Reader Summer School 201018 to 23 July in Florence, Italy

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1. Welcome •WelcometothethirdInternationalSummerSchoolonSocialBanking.......................................... 3 •AbouttheSummerSchoolonSocialBanking.................................................................................. 4 •GeneralGoals.................................................................................................................................. 4

2. Introduction •SummerSchool2010:„Bankingonvalues-whatvalues?“............................................................ 4 •Aboutus.......................................................................................................................................... 5 -InstituteforSocialBanking....................................................................................................... 5 -BancaEtica............................................................................................................................... 6 •Getinvolved:TheISBOnlineNetwork............................................................................................ 6 •TheSummerSchoolTeam.............................................................................................................. 7

3. Speakers and Abstracts •TheModerators............................................................................................................................... 8 •TheSpeakersinOrderofAppearance............................................................................................. 9

4. How: Some of Our Methods •WorldCafe..................................................................................................................................... 26 •OpenSpaceMethodology............................................................................................................. 27 •SocialSculpture............................................................................................................................. 28 •SocialClowning.............................................................................................................................. 29 -TheClowns -TheMethod •YourContributiontotheSummerSchool...................................................................................... 29 •Literature....................................................................................................................................... 30 5. Logistics •TheVenue...................................................................................................................................... 31 •Arrival............................................................................................................................................ 31 •Directions....................................................................................................................................... 31 •Publictransport............................................................................................................................. 32 •Goodtoknow................................................................................................................................ 32 •Whattobring................................................................................................................................. 32

7. And now? What‘s next after the Summer School 2010 •Stayintouch.................................................................................................................................. 33 •SummerSchool2011..................................................................................................................... 33

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WelcomeWelcometothethirdInternationalSummerSchoolonSocialBanking:Banking on values – what values?!Thismeans:Welcomeeverybodytoaweekfullof:•SocialBankingandSocialFinanceinitsmanyfacets•Valuesinbanking•ThepresenceandfutureofBankingandFinanceinsociety•Like-mindedandinterestedpersons–bothwithintherefereesandamongsttheparticipants•Speeches•Workshops•Questions•Discussions•Inspiration•Imagination•Culture•FunandJoy…andwhateverelseyoumakeoutofit!

Pleaseknowthatwe–yourorganisers,theInstitutefor Social Banking (ISB) and Banca Etica – try ourbesttomakethisweekasunforgettableaspossible.Atthesametime,beawarethatyouarethecentralpartinit.Wehugelylookforwardtoyourquestions,your inputs, your ideas,your thoughts,yourvaluesand your practical proposals how to change thecurrentbankingandfinancialsector.Weunderstandourselvesastheserviceprovidersforyouwhomwedesignedthisprogrammeandspacefor.Atthisplace,wewouldliketoverymuchthankourdearcolleagueSvenRemerwhoactuallyisthe“mastermind”behindthisyearsprogramme!

Inthisreaderweincludedforyou•Informationonus,theorganisersandourotherprojects•theprogrammeandtimeline•informationonthespeakers,theirspeechesandbackgrounds•themethodsandpossibilitiesofcontributiononyourselves,soyoucangettoknoweachotherbetterandstayintouch,

•somereadingimpulses,•importantlogisticalinformation•andsomeoutlooksonhowtostayintouchandreallymakeadifference.

WewouldbemosthappyifoutofthisSummerSchoolsome “real” projects and collaborations evolved,that shape our future and the future of bankingandfinanceinthewayweassumeisagoodoneforhumanity.Sinceweassume,youarefamiliarwiththebigchallengesofourtime,wedonotrepeatthemanyexisting reports and studies on thefinancial crises,climatechange,populationgrowth,urbanisationandbiodiversity.Theyjustunderlinetheurgencytoreflectonandchangehowweuseandinvestmoney.We hope we can all together make this a fruitful,intense,relaxedandinspiringtime.AndenjoyFlorenceandbeautifulTuscany!

