16th to 18th of November 2017

International conference on ’Municipalism and Social and Solidarity Economy – Cooperation between Cities and Citizens to Transform the Economy’

Barcelona, España

In collaboration with the City of Barcelona, C.I.T.I.E.S. (International Centre for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer on the SSE) is hosting an international conference on ’Municipalism and Social and Solidarity Economy – Cooperation between Cities and Citizens to Transform the Economy’ in Barcelona from 16th to 18th of November 2017. Various seminars and on-site workshops will cover a wide range of topics such as platform cooperatives, commons and technology, social finance eco-system and ways of enhancing the transfer of different cities’ experiences of promoting SSE. On top of that, C.I.T.I.E.S. will host its 1st General Assembly with the founding member cities to discuss its future orientation as well strategy for the coming years. In partnership with C.I.T.I.E.S. and the City of Barcelona, GSEF is also going to host its Steering Committee Meeting on 15th, Nov., one day before the CITIES event to prepare the forthcoming GSEF2018 Bilbao Forum and to formulate action plans for the year 2018.