world. It has become a key event for the social and solidarity economy (SSE), demonstrating how this concept is embodied today. At each edition, a declaration is adopted, binding the host city and participants and formalizing the commitment to work towards this human-focused economy, an indispensable tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This event represents a privileged platform for shared learning and exchanging knowledge and perspectives on all aspects of the SSE. The GSEF is a global network of local governments and civil society stakeholders committed to promoting the SSE as a path to a “different economy” for the benefit of all, a means for empowering local development, centered on social and environmental issues.

Seminar Series | Housing Rights. Struggles and Strategic Litigations in Four Continents
2023-04-26 - 2023-06-28
Seminar Series | Housing Rights. Strategic Struggles and Disputes on Four Continents
April – June 2023
Seminar Room 1, SPGI Department, via del Santo 28, Padua – Italy & online
In the framework of the Master in Human Rights and Multi-Level Governance (HRG) of the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padua (SPGI), the seminar series Housing Rights. Strategic Struggles and Disputes on Four Continents will take place from April 26 to June 28, 2023. The seminars, intended for students of the course of International Human Rights Law (Prof. Paolo De Stefani), are also open online to all those interested in the defense of the right to housing.
The cycle, in collaboration with the International Alliance of Inhabitants, consists of webinars on housing issues from a human rights perspective, held by IAH coordinators and experts from Spain, Argentina, Tunisia, Brazil and India, as well as workshops, in presence, aimed at deepening the role of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the defense of housing rights.
Meetings are always held from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. CEST on Wednesdays:
Seminar Room 1, SPGI Department, via del Santo 28, Padua (maximum capacity of 20 seats).
Online, through the Zoom platform https://unipd.zoom.us/j/89673210654
Interpreters : IT/EN/ES/FR/PT
SEMINAR PROGRAM
Wednesday 26.04.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time)
Using international human rights law procedures to defend the right to housing
Cesare Ottolini, International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAH), Global Coordinator, Italy
Wednesday 03.05.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time)
Housing rights and zero evictions. Communications to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Paco Morote, Plataforma Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH), Spain
Wednesday 17.05.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time)
IDPs, slums, COVID-19, international human rights standards and housing rights in India
Varghese Theckanath, Director, Montfort Social Institute (MSI), Hyderabad, India
Wednesday 31.05.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time)
Right to housing and land: the case of Argentina
Cristina Reynals, International Alliance of Inhabitants Cono Sur, Coordinator, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wednesday 14.06.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time)
The right to housing in the Mediterranean Area
Soha Ben Slama, AIH and International Tribunal of Evictions (ITE), Coordinator, Tunisia
Wednesday 28.06.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time)
Despejos Zero’, housing rights and democracy in Brazil
Getulio Vargas Jr, Bartiria Lima da Costa, Confederaçao Nacional Moradores (CONAM) and Campanha Despejos Zero, Brazil
SPECIAL SERIES
Wednesday 10.05.2023 and Wednesday 24.05.2023
Creation of a task force for the right to housing within the HRG
Cesare Ottolini, Paolo De Stefani
Scientific leader: Paolo de Stefani, University of Padua.
Information: Seminar series on the right to housing. Struggles and strategic disputes on four continents
Info
FB World Assembly of Inhabitantas
FB World Zero Evictions – Cero Desalojos – Zero Evictions
www.habitants.org
media.iai@habitants.org

Seminar Series | Housing Rights. Struggles and Strategic Litigations in Four Continents - April - June 2023
2023-04-26 - 2023-06-28
Seminar Room 1, SPGI Department, via del Santo 28, Padua – Italy & online

As part of the Master’s degree program in Human Rights and Multilevel Governance (HRG) of the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padua (SPGI), the seminar series Housing Rights. Struggles and Strategic Litigations in Four Continents will run from April 26 to June 28, 2023. The seminars, aimed at students in the International law of human rights course (Prof. Paolo De Stefani), is open online to all people interested in the defense of the right to housing.

The series, in collaboration with the International Alliance of Inhabitants, consists of webinars and in-person workshop meetings on housing issues from a human rights perspective, in which the coordinators of the IAI and experts from Spain, Argentina, Tunisia, Brazil, and India, aimed at learning more about the role of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in defending the right to housing.

