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Legitimacy, reputation and recognition by context, citizens and institutions

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Major communication challenge for organising bodies aimed at local residents.

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Promote awareness and maintain open channels of communication beyond the immediate community, avoiding the risk of becoming insular or exclusionary.

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SSE initiatives: all the initiatives presented were from SSE

financial aspects: how do we support those initiatives and maintain them as general interest

the relationship to local/locality/local partners and the notion of territory

the recognition of these initiatives as valuable, important etc.

the question of time and the importance of inscribing our initiatives in time

how to involve people (more/everyone?) in these initiatives?

(Laure)

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Participatory approach, community & local orientation

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For all the project we discussed, it was essential to carry out an inventory and diagnosis of the local situation before setting up a project, to ensure that it is adapted to the local area, that it is co-constructed with local structures and that it responds to specific needs. And so avoid off-the-ground reproduction.

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Common element and question: Who benefits from local development processes?

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Common element: the use of local ressources- ethical principles to use the local ressources.

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Training critical thinking and dialogue in order to adapt an initiative to specific contexts and real needs – there are no predefined solutions

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The habit of networking, sharing ideas and learning from each other's experiences to counter a feeling of isolation. This means avoiding a competitive approach.

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Open spaces for multifunctional initiatives 

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Open spaces for multifunctional initiatives 

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How to strengthen and disseminate the competences and skills that arise in this type of initiative? how to see them recognised by the institutions and the territory? and how to pass them on in a network logic?

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the importance of conviviality, shared spaces to meet & food as a key element to get people together

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Focus on active participation and peer exchange

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Focus on active participation and peer exchange

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Each session was designed as a space for collective learning, where participants were invited to share examples, questions and reflections from their own local contexts.

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Themes rooted in the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

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Themes rooted in the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

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All sessions were grounded in the values of SSE: equity, economic democracy, sustainability, cooperation, and respect for people and the environment.

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the difficulty for initiatives not to be recuperated from local authorities for "attractivity" of the territory, touritic logics

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Best practices and fuck-ups need to be shared. What's common in my town, maybe unusual or totally new in a different one; taking the time to tell the story of a closed project here, can boost new [adapted] ideas elsewhere.

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Safe space for learning and human connection

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Safe space for learning and human connection

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A collaborative and empathetic environment was cultivated, where each participant felt valued as part of a broader European community of practice

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All the trainings covered key topics for organizational development: communication and visibility, community participation, sustainable local development and network coordination.

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Giving power to individuals without requiring them to have pre-requisite skills, the projects enable the individuals to develop their skills together. Professional teams provide support, but the projects remain citizen-led.

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It is not easy to understand local context! It takes time to understand and communicate!

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Sessions provided not only tools and good practices but also encouraged critical thinking about potential risks (e.g. naive localism, co-optation by populist narratives).

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The power of the community ties....

power dinamycs as a weakness + awarness of its power for political advocacies