Dagli USA, al Camerun fino alla Croazia, un week end davvero speciale

di Antonella Ferrucci e Maja Calfova

E’ un week end molto particolare quello che stiamo vivendo per l’annuncio di Edc: ieri Economia di Comunione ed il messaggio dei Giovani da San Paolo al Mondo sono stati presentati a New York, all’ONU, nel corso del side event nell’ambito della Conferenza ONU sullo sradicamento della povertà: siamo in attesa di notizie circostanziate dagli USA per aggiornare tutti.

Sempre in queste ore a Douala, in Camerun, primo degli appuntamenti della delegazione Edc con le Università di questo grande paese africano.

On the first weekend of February, the 2nd international meeting for entrepreneurs, students and EoC board members of Southeast Europe will take place at Mariapolis Faro (Croatia).

The EoC and the great zone of Eastern Europe toward 2031

4-5 February 2012
Mariapolis Center Faro
Franje Rackoga 32
48260 Križevci (Croatia)

80 participants are expected to come from about 10 countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria) at the Second EoC Congress of Southeastern Europe, with 10 spoken languages! This is an important moment for all those who, in this part of the world, take part in the reality of the EoC. Will be an opportunity to share the life lived, the experiences, difficulties and questions. Luigino Bruni will be present and with him, they will try to focus on the step to be taken after all that has emerged from the EoC Assembly in Brazil. The momentum and enthusiasm in building together a bigger EoC is even more fascinating, it is great. It contributes to that EoC towards 2031 which was clearly expressed at the International Assembly. In Croatia they are confident that all the EoC in the world will accompany this moment. 

At Augsburg, an EoC pilot project of Contecta Immobilienverwaltung GmbH brings savings of 88% on energy costs in a residential complex

by Winfried Baetz-Braunias

“"Improving energy performance of a condominium complex is a real challenge. Decisions and funding must be approved collectively by the entire community of owners,” says Thomas Hüttl,  EoC entrepreneur and owner, with his wife Christine, of Contecta Immobilienverwaltung GmbH in Gersthofen near Augsburg in Bavara.

Contecta, with nine collaborators currently administering approximately 2,500 homes in the region of Augsburg and Dresden, received a €15,000 prize for energy innovation from LEW, a regional producer of electricity, for a complete energy reconstruction of the first of 18 buildings of a residential complex built in 1954 located in Augsburg.

February 3, 2012 Side Event on the EoC in the Commission for Social Development of the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council

New York: The Economy of Communion at the UN Conference on Poverty Eradication

February 3, 2012, 12:15 p.m.
UN North Lawn Building
New York

"Poverty Eradication: Developments in the Economy of Communion in Freedom", the side event organized by New Humanity, the non-governmental organization that represents the Focolare Movement with General Consultative Status in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The event is part of the 50th Session of the Commission for Social Development, which will be held February 1-10, 2012 at the United Nations.

Data on the allocation of profits, the census of the companies in the world, the culture of communion, and a survey on the identity of the EoC

A whole year of the Economy of Communion: data and information provided on the EoC Report range from September 2010 to September 2011. The report is divided into three parts: businesses, culture of communion, the poor; calling this the “3 thirds” of the allocation of profits, the foundation of the EoC project. Numerical data and colorful graphics are easy to understand as it accompanies the history of the project’s twentieth year from the protagonists themselves.

Note: the attachment containing the survey on the EoC’s “Identity and Future” was done by Simona Di Ciaccio during the International Assembly last May 2011 in Brazil.

The report is available online, we invite you to download and browse it. Happy reading! 

 Download the report here