Meetings are held on Wednesdays always in Seminar Room 1 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. CEST (maximum capacity 20 seats)

and via Zoom platform at the following link:
https://unipd.zoom.us/j/89673210654

Interpreters: IT/EN/ES/FR/PT

Information: Seminar Series | Housing Rights. Struggles and Strategic Litigations in Four Continents.

PROGRAM OF MEETINGS

Wednesday 26.04.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html… )

Using international human rights law procedures to defend housing rights
* Cesare Ottolini, International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI), global coordinator, Italy

Wednesday 03.05.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html… )

Right to housing and “zero evictions”. Communications to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
* Paco Morote, Plataforma Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH), España

Wednesday 17.05.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IDPs,+Slums,+COVID-19+India&iso=20230517T15&p1=5654&ah=1&am=30 )

IDPs, Slums, COVID-19, international human rights standards, and housing rights in India
* Varghese Theckanath, Montfort Social Institute (MSI), director, Hyderabad, India

Wednesday 31.05.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Derecho+a+la+vivienda+y+a+la+tierra,+Argentina&iso=20230531T15&p1=5654&ah=1&am=30 )

The right to housing and land: the case of Argentina
* Cristina Reynals, International Alliance of Inhabitants Cono Sur, coordinator, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Wednesday 14.06.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html… )

Housing Rights in the Mediterranean Space
* Soha Ben Slama, IAI and International Tribunal on Evictions (ITE), coordinator, Tunisia

Wednesday 28.06.2023 – 15:00 – 16:30 CEST (click for local time https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Despejos+Zero,+direito+%C3%A0+moradia+e+democracia+no+Brasil&iso=20230628T15&p1=5654&ah=1&am=30 )

“Despejos Zero”, right to housing and democracy in Brazil
* Getulio Vargas Jr., Bartiria Lima da Costa, Confederaçao Nacional Moradores (CONAM) and Campanha Despejos Zero, Brasil

Special series

Wednesday 10.05.2023 and Wednesday 24.05.2023
Building a task force on housing rights at HRG

* Cesare Ottolini, Paolo De Stefani

* Scientific director: Paolo de Stefani, University of Padua.

Voting Rights for ALL Residents/ VRAR
2023-04-26 | online
A new INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AGENDA DAY will be held on April 26, 2023.
On April 26, 1914, the women’s movement in France organized a historic public event to demand Equal Rights in Politics. On April 26, 2023, a major breakthrough in the exercise of democracy will be celebrated with the 3rd International Day for the Right to Vote for ALL residents – regardless of nationality.
The European network – Voting Rights for ALL Residents / VRAR – invites you to participate in the event online, please send us an email, so we can send you the program and the link of the event.
The event will be held in English, but we will provide simultaneous translation into French, Italian and German.
Please let us know via contact@votingrightsforall.net your name, city, country.

Insights into ECOLISE’s policy flagship project: Communities and the European Green Deal – and how you can contribute
2023-04-20 16:00 - 18:00 | online
ECOLISE’s policy flagship project
The 10 theses towards transformative community-led local development have been in a consultation phase since September 2022, with over 300 persons from almost 70 organizations contributing. We will continue to work on this policy flagship project in 2023 and will give an insight into our plans for this year- with the hope of attracting your contributions as partners and members!
Agenda:

Presentation of our goals and plans for 2023, including a review of 2022
What are joint benefits – and how you can contribute to our flagship project?
Next step: deepening phase May – June 2023 on localization and leverage points for advocacy within the European Green Deal, including 2 workshops by our partner The Good Lobby
Discussion on a joint advocacy campaign (launching in autumn 2023 at ECOLISE’s main policy event & targeting the elections for the European Parliament 2024)

Speakers:
ECOLISE Policy team
Nina Klein & Amelie Krug

Civil Society Organisations and democracy in Europe
2023-04-14 14:00 - 17:00 | online
The French Institute for Civil Society Organisations is honoured to welcome Oleksandra Matviichuk, President of the Center for Civil Liberties of Ukraine, Nobel Peace Prize 2022, as a keynote speaker for this webinar.

