Newsletter December 2020
Season's Greetings from the Secretary-General
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Dear GSEF Members, Partners and Friends, Did you all hear the news that this year’s Santa can only arrive on the 9th of January 2021 after 14 days of quarantine? Yes, this is a joke, but this shows very well how the COVID-19 pandemic affects our lives. The year of 2020 is an unforgettable and challenging year to many of us with the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic disrupting our daily lives and works. At this critical time, however, the GSEF Secretariat would like to first express our deepest solidarity and compassion to all. This year GSEF has tried many new things to adapt itself to a completely new environment. We would like to share some of the achievements of the year, including our virtual activities and KOICA COVID-19 Program with you in this newsletter. (.............) All the achievements would never have been possible without your enthusiastic support and contribution. We send our sincere gratitude for the wonderful solidarity that you have shown us throughout the year. We trust that this will be the driving force for the coming year as we move towards GSEF2021. We are looking forward to meeting you in our future events and at GSEF2021 in person in Mexico City. Let our solidarity light up the world! Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful Holiday, for health, and happiness throughout the coming year.
Laurence Kwark, Secretary General of Global Social Economy Forum
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GSEF Webinars and Global Virtual Forum towards GSEF2021 Mexico City
With GSEF2021 postponed to 4th ~ 8th October 2021 due to COVID-19, GSEF has promptly switched all its activities online to pave the way towards GSEF2021. The first notable effort was the online webinar series co-organized in collaboration with the GSEF2021 Mexico Local Organizing Committee (LOC: Institute of Social Economy of Mexico INAES, and the Mexico City Government) from May through September 2020, reaching to more than 5,700 people from more than 50 countries
The second effort is the launch of ‘The GSEF Global Virtual Forum’ with the main theme of “Great Challenges, Greater Solidarity: SSE as path for transformation”. This event has attracted more than 15,000 registrations and outreached 163,000 people through direct participation, website, and social media from over 100 countries.
GSEF New members: CeRES, ACOBOL, SOCOODERA, Maison des coopératives du Togo, HEIN4LIFE |
KOICA COVID-19 Program for supporting Social and Solidarity Economy |
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GSEF WWith the approval of the Steering Committee in September and December 2020, GSEF is thrilled to welcome 5 new members to our family:ebinars and Global Virtual Forum towards GSEF2021 Mexico City:
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In a move to support the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) sector that has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has partnered with the Merry Year Foundation, the Social Value and Solidarity Foundation and GSEF. Among the 39 selected projects in numerous countries of the Global South, 6 are currently being implemented by GSEF members in Cameroon, Cambodia, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, and Uganda for a total funding commitment of 90,000 USD. |
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GSEF is partnering with the Regional Chamber of Social and Solidarity Economy (CRESS) Nouvelle Aquitaine, Lab’ess, and Réseau Zoodo Action et Solidarité to organize a webinar in French around the theme youth and social entrepreneurship. One of the objectives is to promote and highlight examples of youth commitment through social entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso, France, and Tunisia. Date and time: 17 December 2020 from 11:00 am (Paris time) Language: French Registration: https://bit.ly/2ViNO0m |
How do cities actively engage with citizens and the private sector to drive innovation and influence how the city works? GSEF member cities Dakar (Senegal), Gatineau (Canada), and Romainville (France) recently shared their insights, experiences, and recommendations on this issue on the occasion of the 1st act of the 2nd edition of the Good Business Festival (8 October 2020, Liverpool, United Kingdom), and in the framework of the Snapshop series of the Good Business Journal. Stay tuned for more in March 2021 for the 2nd act of the festival! |
