GSEF and GSEF2021 Mexico Local Organizing Committee (LOC) present the GSEF Global Virtual Forum October 2020 with the central theme 'Great Challenges, Greater Solidarity: Power of Community and SSE as a Path for Transformation', which will take place from 19th to 23rd October 2020.
Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER)/l’Association de recherche sur les organismes sans but lucratif et de l’économie sociale (ANSER-ARES) is a Canadian association for those who have an interest in research that pertains broadly to nonprofit organizations and the social economy.
We know that many associations have cancelled their annual conference, and we wanted to let you know that the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER-ARES) is still on and going virtual! We are opening up our registration for anyone who would like to present or attend.
Co-ops inevitably overlap with other movements and in this webinar we will explore how worker co-ops fit into the Social and Solidarity Economy and with social enterprises. We invite participants to come with ideas of how to better partner in these spaces for mutual benefit, and have ideas on how CWCF can partner for the benefit of the worker co-op movement.
Definitions: What is the Social Economy? What is the Solidarity Economy? What are Social Enterprises?
How do worker co-ops fit into each of these?
What is the value of having worker co-ops link with the Social and Solidarity Economy?
Where is this collaboration working well?
Group Discussion:
About the Presenter:
Sonja Novkovic is a Professor of Economics and Academic director of the International Centre for Co-operative Management at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada. She is Chair of the International Co-operative Alliance Research Committee, past president of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP) and a member of the NCBA Council of Economists.
Her research interests are in the field of economic democracy, including labor-managed and cooperative firms, social economy, and comparative economic systems. She is involved in the development of the CoopIndex diagnostic tool for worker cooperatives, and a four year research project on co-operative governance funded by FWO – Belgium. Her co-edited volumes include Co-operatives and the World of Work (Routledge, 2019); Cooperativism and Local Development in Cuba: An agenda for Democratic Transformation (Brill, 2018); and Co-operative Governance Fit to Build Resilience in the Face of Complexity (ICA, Brussels 2015).
The Indigenomics Institute invites Indigenous leaders, businesses and organizations, government, policy makers, educational institutions, private industry and corporations to the 2021 Taking a Seat at the Economic Table | Indigenomics by Design Virtual Forum. This forum, on June 22 and 23, 2021 will focus on the path towards Indigenous economic freedom, and will be an opportunity to come together to advance the vision of an annual national $100 Billion Dollar Indigenous economy.
Due to the global COVID-19 crisis, Association of Co-operative Educators (ACE) and Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) decided to join forces to offer the Co-operation Virtual Instititutes (CVI).
These Co-operation Virtual Institutes (CVI) will bring together co-operators, researchers, academicians, community activists, collective entrepreneurs, civil servants, experts and co-operative educators who will exchange on current hot topics of the co-operative sector.
The Institutes are currently organized in two phases:
Phase 1: from June 15–24, 2020
Phase 2: from September 2020 to May 2021
Please note: Our physical ACE Institute in Vancouver, BC, Canada will be pushed to 2021. Once again, thank you for your continued support.
*Due to COVID-19, CMC has cancelled its in person Ottawa Congress June 16–18, 2020. Stay tune for details for a virtual AGM. We are also exploring options to offer online professional development opportunities with coop partners; details to come.*