Ourkindestandwarmestregards,Katharina Beck (Moderator at the Summer Schooland Managing Director of the Institute for SocialBanking)Mirjam Fochler(HeadofOrganisationoftheSummerSchoolandco-workerattheISB)Julian Kühn (Executive Director, Institute for SocialBanking)Ugo Biggeri(PresidentofBancaEtica)

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About the Summer School on Social BankingIn2010, it’s theSummerSchool’s3rdbirthday.Thewholemovement started in 2006when around 80participants from diverse countries came togetherforincredible10daysduringahotsummertodiscussabouttheexistingandfuturetrendsinSocialBankingandSocialFinance.Out of this intense experience, inDecember 2006,the Institute for SocialBanking (ISB)wasborn (seebelow), designed to provide training and researchon Social Banking and Social Finance. Today, theInternational Summer School on Social Banking isoneofthecentralrecurringprojectsoftheISB.Ithastakenplaceeverytwoyearssince2006.Each Summer School takes place in the homecountry of one of ourmember institutions (pleasehavealookatourAnnualReport2009)becausewewanttooffereachofthemaplatformtoshowthatSocial BankingandFinancehas a long track recordand is an internationally renowned tool. In 2008,weco-operatedwithMerkurBank inDenmarkandin2010,BancaEtica isourgreatpartner. Since thedemandforparticipatingintheSummerSchoolwasextraordinarily high in 2010, we now decided toorganiseaSummerschoolonayearlybasis (seeattheendofthisreader“SummerSchool2011”).

General GoalsTheSummerSchoolprovidesauniqueopportunityfor interested and engaged people to meet anddevelopnewperspectivesonbankingandfinance.WithintheSummerSchool,we•createawarenessfortheroleofbanksinsocietyandtheeconomy,•presentcasesandbestpracticesofalreadyexistingsociallyorientedbanksandbankingproducts,•questionthepersonalrelationshiptomoneyandthepresentbankingsystem,•offerspacesforcreativeandsolution-orienteddiscussionsonbankingandfinanceandtheirrole

insociety,•criticallyreflectontheconceptsandideasbehindsociallyorientedbanking.

Summer School 2010: “Banking on values

– what values?”InadditiontointroducingSocialBankingingeneral,everyInternationalSummerSchoolonSocialBankingaddressesamaintopic.In2010,wefocuson“Bankingonvalues”andask“whatvalues?”theseactuallyare(alsoseearticle“ValuesinBanking”).Asbankingisasocialinteraction,wewillalsolinkthesediscussionstoourpersonalvalues(seespeechofRolfKerleronSunday).Thefollowingtopicswillbecoveredspecifically•Valuesinbanking•Theimpactofbankinginandonsociety•Microfinance•Bankingasacommons•SocialBanking2.0•IndividualandorganisationalcompetenciesforSocialBanking•Ratings,ReportingandLabels•Theroleofdonationsintheeconomy•Ourcapacitiesforchange

Duetotheinteractivemethodsapplied(seebelow),you will also have the opportunity to proposeadditionaltopicsduringtheconference.Italy–originofmodernbankingFlorenceisanidealplacetodiscussbankinganditsvalues.ItwasinItalythatcurrentbankingwasactuallyinvented: In the first half of the past millennium,traders started tomerchandisemoney onwoodenbanksonthestreets–“bancos”inItalian–andthisis where our modern “bank” has its origin. Withinfluential families such as the Florentine Medici,banking as we know it today, becomes global andinfluences political decisions of kingdoms and theVatican.ButwhataboutSocialBanking?Ofcourse,Florence isnotonly rich in itseconomichistory and inventions, but also in all forms of

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culturalactivity.Incrediblevaluesinarts,knowledgeandarchitectureareathomeintheTuscancity.Beinspiredbytheseuniquesurroundings!In thespeechofRicardoMilanoandSimoneSilianion Sunday evening, youwill hearmore about thisinspiringhistoryandplace.

About usTheSummerSchool isaprojectof the Institute forSocial Banking (ISB). And for every edition,we co-operatewithoneofourmemberorganisations(seeAnnualReport 2009) all across Europe.By this,wepromote the Social Banking and Finance idea in asmany countries as possible and,most importantly,we can support our respective partners with theinternationaloutreachfortheirapproach.Institute for Social Banking

TheInstituteforSocialBankingpromotesaconceptoffinanceandbankingthatspecificallyorientsitselftowards a perception of and responsibility for thedevelopmentofbothpeopleandplanet.Forthispurpose,wewanttocontributetoachangeinparadigm.Thiswillbepossibleifmoreandmorepeople develop a new - ethically and socially-ecologicallyoriented-understandingofthemonetary,bankingandinsurancesector.Training and Research for Change AgentsOurwork intends toenableworking independentlyand innovatively and to get engaged in sociallyoriented entrepreneurial ventures. Our offers areaimed at interested employees of ‘alternative’ and‘traditional’banksandfinancialinstitutions,businessandbanking students, aswell as interestedpeoplefromotherbackgrounds.Ourprojectsandactivitiesinclude:•MastersonSocialBankingandSocialFinance(seebelow)•InternationalSummerSchoolonSocialBanking(thisiswhyyouarehere…)•ExpertSeminarsforBankers•IntroductionSeminarstoSocialBanking•PublicationoftheISBPaperSeries•Dialoguewithotherrelevantthinktanks•FirstBachelorelectiveonSocialBankingworldwide•LecturesandLectureSeries

Connecting education, research and praxis

The activities of the ISB are targeted at examiningboth practical problems / successes of the sociallyorientedbanksandfinancialserviceprovidersandtoreflectontheseacademically.Thisintendstosupportpractitionersandtodisseminate‘bestpractice’.Theinsightsgainedfromtheresearchalsoensureahighstandardinthetrainingactivities.