In 2022, the French Institute for Civil Society Organisations launched, in partnership with the Maecenata Foundation, the Institute for Social Research, and the Mouvement associatif, a working group on Civil Society Organisations in Europe. This working group brought together 40 researchers and practitioners with mixed expertise from 16 European countries to shed light on CSOs in Europe, on their contribution to society and democracy, and on their needs.
This working group was tasked with detecting European CSOs knowledge needs, drawing a state of the art, and issuing recommendations for a European research agenda on CSOs.
We are thrilled to present the results of this working group and to think about advancing knwoledge on CSOs during a webinar that will be held on the 14th of April!

Call for papers: Fair Trade and Sustainable Development International Symposium
2023-04-04 - 2023-06-16 | Agadir, MOROCCO
FTSD International Symposium 2023

The international symposium on Fair Trade & Sustainable Developmnt (FTSD) is a scientific event that regularly brings together researchers and practitioners who are interested and work on different aspects of fair trade and sustainable development.
It provides a forum for exchanging practices, tools, models and experiences to advance research and open up new perspectives.
For its 3rd edition, the FTSD 2023 Symposium will take place at the Higher School of Technology of the Ibn Zohr University – Agadir – Morocco
Symposium Topics
Topic 1 : Valorization of territories and Protection of the environment
Topic 2 : CSR and governance
Topic 3 : Resilience and innovation
Topic 4 : Social and solidarity economy
Topic 5 : Marketing and commercialization
Topic 6 : Management and strategy of Fair Trade Organizations (OCE)
Topic 7 : Ethics, territories and sustainable standardization

Topic 8 : Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Finance

International invitation to the monthly meeting of the Campaign for a Global SSE Curriculum
2023-03-29 16:00 - 18:00 | online
International invitation to the monthly meeting of the Campaign for a Global Curriculum of the Social and Solidarity Economy March 29 in French, 4:France pm With the International Research Network on the Social Economy from the epistemology of the South. Institutional Network for the Strengthening of the Social and Solidarity Economy of the Metropolitan Autonomous University

Program
Coordination:
Introducing the Serxia Lage Tree Team – Transforming Education for Entrepreneurship @TrEEPProjectEU
Blanca del Hoyo Master in Secondary, Vocational and Language Education

confirmed Andrea Caro -coordinator in Sol Violette-Volunteer in Emmaus movement
confirmed Carminda Mac Lorin – www.katalizo.org
confirmed Ricardo Contreras: International Network for Research in Social Economy based on the epistemology of the South.
confirmed Dining Experience at Sunrise

4pm Francia/País Vasco/Barcelona/Marruecos/Suiza 12pmBrasil/Argentina 9am Mexico City, 10am Colombia

FÀ LA COSA GIUSTA 2023
2023-03-24 - 2023-03-26 | Milano, Italy
Nata nel 2004 da un progetto della casa editrice Terre di mezzo ha la finalità di far conoscere e diffondere sul territorio nazionale le “buone pratiche” di consumo e produzione e di valorizzare le specificità e le eccellenze, in rete e in sinergia con il tessuto istituzionale, associativo e imprenditoriale locale.

Fa’ la cosa giusta! è…
• fiera di prodotti e servizi: scopri gli espositori iscritti e le aree espositive
• tre giorni di eventi, laboratori, incontri, presentazioni, degustazioni, spettacoli: più di 450 eventi nel Programma Culturale per tutte le fasce d’eta
• convivialità e servizi: nursery, spazio bimbi, ristorazione
• occasione di relazione, formazione e scoperta per i volontari e le scuole

Global action final summit - OECD
2023-03-20 08:00 - 2023-03-21 17:00 | Paris, Paris, France
The Final Summit of the OECD Global Action for Promoting Social and Solidarity Ecosystems will be hosted in person at the OECD Headquarters in Paris and online on 20-21 March 2023.
The Summit, supported by the European Union, will bring together policy makers, practitioners, and experts to focus on the transformative power of the social and solidarity economy to improve economic outcomes, through innovative business models that build social cohesion and resilience in times of crises and transitions. Participants will have the opportunity to:

Gain exclusive insights from thought leaders, the OECD and other important local, national and international actors on the social economy.
Participate in a dialogue on shaping the policy agenda to further support the development of the Social and Solidarity Economy.
Discuss the role of the social economy in addressing the challenges of the present to shape a more sustainable and inclusive future, including for the circular economy and the gig economy.

