First International CIRIEC Research Conference on the Social Economy: Conference Schedule with Presentation Documents

Monday, 22, 2007

6:30p.m. Welcome Reception Union Club Behind the Empress Hotel, 805 Gordon Street)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

7:30a.m. – 8:30a.m. Breakfast* Salon A (Foyer)

* for all registered conference participants

8:30a.m. – 9:15a.m. Opening/ouverture Salon A

Chair: Ian MacPherson

Invocation: Butch Dick, Elder Songhee Nation, Coast Salish

Welcoming comments: Rupert Downing, Léopold Beaulieu, Leona Detiège

Greetings from the University of Victoria: Howard Blunt, VP Research

Conference logistics: Annie McKitrick, Coordinator

Speech: Dr. Chad Gaffield, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

9:15a.m. – 10:30a.m. Plenary I: Salon A

CIRIEC and the Research on the Social Economy / Le CIRIEC et la recherche sur l’économie sociale /CIRIEC y el trabajo de investigación sobre economía social

Chair: Leona Detiège, president, CIRIEC

Léopold Beaulieu, Vice-président, CIRIEC international; president, CIRIEC Canada

Le CIRIEC Canada: une section nationale du CIRIEC International, caractéristiques et orientations

Bernard Thiry, Director General, CIRIEC international

Benoît Lévesque, President, International Scientific Council

Rafael Chaves, President, International Scientific Commission on the Social and Cooperative Economy

10:30a.m. – 10:45a.m. Refreshment Break Salon A (Foyer)

10:45a.m. – 11:45a.m. Plenary II: Salon A

Perspectives/Perspectives/ Perpectivas

Chair: Ian MacPherson

Wanda Wuttunee, Program Head, Native Studies Department, University of Manitoba

The Social Economy from the Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples

Paul Ramadier ,Comité Economique et Social de la région Provence -Alpes Cote d’azur Marseille

A European Perspective

11:45a.m. – 1:15p.m. Lunch Salon A

Chair: Rafael Chaves,

President, International Scientific Commission on the Social and Cooperative Economy

Gar Alperovitz, Professor of Political Economy, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland,

America Beyond Capitalism

1:15p.m. to 2:30pm Concurrent Sessions A

A1 English/Spanish/French Salon A

The Social Economy and Communities - Part one / Économie sociale et collectivités – Première partie / La economía social y las comunidades - Primera parte

Chair: Nadine Richez Battesti

L’économie sociale: une plate-forme pour le lancement d’initiative de développement local | Abstract | Paper |

Pierre-André Tremblay, Juan-Luis Klein, Caroline Dufresne

Les mutations de l’économie sociale et solidaire dans les transformations socio-économiques urbaines: l’exemple de Grenoble

Danièle Demoustier

El Movimiento Cooperativo: Una vía para promover el desarrollo regional y la innovación a través de la asunción de las disciplinas referidas al capital social y a las ciencias de la complejidad | Abstract | Paper |

Amaia Agirre Aranburu, Iosu Lizarralde Aiastui

Quel rôle pour les coopératives dans le développement économique et social des territoires en restructuration? Le cas du Roannais, pays de Rhône-Alpes | Abstract | Paper |

Jacques Poisat, Joelle Argot, Hervé Daval, Vladimir Serdeczny

A2 English/French Buckingham Room

The Social Economy and Community-based Research / Économie sociale et recherche communautaire /

La economía social y el trabajo de investigación comunitario

Chair: Nancy Neatam

Recherche partenariale en contexte Québécois

Jean-Marc Fontan

Design of community partnerships | Abstract | Paper |

José G. Vargas-Hernandez

Guidelines for a TSR® process - the role of social economy in a territorial TSR® programming | Abstract | Paper |

Luigi Martignetti, Gaetano Giunta

Service Learning in the Social Economy

Jorge Sousa

Some theoretical/empirical comments on the social economy

Roger Spear

A3 English View Royal

Understanding the impact of the social economy / Comprendre l’impact de l’économie sociale / Entender el impacto de la economía social

Chair: Luc Thériault

Defining and Demonstrating Value for Money: Strategies for Assessing the Impacts of Community Economic Development | Abstract | Paper |

Edward T. Jackson

Demonstrating the Value of Social Enterprise: Can a Shared Framework for Assessing the Performance and Impact be defined?

