Case Studies

Community supported foods and farming
The Urgenci International Network, Kobe Conference April 2010
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Judith Hitchman

Transition Towns, UK
# October 2009
Judith Hitchman

Association for Serva Seva Farms (ASSEFA)-India. A holistic approach to local and community development aiming for self-sufficiency
Article published in the International Newsletter on Sustainable Local Development, #60
# July 1, 2009

The Social Enterprise Task Force - SETF
Workshop 7 Lux’09
# April 2009
Ben Quiñones

MALAYSIAN NETWORK OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Workshop 7 Lux’09
# April 2009
Denison Jayasooria

Chiemgauer, Germany and Banco Palmas, Brazil
Social money for sound community development
# January 2009
“Miguel” Yasuyuki Hirota

Mahaguthi Craft With A Conscience
Alleviating poverty Fair Trade in Nepal
# January 2009

VisionFund (Cambodia )
Microfinance, as a vehicle for serving the Poor in both urban and rural areas
# January 2009

Mainstream Marketing for Community Based Enterprises Upland Marketing Foundation Inc., in the Philipines
Interventions for Indigenous People (IP) and Upland communities in the Philippines – to secure land tenure, increase productivity through agro-forestry and provide marketing assistance to address economic concerns.
# January 2009
René A. Guarin

People’s Organization for Development of Imports and Exports (PODIE)
a Fair Trade social enterprise in Sri Lanka
# January 2009

Alalay Sa Kaunlaran, Inc. (ASKI) as a social enterprise in the Philippines
A micro-finance insitution in favor of micro-enterprise development
# January 2009
Rolando B. Victoria

Inner City Development Cooperative (Quezon City, Philippines)
Article published in the International Newsletter on Sustainable Local Development, #44, Dec 2007
# Dicember 2007
Yvon Poirier

The vision the Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-Operative Union (Japan)
This article was originally published in the International Newsletter on Sustainable Local Development #40. July 1st, 2007
# July 2007
Yvon Poirier

Organizations promoting CSR
Case study from the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006
# 2006
Vincent Commenne

New business models
Case study of the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006
# 2006
Vincent Commenne

Meeting local needs 2
Case study of the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006
# 2006
Vincent Commenne

Meeting local needs: Fersol in Brazil
Case study of the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006
# 2006
Vincent Commenne

Meeting local needs
Case study of the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006
# 2006
Vincent Commenne

Collaboration with stakeholders
Case study of the book Social and environmental responsibility, 2006
# 2006
Vincent Commenne

Interview with Julienne Houngbo, ACFB (Association of Financing Funds of Benin) , Cotonou, Republic of Benin
Julienne Houngbo is a member of the Association of Financing Funds of Benin (ACFB), where she currently holds the position of president.
# November 22, 2003
Aurélien Atidegla

Interview with Joaquim Alves de Souza, Cooperativa Agroecológica Pela Vida/COOPEVIDA (Agro-ecological Cooperative for Life) - São Raimundo das Mangabeiras, Maranhão, Brazil.
Joaquim is a member of COOPEVIDA. At present he is the General Coordinator of CENTRU-MA (Educational and Cultural Center for the Rural Worker) and Vice President of CCAMA (Association of Agriculturalist Cooperatives of Maranhão). Together with his family, he owns a 33-hectare (81.5-acre) property in Mangabeiras County, southern Maranhão.
# November 22, 2003
Marcos Arruda

Interview with Luis Andraca, member of the Council of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina
The following interview was carried out on 22 November 2003 in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán (Argentina), where different organizations and social actors who had been called to "Espacio NOA"[2] were taking part in the meeting "Social organizations and politics: Do we join in or are we already in?"
# November 22, 2003
Jose Luis Coraggio

Interview with CEDESA and REMECC (Mexican Fair Trade Network)
The first organization works on integral development in several farmers communities in the region of Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato. The second, on trade at a national level; they are part of the (Latinamerican Network of Community Trade), based in Equador. Works in the context of solidarity economy towards selfconsumption and responsible consumption in order to achieve a selfcentered development.
# December 1, 2003
Chilo Villareal

Interview of Maria Guadalupe Castañeda, Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico
Works in the field of the support to agricultural projects according to principles of fair trade. Offers support for organizations through advisory services, planning, and assessment in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico.
# December 1, 2003
Chilo Villareal

Interview of Austreberta Luján, Chatino Indians Community, Oaxaca region in Mexico
Production and consumption of organic Jamaica coffee of quality according to principles of solidarity economy.
# January 1, 2004
Chilo Villareal

Interview of Gonzales MamaniJusto, Gies Cusco (Rural Business Advice Services) - Pastry Business in Arequipa (Peru)
Pastry and buy of Community products, products ecological and apiarian products
# January 1, 2004
Humberto Ortiz Roca

Interview of Lozada Seminario Marianella, Solidarity Economy Initiative Group - Chiclayo (Peru)
Activity in the domain of formation, production and comecialisation in Peru
# January 1, 2004
Humberto Ortiz Roca

Interview of Pariona Fredy, Fair trade shop, Huancayo (Peru)
Activity in the domain of fair trade
# January 1, 2004
Humberto Ortiz Roca