The Summit is an important milestone of OECD’s Global Action, which brings together over 150 partners from the 33 target countries (European Union countries, Brazil, Canada, India, Mexico, Korea, and the United States) and beyond.
https://www.oecd-events.org/cfe-leed-social-economy-oecd-global-action

We look forward to seeing you in Paris. More details on speakers and agenda items will be added in the coming weeks.

Inclusion, innovation and inspiration: Shaping our future with the social and solidarity economy
2023-03-20 - 2023-03-21
Hybrid Event – In-person at the OECD and Online

Feminist economy congress
2023-03-16 08:00 - 2023-03-18 17:00 | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Av. del Tibidabo, 39, Barcelona, 08035, Spain
Countdown to the Congress of Feminist Economics to be held for the first time in the city of Barcelona from 16 to 18 March 2023, facilitated by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, in collaboration with the UOC Barcelona Open Chair in Digital Economy promoted by the Barcelona City Council, with the aim of continuing to strengthen the link between the academic and socio-economic world of the city.
Feminist economics has made significant contributions to date. The analysis of the feminist theory of the economic model, and globalization; the questioning of “homo economicus”; the conception of the economic, and the alienation of the economic system, with putting the sustainability of life, and the provision of needs, at the center of the economic system; the balance between the productive and reproductive systems; the system and distribution of care; environmental sustainability; The economic democratization of business organization and gender mainstreaming in public institutions and economic policies, among others, are just one example.
Without losing sight of previous experiences and contributions, the VIII Congress of Feminist Economics will pay special attention to the readings of the Economy from the feminist theory of technology, the digital economy and the digitalization of life.
Sobre el congreso

VIII Congress of Feminist Economics
2023-03-16 - 2023-03-18 | Barcelona
The VIII Congress of Feminist Economics will be held for the first time in Barcelona from March 16 to 18, 2023, after the editions of Bilbao 2005, Zaragoza 2007, Baeza 2009, Carmona 2013, Vic 2015, Valencia 2019, Bilbao 2021.
Key dates
3 June
Call for contributions
Submission of proposals: academic articles, datathon, discussion workshops and other activities.
15 July
End of abstract submission
For abstracts of academic articles.
15 Sept.
End of submission of proposals
Workshops, discussions and other activities
3 Oct.
Accepted communications
Notification to authors
30 January 2023
End of article shipment
Deadline for submitting final articles
16, 17 and 18 March 2023
Congress Dates
Celebration of the Congress of Feminist Economics in Barcelona
More information on the congress website and in our news section.

Advocacy Campaigning Training
2023-03-14 - 2023-03-15 | Belgium
Communities for Future is committed to “System Change, not Climate Change”, but how are we making this change?
A 2-day in-person training to connect and build our skills in advocating for community-led local development, taking place in Belgium, 14-15 March 2023
In these times, the capacities, adaptation and resilience of regenerative communities are essential. Yet they need to become coherent and connected, so local actions can emerge as a powerful social system (an eco-system network) with positive influence at a wider societal and political scale. Communities for Future invites those hungry for change to come together, nourish our networks, learn, share experiences, build capacity and co-create an advocacy campaign. If you don’t know what kind of advocacy campaigning is being done in your country for community-led initiatives or you think the current efforts are not enough, do join forces with us!
This training will equip you with:
– Understanding and integrating advocacy basics
– Campaigning skills and resources
– Embed you in a network of peers
On this training ECOLISE is collaborating with the Good Lobby to synergise with the ongoing policy consultation process. The focus is to embody the 10 Theses towards transformative community-led local development and make use of them for advocacy campaigning on European, national and local levels.
The event and travels are fully funded for 20 participants and food costs are covered for 10 additional participants (ideally people from nearby). To apply for your place in this training, please fill out this form before February 6th!
https://bit.ly/Ecolise_Advocacy_Training
You’ll reach us for more info at info@ecolise.eu
The event would also have other training parts including team building and networking elements and a Community Climate Coaches (CCC) multiplier session (exact time yet to be confirmed).
** More information:
Koningsteen Center
https://www.koningsteen.be/
The Good Lobby
https://www.thegoodlobby.eu/
10 Theses towards transformative community-led local development
https://tinyurl.com/ttvnmu2d
(System Change, not Climate Change; pages 22 + 23)
Community Climate Coaches
https://communitiesforfuture.org/community-climate-coaches/
Fb event: https://www.facebook.com/events/711113453862337