Bryn Sadownik, Irene Gannitsos

Inequality, trust and the size of the co-operative sector: cross-country evidence

Derek C Jones, Panu Kalmi

Space, Time and Community: Co-operative Social Enterprise and Sustainable Regions

Michael Gertler, Dwayne Pattison

A4 Spanish Colwood

Developing the Social Economy / Développer l’économie sociale / Desarrollar la economía social

Chair: Jutta Gutberlet

Hacia la ruptura de un dilema sobre tendencias en economía solidaria, economía social, tercer sector y cooperativismo en Colombia | Abstract | Paper |

Fredy Nelson Osorio, Juan Fernando Álvarez

La cooperativa agroindustrial Pascual en México: Posibilidades y límites de la economía social | Abstract | Paper |

Boris Marañón-Pimentel

El Nuevo Cooperativismo en Venezuela: Una Estrategia Corporativista | Abstract | Paper |

Ramón Alberto Lameda

Experiencias de producción del hábitat popular en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y Gran Buenos Aires: una aproximación desde la Economía Social | Abstract | Paper |

Valeria Mutuberría Lazarini, María Sol Arroyo

A5 English Balmoral

Change and Transition within Social Economy Institutions / Changement et transition au sein des institutions de l’économie sociale /Cambios y transiciones dentro de instituciones de la economía social

Chair: Joy Emmanuel

Can Social Technology be an alternative for Social Economy Enterprises | Paper |

Philip Hiroshi Ueno

Gimme Shelter: A West Coast Development Co-operative (F.W.C. Devco): A Case Study Innovation | Abstract | Paper |

Mitch Diamantopoulos

Strengthening the Social Economy by Understanding the Factors and Processes Associated with Converting Organizational Form

Jorge Sousa, Roger Herman, Natasha Goudar

Effective Practices in Co-operative Development | Abstract | Paper |

Daniel Côté

2:30p.m. – 2:45p.m. Break

2:45p.m. – 4:00p.m. Concurrent Sessions B

B1 French/ Spanish/English Salon A

The Social Economy, Accountability, and Democratic Practice /Économie sociale, responsabilisation et pratique démocratique

La economía social, responsabilidad y práctica democrática

Chair: Ermanno C. Tortia

El desarrollo de la economía social como indicador del grado de democracia política: La problemática argentina

David Pablo Balcedo

Memoria Social y Democrática del Cooperativismo, como aportación a la Ética y Responsabilidad Social de la Economía Social. España: Republica, Franquismo y Transición Democrática.

Ruben Villa Benayas

Analyse de l’exercice de réflexion du mouvement des caisses populaires acadiennes sur la democratie coopérative

André Leclerc

Stratégies deresponsabilité sociale de l’entreprise (RSE) et entreprise sociale a formes et limites de coopérations hybrides | Abstract | Paper |

Alain Charles Martinet, Marielle A. Payaud

Evaluación económica del voluntariado. Aplicación al caso español.

Antonia Sajardo

B2 Spanish/English Buckingham

Public Policy for the Social Economy / Politiques publiques pour de l’économie sociale / Las políticas públicas para la economía social

Chair: Marie Bouchard

El alance de las estrategias gubernamentales de promoción de la economía social en la Argentina | Abstract | Paper |

Mirta Vuotto

El papel de la Economía Social en la protección de la dependencia

Dolores Dizy Menéndez, Olga Ruiz Cañete

Uruguay en clave estadística. Hacia la necesaria definición de políticas públicas de desarrollo cooperativo

Laura González Quinteros

El Desarrollo de Capacidades Tecnológicas en la Economía Social | Abstract | Paper |

Martin José Napal, Enrique Gonzalez

B3 English Balmoral

The Social Economy in the Circumpolar North / L’économie sociale dans le cercle polaire arctique /La economía social en la región norte circumpolar

Chair: Wanta Wutteene

Developing The Social Economy in Northern Canada: A portrait | Abstract | Paper |

Chris Southcott, Frances Abele

Contributions of volunteering in outdoor recreation to the social economy in Whitehorse

Carrie McCelland

Land Claims and the Deep Colonization of Aboriginal Resource Management in Canada

David C. Natcher

B4 English View Royal

The Social Economy and Communities - Part Two / Économie sociale et collectivités – Deuxième partie / La economía social y las comunidades - Segunda parte

Chair: Michael Gertler

Micro credit and recycling co-ops: a grassroots initiative to alleviate poverty

Jutta Gutberlet

Role of Community Media in Building and Strengthening Communities - A Case in Indian Cooperatives | Abstract | Paper |