Interview with Salomón Hernán Zerpa - President of the PUNHA Network and Mayor of Abrapampa -Argentina
Organizations and different social actors who had been called to “Espacio NOA” were taking part in the meeting “Social organizations and politics: Do we join in or are we already in?"
# January 1, 2004
Jose Luis Coraggio

Interview of Walter Velasquez Nuñez, GIES Cusco - Rural Business Advice Services - Peru
GIES Cusco - Rural Business Advice Services
# January 1, 2004
Humberto Ortiz Roca

Interview of Josephine Gruta and Rolando Londonio - Golden Harvest Christian Ministry International, The Philippines.
In a very degraded economic framework, the Bayanihan economy or solidarity economy in Philipinnes puts at the center the questions of formation, the importance of God, to be delivered attitude of begging and to learn how to save and also undertaking in a different spirit.
# February 2, 2004
Ben Quiñones

Interview of the Golden Harvest Christian Ministry International, The Philippines.
This association coordinates 7 popular organizations and 4 homeowners associations in 11 villages. Activities include formation of values, community organization, capital build-up, enterprise development, and spiritual renewal. It follows the principles of the "Bayanihan" economy or solidarity economy in the Philipinnes.
# February 2, 2004
Ben Quiñones

Interview with Annie Garcia - Golden Harvest Christian Ministry International
The "Bayanihan" economy or Solidarity economy in The Philipinnes, importance of the spiritual element and to permit at poor communities to reach a form of success. There is also a work on the productive chain making it possible the popular organizations to exchange between them. These projects allow a substantial improvement of the quality of life of the implied people.
# February 2, 2004
Ben Quiñones

Interview of LJOR Fellowship, the Philippines
LJOR Fellowship coordinates 7 popular organizations in 7 villages. Activities include formation of values, community organizing, capital build-up, enterprise development, and spiritual renewal. It works following the principles of the "Bayanihan" economy or solidarity economy in the Philipines.
# February 2, 2004
Ben Quiñones

Interview with the Pasay City Cooperative Office, Philippines
The Pasay City Cooperative Office promotes the creation and strengthening of cooperatives (housing problems and identification of economic projects for the populations of the shantytowns). Organization, coordination and networking of 10 people’s organizations in 10 villages.Importance of wisdom and spirituality.
# February 2, 2004
Ben Quiñones

Interview of NETECO - Integral Human Rights Organization, Puebla, Mexico
Importance of the work of group and to improve food.
# March 1, 2004
Chilo Villareal

Interview of ORNI - Organización Nahuatl Independiente, Nuevo Nexaca, Puebla, Mexico
The ORNI is a Social Solidarity Society gathering six Indigenous Villages of the region of Nuevo Nexaca, Puebla, Mexico. Promotion of work in the field of health and food according to the principles of self-management and fair trade. Importance to remember the history of the community, which implies the importance of the role of women.
# March 1, 2004
Chilo Villareal

Interview with Mr. Victor Deguenon, Houéyiho Gardeners Cooperative (CJH), Cadjèhoun, Cotonou, People’s Republic of Benin
Mr. Victor Déguénon is 60 years old, is married and has 8 children. He became a gardener on 5 January 1972. He had already been elected President of the Gardeners Association in 1992. Due to the reforms arising from the decentralization, he was re-elected President of said Association in the latest elections, in order to contribute, in the light of his experience, to the development of his cooperative.
# April 23, 2004
Aurélien Atidegla

Interview of Sheelu Francis, Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective, Tamil Nadu – India
Sheelu Francis is an outstanding leader of the 60 thousand-strong women’s collective, active in the whole state of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Sheelu is also the international spokesperson for the Collective, speaking about the impacts of international trade, debt and activities of transnational corporations on local development, on food security and sovereignty.
# April 2, 2004
Marcos Arruda

Interview of Oscarina Camillo, Cooperativa de Trabalho na Área de Psicologia - Coop Mútua-Ação (Work Cooperative in the Field of Psychology - Mutual Action Coop in Santo André (Brasil, Sao Paolo)
Oscarina is a representative of the workers affiliated to the Brazilian ECOSOL movement, leader of the Sao Paulo Solidarity Economy Forum (Foro Paulista de Economía Solidaria), and second representative of the southeastern region in the executive coordination of the BSEF-Brazilian Solidarity Economy Forum.
# March 10, 2004
Rosemary Gomes

CONSORZIO ETIMOS, Italy
Case study of the Finsol workshop
# July 1, 2002
Marco Santori

Presentation of Banca Etica, Italy
Case study of the Finsol workshop
# June 1, 2000
Francesco Bicciato, Laura Foschi

MUFFA CAMEROUN ( Mutuelle Financière des Femmes Africaines)
Case study of the Finsol workshop, Cameroun
# June 1, 2002
Alice Tchepannou

Community Networking and Solidarity
Case study of the Finsol workshop, India
# 30 juin 2002
Dr. Elizabeth (Bina) Thomas

The Historical Perspective – Case Study of Savings and Credit Associations in Albania
Case study of the Finsol workshop
# May 14, 2002
Ruth Egger

Comparative analysis of the MYRADA and SEWA cases, India
Case study of the Finsol workshop
# April 23, 2002
Teresa Cerveau