Social Solidarity Economy

Tzoumakers is a workshop in the village of Kalendzi where people design and manufacture machines for their local small scale agricultural production by using open technologies.

In the videos of this series, representatives from four initiatives talk about how they use open or traditional technologies to disseminate their outputs to as many people as possible, and also to meet the specific needs of their place.

This video is part of a field trip in the wider region of Ioannina, where a new ecosystem of Social Solidarity Economy is emerging that recognises that the term ‘technology’ includes not only high technology, but also traditional and open/free technology.

In turn, these notes from the field are part of our main dossier on the urban/rural divide.

Habibi.Works is an intercultural makerspace in Katsikas village, which allows refugees and locals to use spaces, tools and materials in order to build or repair whatever they need.

In the videos of this series, representatives from four initiatives talk about how they use open or traditional technologies to disseminate their outputs to as many people as possible, and also to meet the specific needs of their place.

This video is part of a field trip in the wider region of Ioannina, where a new ecosystem of Social Solidarity Economy is emerging that recognises that the term ‘technology’ includes not only high technology, but also traditional and open/free technology.

In turn, these notes from the field are part of our main dossier on the urban/rural divide.

Giorgos Melissourgos, Coordinator of the Social Solidarity Economy Programme

Just a few days before the parliamentary elections of 21 May 2023 in Greece, the staff of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Thessaloniki Office, maps the urgent issues of concern to Greek society and highlights some key points of what is at stake in these polls.

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Diverse initiatives from the field of Social Solidarity Economy with regard to their economic activity and geographical area present the consequences of the pandemic on their present and future. How did they react? Did they receive any type of support from public measures? What do they expect from the future?

This video-interview presents the Pharmacists' Civil Cooperative of Thessaly, which managed to procure much needed medications to all members during the pandemic while informing the public on the real scale of risks and the appropriate ways to tackle them.

Diverse initiatives from the field of Social Solidarity Economy with regard to their economic activity and geographical area present the consequences of the pandemic on their present and future. How did they react? Did they receive any type of support from public measures? What do they expect from the future?

This video-interview presents the civil non profit company Agroecopolis, which tries to connect agroecologists and small farmers with consumers while supporting Community Supported Agriculture during the pandemic in Greece.

Diverse initiatives from the field of Social Solidarity Economy with regard to their economic activity and geographical area present the consequences of the pandemic on their present and future. How did they react? Did they receive any type of support from public measures? What do they expect from the future?

This video-interview presents the Social Cooperative Enterprise Wind of Renewal, which promotes green and social innovation.