VALENCIA, WORLD CAPITAL OF THE PUBLIC, COOPERATIVE AND SOCIAL ECONOMY
Valencia was on 13, 14 and 15 June 2022 the world capital of the Public, Cooperative and Social Economy, with the celebration of the 33rd CIRIEC International Congress. The Congress was held under the theme “New global dynamics in the post-Covid era: challenges for the public, social and cooperative economy“. It was a very special and intense event. And a great success, backed by multiple milestones: the participation of a total of 1,217 congress participants and guests from 33 countries; 300 communication proposals received, of which 184 were accepted and 132 were presented in 19 sessions. And two keynote speakers of the highest level, such as the Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, and the economist Mariana Mazzucato, both highlighting the essential role that co-operativism and the social economy have and will have in our societies.
CONGRESS DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE
THE OPENING CONFERENCE
The opening lecture, entitled ‘Cooperating for a better future‘, was given by Paul Krugman. The 2008 Nobel laureate in economics analysed the influence of the social economy in reducing inequality and climate change. He also reviewed the role of the public economy in relevant aspects such as the response to the covid-19 pandemic. Nearly 1,200 people attended the conference, which brought together managers of social economy enterprises, heads of the public sector and administrations and university professors in the Auditorium of the Palau de les Arts de València.
News of the Congress
The 33rd International Congress of the International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC) will be held in Valencia (Spain) on the 13th, 14th and 15th June 2022. The Congress will be held under the theme “New global dynamics in the post-Covid era: challenges for the public, social and […]
CIRIEC Spain and CIRIEC-International are stepping up preparations for the 33rd CIRIEC International Congress, to be held from 13 to 15 June 2022 in Valencia. To this end, on 22 and 23 November, the city hosted a series of CIRIEC meetings and institutional receptions, as well as a visit to the venue for the Congress, […]
The 33rd CIRIEC International Congress will feature an exceptional panel of top-level speakers, an inaugural lecture by Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, and a closing lecture by Mariana Mazzucato, a leading economist in the analysis of the role of government as an engine of innovation. Paul Robin Krugman (b. 1953) is an American economist, professor and […]
The 33rd CIRIEC International Congress will be held at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (www.lesarts.com/es/). After the inauguration of the Hemisfèric in 1998, the Science Museum in 2000 and the opening to the public of the Oceanogràfic in 2003, the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía completes the artistic and architectural component that […]
EXCEPTIONAL SPEAKERS

Paul Krugman
Nobel Prize in Economics 2008

Nicolas Schmit
EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights

Mariana Mazzucato
Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose · University College London

Juan Antonio Pedreño
President of CEPES

Adoración Mozas
President of CIRIEC-Spain

Emili Villaescusa
President of the Confederation of Cooperatives of the C. Valenciana

Dorothea Greiling
President of the CIRIEC International Scientific Council

Mavi Mestre
Rector of the University of Valencia

Marie J. Bouchard
President of the CIRIEC International Scientific Commission on Social and Cooperative Economy

Christie Morreale
Vice-President of the Walloon Governmen (Belgium)

Rafael Climent
Regional Minister of Sustainable Economy, Generalitat Valenciana

Juan Fernando Álvarez
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)