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SOCIAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMY
5th RIPESS International
Meeting on SSE
October 15-18, 2013
Forum Overview
Theme:
Building Social Solidarity Economy as
an Alternative Model of Development
Main
Organizers:
Intercontinental Network on the
Promotion of Social Solidarity
Economy / Reseau Intercontinental
de Promotion de l’Economie Sociale
Solidaire (RIPESS)
Asian Solidarity Economy Council
(ASEC)
Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation
Partners:
APPEND, Inc.
Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Cooperative Development Authority
Federation of People’s Sustainable
Development Cooperative
Forum on Ethics and Responsibilities
Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc.
Homenet Southeast Asia
Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in
Asia
Inter-Church Organization for
Development Cooperation (ICCO)
Lifelong Learning Organization of Peace
Movement for National Transformation
On Eagle’s Wings Development
Foundation Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Rural Reconstruction
Movement
Philippine Social Enterprise Network
The Alliance of Agri-Agencies (AgriCord)
Trias
University of the Philippines
College of Social Work and
Community Development
Asian Center
School of Labor and Industrial
Relations
World Fair Trade Organization – Asia
Venue:
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Mabuhay!
RIPESS celebrates the 20th
anniversary of its global forum
on the occasion of the 5th
International Meeting of Social
Solidarity Economy (SSE) in
the Philippines on October 1518, 2013. This is the first time
the RIPESS International
Meeting is hosted in Asia.
RIPESS traces its roots to the
early 1990s during which local
and regional SSE movements
began to forge global
connections to support and
promote community-based
economic projects as key
elements of alternative social
organization. To provide an
enduring platform for
exchange and updates of SSE
concepts and practices, SSE
practitioners and advocates
established the International
Meeting of SSE once every
four years. Four international
meetings have already been
organized since 1997, as
follows:
1st International Meeting:
Lima, Peru; September 1997;
400 participants.
2nd International Meeting:
Quebec, Canada; 2001; Over
400 participants.
3rd International Meeting:
Dakar, Senegal; November
2005; 1,200 participants.
4th International Meeting:
Luxemburg; April 2009; 700
participants.
Forum Secretariat
On Eagle’s Wings Development Foundation
Philippines, Inc.
+63917.677.7632
[email protected]
5th RIPESS International Meeting on SSE
October 2013
Welcome Note from RIPESS
Welcome to the 5th
RIPESS
International
Meeting!
This meeting is
truly a product of cooperation and
solidarity between the SSE
networks in the Philippines and the
continental networks of RIPESS in
six continents – Africa, Asia,
Europe, Latin America and the
Caribbean, North America, and
Oceania. The RIPESS Board
developed the seminal program
during its meeting in Rio de Janeiro
in June 2012, fine-tuned and
substantiated it through the months
over several Skype meetings, and
mobilized the respective
delegations of continental networks.
The National Organizing
Committee and the RIPESS Manila
Secretariat put together people and
materials to create a favorable
learning environment in the
country’s premier university where
freedom of speech is a hallmark.
Will our ‘global solidarity’ be
confined to the exchange of ideas and
experiences? Or do we have the
willingness and capacity to
substantiate this global solidarity by
working together to build
mechanisms for SSE global trade, a
SSE global financial system, an
International Institute of SSE, and
other concrete forms of SSE
international cooperation?
The RIPESS Board anticipated these
essential areas for working together
that could arise from discussions
when it outlined the expected
outputs of this meeting: a global
vision of SSE, concrete SSE
experiences including economic
integration of initiatives in
territories, SSE global networking
and organizing, and
communication and visibility of
SSE.
As we go through the 4-day event,
let us appreciate the ‘trees’ while
at the same time be mindful of
mapping the ‘forest’. We can only
do this Together. In Together we
can build a brighter future.
Benjamin R. Quiñones, Ph.D.
RIPESS Executive Coordinator
Chairman, ASEC-Asia (RIPESS Asia)
Welcome Note from the National Organizing Committee
It is our great
honor and
privilege to host
the 5th RIPESS
International
Meeting of Social
Solidarity
Economy (SSE) and to welcome the
delegates to this event.