International women's day
2023-03-08

GSEF Women & SSE Pre-forum
2023-03-07 08:00 - 2023-03-31 17:00 | online
Social and economic empowerment and territorialization of sustainable public policies
A special event dedicated to Women
This Women’s Day based on the main theme “Social and economic empowerment and territorialization of sustainable public policies” will be a day of discussion to answer these different questions.
The day of May 3, 2023 will be dedicated to the question of the role and place of women in the promotion of a social and solidarity-based economic model. Six expert women named “Champions”, will speak at the Grand Théâtre de Dakar on six specific themes addressing various topics of the Social and Solidarity Economy.
About twenty young women leaders in the SSE sector identified in Africa, America and Europe will also put forward their experiences on women’s economic empowerment and make visible social initiatives.
Who can apply?

You are a woman under 35 years old
You are an entrepreneur or employee in the field of SSE
You are founder or leader of a SSE association
You are a researcher in this field

Then this call for applications is for you!
How to apply?
Fill in the online application form “Become a Young Woman Leader” !
Application deadline: March 31, 2023 evening

SOCIAL ECONOMY CONFERENCE IN GOTHENBURG
2023-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 | School of Economics, University of Gothenburg
In connection with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the most important European players in the field of social economy gather in Gothenburg, at a conference highlighting the role of social economy in creating a stronger and more resilient Europe.

The “Social Economy 2023 – Building a stronger and resilient Europe“’ conference is planned in close cooperation with European experts and stakeholders, and it will be focused on the Social Economy Action Plan and its implementation. It builds on last year’s Strasbourg conference “Social Economy – Future of Europe” which was included in the official program of the French Presidency and it bridges to the equivalent event to be held under the coming Spanish presidency in San Sebastian, on 13-14 November 2023.

The conference also aims to highlight the circumstances around social economy in both southern and northern Europe, thus providing a basis for Council’s further work in this sector.
The draft program will be published soon.
Date: 8th of June 2023 at the School of Economics, University of Gothenburg, although parallel international meetings and events will take place on 7 and 9 June 2023 in the city.
The conference is organized by Coompanion in collaboration with Social Economy Europe, REVES and CECOP. With support from the Region Västra Götaland, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg and Fremia.

3rd International Conference - Social and Solidarity Economy and the Commons - Decolonizing the Solidarity Economy and Commons: Enacting the “Pluriverse”
2023-03-02 - 2023-05-31 | Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal
3rd International Conference
Social and Solidarity Economy and the Commons
Decolonizing the Solidarity Economy and Commons:
Enacting the “Pluriverse”
Venue: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 8th-10th November 2023 (Presential)
Organisers: Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL) – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) (Portugal); Centre for Social Studies (CES) – University of Coimbra (Portugal); ITES/UFAL -Incubator of Solidarity Economy at the Federal University of Alagoas (Brazil); Institute for Social Justice, York St John University (UK); Institute for Ecological Economics – Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria)

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
The main theme for the 2023 edition of the international conference “Social and Solidarity Economy and the Commons” is the emergence of a “pluriverse” in the fields of solidarity economy and the commons. This results from the aggregation of diverse epistemologies, narratives, and strategies for social transformation that criticise and deconstruct the downsides of modernity as a social project. For Mignolo and Escobar (2010), these include a “disembeddedness”, resulting from a “marginalization of place (the here and now of social action) in the definition of social life” (p. 36). It also includes a “domination and disenchantment that came about with secularization and the predominance of instrumental reason to the normalization of life and the disciplining of populations” to “the extreme economization and technification of the world” (p. 36-7).
We invite researchers and practitioners to submit proposals for contributions to the conference. We aim to promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives at both theoretical, conceptual and methodological levels. Submissions might be based on formal research or on concrete activist, economic or public policy initiatives.
The conference is structured around six thematic fields:

