---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: UNRISD Social and Solidarity Economy <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 11:45 PM Subject: [UNRISD SSE eNewsletter] To: UNRISD Social and Solidarity Economy <[email protected]> Dear Friends and Colleagues, *Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) continues to attract attention at the European Level!* On 3–4 December, the Luxembourg Ministry of Labour Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy held a conference on "Boosting Social Enterprises in Europe <http://www.eu2015lu.eu/en/agenda/2015/12/03-04-conf-economie-sociale/index.html>". During its presidency of the Council of the European Union, Luxembourg has promoted social economy at the European level in the context of inclusive growth, quality job creation and social cohesion. The conference led to the adoption of a declaration <http://www.eu2015lu.eu/en/actualites/communiques/2015/12/04-declaration-luxembourg/> <http://www.eu2015lu.eu/en/actualites/communiques/2015/12/04-declaration-luxembourg/>by the governments of France, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Spain towards a comprehensive ecosystem for social economy enterprises. For more information, please click here <http://www.eu2015lu.eu/en/agenda/2015/12/03-04-conf-economie-sociale/index.html> 28 January also marked the first European Forum on Social and Solidarity Economy <http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/events/european-forum-on-social-and-solidarity-economy-2016>. Hosted by the European Parliament, the conference was the fruit of an initiative led and organized by the European United Left/ Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) to turn their long time support for the SSE into one of its main strategic focuses for the current legislature of the European Parliament (2014-2019). Titled “Transforming the Economic and Cultural Paradigms” the conference brought together more than 250 participants from 14 countries in Europe, Latin America and North America in an attempt to promote an exchange of experiences among the different actors highlighting the problems faced by the sector, as well as its potential in tackling the effects of the economic crisis. UNRISD, represented by Marie-Adélaïde Matheï presented the work of the UN Inter Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE <http://unsse.org/>) and UNRISD on SSE. For more information, please click here <http://efsse.org/> UNRISD is also happy to announce the* publication of our first working paper for 2016 *by Brett Cross on “How Can Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Play a Role in Building Social and Solidarity Finance?” <http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/search/196AEF663B617144C1257F550057887C?OpenDocument>, part of a series of working papers we will be publishing this year on social and solidarity finance. With Kind regards, The UNRISD SSE Team *www.unrisd.org/sse* <http://www.unrisd.org/sse> *www.unrisd.org/feminist-sse* <http://www.unrisd.org/feminist-sse> *www.unsse.org* <http://www.unsse.org/> * If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply with "Unsubscribe me" in the subject line.* United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Palais des Nations D-209, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland T: +41 (0)22 917 2039 F: +41 (0)22 917 0650 C: +41 (0)76 616 3778 [email protected] *www.unrisd.org/sse* Follow UNRISD on -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
