With less than six months of the presidential election and three years after the start of the “yellow vests” crisis, one in two French people today say they are dissatisfied with the current economic model. This is what a study conducted by the Harris Interactive Institute for French Impact reveals, an association created in 2018 by the public authorities to mobilize all stakeholders (project leaders, social and solidarity economy companies, communities, incubators, etc. beehives, investors, etc.) who want to make social innovation a lever for transformation. While only 53% of those polled believe that the current model creates jobs, 57% believe that it is not effective in reducing social inequalities or guaranteeing a good standard of living. But that doesn't mean they can say what the right alternative would be ...
Read also
Covid-19: the financing of associations will be facilitated
Hence the month of the social and solidarity economy (SSE, representing 10% of GDP and 14% of private employment in France) which begins on Tuesday, November 9 and intends to bring, through the highlighting of 700 territorial projects with social and environmental impact, a first element of response.
“We want to get the SSE out of its ghetto
, pleads Stéphanie Goujon, general manager of French Impact.
It is a modern sector that creates value and jobs that cannot be relocated, is connected to territories, uses technology… SSE is just a different way of doing business to build a more responsible economy, capable of reconcile economic activity and social utility. "
It remains to convince the French and the decision-makers ...