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Athens UniverSSE 2017 Congress : no one left behind!
We will mention your name on our website to show our appreciation for your kind contribution.
We will send you a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
We will send you a bag with the logo of the congress and a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
We will send you a t-shirt with the logo of the congress and a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
We will send you a bag and a t-shirt with the logo of the congress and a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
This campaign aims to collect money in order to cover travel and accommodation expenses for members of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) groups that are going to participate in the UniverSSE 2017 Congress, and also some of its administration costs.
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Accommodation and Travel Expenses
We need to cover accommodation and travel expenses for people that will participate in the event and they cannot cover their expenses otherwise. This amount will be used for groups from Southern Europe and Turkey.
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€ 3.500 | |
Additional accommodation and travel expenses
This amount will be used for groups from Southern Europe (especially Greece) to cover their expenses of travel and accommodation.
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€ 1.500 |
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Administrative expenses
This amount will cover expenses for creating and printing leaflets, posters and signs for the event.
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€ 1.000 | |
Material for Rewards
Costs for bags, t-shirts and the postal service
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€ 325 | |
Administrative expenses
This amount will be used for creating a booklet that will include detailed information about presentations, workshops and discussions that will happen during the event. This booklet will be used as a reference guide for the future of the SSE universe in Europe. It will be distributed to SSE groups, as well to those that were not able to participate.
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€ 1.000 | |
Material for Rewards
Costs for bags, t-shirts and the postal service
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€ 325 |
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Comissions
Comission for Goteo 4% and for the transactions approx. 1%
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€ 250 | |
Commissions
Comission for Goteo 4% and for the transactions approx. 1%
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€ 250 | |
Total | € 5.075 | € 8.150 |
UniverSSE 2017 is the 4th European Congress for Social Solidarity Economy that will take place in Athens from the 9th till the 11th of June.
Cooperatives, grassroot initiatives, SSE organizations, groups and people that work to promote and advance SSE from all over Europe will meet for the event.
GENERAL INFORMATION
During the 3day Congress, we are going to have the opportunity to discuss and exchange ideas, experiences, expertise and common strategies around SSE. We consider SSE to be a dynamic space that spreads all over Europe, in which people organize their social and economic activity in many different ways.
This event is a great opportunity to enhance SSE’s visibility in Greece and to build strong connections amongst people, groups and coops on a European level.
We are also happy to announce that the 6th General Assembly of Ripess EU will be held in Athens as well, as part of the Congress.
The Congress has 7 thematic zones that cover all the areas of Social and Solidarity Economy. In each thematic there will be discussions, presentations of initiatives and labs.
The thematic zones are:
Our motivation is to include in the Congress as many key players in the field of SSE as possible.
Spread around Europe there are many different groups linked to SSE that are working on a local or a national level. In order to build a stronger network in between these groups we want to create a space of cooperation. So this summer in Athens the UniverSSE2017 congress will take place. It will be the meeting point for people, collective ventures, SSE organizations and groups all around Europe, who work to promote and enhance SSE. Based on the 7 thematic spaces of the Congress, we will discuss and exchange experiences, ideas, expertise and conclusions around SSE and decide on the next steps to implement strong cooperation on a European level.
These are the reasons that we want to organize the UniverSSE 2017 congress.
The participation of everybody is crucial in order to achieve the goals described above.
We want initiatives from all countries to be able to participate and share their experiences, especially groups from countries that face the bigger financial and social problems.
Everybody has a place in the SSE universe, regardless of the financial conditions, lets not forget that Solidarity is a building block of this economy.
Our main goal is not to leave anyone behind. Through this campaign, we would like to cover the travel and accommodation expenses of members of SSE groups that will share with us valuable practical experiences by participating in the Congress.
As those groups don’t have the means to cover those expenses, the campaign will help them to join, cooperate and plan with us the future of UniverSSE.
Furthermore, a smaller amount will be used to cover administration costs, such as printing material (posters and brochures) that will be used during the Congress and also the cost of production and printing of a booklet with the results of the Congress.
This booklet will be distributed on a European level and it will be a useful reference guide that will help in spreading the information and inspiring more people to join the SSE universe.
Solidarity for us is not just a word, is an everyday practise in all the aspects of our lives.
So we invite you all to help us make this possible!
