For several years now the Workgroup on Solidarity Socio-Economy (WSSE) has been working within the Alliance and elsewhere for a more responsible, plural and united economy in the context of current globalization that, in addition to the social inequalities and ecological damage it produces, also raises many questions about long term economic sustainability. The WSSE is a network of several hundred actors that links together and coordinates different workshops which discuss and take action on various themes and solidarity economy practices as varied as fair trade, solidarity finance, social money, women’s place in the economy, ecological debt and indicators of wealth.

As part of this process, the WSSE will be taking part in the 3rd International Meeting on the Globalisation of Solidarity: Empowering People, which is taking place in Dakar, Senegal from 22-26 November 2005. Around 30 WSSE participants will be taking part, either organizing seminars or as plain participants.

But Dakar 2005 is also going to see a meeting of the WSSE itself.
From 19 to 21 November 2005, the WSSE is organizing a cross-cutting seminar in Dakar, Senegal, as a platform for presenting the results of several WSSE workshops. There will also be a cross-cutting debate with the aim of identifying a shared vision of current socio-economic challenges and outlining possible responses. To get the best results out of this work, the Dakar seminar is organized around three stages: