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The Mont Blanc Meetings bring together leaders of the social economy from around the world with the aim of developing international projects and helping to build a stronger social economy.
4th Edition - November 2009
The 4th Mont Blanc Meetings were held on 9-10 November on the theme:
Feeding the planet:
What role can the social economy play?
Conclusions, commitments and appeals of the 4th Mont Blanc Meetings
Gathered in Chamonix on 9 and 10 november, 200 leaders of the social economy defined the role that they want to play to help solve the world food crisis.
They made concrete commitments to help solve the world food crisis and questioned intergovernmental organisations about their food and agricultural policies.
Proceedings of the 4th summit
[updated July 2010]
Here you can find all the talks by experts, representatives of international organizations and leaders from the social economy.
News from the network
International Foundations Meeting in Montreal from October 13th to October 15th
The International Foundations Network is organizing an international meeting for foundations in Montreal on October 13-15 October 2010.
One Drop is looking for partners for its project in Haiti
The foundation One Drop and its partner Oxfam Quebec are setting up a project on access to water and food security in Haiti. They are looking for partners for the micro-credit component.
Alveole, the free software forge for a socially reponsible economy
The International Association for Free Software has launched Alveole, the free software forge for socially responsible economy.
The projects
The Mont Blanc Meetings combine in-depth discussions and project development to provide concrete solutions to today's major challenges.
Some projects are started at the meetings while others are expanded there. Here are a few examples.
The Mont Blanc Declaration
"Globalization for the benefit of all" is the ambition of cooperatives, mutuals, nonprofits and foundations and therefore the whole of the social economy. This is the meaning of the Mont Blanc Declaration launched by the leaders of the social economy who had come from all continents.
We are calling on you to sign this international declaration to work with the social economy to put people at the heart of globalization!