CIESCOOP | USACH – Centro Internacional de Economía Social y Cooperativa
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Calle Concha y Toro 32-B, Santiago Centro
Santiago, Chile
Email: mario.radrigan@usach.cl
www.ciescoop.cl
Executive Director and Coordinator: Mario Hernán RADRIGÁN RUBIO (also Professor, Department of Management and Public Policy, Faculty of Administration and Economics, University of Santiago de Chile)
Newsletter: http://www.ciescoop.cl/
1. The University of Santiago de Chile
The University of Santiago de Chile, founded in 1849, is one of the most famous and prestigious institutions of higher education in the country.
2. The International Center of Social and Cooperative Economy, CIESCOOP
For several years now, USACH has taken a special interest in the study and training of social economy and associations. It is in this context that the Faculty of Administration and Economics of the University of Santiago de Chile created, in May 2009, the International Centre of Social and Cooperative Economy (CIESCOOP).
The main objective of the International Centre of Social and Cooperative Economy is the production of scientific knowledge, with a high degree of recognition at both national and international levels, which, as of January 2020, has led to the completion of more than 95 projects.
The specific objectives of the Centre are to:
a) Be able to generate a level of knowledge that allows to measure both the reality of the Social and Cooperative Economy in our country;
b) Develop training activities at the level of regular undergraduate and postgraduate studies, on the theme of Social Economy, and for professional leaders of Social Economy entities or public sector agents at national, regional and local levels;
c) Develop activities to expand and disseminate the reality of the Social Economy in Chile;
d) Develop specialized technical assistance actions;
e) Promote the broadest and deepest academic and scientific exchange in the field of the Social and Solidarity Economy at the international level.
General presentation (full text in Spanish)
COVID-19 :
Response from Actors of the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy – 2020
General Resolution about COVID-19 from CIRIEC International and CIESCOOP: