4. The establishment
• The People's University of Social Solidarity Economy
was established in Thessaloniki in February 2013
by PROSKALO (Cooperation Initiative for the Social
and Solidarity Economy) and until 2017 it operated
as an informal collaborative collectivity, relatively
autonomous from PROSKALO.
• On April 25, 2017, the founding assembly was
established, which created the social non-profit
cooperative "People's University of Social Solidarity
Economy" with the distinctive title "UnivSSE Coop".
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6. Cornerstone is
the constant interaction between theory and
practice because “it is not enough for thought to
strive for realization, reality must itself strive
towards thought”.
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7. It is based
on the dual nature of
cooperatives:
Social – Economic
and consequently the dual
nature of cooperative
education:
Ideological –
Financial/Technical.
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8. The UnivSSE educational methodology
is based on the principles of
adult learning:
1. Ideas are linked to action
2. The focus of the
educational process is the
student
3. Learning by discovery
4. Critical thinking
5. Two-way interaction
between teacher - student
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13. 100 broadcasts (2015-2919) in FM 100,6 Thessaloniki
Municipal Radio of volunteers (and on-line at
http://www.fm100.gr/live/fm1006), recorded and posted
on a channel of the UnivSSE Coop in Mixcloud.
Broadcasts
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14. Educational material
UnivSSE website provides free access:
• audiovisual material (135 archives) with a thematic
directory on:
• SSE General and special theoretical issues
• Commons and SSE
• SSE Networking
• SSE Examples - good practices
• bibliographic material (154 archives)
• informative publications (500 archives)
• The audiovisual material is constantly being listened to (from
all over Greece), which have exceeded a total of 27,000.
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20. European program for Social Innovation
Centers (SEED)
European program for the creation of
Social Innovation Centers in EU
countries.
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21. SSE Training Program of the Hellenic Ministry
of Work & British Council
Creation of educational material and
implementation of seminars for the
training of trainers in SSE.
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22. European program for enhancement of social
entrepreneurship in the cross borders area
Implementation of training seminars in
SSE for municipality executives and
local SSE office, as well as in schools
(program “Growing Social”).
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23. European program for supporting social enterprises
in combating poverty and social exclusion
Studies (program "Social Plate“):
"Developing a Policy to Enhance SSE“
"SSE Good Practices“
"Franchising Guide for SSE“.
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24. Ecological awareness enhancement program
Participation in a program to enhance
ecological awareness and promote
environmental volunteering.
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25. European program on impacting
transformative economies
Participation in the European program:
Youth Impacting Transformative Economies
through Game-design (YITEG).
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26. European program for the creation of science
- citizen nodes
Participation in a European program to create
science-citizen hubs to lead to institutional
change and to support responsible research
and innovation in society (INCENTIVE).
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27. Seminar for the working members of Bios Coop
Implementation of a seminar for the
working members of the social consumer
cooperative of Thessaloniki “Bios Coop" in
collaboration with the Education Committee
of Bios Coop (2020-2021)
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28. Center for Recycling, Education and Sorting at
the Source
SSE cooperative consortium for the
creation of a Center for Recycling,
Education and Sorting at the Source in
Thessaloniki.
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29. Training of
vulnerable
groups
Introductory Seminar
in SSE at the Second
Chance School of
Diavata Prison in
Thessaloniki
Object:
possibilities for
cooperatives to be
created by the
prisoners involved
after their release
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UnivSSE Coop has launched a
program for the publication of key
books on SSE and commons issues,
based on the priorities and needs
arising from the development of
relevant collectives in Greece.
The first edition was made with the
book "Water as a Common Good,
Beyond the Corporations and the
State", 2017.
In this framework, publications of
books on general and special
issues of SSE are in progress.
40. Participation in
the
establishment
of a network of
62 SSE
cooperatives
for the
cooperative
water
management in
Thessaloniki
and co-
operation with
local
authorities
(2018)
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42. "PROSKALO"
Cooperation Initiative for the
Social and Solidarity Economy
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, THROUGH
ANOTHER ECONOMY AND SOCIETY,
COLLABORATIVE AND SOLIDARITY
www.proskalo.net
58. Award for Excellence in SSE, 2019
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Award for Excellence in Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)
was awarded to People's University of Social Solidarity
Economy "UnivSSE Coop" by the Region of Central
Macedonia, the University of Macedonia and the Democritus
University of Thrace for the social responsibility and voluntary
involvement of its participating members.
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We participate in
the creation of
another world,
which is not only
possible and
necessary,
but real.