Ciriec 2019 – Book of Abstracts
CIRIEC International (the International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy) is an international, nongovernmental scientific organization which brings together enterprises and entities of the social economy (cooperatives, mutual societies, foundations and cultural and philanthropic associations) and of the public sector, as well as people interested in these fields.
The general theme for this 7th International Research Conference was Social and Solidarity Economy: Moving towards a New Economic System. There were been challenging sessions dedicated to topics such as: Workers owned enterprises and the future of decent work, Role of social economy in providing sustainable livelihoods in rural areas and in food sustainability, sovereignty and access, Commons – historic, restored and new, collaborative commons, Social and solidarity economy eco-systems – governance, networks, visibility and policies, New technologies, platforms, on-line collaboration leading towards a New Era of social and solidarity economy, Inclusive finance and finance for social and solidarity economy enterprises, Potential of social and solidarity economy in new European member states and Social innovation and education generating social change and impact.
More than 400 researchers came from all continents have registered abstracts for this 7th International Conference, held for the first time in Central and Eastern Europe and in a post-communist country.
2 research papers submitted by DIESIS have been accepted and presented during the conference. In the e-book of the CIRIEC conference you can find the abstracts of our research papers:
Research paper “HOW SOCIAL ENTERPRISES CONTRIBUTE TO ALTERNATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS” (page 122)
Research paper “SOCIAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE: A WAVE OF INNOVATION” (page 224)