Sanjay Kumar Verma

Social Economy and Management of Solid Waste: Case Study about two Organizations of Collectors-Recyclers in the city of Florianopolis, Brazil | Abstract | Paper |

Lucila Maria de Souza, Campos, Sergio Luis Boeira, Elaine Ferreira

Social Economy; Central Bank; Social Money; Community Currency; Community Development Banks | Abstract | Paper |

Marusa Freire

B5 English Colwood

Economic Theory / Théorie économique / La teoría económica

Chair: David Scoones

The Market Failure rationale on non-profit organization revisited

Vladislav Valentinov

A Comparative Study of Structure and Performance in For-Profit, Nonprofit and Government Organizations | Paper |

Avner Ben-Ner, Ting Ren

The growing social content of cooperative firms: an evolutionary interpretation | Paper |

Carlo Borzaga, Ermanno C. Tortia

4:00 – 5:15 Plenary III Salon A

The Social Economy and Public Policies / Économie sociale et politiques publiques /La economía social y las políticas públicas

Chair: Jean-Marc Fontan

Yashavantha Dongre (India)

Cooperativisation – an Alternative to Privatisation: Exploring Policy Options

Hilda Felipe San Gabriel (Philippines)

Social Innovation in the Philippines: Business from the Bottom of the Pyramid

Yves Vaillancourt (Canada)

La Coconstruction des politiques publiques avec l’apport de l’économie sociale

Hagen Henry (Switzerland)

Social economy and law: The example of cooperatives” or “Social economy and its legal organisation(s)

5:15p.m. – Board buses for evening meal at The Quw’utsun’ Cultural and Conference Centre, Duncan

(see description of event under Special and Social Events)

Wednesday, October 24

7:30a.m. – 8:30a.m. Breakfast for all registered conference participants Palm Court

7:30a.m. – 8:30a.m. – Breakfast meeting with Latin American participants Buckingham

Chair: Marie Bouchard

8:30a.m. – 8:45a.m. Welcome and Announcements Ballroom

8:45a.m. – 10:00a.m. Plenary iv Ballroom

The Continental Models / Les modèles continentaux /Los modelos continentales

Chair: Bernard Thiry

Rafael Chaves, José Luis Monzón (Spain),

Mapping the Social Economy in the European Union: the CIRIEC Report

Lester M. Salamon (United States)

Putting Civil Society on the Economic Map of the World

Akira Kurimoto (Japan),

The Social Economy in Communities: An Asian View

10:00a.m. – 10:15a.m. Refreshment Palm Court

10:15a.m. – 11:30a.m. Concurrent Sessions C

C1 French/Spanish/Spanish Ballroom

Expanding the Social Economy – Part Two / L’économie sociale en voie d’expansion - Deuxième partie / Expansión de la economía social - Segunda parte

Chair: Danièle Demoustier

Les Rencontres du Mont-Blanc:

Alain Philippe, Thierry Jeantet

La Economía Social andaluza ante la Responsabilidad Social empresarial | Paper |

CEPES Andalucía

Bâtir une communauté ouvrière. Réflexions sur les origines populaires de l’économie sociale au Québec. | Abstract | Paper |

Martin Petitclerc

L’économie sociale en France dans une perspective européenne | Abstract | Paper |

Edith Archambault

C2 Spanish/English Buckingham

Learning about the Social Economy / Exploration de l’économie sociale / Conocimientos sobre la economía social

Chair: Carlo Borzaga

Cooperative Games and Cooperative Organizations: an Exploratory Primer | Abstract | Paper |

Roger A. McCain

Governance: Neglected Foundations of University Sustainability

Michael M’Gonigle

La “Universidad Red”, aportes al desarrollo de la Economía Social Colombia

Pérez Muñoz

The Portrayal of the Social Economy in High School Business Textbooks. The case in Ontario | Abstract | Paper |

Erica McCollum, Daniel Schugurensky

C3 English Esquimalt

The Social Economy Confronting Adversity / L’économie sociale confrontant l’adversité / La economía social que enfrenta adversidad

Chair: Mike Lewis

The Challenges of Caring for Vulnerable Children in a Conflict Environment: The case of Anaka Foundation in Northern Uganda

Julius Omona

Contribución de las microfinanzas en la lucha contra la pobreza, en pro de la equidad degénero y en la construcción de capital social | Abstract | Paper |