This meeting comes at a crucial
time when more and more people
all over the world are organizing
themselves to advance SSE in their
own localities as an alternative to
the capitalist globalization.
Without solidarity and
cooperation, it would seem
impossible for developing
economies like the Philippines to
compete in a globalized world
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where giant companies control the
market. The answer of SSE is to act
as one. Together we can move
forward. There is a future in
Together.
Even as we are gathered here today
to build a future in Together, we
could encounter in our discussions
differences in perspectives,
experiences, and focal interests. Let
us resolve to rise above the folly of
letting diversity of views and
opinions compel us to retreat to our
niches of continental and national
divides. Rather, let the diversity of
our experiences enhance our
knowledge and give us greater
wisdom to enrich our own
understanding and practice of SSE.
Beyond the exchange of ideas and
experiences, let us enjoy each other’s
company and comradeship, for we
only meet together as ‘RIPESS Global’
once every four years. Let us be
thankful that you and us are working
together for a better future.
Brigido R. Simon, Jr.
Co-Chair, National Organizing Committee
Dean Rosalinda P. Ofreneo, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, National Organizing Committee
5th RIPESS International Meeting on SSE
October 2013
Program Summary
AM
9.00 am – 12.00 pm
Day 1 (Oct. 15)
Opening Session
Keynote
Panel:
Overview of SSE
PM
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Panel:
State of SSE in the
Continents
Day 2 (Oct. 16)
Simultaneous
Workshops and
Self-Organized
Activities
Simultaneous
Workshops and
Self-Organized
Activities
Field Visit to SSE
Projects (for
foreign delegates)
PM
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
All day
Day 3 (Oct. 17)
ASEAN Leadership
Forum: Opening
Session
RIPESS Thematic
Workshops
RIPESS Thematic
Workshops
ASEC Philippines
Meeting
Day 4 (Oct. 18)
Synthesis,
Statements of
Commitment,
Action Plans
Policy DirectionSetting
Closing Session
PARCIC Meeting
Continental meetings
Solidarity Market
Solidarity Market
Solidarity Market
Thematic Topics
Thematic topics of the 5th International Meeting
are as follows:
1 - State of the Art of SSE: updates on the breadth
and depth of SSE networks in different parts of the
world, their programs and activities, and the
results of their interventions.
2 - Global vision of SSE: listening to the voices and
thoughts on the ground and revisiting the global
vision of SSE.
3 - SSE experiences in the territories: taking stock
of the more recent SSE experiences while keeping
tab of developments in much earlier initiatives.
4 - Global networking and organizing: establishing
links with social movements, networks and
economic sectors to broaden and deepen the SSE
outreach.
5 - Communication and visibility of SSE:
overcoming communication barriers across
different sectors of the economy and enhancing the
visibility of SSE.
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5th RIPESS International Meeting on SSE
October 2013
Day-to-Day Program Schedule
Day 1. October 15. Tuesday. Film Center.
CSWCD
Day 2. October 16. Wednesday. CSWCD. NCPAG.
SOLAIR. ISSI. Abelardo Hall. Bahay ng Alumni
Moderators:
Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria, ASEC Malaysia
Dean Rosalinda Ofreneo, Ph.D., UP CSWCD
MORNING
09.00 - 11.30 Solidarity Market & Simultaneous
Workshops (Self-Organized Activities)
SOA 1: SSE Experiences in Asia, Australia, and the U.S.