Where we come from

As described in the “About the Summer School”section,thebirthoftheInstituteforSocialBankingiscloselyconnectedtotheSummerSchoolin2006.However,theideaofa“WorldwideInstituteforhumanbanking”hadalreadybeenaroundinformanyyears.ItwasmainlyJulianKühn,today’sExecutiveDirectoroftheISB,whohadagainandagainorganisedtrainingsandseminarsfortheco-workersoftheexistingSocialBanks and Finance Initiatives around Europe.Withtheirsimilarapproach(theaimtoshapesocietyforgoodthroughmoney) itappearednaturaltomergethe knowledge acquired in decades of individualpracticesandtousetheseeventstodevelopajointapproachandtoincreaseone’sexperience.These trainings and seminars culminated in theorganisation of the first International SummerSchool on Social Banking in 2006, organised bythe GLS Treuhand e.V. in Herne, Germany. Just 5months later, in December 2006, 10 Social BanksandFinancialServiceProvidersfoundedtheInstitutefor Social Bankingwith the goal to be a center forandfurtherdeveloptrainingandresearchonSocialBanking and Social Finance. Today, the ISB has 13member institutions. So far, around 750 personshaveparticipatedatISBevents.Everymonth,around2.000persons(uniquevisitors)visittheISBwebsite.In2009,itwasawardedasofficialprojectoftheUNDecade“EducationforSustainableDevelopment”.In March 2010, it’s MA Social Banking and SocialFinance was awarded the “Continuing-Education-Award 2010” by the German Federal Institute forContinuingEducation.Website:www.social-banking.org

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Banca Etica

Banca Etica’s Foundation is our close co-operationpartnerforthe3rdInternationalSummerSchoolonSocialBanking.Foundedin1999byasolidgroupofItaliannon-profitorganizationst,itwasthefirstSocialBankinItalyandtodayhasover200employeesandmorethan15branches.

The Idea

The idea behind Banca Etica consists in creating aplace where savers, driven by the common desireofamoretransparentandresponsiblemanagementof financial resources, may meet socio-economicinitiatives, inspired by the values of a sustainablesocialandhumandevelopment.Thebankmanagessavingsraisedfromprivatecitizens,assinglesorfamilies,organisations,companiesandinstitutionsingeneral,andinveststhemininitiativespursuing both social and economic objectives,operating in full respect of human dignity and theenvironment.InsuchcontextBancaEticasetsouttoeducatebothsavers and borrowers by enhancing the awarenessoftheformersabouttheirsaving‘sdestination,andencouragingthelattertodeveloptheirmanagementandentrepreneurialabilities.BancaEticadoesnotsetouttorejectthebasicrulesof finance, but it rather seeks to reform its mainvalues.

The Principles

The principles which inspired Banca Etica‘sincorporation and which today distinguish andcharacteriseitseverydaywork,arestatedinarticle5ofitsArticlesofAssociation:The Company adopts the following principles ofEthicalFinance:•ethicallyorientedfinanceisawareofnoneconomicconsequencesofeconomicactions;•accesstofinance,inallitsforms,isahumanright;•efficiencyandsobernessarecomponentsofethicalresponsibility;•profitproducedbytheownershipandexchangeofmoneymustcomefromactivitiesorientedtowardscommonwell-beingandshallhavetobeequallydistributedamongallsubjectswhichcontributetoitsrealisation;•maximumtransparencyofalloperationsisoneof

themainconditionsofallethicalfinanceactivities;•theactiveinvolvementofshareholdersandsaversinthecompany‘sdecisionmakingprocessmustbeencouraged;•eachorganisationwhichacceptsandadherestotheprinciplesofethicalfinanceundertakestoinspireitsentireactivitytosuchprinciples.