Criticisms of modernity, post-material worldviews and their contribution to social movements and initiatives promoting solidarity economy and the commons;
Indigenous epistemologies and popular knowledges (epistemologies of traditional peoples and communities);
Ongoing tensions between transformation and cooptation in solidarity economy and commons-based initiatives and movements (including cultish or other forms of authoritarian dynamics based on charisma, spiritual/ideological creed or the spread of disinformation, including those of ethnonationalist, backlash social movements, reactionary and anti-democratic movements);
Contributions of solidarity economy, commons and community-led initiatives to emancipatory movements, deepening democracy as well as civil society-led strategies of “soft power” in international, regional and local relations;
Contributions of knowledge, technologies and organisational forms, developed within solidarity economy, commons and community-led initiatives, to biopolitical forms of social control (i.e. “technologies of the self”), as well as state-led strategies of “soft power” in international, regional and local relations.
Structural Inequalities and the challenges faced by minorities and other disadvantaged groups in the pursuit of environmental and social justice through solidarity economy and commons-based initiatives and movements. These include inequalities and challenges enhanced by the “green gentrification” that is often unintentionally caused by the presence of such initiatives, as well as state-led urban and rural planning strategies for sustainability based on commons and commoning.

Attention: For further information on each thematic field, please consult the annexed Conference Proposal.
Session on Research and Methods Design
We strongly encourage the submission of paper proposals by Ph.D. students on the methodological and ethical dimensions of research within these six fields of inquiry, with the purpose of organising a workshop on this topic for early career scholars, which will take place during the conference.
We will post regular updates about the organisation of this conference on the event’s webpage (https://ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt ), as well as send them by e-mail and through the social media accounts of CEI-IUL (Facebook and Twitter). Any questions regarding organisation of the conference or participation can be sent to ssecommons.cei@iscte-iul.pt.
Proposal Submission Guidelines
We welcome the submission of the following type of proposals:

paper abstracts (research papers or experience reports by practitioners or activists);
book presentation proposals on topics relevant to the five thematic fields of the conference.
session proposals containing the name of presenters, as well as the title and complete abstract of each presentation;

All submitted proposals must have a maximum length of 800 words (including any references) and indicate which thematic field/s of the conference they address, along with five keywords. They can be submitted in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. However, the language of presentation shall be English. They should include:
In the case of an academic paper or research proposals by Ph.D. students:

a) Title;
b) Thematic field (one of the five proposed by the conference);
c) Extended abstract referring to the theoretical and methodological approach, the main argument, and a brief summary of conclusions/implications for research, activism or policy-making.
d) Main references

In the case of an experience report by practitioners or activists:

a) Title;
b) Thematic field (one of the five proposed by the conference);
c) Abstract containing: a short description of the experience; a brief context analysis; innovation in political, environmental or societal terms; main challenges; future trends.
d) Main references

In the case of a book presentation proposal:

a) Title;
b) Thematic field (one of the five proposed by the conference);
c) Extended abstract referring to the theoretical and methodological approach, the main argument, and a brief summary of conclusions/implications for research, activism or policy-making.

Session proposals should include:

a) Title of the panel;
b) Thematic field (one of the five proposed by the conference), along with five keywords;
c) A brief (up to 300 words) statement summarising the rationale for the panel.
d) Individual abstracts for each presentation (maximum 800 words each), referring to the theoretical and methodological approach, the main argument, a brief summary of conclusions/implications for research, activism or policy-making and main references.