(English)
SOA 2: SSE Experiences in Africa, Europe, & Quebec
(French)
SOA 3: SSE Experiences in Latin America & the
Caribbean (Spanish)
SOA 4: Responsible Governance in SSE
SOA 5: Global Youth Forum on SSE
SOA 6: Exploring SSE as a Pathway to Inclusive
Development; The Potential of SSE for Disaster
Recovery; Social Enterprise and Community
Development
SOA 7: Sustainable Livelihoods for Home-Based
Workers: Towards a SSE Model
SOA 8: Building Strategic Investment Platforms for
Inclusive Value Chains and Social Enterprises
SOA 9: SSE and SE: Convergences and Divergences
SOA 10: Relevance of SSE to families of member-based
farmer organizations
SOA 11: The Co-op’s SSE Challenge: Level Up and
Become a Potent Economic Force
SOA 12: Co-operativism: Principles, Economic Viability
and Governance
MORNING
08.00 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 10.00 Opening Session
Opening Remarks, Mr. Jun Simon, Chairman,
National Organizing Committee and ViceChair, Asian Solidarity Economy Council
Welcome Address, Dr. Alfredo Pascual,
President, University of the Philippines
Greetings, Pierre Calame, Chairman, Charles
Leopold Mayer Foundation
10.00 - 12.00 Plenary Session: Overview of SSE
Keynote speech, Michael Lewis, Executive
Director, Canadian Centre for Community
Renewal
Mr. Paul Singer, Secretary of Solidarity
Economy, Brazil;
Mr. Peter Utting, Deputy Director, United
Nations Research Institute for Social
Development
Ms. Nancy Neamtan, President, Chantier de l’
Economie Sociale Solidaire
Open Forum
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
AFTERNOON
13.30 - 17.30 Plenary Session: State of the Art
of SSE in the Continents
Africa: Abdeljalil Cherkaoui, RIPESS-Africa
Asia: Benjamin Quinones, Jr., ASEC/RIPESSAsia
Europe: Jason Nardi, RIPESS-Europe
Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC): Luis
Eduardo Salcedo, RIPESS-LAC
North America: Emily Kawano, RIPESS-North
America
Oceania: David Thompson, RIPESS-Oceania
Open Forum
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11.30 - 13.00 Lunch (by SOA)
AFTERNOON
13.00 - 17.30 Solidarity Market & Simultaneous
Workshops (continuation)
Continuation of SOA 4 to SOA 12
For Foreign Delegates:
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch at Quezon Hall, Quezon City
Memorial Circle, with Luncheon Talk by Vice Mayor
Joy Belmonte, Quezon City
13.00 – 17.30 Field visit to SSE projects in Quezon City
5th RIPESS International Meeting on SSE
October 2013
Day-to-Day Program Schedule
Day 3. October 17. Thursday. Asian Center. CSWCD. NCPAG. ISSI. UP Hotel
MORNING
GT TOYOTA AUDITORIUM, ASIAN CENTER
08.00 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 10.00 ASEAN Leadership Forum
Opening Session
Opening Remarks, Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh, President
& CEO, Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute
Welcome Address, Dr. Eduardo Gonzales, Dean,
UP Asian Center
Greetings, Pierre Calame, Chairman, Charles Leopold
Mayer Foundation
Inaugural Address, Hon. Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman,
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and
Development
10.00 - 11.30 Plenary Session: Overview of SSE
Keynote speech, Mr. Peter Utting, Deputy Director,
UNRISD
Interventions:
Mr. Paul Singer, Secretary of Solidarity Economy,
Brazil
Dr. Cielito Habito, ASEC Chair on Policy Research
& Advocacy
Open Forum
UP CSWCD
09.00 - 12.00 Simultaneous RIPESS Thematic
Workshops (TWs)
TW 1: Global Vision of SSE
Moderators: Dr. Eduardo Canela, ASEC
Emily Kawano, RIPESS North America
Lead Discussant: Emily Kawano
Panel of Intervenors: Views from the Continents –
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America &
Caribbean, Oceania, North America
Open Discussion
TW 2: SSE Experiences in Territories
Moderators: Yvon Poirier
Chilo Villareal
Lead Discussant: Martine Theveniaut
Panel of Intervenors: Views from the Continents –
Michael Toye (North America), Judith
Hitchman (Europe), Africa, Asia, Latin America
& Caribbean, Oceania
Open Discussion
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch (by SOA)