Côté

Carola Conde Bonfil

How to promote the role of community and social economy in the disaster management: Reflections from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake | Abstract | Paper |

Kazuhiko Tabata, Masatomi Funaba

Sustainable Livelihood and Resilience in Natural Disasters: The Emerging Role of Social Economy in Asia

Matsuyo Makino, Nuzul Achjar

C4 English Oak Bay

Expanding the Social Economy / L’économie sociale en voie d’expansion / Expansión de la economía social

Chair: Hajime Imamura

Community reinvestment and the challenges of scaling up the social economy

Peter V Hall, Sean Markey, Mark Roseland

From corporativism to soft-governance models, the role of Internationalization and Innovation. Andalusian Case Study | Abstract | Paper |

Samuel Barco Serrano

The Development of Co-operative movement in 36 Provinces’ of Thailand | Abstract | Paper | Power Point |

Juthatip Patrawart

Organization of co-operative development in Quebec | Abstract | Paper |

Gérard Perron

C5 English Saanich

Social Responsibility and the Social Economy / Responsabilité sociale et économie sociale /La responsabilidad social y la economía social

Chair: Darryl Reed

Indicators of Altruism: Social Inclusion and Identity Construction in Australia | Abstract | Paper |

Megan Alessandrini

Socio-economic Profiling and Social Auditing Tools for Measuring the Social Economy in Local Communities: The CONSCISE Findings | Abstract | Paper |

Günther Lorenz

Co-operatives and the social economy: Facing the environmental challenge

John Anderson

Perspectives on the Accounting and Reporting Needs of Co-operatives and Co-operators: A Preliminary Examination

Elizabeth Hicks, John Maddocks, Alan J. Robb, Tom Webb

11:30a.m. – 11:45a.m. Break

11:45a.m. – 1:15p.m. Lunch with Speaker

Chair: Rupert Downing

Executive Director CCEDNET

Speaker Ellen Pekeles

Vice President of Community Leadership, Vancity Credit Union

The role of Vancity in the promotion of the Social Economy

1:15p.m. – 2:30p.m. Concurrent Sessions D

D1 French/English/Spanish Ballroom

The Social Economy in Different National Contexts - Part One / L’économie sociale dans différents contextes nationaux – Première partie / La economía social en diferentes contextos nacionales - Primera parte

Chair: Yves Vaillancourt

Principales tendencias de las organizaciones mutuales en Argentina | Abstract | Paper |

María Cristina Acosta

Les coopératives de travail dans le Vénézuéla des années 2000

Madeleine Richer

Indicadores de la economía social en Cuba | Abstract | Paper |

Eduardo López Bastida, Rene Pino Alonso, C. Julio C. Quintero Rodríguez

Actualidad y perspectivas de la economía social en Argentina | Abstract | Paper |

Carlos Alberto Farias

D2 English/French Buckingham

The Social Economy: Cross Border Comparisons / Économie sociale : comparaisons transfrontalières / La economía social: comparaciones transterritoriales

Chair: Jack Quarter

Mapping the Social Economy in Aboriginal Communities in Canada

Gayle Broad, Lou Hammond Ketilson

The U.S. Solidarity Economy Movements: Notes from the U.S. Social Forum June 2007

Jessica Gordon Nembhard

Les pratiques de l’économie sociale dans la communauté francophone de l’Ontario | Abstract | Paper |

Rachid Bagaoui, Monique Beaudoin

Defining the Boundaries of the Social Economy and the Context for a Social Enterprise | Abstract | Paper |

Inonge Aliaga, Judith Harris

D3 French Saanich

Social Economy and Globalization / Économie sociale et mondialisation / La economía social frente a la globalización

Chair: Paul Ramadier

L’économie sociale, l’économie solidaire et les organisations de coopération internationale: vers une meilleure compréhension du lien local-international de l’alter-mondialisation

Olga Navarro-Flores

Reconfiguration de la Fonction de l’Ètat à l’ère de la Mondialisation

Burhan Aykaç

Des processus d’émergence d’entreprises d’économie sociale comme facteur de relocalisation face à la globalisation

Jacques Caillouette

D4 English Esquimalt

The Role of Culture and Place / Rôle de la culture et du lieu / El papel que juega la cultura y la ubicación

Chair: Annie McKitrick

Market economic development, local economic experience and the faith-based movement towards social economic alternatives in a South African city region | Abstract | Paper |

