Workgroup on Solidarity Socio-Economy (WSSE) - Dakar 2005

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Saturday November 19, 2005
Presentation of the thematic workshops' discussions and results During the last World Social Forum at Porto Alegre, several participants expressed the desire to get a better idea of the work carried out by the other WSSE workshops. The Dakar seminar provides an opportunity to share ideas and information on the discussions and results of the main thematic workshops. The summary reports are available on this site # 9h00 - 13h00
# 9h00 - 9h30	Welcome and presentation of the seminar Laurent Fraisse and Françoise Wautiez (WSSE animation team)
# 9h30 - 9h40	"Fair Trade and Solidarity Economy: the challenges ahead". summary of the Fair Trade Workshop’s activities. Arturo Palma-Torres
# 9h40 - 9h50	"Women and economy: the Challenges. Between resistance and social justice", summary of the Women and Economy Workshop. Madeleine Hersent and Nedda Angulo
# 9h50 - 10h20	Discussion
# 10h20 - 10h30	"Measuring social performance of micro-finance institutions". summary of the Solidarity Finance Workshop. Benjamin Quinones
# 10h30 - 10h40	"Complementary currency systems and the new economic paradigm", thoughts and ideas on social money. Stephen Demeulenaere
# 10h40 - 11h10	Discussion
# 11h10 - 11h40	Break
# 11h40 - 11h50	"Economic Actors' Societal Responsibility", summary of the Economic Actors’ Societal Responsibility Workshop. Vincent Commenne
# 11h50 - 12h00	Elements of summary of the International Regulations Workshop Julie de los Reyes
# 12h00 - 12h10	"Recognizing the ecological debt, a step towards social and environmental justice", summary of the JADES Workshop. Leida Rijnhout
# 12h10 - 13h00	Discussion
# 13h00 - 15h00	Lunch

Exchange of ideas and information with other allies With the aim of encouraging interaction and a cross-cutting approach, the WSSE has invited a number of allies to present the socio-economic aspect of their work and provide an outsider's view of the WSSE's work from the perspective of issues such as international finance, local development and small scale agriculture. Coordination: Philippe Amouroux # 15h00 - 16h30
# 15h00 - 15h10	"Finance and Ethics: between vice and virtue", summary of the Sustainable Finance Workshop and the Observatoire. Paul Dembinski, Observatoire de la Finance
# 15h10 - 15h30	Discussion
# 15h30 - 15h40	"Local development between up, down, small, long, quick, slow, internal and external constraints: the ideal level for essential conciliations" Martine Théveniaut Muller and Alain Laurent, Alliance Internationale des Territoires
# 15h40 - 15h50	"Elements of reflexion on social and solidarity economy from the farmer agriculture and its organization point of vue" Jacques Berthomé, Réseau APM
# 15h50 - 16h20	Discussion
# 16h20 - 16h30	Break

Cross-cutting discussion - Vision of a Solidarity Economy Presentation and coordination: Marcos Arruda # 16h30 - 18h30
	Preliminary presentations
# 16h30 - 16h40	Synthesis of the contents on an Integrated Vision of SES Marcos Arruda
# 16h40 - 16h50	Synthesis of the interviews done by 11 members of the Vision workshop Chilo Villareal
# 16h50 - 17h00	Presentation of the Matrix that synthesises the values that are inspiring the differents SES activities Luis Lopezllera
# 17h00 - 18h30	Group work based on participants’ responses to Vision Workshop issues

Sunday November 20, 2005
Vision of a Solidarity Economy (cont'd) # 9h00 - 10h30
# 9h00 - 10h30	End of group work and summing up by coordinators
# 10h30 - 10h50	Break

Cross-cutting discussion - Indicators and the Solidarity Economy Solidarity economy actors’ goal of promoting an alternative development model depends on their ability to drive change in representations of the economy and wealth so that they are no longer confined to the concepts of market and growth. The challenge is two-pronged: to demonstrate how solidarity economy initiatives and networks create collective benefits that are specific to society, and to show how they contribute to an alternative representation of the economy. An evaluation of what constitutes a society’s wealth is therefore crucial, both in terms of the criteria and mechanisms used to measure the common good, and the indicators specific to the solidarity economy. # 16h30 - 18h30
# 10h50 - 11h00	Presentation and coordination: Laurent Fraisse and Françoise Wautiez
	Preliminary presentations
# 11h00 - 11h15	"The design of indicators for solidarity economy" Bernardo Reyes
# 11h15 - 11h30	"Towards and evaluation framework for SE: typologies of effects" Marie J. Bouchard, Jérôme Leblanc and Valérie Michaud
# 11h30 - 13h00	Group work based on participants’ responses to Indicators Workshop issues
# 13h00 - 15h00	Lunch

Indicators and the Solidarity Economy (cont'd) # 16h30 - 18h30
# 15h00 - 16h30	End of group work and summing up by coordinators
# 16h30 - 17h00	Break

Presentation of new cross-cutting workshops The Dakar seminar also provides an opportunity for discussions between allies of the cross-cutting workshops that will be the focus of the next WSSE seminars. # 17h00 - 18h00
# 17h00 - 17h30	Integrated Projects Presentation of the issue by Marcos Arruda followed by a discussion
# 17h30 - 18h00	Economic governance and local, regional and national level of economic exchange Presentation of the issue by Pierre Johnson and Laurent Fraisse followed by a discussion

Monday November 21, 2005
The way ahead for the WSSE In late 2005 the WSSE is coming to the end of a work cycle characterized essentially by the continuation of thematic workshop activities, the launch of the cross-cutting workshops and significant networking activity, notably at the social forums. The 2006/2007 period is opening up a new phase where there is a need to find a balance between discussion activities and network creation activities, between thematic workshops and cross-cutting workshops, and between furthering alliances and widening the pool of partners. Coordination: Philippe Amouroux and Laurent Fraisse # 9h00 - 12h30
	Results of WSSE 2004/2005 activities Priorities and strategies for 2006/2007 Operation and organization Funding: FPH backing and other co-financing partners
# 12h30 - 14h00	Lunch

Participation in the Globalization of Solidarity meeting The choice of Dakar as the meeting venue was influenced by the wish of several WSSE members to take part in the third Globalization of Solidarity conference (22 to 26 November 2005). This event organized by RIPESS is an international gathering of social and solidarity economy actors (for more information see the site: http://www.ripess.net/). The presence of WSSE participants is important in contributing to the construction of strategies that can strengthen the solidarity economy in the context of globalization. Coordination: Françoise Wautiez and Laurent Fraisse # 14h00 - 16h00
	Dakar meeting issues Programme and WSSE speakers at the workshops

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