Luncheon Talk: Mayor Herbert Bautista
Quezon City
AFTERNOON
13.30 - 17.30 Simultaneous RIPESS Thematic
Workshops (TWs) and Meetings
TW 3: SSE Global Networking & Organizing
Moderators: Jason Nardi, RIPESS Europe
Shigeru Tanaka
Lead Discussant: Daniel Tygel, RIPESS
Panel of Intervenors: Views from the
Continents – Craig Borowiak (North
America), Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin
America & Caribbean, Oceania
TW 4: Communication & Visibility of SSE
Moderators: Hadout Ahmed
Ethel Cote, Canadian Center for
Community Renewal
Panel of Intervenors: Views from the
Continents – North America, Europe,
Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean,
Oceania
ASEC Philippines Meeting
Syntheses of SOA 4 to SOA 12
ASEC Programs
Induction of New ASEC Members
PARCIC Meeting - Recovering from the 3.11
Tsunami by building Solidarity Economy
EVENING
18.00 - 21.00 Continental Meetings
Formulation of resolutions,
commitments, action plans
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Day-to-Day Program Schedule
Day 4. October 18. Friday. CSWCD
MORNING
09.00 - 12.00 Plenary Session: Synthesis of SOAs & TWs,
statements of commitments, action plans
Moderator: Dean Rosalinda Ofreneo, Ph.D., UP CSWCD
Synthesis, Statement of Commitments, Actions & Goals for
2014-2017
1. Self-Organized Activities
Dr. Emmanuel Luna, UP CSWCD
2. RIPESS Thematic Workshops,
TW Moderators
3. Continental Networks
Representatives from the Continents
Moving Ahead: by Dr. Ben Quiñones, Jr., RIPESS Executive
Coordinator
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
AFTERNOON
13.30 - 16.30 Plenary Session: Policy Direction-Setting
Moderators: Luis Eduardo Salcedo, RIPESS – LAC
Dean Rosalinda Ofreneo, UP CSWCD
Presentations:
1) Proposals from the Workshops
2) Proposal on SSE as the foundation of the New
Global Partnership – Dr. Ben Quiñones, Jr. and
Daniel Tygel
3) Proposal for a World Social Bank composed of a
global network of social banks – Ekkhart SchmidtFink, INAISE
Guest of Honor: Senate Majority Floor Leader Alan Peter
Cayetano
Reactions from:
Government representatives (ASEAN and others)
UN representative
RIPESS Continental Networks
16.30 - 17.30 Closing Ceremonies
Closing speech: Dr. Caesar Saloma, UP Diliman Chancellor
Cultural presentations and reflections: At least one from
each continent
Farewell, Adios. Adieu. Paalam.
See you again in 2017.
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Self-Organized Activities
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the self-organized activities (SOAs) are:
1) To provide a venue for ASEC partners to gather their
constituencies for a focused reflection on their own
vision/concept and practices of SSE, while being exposed to
the global environment of SSE;
2) To enable ASEC partners to exchange ideas and experiences
with other member-partners from the Philippines and other
countries, thus enriching their wealth of knowledge on SSE;
and
3) To give ASEC partners opportunities to build alliances and
business linkages with other SSE networks and initiatives in
the Philippines and other countries.
DESCRIPTION
A self-organized activity is a workshop/seminar or training
course (either accompanied or not by exhibit/display of
goods, information materials on services/projects, art work,
etc.) organized by an ASEC partner simultaneously with other
workshops/seminars including those conducted by RIPESS.
The host organization chooses the theme of the
workshop/seminar or training course. However, it must
address the four thematic issues of the RIPESS international
meeting, namely: (1) What is the host organization’s
vision/concept of SSE; (2) What concrete experiences of SSE
are supported/undertaken by the host organization and/or its
members; (3) What actions do the host organization undertake
to build and expand the outreach of its SSE network; and (4)
What are the ways by which the host organization promotes
its concept and practice of SSE. SOA Outputs will be presented
during the ASEC Philippines Meeting in the afternoon of Day
3, October 17.
