Last week, ICMIF participated in the Social Economy: The Future of Europe conference, organised within the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on 5-6 May in Strasbourg.

At the conference, ICMIF and other founding members, the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF); the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA); ESS Forum International; and AIM – Association Internationale de la Mutualité (International Association of Mutual Benefit Societies (AIM), formally signed the Charter of the International Coalition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (ICSSE). Signing the Charter on behalf of ICMIF was Catherine Hock, Vice-President, International Relations.