Pedagogical tools
To educate and raise awareness on the social and solidarity economy, it is necessary to create clear but also possibly playful educational tools. Socioeco.org has already identified a set that you can find, for example, on the mapping of educational tools, developed partly with the Campaign for a Global Curriculum. You will see which countries have developed educational tools that you can then filter by need: food, housing, access to water, etc. What is a coop? How to use a community currency? What are the ways to have a responsible consumption. All these and more are answered in guides, manuals, courses, videos, infographics, games, lexicons or glossaries, films, developed for very different publics, from children to adults.
One way to find a specific tool is to go to the search engine, write the theme that interests you, for example: fair trade, filter by language, to have only English and consult the results in the « Pedagigical tools » section. They can be used as they are or as it is often the purpose of socioeco.org to inspire you to adapt it to your own context.
10 publications
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    The Urban Commons Cookbook: Strategies and Insights for creating and maintaining Urban Commons Mary Dellenbaugh-Losse, Nils Eik Zimmermann, Nicole de Vries, 2020 
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    Community currencies. Opportunities and challenges for local government. Joost Bos, Becky Booth, CCIA partners at Amsterdam East council, May 2015 
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    People Powered Money. Designing, developing & delivering community currencies. Community Currencies in Action (CCIA), Community Currencies in Action (CCIA), 2015 
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    Think Fair Trade First! Kids Book. Ingrid Hess, Fair Trade Resource Network, United States 
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    Take Back the Economy An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities J.K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, Stephen Healy, University of Minnesota Press, United States, May 2013 
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    Growing Local living economies : A Grassroots Approach to Economic Development Michael H. Shuman, Kate Poole, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies - BALLE, Bellingham, Wa- USA, January 2013 
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    Where does money come from? A guide to the UK monetary and banking system. Second Edition. Josh Ryan Collins, Tony Greenham, Richard Andreas Werner, Andrew Jackson, November 2012 
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    HERE AND NOW! EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION UNEP, 2012 
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    Women and Food Sovereignty Kit Judy M. Taguiwalo, Azra Talat Sayeed, Mary Joan A. Guan, Gilbert Sape, Judy A.P. Pasimio, 2005 
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    A Guide for Retailer’s: Creating a Successful Fair Trade Business Kimberly Grimes, Fair Trade Resource Network, United States, September 2004 
22 Videos
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    New Habitat International Coalition (HIC) podcasts series on land rights June 2023 
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    What is a Feminist Economy? Video animation March 2023 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Session 4 : Linking SSE to SDGs by Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria May 2020 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Session 5 b : Networking & Communication by Dr Eri Trinurini May 2020 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Session 5 : Networking & Communication by Chandra Firmantoko May 2020 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Session 3 : SSE dimensions no. 3, 4, 5 by Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria May 2020 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Session 2 : SSE dimensions no. 1 & 2 by Dr Benjamin Quinones Jr May 2020 
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    [ASEC SSE Academy] Session 1 : Introductory to ASEC and to SSE as social system May 2020 
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    June 2019 
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    September 2016 
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    3 minutes, 3 messages: Public Policies for SSE 2016 
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    What is Peer-to-Peer (PP)? An introduction 
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    June 2015 
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    2015 
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    2015 
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    The PRICE idea. Why Fair Trade and Ethical Finance work well together. October 2014 
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    Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation March 2014 
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    Five Minute Crash Course in the Social and Solidarity Economy 2014 
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    What is a Community Land Trust? September 2013 
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    TOGETHER. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis CECOP-CICOPA Europe Ana Sanchez, 2012 
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    TED, 2011 October 2011 
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    Sustainability explained through animation 2011 
89 pedagogical tools
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    Hati_SOS Handbook for Organizers (in Polish) Zsuzsanna Mester, Attila Mester, Bernadett Both, July 2024 
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    July 2024 
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    HATI_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 1.Non violent communication (in Polish) July 2024 
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    Hati_SOS Soft Skills Training for Activists : Organising larger grassroot events (in Czech) July 2024 
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    Hati_SOS Handbook for Organizers (in Czech) Attila Mester, Bernadett Both, Zsuzsanna Mester, July 2024  Ekumenická akademie, 
Fundacja EkoRozwoju, 
Profilantrop Association, Ekumenická akademie, 
Fundacja EkoRozwoju, 
Profilantrop Association, RIPESS Europe, 
Utopia RIPESS Europe, 
Utopia
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    Hati_SOS Soft Skills for a better world (in Czech) Andrea Rodríguez Valdés, Bernadett Both, Mejor Wojtek, Aneta Osuch, Karolina Silna, Peter Vittek, Maros Prcina, Eva Riecanska, Arkadiusz Wierzba, July 2024  Ekumenická akademie, 
Profilantrop Association, Ekumenická akademie, 