Website:www.bancaetica.com

Get involved: The ISB Online Network The platform for the associated partners of theInstituteforSocialBanking

To facilitate networking between the people whowork in theareaof Social Banking and/or Finance,who want to learn more, who are interested orhaveany connection to the subject,wecreatedaninternational online „facebook“ at social-banking.ning.com. This platform is supposed to supporta participative and dynamic development andspreadingofSocialBankingandFinancebybringingtogetheracticeandinspiringpersonswithacommonmindsetandownopinions.Youcanusethisnetworkto:•foundgroupsonspecialtopics•postblogsoninterestingsubjects,experiences,questions,projects•discusstopics•searchforjobs,people,ideas,inspiration•publishjoboffers•shareinformation,videos,photos•introduceinterestingbooks,articlesetc.•announceevents•makevalue-basedbankingandfinanceamoreandmoreself-evidentattitude.

Specifically for the Summer School we founded agroup „Summer School on Social Banking 2010“within the network. The group is open to SummerSchoolparticipants2010andismeanttosupportalivelyexchangebetweentheparticipantsinadvanceandintheaftermath.Hereyoucanfindhindsonwhattobring(alsointhisreaderinthe„Logistics“section),youcanarrangetravel-groupsandtalktoeachother,postquestionsandusethefact,thatallmemberswillbeparticipatinginthesameevent.Wealsointroducerelevantliteratureinthegroup„Reading“.Tobecomememberofthenetworkyouhavetobeinvited.Ifyou

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haven’t got an invitation yet, please sendanemailtosummerschool@social-banking.org.Website:social-banking.ning.com

The TeamWeare verymuch looking forward tomeetingyouinFlorence!Pleaseusethepossibilityofhavingtheteamaroundyouallthetimeandfeelfreetotalktousaboutanythinganytime-beitorganisationalstuff,questionsorideasabouttheISBactivities,specialorcommontopics-you‘realwayswelcome!

ISB:SvenRemer(programmedesignandspeakers)KatharinaBeck(moderation,PRandorganisation)JulianKühn(overhead)MirjamFochler(headoforganisation)ThomasPetruschke(supportatthevenue)Patrica Ciecierski (Design of reading materials andsupportatthevenue)

Banca Etica’s Foundation:AlbertaBidini(organisationandcontacttovenue)UgoBiggeri(programmeandspeakers)IrenePalmisano(PR)SimoneSiliani(contactsandspeakersinFlorence)

ModeratorsYou will be guided through the week by twopersons:Katharina Beck, Managing Director at the ISB, isyour“host”.Shewill leadyouthroughthecontent,introduceyoutothespeakersandkeepyouup-datedabouteverythingelseyouneedtoknow.Shelley Sacks, Director of the Social SculptureResearchUnitinOxford,will leadyouthroughyourpersonallearningjourney,soyoucantakethemostoutofthisevent.Weareveryhappytoworktogetherwith her and to learn from her holistic learningapproach.Beinspired!Otherpersonswhoplayacentralroleintheofficialprogramme are Chris Seeley and Robert McNeer,please read more about them in the „Methods“sectionofthisreader.

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Katharina Beck Shelley Sacks

Katharina Beck is a graduatein Regional Sciences of LatinAmercia and now workingas Managing Director at theInstitute for Social Banking(www.social-banking.org). Sheis responsible for, amongstother things, Communication,the International SummerSchool and other seminars. In2008,shewaspresidentofoikos

International(www.oikos-international.org).Katharina is a LEAD Fellow (www.lead-europe.org), writes online at www.kathas-welt.de aboutsustainablelifestylesandlivesinCologne,Germany.

Sheispersonallydrivenbythewishtoenableeveryhumanbeingto livea life indignity.Seeingclimatechange as one of the most urgent problems forhumanity,shetriestofindwaysforshiftinghowtheeconomyisworkingnowadays.Financeandpersonalvaluesplayamajorroleinthis.Therefore,Katharinafocuses on increasing awareness about bankingand finance and also about how the „westernlifestyles“canbechangedtowards„sustainability“-understandingthiswordasabilitytolivenowandinthefuture.katharina.beck@social-banking.orgTelephonenumber:+49-176-23175779.

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Shelley Sacks(DirectorofSocialSculptureResearchUnit,OxfordBrookes University, UK) is anartist whose interdisciplinaryworkisconcernedwithdialogue,creativeagency,therelationshipof aesthetics and ethics,facilitatingnewvision,andtheroleofimaginationintransformativesocial process. She is a Readerin Art and Principal Lecturer at

OxfordBrookesUniversity,Oxford,UK.SheisDirectoroftheSocialSculptureResearchUnit,CourseLeader- Masters in Interdisciplinary Arts and Masters inSocialSculpture,GraduateResearchsupervisorandconveynorof the Social SculptureResearch Forum;Convenor - Art, Culture, Sustainability - university-wide, cross sector research cluster and initiator oftheUniversityof theTrees social sculptureproject.AftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofCapeTownin1972(withdistinction),shestudiedinGermanywithJoseph Beuys as well as taking up a postgraduatescholarship at the Kunstakademie, University ofHamburg in1974.Shelley iscurrentlyworkingwithcultural scientist, Dr. Hildegard Kurt, on a book on

AestheticEducationforSustainabilityandaspartofanannualEuropeanProgrammeinWeimar,Germany,exploringnewmethodologiesofengagementlinkingtheaestheticdimensionandculturetosustainability.ShelleyisalsoworkingonseveralothercollaborativewritingprojectswithWolfgangZumdick;anda‘SocialSculptureReader’withZumdick,KurtandDr.WalterKugler.Herworkincludesmorethanfortyliveactions,site works, projects and installations; grass rootsculturalandpoliticalworkinSouthAfricainthe70sand80swithafocusonsocialsculptureandcooperatives,as well as writing, performing and lecturing in arange of contexts across the world. Her acclaimedsocial sculpture project, Exchange Values (http://www.exchange-values.org)withbananagrowersandconsumerswaspresentedat theWorldSummit forSustainableDevelopment2002.InJune2008ShelleyinvitedChrisSeeleytocollaborateinthedesignanddeliveryofa3-day‘ConnectivePractices’symposiuminOxford.InOctober2008ShelleyledaworkshopattheWorldCulturalEconomicForuminNewOrleanson social sculpture and creative communities. In2009 she contributed a social sculpture process totheNobelLaureatesSymposium, inLondon,ontheClimateCrisis.Thelong-termsocialsculptureprojects

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University of the Trees (www.universityofthetrees.org) and Ort des Treffens (www.ortdestreffens.de)areacentralfocusofherwork.Shelleyisco-founder,withasmallgroupincludingMarittaKoch-Weser,ofthenewSocialSculptureAssociation(London/Berlin)designedtofurtherglobalsocialsculptureinitiatives,

independent of formal institutional frameworks. In2012hersocialsculptureprojectswillbepresentedin Tokyo at Watari-Um, co-curated by Dr. WalterKugler.ssacks@brookes.ac.uk

Chris Seeley

Chris Seeley (Co-Directorof theAshridgeMastersinSustainabilityand Responsibility, AshridgeBusinessSchool;SocialClowning,UK) started life with drawing,painting, making - a childhoodinformed by creating - beforestudyinggraphicdesign,movinginto a corporate identity andthen industrialmarket research

andnewbusinessdevelopment.Shebroadenedherhorizons at the turn of the century to encompasswider global issues and seeks to re-integrate her

expressivecreative life intoherworkasaresponseto sustainability and the current world situation.SheisaVisitingFellowUniversityofBath’sSchoolofManagement,andaResearchAffiliateattheSocialSculptureResearchUnitatOxfordBrookesUniversityintheUK.SheisCo-DirectoroftheAshridgeMastersinSustainabilityandResponsibilityatAshridgeBusinessSchool. She also works worldwide with public,privateandeducationalorganisations incorporatingdifferentwaysofknowingbeyondthe intellect intoan improvised, unmediated way of receiving theworld,allowingspontaneousresponsestoemerge.chris@wildmargins.com

Robert McNeer(SocialClowning)is a theatrical educator, actorand director; cofounder of LaLuna nel Pozzo (The Moon inthe Well), a cultural centre inthe countryside near Ostuni(Brindisi province), in southernItaly,where he hosts amonth-long summer theatre festivalin a stone amphitheatre of his

construction.Asidefromleadingworkshopsthereintheatreandclownwork,he continueshis theatricalresearch with non-professional actors throughoutItaly, teaching in schools and psychiatric wards, aswellaswiththedifferently-abled.Herecentlyopenedpractical research into clown and neuro-motorrehabilitation with Parkinsons patients in Venice,and regularly conducts seminars for Rudolf SteinereducatorsinGermany.www.la-luna-nel-pozzo.com.lupo.teatro@libero.iRobert McNeer

Rolf Kerler (Co-Founder andMember of the SupervisoryBoardofGLSBankandWeledaAG, Germany), born in 1941near Stuttgart, Germany. AfterhisapprenticeshipinbankinghestudiedSociologyandEconomicsinMannheimandMunich.Since1968activeinanthroposophicalbanking institutions inBochum,

Germany. Cofounder and businessmanager of theGemeinschaftsbank in Bochum and GLS Treuhandfor 21 years. 1988 – 2002 board member of theGeneral Anthroposophical Society and responsiblefor finances. Since 1991 member of the board ofdirectors of Weleda AG (2003 – 2009 president).Business manager of Stiftung Evidenz Arlesheim/Schweizr.kerler@sunrise.ch

