SOLIKON - french

Anti-racist perspectives on solidarity economy

Marie — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:42:30 +0000

Workshop

Saturday, 12.09.

09:00

3h 30min

MA549

Cooperation and Self-organization

Distribution and equal opportunities

As self-governing antiracist initiative of people with and without experiences of flight and racism, we are engaged in diverse
forms of solidarity-based economic activity. For many years for instance, we organised the antiracist purchase in Hennigsdorf as way of resistance
against the voucher system. Here, the discriminating vouchers could be exchanged for cash. We also organise housing, participation in the public
arena, mobility, knowledge & learning and the satisfaction of basic needs in solidarity-based ways. As well as presenting and discussing different solidarity-based forms of
resistance against exclusion and oppression, we want to jointly find answers to the questions whether and how concepts of solidarity-based
economics produce and reproduce barriers and exclusion, and how we may deal with this jointly and stay open.

Translation (french-german-english) will be organised in the workshop.

Speaker:

Activists from Corasol

Corasol – Contre le racisme – Show Solidarity is a group of people with and without a right to stay, with and without the experience of flight or migration, who try to fight against racism and white dominace within the society by structural political work and mutual support. More concrete we organized the Antiracist Shopping in Hennigsdorf, do the monthly Friedel-Vokü with information on antiracist topics and smaller public actions. Besides that we cooperate with different antirascist groups in Berlin and Brandenburg.

Language:

english

french

german

Degrowth, Solidarity Economy and the Unions - how do they fit together?

Sarah — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:57:51 +0000

Podium

Friday, 11.09.

18:45

2h 15min

MA001

General concepts and Discourses

Money and Finances

Reproduction and Work

In order to tackle the multiple crises, a radical transformation of our economic system is necessary. In many places, different alternative economic models are already discussed and tried out, movements arise. On this panel, we link degrowth, solidarity economy and the work of unions. What chance do practical projects of alternative economies have in the surrounding growth economy? Does solidarity economy need macro-economic degrowth concepts in order to gain a certain stability, or are solidarity companies the answer to missing growth in the global North? What is the situation like in Latin America? Could solidarity economy be a solution to the fear of unions of degrowth? And what could a cooperation on both a theoretic and practical level look like?

Speaker:

Luis Salcedo, Norbert Reuter, Janna Aljets, Moderation: Nina Treu

Luis Salcedo (Co-ordinator of RIPESS Intercontinental), Norbert Reuter (Ver.di), Janna Aljets (BUNDJugend and Degrowth Summerschool), Facilitated by: Nina Treu (Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie)

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Roundtable - Social Economy, Solidarity Economy, Social Enterprise and Social Innovation: what are the theoretical and political challenges in Europe ?

Sarah — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:02:02 +0000

Forum

Friday, 11.09.

09:00

1h 30min

MA005

General concepts and Discourses

SSE appears as a sign of hope; it is possible to build a more just, less predatory and more democratic world. But it is not only necessary that the SSE ceases to be minority and wide; it is also very important to be able to respond to current challenges in Europe. This round table will attempt to delimit and define these concepts showing there is another economy conceptualization based on multitude of emanating experiences.
This session will last until 10:45 AM.

Speaker:

Jean Louis Laville, Rogerio Amaro, Facilitated by: Jean Louis Laville

Language:

english

spanish

french

Closing plenary: Steps towards transformation/ We know other ways! - Results

Sarah — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:36:36 +0000

Podium

Sunday, 13.09.

11:00

2h 30min

HE101

Education and Science

General concepts and Discourses

At this closing plenary, we reflect upon the congress and discuss ideas for the future. We start out with two presentations of the main results of the regional forum initiatives and the transformation forum. With four speakers from different backgrounds, we then shed light on various threads of the conference. Did we bring the different strands of solidarity economy together? What are limitations to spreading it further? How to better disseminate our solidarity practices and cooperative networking to improve our impact and influence ? How can we link our struggles specially to reinforce and learn from the ones in Southern Europe? What are the next global (or pan-european) events where we can come together and focus our energy?

Speaker:

Eric Lavilluniere, Georgia Bekidraki, Sven Giegold, Thomas Brose, Moderation: Nina Treu

Eric Lavilluniere (RIPESS Europe), Georgia Bekidraki (Solidarity4All, Greece), Sven Giegold (MoEP), Thomas Brose (Klimabündnis/ Allianza del Clima), Facilitated by: Nina Treu (Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie)

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