Ignatius Swart

Building Social Economy using the Innovative Potential of Place

Doug Lionais, Harvey Johnstone

Articulations and Mis-articulations: Is This an Informal Enterprise, A Social Economy Enterprise, or an Extralegal Harvesting Operation? | Abstract | Paper |

Wendy Russell

D5 English Oak Bay

Ethical Trade and the Social Economy / Commerce éthique et économie sociale /El comercio ético y la economía social

Chair: Leslie Brown

Theories of Co-operation: Developing Locally-Based Regional Alternatives for Ethical Trade

Deborah Dergousoff

Aolidarity Economy and the Conscious Consumer | Abstract | Paper |

Gabriela Uieda, Eduardo Ernesto Filippi

Fair Trade and Development: Investigating the Possibilities, Tensions and Contradictions

Darryl Reed, Ananya Mukherjee

Fair-trade governance in Ghana: between local and international perceptions of social value | Abstract | Paper |

Matti Kohonen

2:30p.m. – 2:45p.m. Break

2:45p.m. – 4:00p.m. Concurrent Sessions E

E1 French/Spanish/English Salon A

Governance of Social Economy Organizations - Part One / Gouvernance des organismes d’économie sociale - Première partie /

Gobierno de las entidades de economía social - - Primera parte

Chair: Alain Philippe

La gouvernance des processus de transmission d’entreprises PME en coopératives et de succession de dirigeants de SCOP. Une étude exploratoire en France | Abstract | Paper |

France Huntzinger, Thierry Jolivet

Governance éthique et régulation en économie sociale | Abstract | Paper |

Serge Koulychizky

Économie sociale et gouvernance dans les communautés du sud du Golfe du Saint Laurent au Canada Atlantique | Abstract | Paper |

Patrick Émond, Jocelyne Gauvin, Nadine Gauvin, Omer Chouinard, Pierre-Marcel Desjardins

Techo de cristal y escalera de cristal en las cooperativas de Mondragón. Participación de las mujeres en los órganos de gobierno de las cooperativas | Abstract | Paper |

Eunate Elio Cemborain

E2 French/English Buckingham

Managing Social Economy Organizations / Gestion des organisations d’économie sociale /Gestión de entidades de economía social

Chair: Peter Davis

Le travail et la gestion des ressources humaines dans les entreprises d’économie sociale

Denis Harrisson, Mariline Comeau-Vallée

La gouvernance partenariale des banques cooperatives francaises: logiques internes/externes et effets de proximite | Abstract | Paper |

Patrick Gianfaldoni, Nadine Richez-Battesti, Jean-Noël Ory

La governance associative: Produire et gérer collectivement le sens de l’action

François Rousseau

La gestion stratégique des coopératives et des associations de l’économie sociale

Marie Claire Malo, Christopher Kabakis, Luc K Audebrand

E3 English Saanich

Challenges for the Social Economy/ Défis de l’économie social/ Desafíos de la economía social

Chair: Roger Spear

Power Struggle: the evolving relationship between social enterprise initiatives and state interventions in the supply of renewable energy in the U.K. | Abstract | Paper |

Peter Davis, Dan van der Horst

Mapping the Charitable Human Service Sector in New Brunswick | Abstract |

Luc Thériault, Carmen Gill, Heather McTiernan, Scott Bell

A Rose By Any Name: The Thorny Question of Social Economy Discourse in Canada

Brett Fairbairn

Getting Outside the Social Economy Box: Towards a Solidarity Economy | Abstract | Paper |

Mike Lewis, Dan Swinney

Theoretical Reflection on the Social Economy: Redefining through Life

J.J. McMurtry

E4 English Esquimalt

The social Economy in Global Perspectives - Part One /L’économie sociale dans les perspectives globale – Première partie /La economía social dentro de las perpectivas globales - Primera parte

Chair: Roger Herman

Global Civil Society: Architect and Agent of International Democracy and Sustainability | Abstract | Paper |

Kristen Magis

Social Capital Formation for Supplying Local Community Services through Coordination of Social Economy, Local Governments and For-Profit Enterprises in Japan | Abstract | Paper |

Hajime Imamura

The Social Economy in Global Governance: An Investigation of Alliance-Building Dynamics among Transnational Civil Society Coalitions

Janel Smith

E5 English Oak Bay

Mapping Ontario’s Social Economy / Cartographie de l’économie sociale en Ontario /Mapeo de la economía social en Ontario

Chair: Gayle Broad

Canadian online social economy organizations | Abstract | Paper |

Sherida Ryan

Mapping Ontario’s Social Economy | Abstract |

Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, Michael Hall

4:00p.m. – 5:15p.m.