October 2013
LIST OF SELF-ORGANIZED
ACTIVITIES
SOA 1:
SSE Experiences in Asia,
Australia and the US (English)
SOA 2:
SSE Experiences in Africa, Europe
and Quebec (French)
SOA 3:
SSE Experiences in Latin America
and the Caribbean (Spanish)
SOA 4:
Responsible Governance in SSE
SOA 5:
Global Youth Forum on SSE
SOA 6:
Exploring SSE as a Pathway to
Inclusive Development
The Potential of SSE for Disaster
Recovery
Social Enterprises and
Community Development
SOA 7:
Sustainable Livelihood for HomeBased Workers: Towards an SSE
Model
SOA 8:
Building Strategic Investment
Platforms for Inclusive Value
Chains and Social Enterprises
SOA 9:
SSE and SE: Convergences and
Divergences
SOA 10:
Relevance of SSE to Families of
Member-Based Farmer
Organizations
SOA 11:
The Co-op’s SSE Challenge: Level
Up and Become a Potent
Economic Force
SOA 12:
Co-operativism: Principles,
Economic Viability and
Governance
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Schedule of Self-Organized Activities
SOA
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2
3
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Title
Host
Organization/s
SSE Experiences in Asia, Australia
and the US (English)
SSE Experiences in Africa, Europe
& Quebec (French)
SSE Experiences in Latin America
& the Caribbean (Spanish)
Responsible Governance in SSE
RIPESS
Global Youth Forum on SSE
APPEND, FER,
LLOoP
Exploring SSE as a Pathway to
Inclusive Development; The
Potential of SSE for Disaster
Recovery; Social Enterprises and
Community Development
Sustainable Livelihoods for HomeBased Workers: Towards an SSE
Model
Building Strategic Investment
Platforms for Inclusive Value
Chains and Social Enterprises
UP CSWCD,
UP Asian Center
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SSE and SE: Convergences and
Divergences
ISEA, PRRM,
PhilSEN, FSSI,
WFTO Asia,
ACSEnt, INAFI
Philippines
AgriCord, TRIAS
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12
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Relevance of SSE to Families of
Member-Based Farmer
Organizations
The Co-op’s SSE Challenge: Level
UP and Become a Potent Economic
Force
Co-operativism: Principles,
Economic Viability and
Governance
Date/ Time
Audio Visual
Room, UP CSWCD
Field Instruction
Room, UP CSWCD
Faculty Conference
Room, UP CSWCD
Bulwagang
Tandang Sora, UP
CSWCD
Audio Visual
Room, 3rd Floor,
UP NCPAG
Seminar Room, 2F,
Hall of Wisdom,
UP Asian Center
Oct 16
9am – 12pm
Oct 16
9am – 12pm
Oct 16
9am – 12pm
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
Homenet SEA
Library, UP
CSWCD
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
ICCO, PEF
Aldaba Theatre,
Abelardo Hall
Consunji Room,
Bahay ng Alumni
Room 10, Annex,
UP SOLAIR
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
Oct 17
9am – 12pm
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
Seminar Room
(Rms. 302 & 303),
UP CSWCD
Room 301, UP ISSI
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
Isabelo delos Reyes
Hall, UP SOLAIR
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
RIPESS
RIPESS
M4NT, OEWF
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5
Venue
FPSDC, CDA
UP SOLAIR
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
Oct 16
9am – 5pm
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Overview of Self-Organized Activities
SOA 1: SSE Experiences in Asia, Australia
and the US (English)
SOA 1 aims to enlighten participants on the
activities of SSE networks in Asia, Australia and
the U.S. Concepts and practices of SSE in Asia,
Australia and the U.S. will also be discussed.
SOA 2: SSE Experiences in Africa, Europe
and Quebec (French)
SOA 2 aims to enlighten participants on the
activities of SSE networks in Africa, Europe and
Quebec. Concepts and practices of SSE in
Africa, Europe and Quebec will also be
discussed.
SOA 3: SSE Experiences in Latin America
and the Caribbean (Spanish)
SOA 3 aims to enlighten participants on the
activities of SSE networks in Latin America and
the Caribbean (LAC). Concepts and practices of
SSE in the LAC Continent will also be discussed.
