The regional meeting of Burgundy-Franche-Comté Solidarity Finance took place this Monday, March 30, at the Manège de Brack, in Dole. This network brings together 12 partners working to ensure the promotion and development of solidarity savings, in order to enable the financing of initiatives with strong social and environmental added value.
With the grouping of the Burgundy and Franche-Comté regions, the collective has just inaugurated a new visual identity to allow it “to make itself known more widely” and insisting on the message: “solidarity savings is accessible to all”, they indicated in unison Christian Guffroy (Burgundy coordinator), and Daniel Hincelin (Franche-Comté coordinator).
A little-known economy
“People know very little about the solidarity economy and its financing, savings and investment possibilities, even though it is holding up very well in the current context and its turpitudes. Unlike the global market economy, the solidarity economy does not engage in anxiety-inducing speculation. It finances the real economy and responds to real needs,” comments Christian Guffroy. The specialist assures “that contrary to what most people think, investing in the social and solidarity economy means making useful investments.”