Breakout rooms for adhoc meetings and poster presentations

5:15p.m. – 5:30p.m. – Break

5:30 p.m. - 6:30p.m. – Vancity Reception

Thursday, October 25

7:30a.m. – 8:30a.m. Breakfast* Palm Court

*for all registered conference participants

7:30a.m. – 8:30a.m. Breakfast with African and Asian Participants Buckingham

Chair: Akira Kurimoto

8:30a.m. – 8:45a.m. – Welcome and announcements

8:45a.m. – 10:00a.m. Plenary V Ballroom

The Canadian Context for the Social Economy / Contexte canadien en matière d’économie sociale /El contexto canadiense en materia de economía social

Chair: Farah Broadhead

CCEDNet

Benoît Lévesque

Le modèle Québecois

Ian MacPherson

Walking the Walk: the Challenges Confronting the Social Economy in Canada

Nancy Neamtan

Economie sociale face á la globalisation

Rupert Downing

Creating Community Economic Development and Social Economy Policy in Canada

10:00a.m. – 10:15a.m. Refreshment break

10:15a.m. – 11:30a.m. Concurrent Sessions F

F1 Spanish/French/English Ballroom

The social Economy in Global Perspectives - Part Two / L’économie sociale dans une perspective globale – Deuxième partie / La economía social dentro de las perpectivas globales - Segunda parte

Chair: Rafael Chaves

L’utilisation des ressources naturelles des communautés indìgenes: défis pour l’économie sociale - etude comparative entre communautés du Chili et Québec, Canada

Judith Calvez Diaz

El funcionamiento de las mutuales en su aspecto psicosocial | Abstract | Paper |

Rosa Noemi Corlli, Raúl Alejandro Gómez

Las bases de la economía social costarricense y las políticas públicas para el sector

Lorena López González

F2 English/Spanish Buckingham

Change and Transition within Social Economy Financial Institutions / Changement et transition au sein des institutions financières de l’économie sociale / Cambios y transiciones dentro de instituciones financieras de la economía social

Chair: Bill Wellburn

The Impact of regulatory neutrality upon credit unions in Australia: An Evolutionary Analysis

David K Willis, Alan L. Raine

El micro-crédito en los países del norte: ¿Producto financiero de las instituciones financieras tradicionales, de la administración pública o de las entidades de economía social? | Abstract | Paper |

Gloria Estapê Dubreuil, Consol Torreguitart Mirada

Social Movements or State Sub-contractors? Credit Unions in Canada and the Republic of Ireland | Abstract |

Julie MacArthur

An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Credit Union Board and the Manger - The Managers Perspective | Abstract | Paper |

Noreen Byrne, Kathleen Prendergast, Michael

F3 English Oak Bay

The State and the Social Economy - Part Two / L’État et l’économie sociale - Deuxième partie / El Estado y la economía social - Segunda parte

Chair: Warren Magnusson

The Social Solidarity Economy within a global context

Karl Birkhölzer

The Fit Between a Mode of Governance and a Welfare Policy: Experiences in the Dutch Social Housing Sector

Pieter H.M. Ruys

Calling Out the State: A Necessary Evil?

Annie Camus, Luc K. Audebrand, Marie-Claire Malo

The Resurgence of Civil Society and the Social Economy Beyond the Middling Consensus to Shared Public Authority | Abstract | Paper |

Len Krimerman

F4 English Esquimalt

Governance of Social Economy Organizations / Le gouvernance des organismes d’économie sociale / El Govierno de las organizaciones de economía social

Chair: Vic Muray

Evaluating Effectiveness among Cooperatives vis-à-vis other Social institutes - A case study of NABARD’s Rural Innovation Fund and other Schemes | Abstract | Paper |

Vrajlal Sapovadia

The Governance of Social Enterprises: Challenges and Support Needs

Roger Spear, Chris Cornforth

Governing Sustainable Common Landholding Communities: The Legal Genesis of O.U.R. Ecovillage Co-operative

Deborah Curran

Democratic Governance: Citizen Participation and in the Provision of Personal Social Services in Sweden | Abstract | Paper |

