Beyond the limits, 5th edition Festival of Civil Economy - Economics

'Beyond the limits: the commitment that (us) transforms': this is the theme of the fifth edition of the National Festival of Civil Economy, which takes place from 28 September to 1 October at Firenze.La event, which received the Medal of the President of the Republic, is promoted by Federcasse, the national association of cooperative credit banks and rural banks, and by Confcooperative, organized and designed with Next - New economy for all, with the collaboration of Sec - School of Civil Economics and the contribution of Fondosviluppo, Assimoco, Ucid, Mus.e - Firenze, Federazione Toscana delle Bcc, Coopersystem and Assicoper.
Among the protagonists of the 2023 edition, which opens on the 28th at the Polo di Novoli of the University of Florence and continues in the Salone dei 500 of Palazzo Vecchio, the Nobel prizes Joseph Stiglitz for economics and Shirin Ebadi for peace and Kaushik Basu, former chief economic advisor to the government of India and economic head of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. Maria Teresa Bellucci, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Augusto Dell'Erba, President of Federcasse, Maurizio Gardini, President of Confcooperative, Stefano Zamagni, President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Andrea Bocelli, the former Minister of Labour and Social Policies Elsa Maria Fornero, the Mayor of Florence Dario Nardella, Leonardo Becchetti, Director of FNEC and Co-founder of Next, Luigino Bruni, president of Sec. And then Alessandra Petrucci, rector of the University of Florence, Elena Beccalli, professor of economics at the Catholic University, the writer Eraldo Affinati, Alessandra Smerilli, secretary of the dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development, Ester Barel and Vanessa Pallucchi, respectively spokesperson for Friday For Future and the Third Sector Forum, Marcella Mallen president of Asvis, Ruggero Frecchiami, general manager of Assimoco Spa, the writer Marianella Sclavi, Gianluca Galletti, former Minister of the Environment, the principals Annalisa Savino, of the Leonardo Da Vinci high school and Eugenia Carfora, of the ITI and Alberghiero Caivano, Matteo Spanò, president of Muse, the astrophysicist Ersilia Vaudo, Aldo Cazzullo, Mario Antonio Scino, head of cabinet of the Ministry of the Environment, Giovanni Battista Costa, president of Next economy; Isabella Conti, Mayor of San Lazzaro di Savena.
The start of the work in the four days at 9:30: lectio civilis, dialogues, workshops and panels will alternate (the latter in all 40). These will be accompanied by the awards for the Ambassadors of Civil Economy, the novelty of this edition, on the Shared Administration realized with the Third Sector Forum, the formats with established storytellers and young talent and creators, educational appointments for students, educational workshops for children, exhibitions for families and evening events with DJ sets, shows and talks by Malika Ayane, Colapesce Dimartino, Fasma and the Byzantine Academy.
The FNEC aims to provide sustainable, civil and participatory responses to global shocks and challenges in the era of artificial intelligence and major social transformations and is conceived as a stage of a process. "The social and economic system in which we live - explain the promoters - has gone beyond its limits and the civil economy indicates a possible way out that has a fundamental characteristic in itself: the solution cannot be lowered from above. Rather, it requires the commitment of everyone, especially young people who will be involved in over 50 workshop courses as well as protagonists of the first transformative hackathon on the civil economy, where students, associations and local authorities develop ideas and proposals with the aim of transforming the suburbs and areas considered 'marginal' in Italy".