Ecuador Confluence

The Meeting of Transformative Economies "Weaving an economy for the sustainability of life" is a process of articulation of actors and is linked to the work being carried out by the Social and Solidarity Economy Working Group of the Universidad Central del 1 Ecuador, with its research project: "Historical conceptual reconstruction and systematization of experiences of Community Economy and Solidarity Economy in Ecuador", which is financed by the ARES-AI Programme. This proposal links the actors related to experiences and the promotion of other forms of economy or so-called transformative economies, such as the Social and Solidarity Economy Movement of Ecuador (MESSE), the Maquita Foundation, the Intercontinental Network of Social and Solidarity Economy RIPESS LAC and the World Forum of Transformative Economies. The meeting seeks to generate a space for learning and exchanging experiences around other practices and understandings of what the economy should be, and in this way to promote life in all its forms and the potential of people and their territories. Transformative economies offer a possibility of alternatives to the crises and contradictions of capitalism, developmentalism and conventional growth.