In Temuco, between 14 and 17 November 2007 meeting was held on Solidarity Economy bring together representatives from organizations and producers of Latin American countries (Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay).
The activity includes the Seminar Circuits economic solidarity: towards the construction sector of the economy of solidarity, "an exhibition fair, workshops and various opportunities for participation and debate.
This body emerged as a promising initiative for small farmers to survive in the midst of a system dominated by transnational corporations and large retail chains.
The idea was born in May 2006 when several organizations in South America, meeting in Paraguay, agreed to launch a series of regional meetings on solidarity economy and alternative trade. Thus was born the MERCOSUR area Solidarity, a body that after activation at various events, completes its cycle in Temuco in southern Chile.
This Meeting of Economic Development, which was the host country Chile, "is an invitation to strengthen the building of new content and new continents for the social economy sector in Latin America," organizers said in its announcement.
represented the interest of civil society organizations that promote movements that lead to social transformation of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services, placed at the center of reproduction of life, rather than the capital.
organizations convening this meeting were the Solidarity Economy Network of the South, Redessoles, the Solidarity Economy Network of Santiago, the South Fair Trade Network, the Network of Forest Owners, the AraucanÃa Regional Agenda (AGRA) Service and the Country Programme, Foundation for Overcoming Poverty.
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