International Forum

on the Globalization of Solidarity
 
Luxembourg, April 29 - May2, 2009:

Organized by RIPESS. This will be the 4th International Forum. The last one was held in Dakar in 2005 and drew together 1,200 participants from 63 countries. The Institut Europeen d'Economie Solidaire (INEES) has taken on the responsibility being the lead organization for the conference planning. See INEES Newsletter No. 10 for more information

The "Rete di Economia Solidale" (Solidarity Economy Network) project is an experiment towards the construction of an "other" economy, part of thousands of experiences of solidarity economy activity in Italy. (website in Italian only)

Under the theme of "How do we want to produce and live? The Solidarity-Based Economy in a Globalized Capitalism," the First National Solidarity Economy Congress (with international participation) was held in Berlin in 2006.