GSEF 2014 Forum

http://gsef2014.org

Successful hosting of GSEF 2013 and adoption of the Seoul Declaration led to the GSEF 2014 inaugural meeting, which was held in November 2014, Seoul.

Under the slogan “solidarity for change” 18 local governments, 43 social economy organizations and three international organizations participated. 

Solidarity for Change signifies the changes that social economy pursues: the change of all our ethnic values to pursue a life of solidarity over competition; and the shift of paradigm from regeneration of bi-polarization to a more collaborative community.

Not one country can solely resolve a crisis of global scale regarding the environment, ecology, energy and economy. So we strongly believe that social economy as a means of collaboration will present us with a better life and a better world through social innovation, overcoming ecological crisis, recovery of the excluded people’s dignity, and intensification and expansion of participatory democracy.

Therefore, in order to actualize such conviction, a detailed and sustainable action plan will be discussed and created based on global social economy solidarity network at the upcoming inaugural meeting. The action plan will include the following themes:

• Establishment of social economy network based on public-private-community partnership’.
• Joint development of education program for social economy solidarity and action through civil society.
• Management and planning of a social economy personal exchange program to foster human resources and to share visions and experiences.
• Development of a developmental model that harmonizes social economy-market economy-public economy.
• Support for development of social economy association and support organization and for collaboration among them.
• Effort to integrally resolve the underdeveloped countries multisided issues through social economy means.
• Promotion of global joint action and solidarity among various movements and agendas such as women’s rights, labor, environmental and medical.
• Discussion of development agenda to fulfill the UN’s next generational Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that will expire in the year 2015.
• Effort for policy development and modifications of each national and local governments that can support and guarantee the purposes stated above.

Date

November 17 - 19 (3days), 2014

Venue

Seoul City Hall, Citizens’ Hall, Seoul Innovation Park.

Programs

1. Opening ceremony keynote and case study, 23 sessions in different categories of social economy.
2. GSEF Inaugural Assembly
3. Side events (social economy exhibitions, on-site visit, networking. party etc.)

Achievement

1. Launching of GSEF (International Organization) for better coordination between International public-private partnerships in the social economy sector and joint efforts to promote social economy globally.
2. Participation of representatives from 18 local governments outside of Korea, and 43 social economy organizations, and three international organizations such as UN, ILO and OECD, as well as many other leading institutions.
3. Adoption of the GSEF Charter

See full document for the GSEF Charter

Day	Host Organization	Session Title	presentation material	Organization	Place
Nov,18	GSEF 2014 Seoul Organizing Committee, School Co-operative Bureau	Social Economy and Education		Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education	Taepyeong hall (Seoul City Hall, B2F)
				The Co-operative College
				Ministry of Education Malaysia
				Doksan High School
				Hanshin University
				iCOOP Co-opreative Development Center
Nov,19	Korea Social Investment	Social Investment (Social Impact Bond)		Social Finance UK	Taepyeong hall (Seoul City Hall, B2F)
				Institute for Child Success, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
				Korea Capital Market Institute
				Asian Venture Philanthropy Network(AVPN))
				Bloomberg Associates
				Seoul Metropolitan Council
				Seoul Support Center for Children’s grouphome
				The Hope Institute
Nov,19	Seoul Community Support Center Seoul Social Economy Center	The strategy of assets making  for a growth of local community		Community Links (Locality)	Multipurpose Room (Seoul City Hall, 8F)
				SEMAEST
				Tokyo-to Setagaya City
Nov,19	UN TF on SSE UNDP Seoul Policy Center GSEF 2014 Seoul Organizing Committee	Social Economy and the Role of the International Organizations		UNDP Seoul Policy Centre	Basurak Hall (Seoul City Hall, B2F)
				Research Coordinator on Socially Sustainable Development, UNRISD
Nov,19	GSEF 2014 Seoul Organizing Committee, Association of Korean Local Governments for Social Economy and Solidarity	Social Economy and the Role of Local Government		Chantier de l'économie sociale	Conference Room (Seoul City Hall, 3F)
				Basque Government, Spain
				Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong, China
				City of Kawasaki, Japan
				Ministry of Labor, Republic of China (Taiwan)
				City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
				City of Bologna, Italy
				London Borough of Lambeth, London, United Kingdom
				Jongno-gu, Seoul
				Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
				Dobong-gu, Seoul
				Gwanak-gu, Seoul
				Geumcheon-gu, Seoul