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Ricardo Milano (Banca Etica,Italy)

Florence and central Italy:people and places where the banks and the social banks were born.(Sunday 18:30)Florence and Tuscany havebeen in the XV century, fromthe economical/financial pointofview,whattodayisNewYork

andhisdistrict:thecapitalofthebusiness.The banks of themerchant-bankers were not onlypowerful, but also initiators of a global economicsystemthathaveanticipatedtheactualreality.But fromTuscanyand fromtheCenter Italyfigureshavealsoemergedthat,departingfromtheideaofthePovertyofSt.FrancisofAssisi,theyhavecreated,thanks to the Franciscan (but also Dominican)economy,thepremisesofthemarket(thatcivil).ThishasbeentheforerunnerofthatcapitalisticinitiateintheXVIIIcenturythankstotheEnglishthinkersthatithashoweverdefeatedandmadetosetasidethatcivil.Theconsequencesareundertheeyesofeverybody.Whichthenthereasons forsuchoriginsandwhich

the developments? As I am indeed been born theBanksandastheyaredeveloped?Whatdoesitteachusthispast?If today theworld, kind that sensitiveandopen tothe happiness of all the people has, and hewantstohave,trustinthesocialbanksweabsolutelyhaveto rediscover the true origins and towork us. Theincrostazionisthathavebeenyouhavenotcertainlyallowedabalanceddevelopmentofthesystemandthe crisis that today the world is living points outhim.Toknowthehistorymeansnot torepeat thedoneerrors.Todayweare repeating theerrors really forourignorance.TuscancharactersandFlorentinesasSt.Bernardinofrom Siena, Sant‘Antonino in Florence and othersthathave livedhere are symbolic toour goals andmustberediscovered.Infact,ifthewayischangedtomanagethemoneyandthat tomakeenterprise, thephilosophyof themoneyanditsethicsisnotchanged:moneyisforthehumanity andnot thehumanity for themoney. Torediscoverthisistoreallyrediscoverthepartbetterthaneveryhumanbeing.rmilano@bancaetica.it

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An individual’s perspective on values, money and banking (Sunday 15:45)

The lecture gives opportunity to dive once moreinto the beginnings of the Bochum Bank whosedevelopmentIhaveparticipatedsince1968.First do, then understand, what new values havedevelopedinpracticalbankinglife.

Inthecourseoftimemanyvaluesforanewbankingcameabout–oftenconnectedwithgeneralsloganslikesustainable,social,ecological,ethicaletc.My personal values refer not somuch to contentsbuthavemoretodowithmethods,withhowtodealwithpeopleandmoney.

Simone Siliani

Simone Silinai (FondazioneBanca Etica, Italy) was bornin 1962. He holds a Degreecertificate in Electronics anda University degree in ItalianliteraturefromtheUniversityofFlorence.Heheldseveralpoliticalpositions in the Tuscan Region,was town councillor for cultureand international cooperationfortheCityofFlorence,became

then responsible for research and developmentat the Cooperativa Archeologica in Florence and is

now member of staff at the Fondazione CulturaleResponsibilità Etica, being responsible for thedevelopmentofprojectsinthefieldofethicfinanceandenvironmentalsocialsustainabilityaswellastheco-organisationofTerraFutura.siliani.fondazione@bancaetica.org

Florence and central Italy:people and places where the banks and the social banks were born.(Sunday 18:30)

Can we speak about a “Medici effect” in makingFlorenceperhapsthemostpowerfulandprosperousPrincedominEuropebetweenXVandXVIcentury?If

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Andreas Weber (IndependentWriter,Germany;Authorof“BioKapital”)

„BioKapital“ The role of finance/banking in the problems we face and in their solution (Sunday 20:30)

Basic economic assumptions– including most of which arevalid for socially responsible

economicactivities–aregroundedontoamoreorlesshiddensetofvalues.Thesevaluesaretypicalofamodernistworldview,comprisingatime-arrowviewof history, determinism, objectivism, reductionism,the idea of the illusionary nature of feelings, theassumption of endless human needs and more

broadlyadualistview.Iwillarguethatthisdualismisaflawedworldviewwhichbesidesotherproblemsleadstoanuneconomiceconomics.Iwillunfoldthisargument in three steps, analyzing (1) the hiddenvalues of natural services outnumbering theworldGDP of human activities by orders of magnitude,(2)thetruenatureofhumanneedsasanembodiedorganic being, and (3) the resulting picture of thewhole biosphere as the „real“ economy, includingthe„market“,butshowingitselfcharacteristictraitsof a commons-based management system. I willclassify a set of biosphere/commons-based valuesasguidelines fora shift fromanuneconomic toaneconomic economy, which could also be called an„economyoflife“.frankandreasweber@gmx.de