SOA 4: Responsible Governance in SSE
Movement for National Transformation
On Eagle’s Wings Development Foundation Philippines
This SOA targets stakeholders of SSE supply
chains and aims to determine the following: (1)
The core values or principles of social solidarity
economy (SSE); (2) The governance practices of
the business supply chain that are ‘socially
responsible’ and henceforth contributing to the
inculcation and realization of these core values/
principles; and (3) Steps to inculcate the core
values/principles of SSE and its socially
responsible governance practices among Filipino
entrepreneurs, micro, small, medium & large
enterprises? Each supply chain workgroup is
expected come up with an action plan on item 3.
SOA 5: Global Youth Forum on SSE
APPEND, Inc.
Forum on Ethics and Responsibilities
Life Learning Organization of Peace
This SOA targets youth participants aged 15-30
and aims to: (1) introduce SSE concepts and
principles; (2) share and expose the youth to SSE
modules and practices; (3) organize young
advocates and practitioners of SSE among the
youth; and (4) formulate an action plan to
propagate and institute SSE in their respective
environments.
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Overview of Self-Organized Activities
SOA 6:
SOA 6 (cont’d):
Exploring SSE as a Pathway to Inclusive
Development
Social Enterprises and Community
Development
UP Asian Center
UP College of Social Work and Community
Development
Among the ranks of academics, awareness and
interest in SSE as a socio-economic development
paradigm is still nascent notwithstanding
familiarity with formations and practices that
may fall under its ambit. This SOA will bring
together local and foreign academics doing work
on SSE, SSE practitioners and development
specialists. It will provide a venue for knowledge
sharing on SSE and its possibilities as a strategy
for inclusive development.
The Potential of SSE for Disaster Recovery
Social enterprise is a socio-economic
development strategy utilized by people's and
non-governmental organizations to improve the
well-being of the poor and increase their
incomes, promote environmental protection,
and contribute to community economies, goals it
shares with solidarity economics. Community
development and community organizing
processes, which foreground self-management,
participatory planning, and the empowerment
of the marginalized sectors, are fundamental to
the success of social enterprises. These
processes are likewise integral in building and
strengthening solidarity economy.
UP College of Social Work and Community
Development
The economic recovery of people and communities
affected by disasters provides the foundation for
the recovery for other aspects of human life.
Reflecting on how livelihood and economic
interventions were used towards disaster recovery
is imperative to come out with a more effective
approach. In this panel, experiences in recovery
efforts from selected disaster events such as the
Guinaugon landslide that buried the whole
community under the mud in 2006 and the
Ketsana flood that submerged communities under
the flood will be reviewed. The potentials of social
solidarity economy as an innovative approach to
economic disaster recovery shall be assessed
considering the particular attributes of the
participants: people who experienced losses in
terms of lives of family members, properties and
investments.
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SOA 7: Sustainable Livelihood for Homebased Workers: Towards a SSE Model
Homenet Southeast Asia
Homenet SEA and country homenets will
highlight their initiatives practicing the
values/principles of SSE focusing on sustainable
livelihoods. The SOA will focus on initiatives
that may be undertaken by HBWs and informal
workers to move out of poverty and gain access
to basic services and social protection. These
initiatives may illustrate SSE models where
groups of individuals play an active role in
shaping their economic lives.
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Overview of Self-Organized Activities
SOA 8: Building Strategic Investment
Platforms for Inclusive Value Chains and
Social Enterprises
Inter-Church Organization for Development
Cooperation
With scaling up a pro-poor value chains and
social enterprises as take off point, this SOA
aims to: (1) Gather social entrepreneurs, value
chain actors, impact investors, development
financiers, service providers, academe, and other
relevant social development practitioners to
discuss their experiences in overcoming
numerous investment related challenges in
expanding their enterprise initiatives and
identify the drivers for scaling up investments in
inclusive value chains and social enterprises;
and (2) Provide the participants a platform to
exchange knowledge and experiences on SE and
value chain investments, showcase business and
investment models, and explore possibilities for
investment collaboration.
