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Moving Beyond the Public-Private Divide: Locating Social Entrepreneurship in the Social Economy
18 de Setembro de 2013, 18:00This think piece will reflect on the public-private divide and the role of social enterprises in the delivery of public services, with particular attention to their role in the social economy. It will suggest that one of the greatest potentials of social enterprises may be the possibility of co-constructing social policy through partnerships and alliances... ...
The CECOP Publishing House celebrates its 5th anniversary: a source of cooperative knowledge
18 de Setembro de 2013, 13:55CECOP has been a publishing house since 2008. The number of publications to this day certainly remains modest; however the quality of the research and analysis work contributes to its exceptional character. - News / Internacional, Portada
Recycling in South Africa, the cooperative way
18 de Setembro de 2013, 13:26Twanano is a worker-owned cooperative located in Ivory Park, about 40 minutes from South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg. It was created in 2000 by 7 brave women and registered in 2003. With help and training from Phumani Paper Making Project, they now recycle paper and use it to produce ornamental paper sculptures as well as... ...
Japan: 17 new cooperatives created in the disaster-hit areas
18 de Setembro de 2013, 12:55It is almost two and a half years, and little is heard about reconstruction work in Tohoku, even in Japan, despite the fact that reconstruction is far from complete. However, 17 new worker cooperatives have been created since the terrible earthquake and tsunami in one of the most affected regions by the earthquake in Japan.... ...
Policies for Shareable Cities
17 de Setembro de 2013, 16:53Policies for Shareable Cities: A Sharing Economy Policy Primer for Urban Leaders is a guide to innovative, high impact policies that US city governments have put in place to help citizens share resources, focusing on sharing policy innovations in food, housing, transportation, and jobs. read more
Advancing Regional Recommendations on Post-2015: A Dialogue between Civil Society, Governments and UN Representatives on 22 September 2013
17 de Setembro de 2013, 7:01On 25 September Heads of State and Government will gather at a UN General Assembly Special Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to take stock of progress and renew commitment toward achieving the MDGs. They will also advance planning towards a cohesive and integrated post-2015 sustainable development agenda. In preparation for this event, a... ...
Community Development Banks: Enabling Access to Finance for Poor Communities
16 de Setembro de 2013, 18:00Community Development Banks (CDBs) are a growing and dynamic manifestation of the solidarity economy in Brazil. This unique system of solidarity finance is currently in place in more than 100 Brazilian municipalities. Created by local associations to (re)organize local economies, they develop financial tools (microcredit, social currency, correspondent banking) governed and organized by the users... ...
Public Policy Advocacy: A Best Practice Guide
16 de Setembro de 2013, 10:14
Three Key Steps to Public Policy Advocacy Creating a supportive policy environment is an essential, and often daunting task for many non-profit organizations. The Canadian CED Network has created a new resources to help simplify the policy advocacy process. Public Policy Advocacy: Best Practices is a best practice guide that takes readers through three critical... ...Manila 2013: Phase 3 of the web forum about SSE in the territories is open from 9 to 21 September
16 de Setembro de 2013, 9:15
The SSE is developing which actions/innovations that contribute to territorial development?How should more progress be made? Phase 3 of the web forum is open from 9 to 21 September Results: 29 contributions in total: 7 contributions in 3 languages 4 contributions in French and English 8 contributions in French only 5 contributions in English only... ...ISB Paper Series No. 11 – Complementary Monetary Systems ‘Homoepathic Medicine against economic Collapse’
16 de Setembro de 2013, 4:34
Language English ISB Paper Series No. 11 Complementary Monetary Systems ‘Homoepathic Medicine against economic Collapse’ By Dr. Heinz Brodbeck download the paper as pdf here Abstract Hundreds of financial crises have destroyed economies, enterprises, and individual existences over the last decades. Financial reforms are due. One contribution could be complementary monetary systems that are... ...SIDI’s 30th anniversary
16 de Setembro de 2013, 4:07Interview with Christian Schmitz, Director of SIDI SIDI (International Solidarity for Development and Investment) will celebrate in November, its 30 years. What does this anniversary mean for you? How have the SIDI and the movement of the Social and Solidarity Finance evolved at international level for 30 years? The basic intuition considering that one can... ...
Community Work for Asia Magazine
16 de Setembro de 2013, 3:45Community Work for Asia Magazine Language Undefined Tags: Community Work for Asia Citizen's Bank INAISE Asia
AFL-CIO Looking at Mondragon Coops
14 de Setembro de 2013, 9:10 A Formula for Reawakening Labor: Capitalism, Communities and Cooperatives By Frank Islam and Ed Crego SolidarityEconomy.net via HuffPost Sept 14, 2013 – Based upon the rhetoric at the quadrennial labor convention held in Los Angeles this week, it appears that the labor movement will be trying new things and working diligently to break out... ...
Now Accepting Proposals
13 de Setembro de 2013, 11:58Now Accepting Proposals SAGE is currently accepting ideas and content proposals for: 1. Whole conference discussions or activities that focus on collective solution-making and can engage almost anyone interested in the Green Solidarity Economy. 2. Break-out sessions that address a more specific or regional issue, that can bring back next steps or a call to... ...
SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS LINKS GROW THEIR BUSINESS
12 de Setembro de 2013, 13:18Twenty-seven social enterprises and six Montreal public institutions kicked off this morning in Montreal the pilot projet social economy, I buy! project coordinated by the Social Economy Committee of the island of Montreal (Cesim), a council of the regional Conference of Elected Committee (CRE) of Montreal. Over a period of one year, this pilot project aims... ...
