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Solidarity Economy
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a. Designates all consumption, production and distribution to the democratization of the economy based on citizen’s commitments locally and globally.
b. Different types of organizations that the population uses to create its own means of work or to have access to qualitative goods and services which links individual interests to the collective interest c. An overall approach not a sector of the economy d. Model of community based and locally based peoples economy. e. Tool of empowerment and social change that starts from responsible citizens that want to keep control of the way they produce, consume, save invest and exchange. |
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Social Entrepreneur, where they work
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i. In areas of Public Interest
ii. Where Social Needs are identified iii. In case of Total /Partial Failure of a Public Policy |
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Civic Entrepreneur
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a. Helping Communities across the public, private and civil sectors
b. Understanding of social entrepreneurship as nonprofit or for-profit endeavors with a social mission. |
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Social Economy
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i. It is characterized by enterprises and organizations which are autonomous and private in nature, but where capital and the means of production are collective.
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How social profitability is measured/achieved
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i. Contribution to democratic development
ii. Encouragement of an active and empowered citizenship iii. Projects which promote both individual and collective initiative iv. Social profitability contributes to the improvement of the quality of life, and of the well-being of the population, particularly through the increase of available services. |
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NYC Solidarity
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a. Creation – ecologoical and cultural, for example, the commons.
b. Production – Do it yourself c. Exchange/Transfer – gifts d. Consumption / Use –Housing Cooperatives e. Surplus Allocation – Financing f. Solidarity Economy – Education, community, energy, health, food and water, shelter |
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What makes up the third sector in Italy
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a. Volunteer organizations
b. Social Cooperatives c. Bank Foundations d. Non Governmental Organization e. Social Promotion Association |
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Which latin word does Solidarity come from
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Solius which means compact
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Why Solidarity Occured in Italy
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a. People felt that political parties were not representing them anymore
b. People were tired to wait for institutional responses c. Fed up with the financial system d. Started doing things themselves |
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Social Economy Development in Italy is characterized by?
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i. A rich “cultural” heritage
- Through the catholic solidarity values and Consists in the coexistence of the ancient civil mutualism tradition of the ninteenth century. (societa ‘ operarie di muto soccorso – the first cooperative organizations of mutual aid 1848) ii. Strong elements of innovation 1. Such as mafia confiscated assets 2. Social B Cooperatives 3. Banca Populare Etica 4. Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale and DES 5. Experiences of local governance implemented by Comuni Virtuosi |
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How many cooperatives in Italy today?
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7 million, 7% of GDP
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Type A cooperatives
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i. Brings together providers and beneficiaries. Provide health, social or educational services
ii. 3.3 million customers |
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Type B Cooperatives
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i. Integrate disadvantaged people into the labor market.
ii. 30,141 handicapped employed |
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Characterstics of Bank Cooperatives
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a. Reinvest the money in where they were collected
b. One head one vote |
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% of non profits that have credit to the banking system
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29%
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Chalenges of Banca Populare Etica
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i. Implementing ethics
ii. Ethical costs iii. Meet expectations of shareholders and clients |
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Main aim of GAS (Solidarity Purchasing Group)
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not to save money but to establish strong relationship between consumers-producers
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Ethan Miller - How SE begins
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1. realization that alternate economies exist
2. already in the belly of the capitalist system 3. instead of profit, human needs and relationships are at the center. |
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Ethan Miller - SE Strategy
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1.SEeing with new eyes.
2. Naming Our Practices. 3. Connecting our practices 4. Creating New possibilities |
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refers to the concrete production of goods or of services by business or entreprise that contributes to a net increase in collective wealth
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Economy
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refers to social profitability, as opposed to purely economic profit
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Social Profitability
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