HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG Father Arizmendiarrieta is widely recognized as the founder of Mondragon's cooperativism. Along with government officials from Basque Country, representatives of social economy networks and universities, Rev. Song introduced the way to strengthen the social and solidarity economy and overcoming challenges in the context of Korea's experience of developing the SSE eco-system. Through the Centenary and other meetings such as cooperatives, Basque local government councils and social economy networks, GSEF had an opportunity to strengthen its close ties with Mondragon.