Social Solidarity Economy

In this episode we discuss about the sudden turn of the biggest part of social and economic activity to technology and the internet with Antonis Faras from the Sociality Employees' Cooperative and Valantis Karagiannis from the Social Cooperative Enterprise SolidarIT.

The Pharmacists' Civil Cooperative of Thessaly 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.

This video is about the concept of care, which should be seen as something concerning the whole of society and not only the household or children, carrying out by femininities.

In this episode we discuss on the effects of the suspension of social activities had on the operation of ventures providing consulting to other Social and Solidarity Economy projects. We speak with Manolis Britzolakis from the Heraklion Support Center, Chrysostomos Galanos from the Chania Support Center and Georgia Bekridaki from the Support Center operating in Athens.

The Social Cooperative Enterprise Eklektik promotes products of cooperative enterprises and fair trade in Thessaloniki. We explore the impact of the pandemic on this enterprise (both positive and negative developments) as well as the future aspirations of its members.

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.

This video talks about the things that a welfare state should offer: support for everyone from birth to old age, affordable housing, public spaces, culture, healthcare, and job training.