In your proposal, please indicate whether you would like to submit a full paper for online publication, with peer-review and in open-source format, in a website that the conference organisers will create for that purpose. The papers will be published during the first semester of 2024.
Please submit proposals by email to ssecommons.cei@iscte-iul.pt .
Important dates
Deadline for submission of proposals – May 31st 2023
Notification of contributors – June 30th
Deadline for registration (conference presenters) – October 6th
Publication of final program – October 15th
Deadline for registration (non-presenters) – October 25th
Beginning of the conference – November 8th
Submission of full paper for peer review and publication: December 15th
Conference registration
Site: https://ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/
Professors/lecturers, researchers and other professionals – € 175, 00
Students (Proof of enrolment in a higher education program required) – € 75, 00
Registration is FREE for students of ISCTE-IUL, CES-University of Coimbra, UFAL and York St John University.
Steering Committee:
Ana Margarida Esteves (CEI-IUL, ISCTE-IUL)
Leonardo Leal (CEI-IUL; Universidade Federal de Alagoas– UFAL)
Luciane Lucas dos Santos (CES U Coimbra)
Tom Henfrey (Schumacher Institute, UK)
Maria Fernandes-Jesus (York St John University, UK)
Roman Hausmann (Institute for Ecological Economics – Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)

Fair Trade International Symposium 2023 : registration open until April, 21 !
2023-03-02 - 2023-04-21
The Fair Trade International Symposium is the leading global gathering for scholars, practitioners and policymakers working on Fair Trade.
The next Fair Trade International Symposium will be hosted from 19th to-21st June 2023 at the University of Leeds in the UK. Leeds is a vibrant city in the north of England that has great transport links to the rest of the UK.
Both the University of Leeds and the city of Leeds have strong links to Fair Trade- we are both a Fair Trade city and university, and Yorkshire was the first Fair Trade county. Academics at the Sustainability Research Institute and the University’s Sustainability Service and have worked together with the Fair Trade International Symposium Steering Group and local campaigners to develop the programme for FTIS.
At the Leeds FTIS event there will be workshops and panels taking place in person, complemented by some online and hybrid sessions to enable the participation of people both locally and internationally. We will ensure that both the in person and online discussions are facilitated so that everyone gets a chance to participate. We are especially keen to create spaces for local campaigners and practitioners to interact.
There will be some fully online panels and sessions, with opportunities for participants to discuss papers and posters and importantly a space to interact with each other via the conference platform.
Workshops will be face to face, with contributions from academics, campaigners and students.
Plenary presentations will be hybrid, accessible both to an online and in person audience, and will be recorded.
We have agreed with the editors of the Journal of Fair Trade to produce a special issue of the journal based on papers from the Symposium. There will be a special session about this during the event.

CFF SESSION - Creating Regenerative Futures with your Local Council
2023-02-28 16:00 - 18:00 | online
Join our next Communities for Future Sessions, Tuesday, Feb 28th, 16h-18h CET.

Showing successful stories of CLI’s working with local councils
Sharing tools & resources
Linking to the policy thesis in the topic

Speakers:
Two mayors/municipal servants:

Paco García, Almocita Mayor, Andalucia, Spain
João Dinis, Climate Action, Cascais, Portugal

2 CLI’s:

Cristiano Bottone, Kunelab, Monteveglio, Italy
Amy Scaife, HubRen, London, UK

Community-led initiatives and local authorities have shown fruitful collaboration but that’s far from being the dominant interaction between them. Local initiatives often struggle to have constructive partnerships with their municipalities or counties. And vice versa: a municipality can invite community-led initiatives to their projects and fail to gain their engagement.
There’s never a lack of crisis situations and the strong bond between local authorities and communities has proven to be essential for the constructive response to crises. Regions with such a tight bond have done better during the pandemic than those that failed to build bridges.
The ECOLISE team contributed to balancing the understanding of who initiates change. Communities are the drivers of change towards sustainability, but hundreds of local authorities are just as engaged.
Click here to register!

FUTURS IMPOSSIBLES
2023-02-24 - 2023-02-25 | Barcelona

Future opportunities and challenges for the SSE following the 2022 ILO Discussion and Action Plan
2023-02-23 | online
This webinar aims to:
– Discuss future challenges based on the general conclusions and its action plan for different SSE actors (civil society, trade unions, employers small scale SSE collective and cooperative producers and employers…], ILO and other UN institutions, States, regional bodies, local authorities).
– Examine the possible positive impacts, and challenges, for grassroots organizations.
