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The 1st International research conference on Social Economy was organized by CIRIEC International jointly with the Canadian Social Economy Hub and CIRIEC-Canada and was held in Victoria from October 22th to 25th 2007. The conference was organized around many themes:
- The Social Economy and communities
- The Social Economy and community-based research
- Understanding the impact of the Social Economy
- Developing the Social Economy
- Change and transition within Social Economy institutions
- The Social Economy, accountability and democratic practice
- Public policy for the Social Economy
- The Social Economy in the circumpolar North
- Economic Theory
- The continental models
- Expanding the Social Economy
- Learning about th Social Economy
- The Social Economy confronting adversity
- Social responsibility and the Social Economy ….