HELP US BUILD A COMMON SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY UNIVERSE IN EUROPE
The Greek organization team consists of members of the following groups:
From Athens:
Dock ‘Social Solidarity Economy Zone’
“Dock” is a permanent infrastructure that supports Social Solidarity Economy projects.
Its people are active members in the field of Social Solidarity Economy with constant participation in cooperative ventures, social actions and the networking of the ecosystem.
Hub (Komvos) for the Social Economy, Empowerment and Innovation
Komvos is a collective for the development and empowerment of projects in the field of Social Solidarity Economy. Through the production of programs and exchange of knowledge, it aims at strengthening the operational capabilities of active projects, at the maturation of new projects and the overall expansion of the field of Social Solidarity Economy. Its most recent action was the organization of training seminars for the Social and Solidarity Economy in cooperation with the Simon Fraser University of Canada.
Festival for Solidarity and Cooperative Economy
The Festival for Solidarity and Cooperative Economy, from 2012 until now, contributed in the development of Solidarity and Cooperative Economy in Greece and in its consolidation in people’s consciousness as a reality. Its role is important for the networking of all projects, the synergies and the birth of new initiatives and ideas.
Coordination of KOINSEP in Athens
KOINSEP is the term we use for the social cooperative enterprises in Greece. Their goal is not the profit, but the creation of projects for unemployed workers who with their own forces try, in the crisis, to ensure their daily survival with dignity, while they are presenting another standard of collective living, working and creating.
Nationwide Coordination of Solidarity Schools
It is an attempt to coordinate nationwide the structures involved in education in the field of solidarity, with the primary purpose among others to formulate the accumulated experience. It launched in 2015 with the initiative of the Solidarity School of Mesopotamia, along with the Solidarity School of Keratsini.
Efimerida ton Syntakton – EfSyn (Journalists Paper)
“The newspaper of Editors”, which is issued by the “Cooperative of workers in newspapers and magazines” through the “Independent Mass Media Inc.” and in which the Cooperative is the major shareholder, was formed mainly by former employees of the “Eleftherotypia” and “Sunday Eleftherotypia” – journalists, technicians and clerks- but also former employees of other media.
and from Thessaloniki:
Pro.s.k.al.o.
The Initiative of cooperation for Social Solidarity Economy (PRO.S.K.AL.O.) aims to contribute to an action plan that will establish a comprehensive system of work, consumption and life and will lead to the social liberation of human on a sustainable planet.
People’s University of Social Solidarity Economy (UnivSSE)
This is a self-managed cooperative collective, created in Thessaloniki in 2013. It aims to promote education, training, retraining and information of the participants in ideas, values and principles of social and solidarity economy, direct democracy and synergism.
Co-promoted by Ripess Eu
RIPESS Europe aims to share best practices and engage in joint actions that can expand and enhance the visibility of the Social and Solidarity Economy.
The network aims to bring together stakeholders and organizations in the social and solidarity economy at the European level with the scope to promote other modes of production, consumption, saving and sharing. The goal is in the end to construct more just economic relations and a more solidarity-based development.
SOCIAL COMMITMENT
Social and solidarity economy can give answers to today’s social and economic problems by providing solutions that respect the needs of the people and of the environment.
By presenting SSE and its implications in the Congress, the ways of organizing and practicing it, by creating workshops for introducing SSE tools, by discussing with SSE initiatives, groups and teams, from all around Europe, we believe that we can motivate people to adopt the philosophy of SSE.
We want to show that SSE can create new job opportunities, true relationships among people, more and real democracy, greater care for the environment, respect for each other and love for peace.
Our Goal is to Democratize Economy, Emancipate Society and Empower Change.
A special thank you on our website
We will mention your name on our website to show our appreciation for your kind contribution.
> 08 Backers
A making of video from us and a special thank you on our website
We will send you a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
> 08 Backers
A bag, a making of video and a special thank you on our website
We will send you a bag with the logo of the congress and a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
> 08 Backers
A t-shirt, a making of video and a special thank you on our website
We will send you a t-shirt with the logo of the congress and a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
> 05 Backers
A t-shirt, a bag, a making video and a special thank you on our website
We will send you a bag and a t-shirt with the logo of the congress and a digital video about the making of the congress with footage and some insights in the creation process. Moreover you will receive a personal thank you note from us and you will be mentioned on our website.
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