Profilantrop Association, RIPESS Europe, 
Utopia, 
Fundacja EkoRozwoju RIPESS Europe, 
Utopia, 
Fundacja EkoRozwoju
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    Hati_SOS Soft Skills Training for Activists : Organising larger grassroot events July 2024 
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    HATI_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 7b. Sustainable activism July 2024 
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    HATI_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 6. Working with conflict July 2024 
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    Hati_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 5. Distributed leadership July 2024 
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    Hati_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 4. Inclusive decision making July 2024 
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    HATI_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 3. Organizing successful meetings: facilitation & moderation July 2024 
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    HATI_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 2. Active listening & giving and receiving of feedback July 2024 
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    HATI_SOS Soft Skills Training Module 1.Non violent communication July 2024 
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    Hati_SOS Soft Skils for a better world Andrea Rodríguez Valdés, Bernadett Both, Mejor Wojtek, Aneta Osuch, Karolina Silna, Peter Vittek, Maros Prcina, Eva Riecanska, Arkadiusz Wierzba, July 2024  Ekumenická akademie, 
Profilantrop Association, Ekumenická akademie, 
Profilantrop Association, RIPESS Europe, 
Utopia, 
Fundacja EkoRozwoju RIPESS Europe, 
Utopia, 
Fundacja EkoRozwoju
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    Hati-SOS Soft Skils Training Modules (in Slovak) 2024 
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    Small is Beautiful Revisited 50 Years On David Boyle, 2024 
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    One on one method Building up Social and Solidarity economy (BUSSE) Building Up Social and Solidarity Economy (BUSSE) Erasmus+ Project 2024  RIPESS Europe, RIPESS Europe, Ekumenická akademie, 
Stowarzyszenie Kooperatywa Spożywcza “Dobrze”, 
Utopia Ekumenická akademie, 
Stowarzyszenie Kooperatywa Spożywcza “Dobrze”, 
Utopia
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    MOOC on Networks of Work based adult education providers capacity building Net-Works project November 2023 
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    The Medcaravan – The Mediterranean Caravan: Learning and Sharing Agroecology glossary 2023 
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    The Best Practice Guide for Collecting Agroecological Knowledge URGENCI/MED CARAVAN, 2023 
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    Localization, is it the solution? Local Futures/Economics of Happyness, July 2021 
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    The Community Compass. An aid to orientation for community projects. Der Gemeinschaftskompass, April 2021 
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    Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation Coord. Laura Aufrère, Jason Nardi, 2021 
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    Polypoly. The 21th Century economic world-building game June 2020 
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    United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas Book of Illustrations 2020 
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    Seeds for Change, 2020 
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    Seeds for Change, 2020 
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    Organising Successful Meetings Seeds for Change, 2020 
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    Seeds for Change, 2020 
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    10 things to consider when you start a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture): 2020 
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    Guidelines for Running Effective, Democratic Meetings UAHB 2020 
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    Unit 8 : Self-evaluation questionnaire Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation 2020 
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    Unit 3 - PowerPoint 2 - Bilateral sharing experience Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation 2020 
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    Unit 7 : PowerPoint 4 - Intellectual output 2 Presentation Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation 2020 
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    Unit 7 : Working Group - Training community Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation 2020 
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    Unit 7 : Working group - action-research Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation 2020 
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    Unit 6 : powerpoint 3 - Write a case study Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation 2020 
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    The CSA farmer to farmer booklet September 2019 
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    Learn the skills, gain the knowledge, Be part of CSA August 2019 
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    Unit 1: Power point 1 : Presentation of the project Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation 2019 
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    2019 
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    SSE.E IVET : Training module 2. Democratic Management in the Social Solidarity Economy Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation August 2018  Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e. V., Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e. V., Solidarius Italia, Solidarius Italia, RIPESS Europe, RIPESS Europe, CRIES, 
APDES CRIES, 
APDES
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    SSE.E IVET : Training module 1. Social Solidarity Economy Values and Principles Social Solidarity Economy in Europe : affirming a new paradigm trhough IVET curricula innovation August 2018  Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e. V., Technologie-Netzwerk Berlin e. V., Solidarius Italia, Solidarius Italia, RIPESS Europe, RIPESS Europe, CRIES, 
APDES CRIES, 
APDES
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    the Policy Experimentation & Evaluation Platform (PEEP) as part of the ECOOPE project Christian Wolf, Dana T. Redford, May 2018 
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    Food Sovereignty NOW! An in-depth guide February 2018 
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    KISS A Guide of Sustainable practices Key Is Social Sustainability (KISS - Erasmus Project ISSE) 2018 