Ulrich Thielemann

Ulrich Thielemann (ViceDirector Institute for BusinessEthics,Universityof St.Gallen,Switzerland) was born in1961 in Remscheid, Germany.He studied from 1982-1988economics at theUniversity ofWuppertal,Germany,(Dipl.-Ök.)andparticipatedintheDoctoralProgram of the University of

St. Gall (1988-1989). From 1990 to 1996 hewas aScientificAssistantofProf.PeterUlrich,withwhomheworkedoutaqualitativeempiricalstudyontheethicalthinking-patternsof (Swiss)managers,publishedas„Ethik und Erfolg“ in 1992 (Paul Haupt). He wrotehisdissertation-thesison „TheMarketPrinciple -ACritiqueoftheLogicofEconomicExchange“,publishedin1996(PaulHaupt).HewasVisitingScholarattheAmericanUniversity,Washington,D.C.,pursuinghishabilitation-thesison„CompetitionasaConceptof

so,whatisthis“Medicieffect”allabout?Essentially,inlinkingtogethereconomicpowerandartandculturedevelopmentthroughoutinnovation:thisisthefocusof whatwe usually call Renaissance and that, in aratherreductivemanner,weidentifywiththegeniusofacertainnumberofartistsinthefieldofvisualartsandsculpture.ButtheFlorentineRenaissanceismuchmorecomplex:itsurelyhadanEuropeandimensionanditconsistedinthefactthatsomanyrichesandbusiness energies where addressed to a kind ofculturethathadapowerfullinnovativemomentum.ItwasdifferentfromtheculturethatwasteachedinUniversitiesandfromtheartthatwascommissionedbytheChurch(theonlyartbuyerintheXVcentury).AtacertainpointnewPrinces,brilliant,aggressive,willing to compromise (and even worst), finds outthatitcouldbeveryusefulandpleasanttosurroundthemselveswithnotonlybeautifulmasterpiecesbut

alsooriginal,togetherinanewdialoguewithAncientArt. Conditions that are not even thinkable in theContemporaryBerlusconianItaly.Butletusnotevenoverestimate the renaissance: it was not only forstyle,culturethatabankerusetoaskanartistforaportrait;itwasclearlyamatteroffashion,amatterofeconomicinvestmentanddemonstrationofpersonalpower.The story of Renaissance Florence it is not one ofseparateworlds:totheroleplayedbycultureintheworldofpoliticalpower,correspondesaroleofthemechanism of political power and markets in theworldofartsandculture.Thepointisthatabankerof the XV century has built magnificent building,purchased tapestries,commissionedpaintingsthatare still admired:whatabankerof theXXI centurywillleavetoposterityisnotyetclear.

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Justice“ and at the Department of Economics derUniversity of East London, United Kingdom. Since2001heisVicedirectoroftheInstituteforBusinessEthics at theUniversity St. Gallen and holds chairsinPhilosophyandBusinessEthics.Since2005he isAssociateProfessorofBusinessEthicsattheGraduateSchool of Management/University Educatis. UlrichThielemann is author of numerous books andpublicationsinscientificjournalsandanthologies.ulrich.thielemann@unisg.ch

The role of social banking for a good market economy. Ethical visions and challenges. (Monday 11:30)

Themarket, leftalone,hasthetendencytooccupyallspheresofthelifeworldwithitsownlogic.Thisisethicallywrongandcannotbejustified,asitcomes

down to an ‚ethics‘ of the right of the powerful(themost solvent and themost productivemarketparticipant).Theeconomyisnotjustthepuremarket,butalsopartofthelifeworld.Agoodmarketeconomy(socialmarketeconomy)is,bydefinition,embeddedin cultural values and in norms of fairness andmoderation.Socialbankinghasanimportantroletoplayinsustainingandmodernisingtheideaofasocialmarketeconomy.However,truebusinessethicsfromintegrity, which social banking demonstrates andsupports,mustalwaysbebackedupbyanappropriateordo-politicalframework.Withoutsuchaframework,socialbankingwill be squeezedoutby competitiveforces,or remainanicheatbest,with itspotentialtosustaining,strengtheningandmodernizingatruesocialmarketeconomyleftunused.