SOA 10: Relevance of SSE to families of
member-based farmer organizations
AgriCord, TRIAS
SOA 9: SSE and SE: Convergences and
Divergences
Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia
Philippine Social Enterprise Network
Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement
Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc.
World Fair Trade Organization Asia
International Network of Alternative Financial Services
Philippines
Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship
This SOA shall provide an opportunity for
participants to discuss perspectives and practices
of SSE and SE and how such may be relevant to
overcoming poverty, inequality and achieving
sustainable development. SE and SSE scholars
and practitioners shall be invited to provide their
insights on the theme of the forum and shall form
the panel of speakers. Leaders from various
sectors (academe, civil society, government,
business); segments of social enterprises
(cooperatives, microfinance institutions, fair
trade organizations, etc.) and thematic specialists
(rural development, gender, etc.) shall be invited
as reactors. An outcome of the SOA is a better
understanding among the participants of how
SSE enriches the discourse, practice and
advocacy of social entrepreneurship and social
enterprise development, and vice versa.
This SOA aims to: (1) get participants
familiarized with the concepts of SSE; (2) realize
how family farmers benefit from SSE; (3) share
and validate participants’ understanding of
concepts on SSE; (4) identify some challenges
and insights in pursuing SSE; and (5) identify
activities/ initiatives to ensure benefits of family
farmers in pursuing SSE.
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Overview of Self-Organized Activities
SOA 11: The Co-op’s SSE Challenge: Level
Up and Become a Potent Economic Force
Federation of People’s Sustainable Development
Cooperative
Cooperative Development Authority
In the realm of its nature, it can be said that Coops are already advancing SSE in their own little
ways by their adherence to the universally
accepted cooperative principles – an ethical and
value-based approach to development. There
are already a number of stories or best practices
that can be told on how the co-ops
operationalize SSE on its local context.
However, since there is an emergent discussion
on SSE globally, and new forms of cooperation
outside of the co-op movement sprang to life
brought by globalization, it is essential for the
Philippine co-ops to actively participate and
become more aware of what’s happening in the
advancement of SSE. Also, in the context of the
co-op’s 10-year (2011-2020) blueprint, a
worldwide campaign to take the co-op way of
doing business to a new level can be the co-op’s
concrete contribution to SSE.
This SOA will provide the venue for knowledgesharing and planning on how the co-ops can
level up and be strengthened to become a potent
economic force, formidable enough to negotiate,
explore tie-ups and fairly compete with the big
enterprises and conglomerates locally and
globally in the face of many challenges.
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SOA 12: SSE through Co-operativism:
Principles, Economic Viability and
Governance
UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations
This SOA will showcase concrete experiences,
benchmark best practices and identify continuing
challenges of various types of co-operatives
including workers co-operatives, water and
electric co-operatives, financial services and
insurance co-operatives, farmers co-operatives
and women’s entrepreneurial organizations. The
SOA is hoped to contribute to a better
appreciation of co-operatives as viable engines of
economic growth and solidarity and an
enlightened understanding of the various
challenges that they face in the different stages of
their development.
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Program Venues
Date
Session
October 14 Advance Registration
October 15 Registration
am
Opening Session
Plenary Session: Overview of SSE
Lunch
pm Plenary Session: State of the Art of SSE
October 16
am to pm Solidarity Market
SOA 1
SOA 2
SOA 3
SOA 4
SOA 5
SOA 6
SOA 7
SOA 8
pm
October 17
am
pm
October 18
am
pm
SOA 9
SOA 10
SOA 11
SOA 12
Lunch
Field Visit of foreign delegates
ASEAN Leadership Forum Opening
Session
ASEAN Leadership Forum Plenary
Session
RIPESS Thematic Workshop (TW) 1
RIPESS TW 2
Lunch
RIPESS TW 3
RIPESS TW 4
ASEC Philippines Meeting
PARCIC Meeting
Continental Meetings
Plenary Session:
Synthesis of SOAs/TWs, etc.
Lunch
Plenary Session: Policy Dialogue
Closing Ceremonies
Venue
UP Hotel Lobby (1:00 - 5:00 pm)
Film Center
Film Center
Film Center
CSWCD
Film Center
CSWCD Grounds
AVR, CSWCD
Field Instruction Rm., CSWCD
Facultry Conference Rm., CSWCD
Bulwagang Tandang Sora (BTS), CSWCD
AVR, 3/F, NCPAG
Seminar Room, 2/F Asian Center
Library, CSWCD
Aldaba Theatre, Aberlardo Hall &
Consunji Room, Bahay ng Alumni
Room 10, Annex, SOLAIR
Seminar Room, CSWCD
Room 301, ISSI
Isabelo delos Reyes Hall, SOLAIR
(c/o SOAs)
Assembly Area – CSWCD Covered Walk
GT Toyota Auditorium, Asian Center
GT Toyota Auditorium, Asian Center
BTS, CSWCD
Assembly Hall, NCPAG
(c/o SOAs)
Assembly Hall, NCPAG
AVR, 3/F, NCPAG
BTS, CSWCD
Room 301, ISSI
UP Hotel
BTS, CSWCD
CSWCD
BTS, CSWCD
BTS, CSWCD
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University Transport Routes
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RIPESS and the Global Network of SSE
VISION: The vision of RIPESS is an economy that:
makes it possible for all the people to have access to the
material, intellectual and spiritual resources; promotes
the respect for individual, social and economic rights;
and stimulates democratic participation in economic
decision making and citizen control of the operation of
the markets and the intervention of the State.
MISSION: The mission of RIPESS is to build and
promote social solidarity economy, taking into account
the social and ethical dimension in all economic activities.
GLOBAL NETWORK: As of yearend 2012, the RIPESS
global network consists of 80 SSE networks in 148
countries in 6 continents - Africa, Asia, Latin America,
Europe, North America, and Oceania. Of the 80 SSE
networks, 18 are continental networks and 62 are national
and local/ territorial networks. RIPESS brings together
continental networks, that in turn bring together national
and sectoral networks.
RIPESS BOARD MEMBERS
Africa
:
Noureddine El Harrak
Madani Coumare
Asia
:
Benjamin Quiñones, Jr.
Denison Jayasooria
Europe
:
Jason Nardi
Judith Hitchman
Latin America
and the Caribbean
:
Luis Eduardo Salcedo
Altagracia Villareal Santos
North America
:
Nancy Neamtan
Emily Kawano
Oceania
:
David Thompson
Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC)
VISION: ASEC envisions a resilient, sustainable, and
compassionate economy arising from solidarity and
cooperation of socially responsible households and
enterprises.
MISSION: To offer a multi-stakeholder process that will
increase the benefits of socially responsible consumption
and promote uptake of products and services of socially
responsible enterprises.
STRATEGY: ASEC helps build up SSE through the
development of supply chains of socially responsible
enterprises, which are social mission organizations
geared towards the triple bottom line of environmental
justice, social development, and economic sustainability.
ASEC facilitates a process of dialogue and cooperation
among various stakeholders of SSE. It coined the
acronym ‘SPICY’ to denote the SSE supply chain stakeholders as comprising the service providers (S),
producers (P), investors (I), consumers © and youth (Y).
3.
4.
Innovate. Be curious and experiment. Don’t be
discouraged by failure. Review past performance
and make improvements. Diversify your outreach.
Adopt processes and projects that are sustainable by
design, while contributing to social development
and ecological conservation.
ASEC PHILIPPINES BOARD MEMBERS:
Chair:
Vice Chair:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Members:
Wyden King
Brigido Simon, Jr.
Fleurdelys Cupino
Ramona Ramos
Cielito Habito
Virginia Juan
Jay Lacsamana
Christie Rowena Plantilla
Benjamin Quiñones, Jr.
CORE VALUES/PRINCIPLES:
1.
2.
Be transparent, creative and resourceful.
Live within your means. Patronize socially
responsible enterprises.
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Main Organizers:
Partner Organizations:
With support from:
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