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    Ariel Brooks, 2018 
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    Habitat Games, 2018 
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    Textbooks and teaching guides of Center for Citizenship Education 2018 
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    Educational resources of Leeds Development Education Centre 2018 
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    Educational Material of Nazemi Nazemi, Czech Republic, 2018 
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    Tools and Publications of the Canadian CED Network 2018 
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    Amani Kibera, community youth action network on Education 2018 
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    Foundation guide: a guidebook to support the creation of innovative elderly care cooperatives icarecoops and Cooperatives Europe, December 2017 
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    Project Equity, May 2017 
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    THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT A guide to worker coop conversion investments Project Equity, May 2017 
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    by the Transition network Team, January 2017 
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    Be Part of CSA! Supporting Booklet for Training on Community Supported Agriculture December 2016 
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    Training Manual on Initiatives for a Social Solidarity Economy (ISSE) Erasmus + Marco Martinetti, October 2016 
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    Syllabus: Solidarity Economy Movements Craig Borowiak, April 2016 
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    European Commission Eva Varga, Malcolm Hayday, January 2016 
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    Transition Network 2016 
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    Propagate Pollinate Practice : curriculum tools for a just transtion Movement Generation, 2016 
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    by the Transition network Team Rob Hopkins, Michael Thomas, 2016 
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    Challenging the crisis : a guide to Social and Solidarity Economy December 2015 
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    International Guide to Fair Trade labels. A reference tool to better understand the guarantees of fair trade labels, standards, monitoring measures and how they differ from sustainable development labels Eugénie Malandain, Aurélie Carimentrand, Alistair SMITH, Ivan DUFEU, Emilie DUROCHAT, Julie Stoll, Samuel FROIS, Sivaranjani SELVARADJ, Kerstin LINDGREN, Dana GEFFNER, Jean-Louis Pernin, November 2015 
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    Community currencies. Opportunities and challenges for local government. CCIA partners at Amsterdam East council Joost Bos, Becky Booth, May 2015 
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    2015 
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    Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives Tesa Collective, 2015 
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    Online University of the LEFT : Solidarity economy (resources) 2015 
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    People Powered Money. Designing, developing & delivering community currencies. Community Currencies in Action (CCIA), 2015 
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    SCALE, August 2014 
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    No small change. Evaluating the success of your community currency project April 2014 
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    ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY TRAINING SERIES Building Leadership for the Next Economy MIT Community Innovators Lab and Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative AA.VV., 2014 
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    Building a solidarity economy movement. A guide for grassroots activism. Cooperative and Policy Alternative Center (COPAC) 2014 
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    Buy Social : A practical guide to socially responsible procurement Buy Social, 2014 
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    International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization, 2014 Leandro Pereira Morais, 2014 
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    European Handbook on Community Supported Agriculture September 2013 
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    Solidarity Economy Workshop Pathways to a just and sustainable world (Workshop) Emily Kawano, 2013 
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    The history of authentic Fair Trade Comicbook 2013 
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    The CEECEC Handbook: Ecological Economics from the Bottom-Up 2012 
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    Social and Solidarity Economy: Our common road towards Decent Work Reader for the ILO Academy on Social And Solidarity Academy 2011 Nancy Néamtan, Mathieu de Poorter, Leandro Pereira Morais, Bénédicte Fonteneau, Fredrick Wanyama, Carlo Borzaga, Giulia Galera, Tom Fox, Nathaneal Ojong, October 2011 
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    Local Social Economy Learning Package A European Curriculum for Social Enterprise Practitioners and Supporters Karl Birkhölzer, September 2009 
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    Healthy Food Systems: A Toolkit for Building Value Chains Anthony Flaccavento Appalachian Sustainable Development, July 2009 
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    Book : Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making Sam Kaner with Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk, and Duane Berger, 2007 
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    Social Economy reference guide Chantier de l’Economie sociale et autres, 2007 
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One proposal
2 Analyses/working papers/articles
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    Democratic Governance. The Design of Governance Systems for Worker Cooperatives. ICA Group, 2015 
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    The CEECEC Glossary: Ecological Economics from the Bottom-Up 2012 
A filmography
2 articles
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    Pedagogy, Participation, and the Nyéléni Global Process Ruby Van der Wekken, October 2025 
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    Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, July 2024 Andrea Carolina Rodriguez Fernandez, July 2024 

