FRAMING A NEW PROGRESSIVE NARRATIVE

TOWARDS A SOCIAL ECONOMY

Exploring how co-operatives and mutuals deal with the economic and social challenges facing European society

Barcelona, 27th November 2015

Venue: Headquarters of PSC and Fundació Rafael Campalans. C. Nicaragua, 75, Barcelona

09:30 - 10:00 Welcome Coffee and Registration

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and introduction to the project

Sara Berbel, Director of Empowerment Hub and Member of the Board of Rafael Campalans Foundation Charlotte Billingham, FEPS Executive Adviser Peter Hunt, Mutuo Managing Partner

10:15 - 11:00 Co-operatives and Mutuals in Europe: European overview and best

practices of the sector from

Co-op Business Sectors (Co-operatives Europe)

Co-op Banking (EACB)

Co-op & Mutual Insurers (ICMIF)

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 - 12:30 Co-operatives and Mutuals in Spain Perfecto Alonso, president of Catalan Co-operatives, member of CEPES

(Euro-Mediterranean Network of Social Economy) Juan Mari Herrasti, former president of Mondragón Internacional S.A Jordi Gusi, Founding Parter of Tandem Social Chair: Esther Niubó, director of Fundació Rafael Campalans, member of the Catalan Parliament

12:30h-13.45h How can social democracy boost the social economy?

Esperança Esteve, Spanish Law on Social Economy Santiago Díaz de Sarralde, European and Internacional Economics Coordinator at Fundación Alternativas Joan Rangel, secretary of Economic Policy of the Catalan Socialist Party Chair: Esther Niubó, director of Fundació Rafael Campalans, member of the Catalan Parliament

13:45h-14:00h Closing

José Montilla, President of Fundació Rafael Campalans, Former President of Catalonia

14:00 Informal lunch