Victor Pestoff

F5 Spanish Balmoral

The Social Economy in Different National Contexts - Part Two / L’économie sociale dans différents contextes nationaux – Deuxième partie / La economía social en diferentes contextos nacionales - Segunda parte

Chair: Mirta f

Participación ciudadana en cooperativas de Consejos Comunales en Trujillo, Venezuela

Benito Díaz

El comportamiento comparado de Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado y Empresas Capitalistas | Abstract | Paper |

Gabriel Burdín, Andrés Dean

La economía solidaria dentro de los movimientos piqueteros de la Argentina | Abstract | Paper |

Ignacio Garcia

Conflictos ideológicos en la formalización de la economía social

Pablo Andrés Mastroberti, Nora Diaz

11:30a.m. – 11:45a.m. – Break

11:45a.m. – 1:15a.m. – Lunch with Speaker

Chair: Pascale Lavoie-Scott, Canada

Speaker: Ethel Côté

Building a Global Social Economy Movement: Canadian Perspective,

Construire un mouvement de l’économie sociale: perspectives canadiennes

1:15p.m. – 2:30p.m. – Concurrent Sessions G

G1 English/Spanish/French Ballroom

Evaluating and Conceptualizing the Social Economy / Évaluation et conceptualisation de l’économie sociale / Evaluación y conceptualización de la economía social

Chair: Brett Fairbairn

Métodos e indicadores para evaluar la economía social y cooperativa: El caso del País Vasco

Aitziber Mugarra, José Luis Retolaza, Elena Blanco, Arantza Echaniz

De la pertinence du concept d’économie sociale à l’épreuve du gué entre comptabilité privée et comptabilité nationale | Abstract | Paper |

Philippe Kaminski

Les premiers pas vers un système d’information sur les organisations d’économie sociale: la qualification des organisations et la classification des activités/First steps of an information system on social economy organizations: qualifying the organizations and classifying the activities | Abstract | Paper |

Marie J. Bouchard, Cyrille Ferraton Valérie Michaud

La Economía Social en las Cuentas Nacionales

José Luis Monzón Campos

G2 English/French/Spanish Buckingham

New Functions of the State and the Social Economy / Nouvelles fonctions de l’État et de l’économie sociale / Nuevas funciones del Estado y la economía social

Chair: Albert Douast

Economie Sociale: une pratique de régulation territoriale

Philippe Vaesken, Maria Zafiropoulou

The State, Co-operatives and Co-operative Legislation in India: Changing Contexts and Emerging Trends | Abstract | Paper |

Veena Nabar

El marco legal de las cajas de crédito cooperativas en Argentina | Abstract | Paper |

Griselda Verbeke

La formalización de iniciativas de economía social promovidas por programas gubernamentales en la Argentina | Abstract | Paper |

María Eugenia Castelao Caruana

G3 English Esquimalt

Co-operatives Confronting Globalization / Les coopératives faisant face à la mondialisation / Las coorperatives frente a la globalización

Chair: Victor Pestoff

Implications of Globalization on Development of Dairy Co-operatives in India

Sushila Kaul

The Impact of Liberalization on the Cooperative Movement in Kenya | Abstract | Paper |

Fredrick O. Wanyama

Pegging the Failure Rate of Co-operatives-Global Challenge to the Survival of the Social Economy | Abstract | Paper |

Oluseyi O. Oduyoye

Understanding Mondragon globalization process | Abstract | Paper |

Jose Mari Luzarraga, Dionisio Aranzadi, Inazior Irizar

G4 English Oak Bay

Financing the Social Economy / Financer l’économie sociale / Financiación de la economía social

Chair: Michael Hall

Marketing Elements in Fundraising: An Analysis of Foundation in the State of Santa Catarina/Brazil | Abstract | Paper |

Lucila Marie de Souza Campos, Richard Boing dda Silveira and Rosilene Marcon

Evaluating Microfinance Institutions - Criteria, Efficiency, and Transparency

Charles P. Rock

Economic challenges for social services in Europe | Abstract | Paper |

Peter Eichorn

Democratizing Finance: Financial Innovation in the Social Economy: The Emergence of a new Financial Market

Margie Mendell

G5 English Balmoral

The Social Economy and the Empowerment of Women / Économie sociale et renforcement de l’autonomie des femmes / La economía social y promoción de la autonomía de la mujer

Chair: Carol Rock

Impact of SHG Empowered Women on Community Development: A Study of a Village in the Pune District of India | Abstract | Paper |

