Le rendez-vous des dirigeants de l'économie sociale
4th Edition - November 2009
The 4th Mont Blanc Meetings was held on 9-10 November on the main topic:
Feeding the planet:
What role can the social economy play?
More than 950 million people around the world suffer from hunger. In Haiti, Mexico, Egypt, Indonesia and other countries, 2008 was a year marked by food riots. The shocking images were followed by explanations, too many to form a clear picture: soaring grain prices, food commodities traded on markets, competition for land by non-food crops, the first consequences of climate change.