Colombia

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The Corporación CIRIEC-Colombia is a non-profit association member of the International Centre of Research and Information on Public, Social and Cooperative Economy created in 1947 as a non-governmental organization and based in Liège (Belgium).

CIRIEC-Colombia aims to build and develop a social economy sector, promoting the general interest based on a set of principles like democracy, participation, equity and equality as well as human centered and aiming at the preservation of sustainable collective resources.

Activities

a) Scientific researches: production and dissemination of knowledge in the fields of Public, Social and Cooperative Economy, participation in international research groups set up by CIRIEC International.

b) Technical and Institutional Support Projects: contribution to sustainable development of communities and regions, as well as of Public, Social and Cooperative organizations.

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c) Contact and institutional exchanges: developped with several research groups and networks, both at the national and international levels in order to promote or carry out common projects.

d) Scientific events: organization of discussion groups and regular meetings, as well as seminars and national and regional conferences to promote debates and analyses according to the Corporación’s own objectives.

e) Publications: participation in the journal Revista Cooperativismo y Desarrollo and contribution in the CIRIEC International scientific publications, publication of researches, conferences and other Scientific works.

Informe de actividades

Implication du monde universitaire aux défis et stratégies de l’économie sociale et en solidaire en Amérique latine

Scientific review: Cuadernos de Desarollo Rural

Newsletter: 

CIRIEC-Colombia offers the newsletter E-Entrevistas in which it shares interviews with leaders in the public, social and cooperative economy sector.

Available in Spanish.

To register: https://ciriec-colombia.org/revista/

Officers

(updated: April 8, 2025)

Legal Representation:

Hernando ZABALA SALAZAR (President), Professor, Universidad Luis Amigó de Medellín (hzabala2010@hotmail.com)

Executive Board:

Hernando ZABALA SALAZAR (President), Professor, Universidad Luis Amigó de Medellín (hzabala2010@hotmail.com)

Ana María TORRES HERNÁNDEZ (Vice-President), Professor, Universidad Minuto de Dios, Bogotá (anatorres@uniminuto.edu)

Ana Milena SILVA, Professor, Universidad de la Rioja, Logroño, España (anamilena.silva-externo@unir.net)

Marietta BUCHELI GOMEZ, Associate Professor, Facultad de Estudios Ambientales y Rurales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá (mbucheli@javeriana.edu.co

Mónica LÓPEZ SANTA MARÍA, Associate Professor, Universidad Del Rosario (monicalopezsantamaria@gmail.com)

Pablo Emilio GUZMÁN RODRÍGUEZ, Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá (pe.guzmanr@javeriana.edu.co)

Scientific Committee:

Juan Fernando ÁLVAREZ RODRÍGUEZ, President of the Scientific Committee, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá (juanfernandoalvarez@gmail.com)
Miguel A. GORDO GRANADOS
Sandra LÓPEZ de MESA OSES
Fabio OREJUELA
Crescencio ORREGO
Raquel OSES CABRERA
Nillireth Paola RODRÍGUEZ
Fabián Enrique SALAZAR VILLANO
Mónica Eliana ARISTIZABAL
Ubeimar OSORIO ATEHORTUA
Ana Beatriz GARZÓN OLAYA

Section details

Address
Corporación CIRIEC-COLOMBIA
Centro de Investigación Documentación e Información de la Economía pública, social y solidaria de Colombia
Street 16 No. 30-63
C.P. 110311 Teusaquillo, Bogotá
Colombia
Phone (+57-317) 4559761 - (+57-311) 2521750
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