Amita Yadwadkar

Every Picture Tells a Story - Rural Women Gathering Together | Paper |

Evelyn Clark

Socio-Economic Transformation and Multipurpose Women Co-operative Societies in South India | Abstract | Paper |

Shanmugan Rajendran

Mahila Sanatkar: a women empowerment study-case in India | Paper |

Philip Ueno

2:30p.m. – 2:45p.m. Break

2:45p.m. – 4:00p.m. – Concurrent Sessions H

H1 Spanish/French/English Ballroom

The Social Economy and Rural Societies / Économie sociale et sociétés rurales /La economía social y las sociedades rurales

Chair: Albert Daoust

Evolución del desarrollo de las cooperativas agrícolas cubanas: retos y perspectivas

Reynaldo Miguel, Jiménez Guethón

Centrales de compras en el cooperativismo agrario epañol: factores claves de éxito | Abstract | Paper |

Franciso José Torres Ruiz, Eva Maria Murgado Armenteros, Olga Senise Barrio, Adoración Mozas Moral, Manuel Parras Rosa

La contribution de l’éconmie sociale au développement socio-économique des miieux turaux: le cas du Bas-Saint-Laurent au Québec (Canada)

Majella Simard, Carol Saucier

La formalización de iniciativas de economía social promovidas por programas gubernamentales en la Argentina

María Eugenia, Castelao Caruana

H2 English/French Buckingham

Structural Dimensions of the Social Economy / Dimensions structurelles de l’économie sociale / Dimensiones estructurales de la economía social

Chair: Kathy Moggridge

Supporting Innovative Co-operative Development in Canada: The Case of the Nova Scotia Co-operative Development System | Abstract | Paper |

Lena K Soots

Bridging the Missing Links in Primary Cooperatives in India | Abstract | Paper |

Sudha K

The umbrella organizations roles

Ana Villa, Pau Vidal, Maria Sureda

Business-to-business barter network exchange systems in the social economy | Abstract | Paper |

Melina Young

H3 English

The Social Economy in Different National Contexts - Part Three / L’économie sociale dans différents contextes nationaux – Troisième partie / La economía social en diferentes contextos nacionales - Tercera parte

Chair: Lisa Frobel

Mapping Russian Social Economy

Vladimir A. Korolev, Petr V. Korolev

The Corporative Mechanisms in the NGO Interest Representation in Hungary

Tamas Domokos

Intersection of Public and Social Economy in Post-transitional Countries - Czech Republic case study

Magdelena Hunuová

H4 English Oak Bay

Building Stronger Social Economy Organizations / Création d’organisations d’économie sociale plus fortes / Formación de entidades de economía social más sólidas

Chair: Peter Davis English

Perspectives on the Accounting and Reporting Needs of Co-operatives and Co-operators: A Preliminary Examination | Abstract | Paper |

Elizabeth Hicks, John Maddocks, Alan J. Robb, Tom Webb

Strategic Management in Social Economy - an overview of Social Solidarity Cooperatives in Portugal | Abstract | Paper |

Ana Simaens, Isabel Nicolau

Minding the gap: non-profit voice in the inter-organizational alliances

Jan Myers

4:00p.m. – 5:15p.m. Plenary Vi

Wrap up and evaluation / Récapitulation et évaluation / Resumen y evaluación

Chair : Ian MacPherson and Jose Luis Monzon

Report on Breakfast with Latin American participants

Report on Breakfast with Asian and African participants

Benoît Lévesque and Ian Macpherson

Some conclusions from the conference and paths for future research on social economy

Comments or questions from participants

Presentation of the XXVIIth International Congress of CIRIEC in Seville in September 2008: Innovation and Management: Answers to the Great Challenges of Public, Social and Cooperative Enterprises

Presentación del XXVII Congreso Internacional del CIRIEC de septiembre de 2008 en Sevilla: Innovación y Management: las respuestas de las empresas públicas, sociales y cooperativas a los grandes desafíos.

Présentation du XXVIIème congrès international du CIRIEC à Séville en septembre 2008 : Innovation et Management : les réponses aux grands défis des entreprises publiques, sociales et coopératives

Speaker: Ana María Barbeito Carrasco

Directora General de Economía Social y Emprendedores del gobierno regional andaluz.

General Director of Social Economy of the Regional Goverment of Andalucia

Directrice générale de l’Economie sociale du gouvernement régional d’Andalousie