Social Solidarity Economy (SSE)

The Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) component attempts to strengthen the broad SSE ecosystem, which includes, among others, neighbourhood-level initiatives, commons, and members of the research community. To this end, it provides support to economic partnerships and sectoral networks and unions of SSE bodies, while particular emphasis is given on issues such as care, future of work, housing, digital transformation, sustainable agri-food systems, post-growth and degrowth. Local SSE ecosystems and local authorities that embrace and promote participatory process are fundamental for the co-construction of place-based public policies towards the socio-ecological transformation.

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A short introduction to the politics of time—or why waste some of your time with us?

ARTICLE

This article is an attempt to define time, an attempt to realise that it is a construction with specific implications, both social and individual, for each and every one of us, but also an incitement to reshape the experience of time around, in and out of labour, in directions that produce less inequality and pain.

By Maro Pantazidou and Paris Selinas

Free Besieged Time: Our holidays, the 4-day workweek, and a year otherwise

ARTICLE

The social perception of time is a construct formed over the course of past centuries that was mainly based on the needs of capitalist, commercialised labour. Work and non-work time were radically and violently separated, which had an important impact on our psychology and our very existence. This article points out that time is absolutely central to the debate on the transformation and future of labour.

By Paris Selinas and Maro Pantazidou

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We 're Better Off Together - SSE during the pandemic

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Alterthess news publishing collaborative and the Heinrich Böll Foundation of Thessaloniki, Greece, have created a series of podcasts on the difficulties faced due to the Covid-19 pandemic and how the new conditions have affected the life and operation of Social and Solidarity Economy organizations which are active in various Greek business sectors.

The resilience of Social Solidarity Economy during the pandemic

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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?

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Business sustainability tools in SSE: Social Value

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This valuable business tool helps social solidarity economy initiatives in a simple and analytical way to understand their values and their position in the market, to realise their problems, to evaluate their situation and to plan their prospects. This practical guide includes three volumes: 1. on social value, 2. on economic sustainability and 3. on the strategy of an initiative.

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Handbook on participatory planning for small islands

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This publication presents a project that was implemented in Samothrace (January-December 2021), in order to contribute to the democratic activation of the local community and to support the co-planning of a proposal for the island's future.

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