Solidarity & Cooperative Economy
Thessaloniki, Greece
WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER
ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS
20.00: Dinner
THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER
MORNING SESSION: 10.00 – 13.00
10.00 – 11.30: Welcoming, personal introductions and Team Building Exercises
11.30 – 13.00: Presentation of GROWL and Visioning Session
13.00 – 15.00: Light Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: 15.00 – 20.00
15.00 – 18.00: Guided Tour in Thessaloniki
18.00 – 21.00: Public Event (in Greek with translation), “Degrowth and Solidarity Economy” with Giorgos Kallis, Giorgos Gritzas, Panos Petridis, Alekos Georgopoulos, Kostas Nikolaou, Karolos Kavoulakos.
21.00 – 24.00: dinner and Welcoming Party
FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER
MORNING SESSION: 10.00 – 13.00
10.00 – 11.30: Lecture: Politics, ecology, local institutions and degrowth – Alekos Georgopoulos, Thanasis Makris, Giorgos Kolempas.
11.30 – 13.00: Open space debate: Growth, austerity and crisis, which way out? Introduced and moderated by Panos Petridis and Giorgos Kallis
13.00 – 15.00: Light Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: 15.00 – 20.00
15.00 – 16.30: Lecture: Degrowth fundamentals (lite module) – Francois and Filika (Research and Degrowth France and Spain)
16.30 – 18.00: Lecture: Degrowth theory put into practice (and creating theory inspired from practice) – Giorgos Kallis
18.00 – 18.30: Break
18.30 – 20.00: Lecture: What is solidarity economics? - a theoretical framework of solidarity economy (2-3 speakers)
20.00: Dinner
21.30 – 23.00: Projection of documentary “Another World” (iliosporoi 2013)
SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER
MORNING SESSION: 10.00 – 13.00
10.00 – 11.30: Lecture: A theoretical framework of solidarity economy, case studies- best practices (2-3 speakers)
11.30 – 13.00: Lecture: Cooperative economy- legal and institutional frameworks, case studies (2-3 speakers)
13.00 – 15.00: Light Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: 15.00 – 20.00
15.00 – 16.30: Workshop: Cooperative economy- from theory to pracrice - how to set up a cooperative (2-3 speakers)
16.30 – 18.00: Showcase: Cooperative working spaces: (Efimerida Syntakton, BIOME, Ekdoseis Synadelfon- Syneditions, Belville sin patron, European Village).
18.00 – 18.30: Break
18.30 – 20.00: Workshop: Producer- consumer networks and cooperatives (Bioscoop, Agronaftes, Thessaloniki Open Network, SPAME)
20.00: Dinner
21.30: Degrowth fiesta (outreach event)
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER
MORNING SESSION: 10.00 – 13.00
10.00 – 12.00: Showcase: Barter exchange networks, Complementary currencies & Time banks (Rodia exchange network of Rethymno, Koino exchange of goods and services network, Votsalo exchange network of Koridalos, ΤΕΜMagnisias, Moschato Time & Solidarity bank, 60' Thessaloniki time bank)
12.00 – 13.30: Workshop: Ecovillages and self-resilient communities (free and real, spithari, Nikos Anastasopoulos, Kyttaro Neas Gis)
13.30 – 15.00: Light Lunch
AFTERNOON SESSION: 15.00 – 20.00
15.00 – 16.30: Visioning workshop – what kind of growth we want? Michalis Theodoropoulos, or Lecture: Guaranteed minimum income, less working hours and community work (?)
16.30 – 18.00: Training the degrowth trainers
18.00 – 18.30: Break
18.30 – 20.00: Training the degrowth trainers
20.00: Dinner
22.00: Farewell Party
MONDAY 6 OCTOBER
MORNING SESSION: 09.00 – 13.00
GROWL partner meeting
DEPARTURE OF PARTICIPANTS
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