European Meeting of Complementary Local Currencies

October 27–28, 2025 in Bordeaux

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Context

Since 2010, the Mouvement Sol and the Network of Local Authorities Committed to a Solidarity Economy have been cooperating to organize the National Meetings: Local Authorities – Local Currencies. These meetings aim to improve collaboration between local authorities and organizations in charge of local currencies (also known as community or social currencies), in order to boost the local economy and strengthen a just transition within the territories.

For several years now, we have felt the need to expand this event to a European scale. Europe is full of monetary initiatives, yet there is currently no gathering that brings together these citizen-led collectives and the local authorities they cooperate with, in order to sit at the same table and concretely discuss the future of local currencies at the European level.

The European Local Currencies Meeting is therefore conceived in this spirit of mutual recognition and horizontal organization among the actors of local monetary development.

The event is part of the Bordeaux GSEF 2025 Forum, organized for the first time in France and in Bordeaux, which also holds the title of World Capital of the Social and Solidarity Economy.

Program

Monday, October 27 – European Panorama of Local Currencies

2:00 pm – Official Opening
Welcome by the City of Bordeaux and Mouvement Sol.

- Jean-Baptiste Thony, Municipal Councillor, City of Bordeaux
- Ingrid-Hélène Guet, General Delegate of Mouvement Sol

2:15 PM – Opening Plenary

Overview of Local and Community Currencies in Europe
Patrick Viveret, Founder of the Mouvement Sol
Lluis Muns, Specialist in Local Currencies

3:30 pm – Roundtable
Emblematic International Experiences – Lessons Learned

Christian Gelleri – Chiemgauer (Bavaria, Germany)
Nikolas Blain – Eusko (Basque Country, France)
Jeová Torres Silva Junior – Mumbuca (Maricá, Brazil)
Giuseppe Littera – Sardex (Sardinia, Italy)
Matthew Slater – Author and Economist (Community Forge)

Moderator: Nicolas Franka, Founder of the Movement for Monetary Diversity (MoDi)

4:45 pm – Exchange Session
Open presentations by the local currencies present.

6:00 PM – Practical and Logistical Information
Presentation of the next day’s sessions and introduction of the Gemmes currency exchange desk (local currency of Gironde).

👉 This first day is dedicated to getting to know each other, sharing practices, and comparing territorial realities.

Tuesday, October 28 – Cooperating for the Future

8:45 am – Welcome Address

- Pierre Hurmic, Mayor of Bordeaux

9:00 AM – Plenary Session
Overview of European Networks of the Social and Solidarity Economy

Luca Pastorelli, Executive President, DIESIS Network

10:00 AM – Thematic Workshops :

1️⃣ ECONOMIC MODELS OF LOCAL CURRENCIES
Facilitator: Bérénice Dondeyne (MES)
Speakers: Nikolas Blain (Eusko), Christian Gelleri (Chiemgauer)

2️⃣ DIGITALIZATION OF LOCAL CURRENCIES
Facilitator: Benoit Verbeiren (Muntuit)
Speaker: Stéphan Sainléger (Lokavaluto)

3️⃣ LOCAL CURRENCIES IN THE JUST TRANSITION
Facilitator: Jason Nardi (Ecolise)
Speakers: Ingrid-Hélène Guet (Mouvement Sol), Servaas Van Huylenbroeck (Muntuit)

4️⃣ NATIONAL NETWORKS OF LOCAL CURRENCIES
Facilitator: Adeline Girard (Institut des Monnaies Locales)
Speakers: Eric Dewaele (Financité), Constance Andre-Aigret (Mouvement Sol)

5️⃣ EUROPEAN FUNDING – BUILDING COMMON PROJECTS
Facilitator: Dante Edme-Sanjurjo (Project Consultant)
Speakers: Annemie Hendrickx (Segretaria Economia Solidale Trentina), Maxime Malafosse (NGI Local for Local)

2:00 pm – Plenary Session

Presentation of European Cooperation Projects on Local Currencies: the Cross-Border Basque Currency Project

- Joana Mendiboure Garaiar, Mayor of Oiartzun (Euskadi)

Dante Edme-Sanjurjo, Project Consultant

3:00 pm – Thematic Workshops:

6️⃣ COOPERATION BETWEEN LOCAL CURRENCIES
Facilitator: Dante Edme-Sanjurjo (Project Consultant)

7️⃣ TOWARDS A COMMON ADVOCACY STRATEGY
Facilitator: Gabriella Gimigliano (RAMICS / University of Siena)
Speakers: Nicolas Franka (MoDi, NGI Local for Local), Ingrid-Hélène Guet (Mouvement Sol), Jason Nardi (RIPESS)

8️⃣ LINKS WITH THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY AND ETHICAL FINANCE
Facilitator: Bérénice Dondeyne (MES)
Speaker: Ruby van der Wekken (RIPESS)

9️⃣ LOCAL CURRENCIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Facilitator: Kathrin Latsch (monneta gGmbH)
Speakers: Anne-Laure Federici (RTES), Bruno Paternot (Montpellier Métropole), Miriam Dean (Zinne)

5:20 pm – Plenary Feedback Session

- Ingrid-Hélène Guet (Mouvement Sol)

6:00 PM – Final Round Table
Resilient Territories and the Just Transition: What Role for Local Currencies in Europe?

- Maxime Baduel, Delegate for the Social and Solidarity Economy, French Government
- Mahel Coppey, President of RTES
- Timothée Duverger, Researcher and Head of the TerrESS Chair, Sciences Po Bordeaux
- Sarah de Heusch, Director of Social Economy Europe

- Moderator: Dante Edme-Sanjurjo, Co-President of the Mouvement Sol

6:00 PM – Closing Remarks

👉 This second day focuses on collective action and the co-construction of a European network of local currencies.

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Event Organizers

For this European edition, we have brought together a wide range of actors in order to build a program co-created democratically and enriched by cross-border collective intelligence. Below is the composition of our organizing bodies.

Technical Committee:

- Mouvement Sol (French Federation of Local Currencies),
- RTES (Network of Local Authorities Committed to a Solidarity Economy),
- The City of Bordeaux,
- La Gemme (the Local Currency of Gironde).

Steering Committee:

Composed of a diversity of local currencies from several European countries, as well as local currency networks such as MoDi (Monetary Diversity), Financité, Muntuit, and the Observatori de la Moneda Complementària (OCC).

Take Part in the Event

Are you a monetary initiative, a local authority, an institution, a social and solidarity economy organization, a research laboratory, a student, or a media outlet? You are most welcome!

The event is free of charge upon registration.

All practical information will be communicated by email to registered participants.

A system of simultaneous translation (French ↔ English) will be provided.

For any questions: animation[@]sol-reseau.org

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