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office and moved to The Netherlands. Besides hisoverall responsibilities at Executive board level,Pierremainresponsibilitiescoverriskmanagement,finance, business banking, and emerging markets.He serves as boardmember of several investmentfunds managed or sponsored by Triodos Bank inmicrofinance, fair trade, renewable energy, andsocially responsible investments. He started hiscareer inbankingatGeneraleBank inBelgiumandheldseveralpositionsininternationaltradefinance,international banking with emerging countries,corporatebankingandcreditriskmanagement.Pierre.Aeby@triodos.nl

Triodos Bank‘s perspective on values in banking(Monday 15:30)

Triodos Bank has pioneered values-driven bankingfor 30 years. Itsmission is tohelp create a societythatpromotespeople’squalityoflifeandhashumandignityatitscore.FoundedinTheNetherlands,thebank has developed to become an internationalgroup with branches in the Netherlands, Belgium,TheUnitedKingdom,Spain,andGermany,andwelldeveloped fund management activity. With thesupport of 250,000 customers, the bank financesprojectsinseveralsectorssuchasrenewableenergy,organicagriculture,microfinance,fairtrade,health,education,andculture.VotedMostSustainableBankoftheyear in2009byTheFinancialTimes,TriodosBank advocates a new approach to banking thatfocusesonthecommongoodtheycandeliver.TriodosisamemberoftheISB.www.triodos.nl

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Malcom Hayday

Hayday, Malcolm (Head ofCharity Bank, United Kingdom)In1993MalcolmHaydaymovedfromthedarksideofinternationalbankingtocivilsocietywherehejoinedCharitiesAid Foundationto develop a market in loanfinance:investinginthecommongood,notjustgivingtocharity.In2002heco-foundedtheCharity

BankofwhichheisalsoChiefExecutive.TheCharityBankistheworld’sfirstgeneralregisteredcharitytobeauthorisedandregulatedasabank.CharityBankprovidesagrowingrangeoffinancialservicesforthecommongood.Itisadifferentbankforpeoplewhowantadifferentworld. In just7years, theworkofCharityBankhastouchedthelivesofover3millionpeople in the UK and, increasingly, in the widerEurope.Itseesitsgrowththroughpartnershipwithlikemindedpeopleandorganisations.

Ugo Biggeri

Ugo Biggeri (Co-Founder ofBanca Etica, Banca Etica‘sPresident, Italy) is Chairman oftheBoardofDirectorsofBancaPopolareEticainItaly.Heholdsa University degree in Physics,aPhDinElectronicEngeneeringand a Post graduate degree inHealth Physics. After researchexperiences he worked as

consultant for sustainabilityof renewableenergies,waste management and ecolabelling. Since hisactivities as co-founder of Banca Etica in 1995, heheldseveralpositionswithintheorganization:From1996to1999hewasChairmanofthe„AssociazioneFinanzaEtica“, from1998 to2007hewasmemberof Banca Etica‘s Board of Directors, from 2003 tospring2010hewastheChairmanofthe„FondazioneCulturaleResponsabilitàEtica“ and inMayhewaselectedChairmanoftheBoardofDirectorsofBanca

PopolareEtica.biggeri.fondazione@bancaetica.org

Banca Etica‘s perspective on values in banking(Monday 15:30)

BancaEticawasfoundedin1999byasolidgroupofItaliannon-profitorganizations.Nowithasabout33thousand shareholders of which almost 4.000 areorganizations. Its aim is to finance activities withsocial and environmental added value. All loansgrantedtosuchactivitiesarebrieflypresentedonthewebsite(bancaetica.com).BancaEticacollectsabout700 million euro, it has 13 branch offices spreadon the entire Italian territory; moreover throughFIARE,BancaEticaoperatesinBilbaoandBarcelona(Spain).The Bank is member of several internationalorganizations active in social banking (eg. GABV,Sefea,Febea,Inaise,ISB...).www.bancaetica.com

Jean Pierre Caron

Jean Pierre Caron (Vice-President of the Board of LaNef, France) is Vice-presidentof the Supervisory board ofLa Nef (Société financière),also active in the associationLa Nef (now for gift money)sinceitsfoundationin1979.Heworks also as a consultant onorganisational development inseveralcompanies.

JeanPierreisalsopresidentoftheAdvisoryBoardoftheISB.direction@association-lanef.org

Values to make sense : general aspects, and practice in la Nef (Monday 15:30)

Valuesappearindeedasadifficultmatter,howevermore and more necessary. Nowadays the term“managementbyvalues“isrecognizedasapossiblestyleofmanagement.Butwhatisreallythemeaningofworkingwithvalues,whataboutthepathfromdefinitiontopractice,aretheresomerisks,someconditionsforsuccess?.LaNef hasworkedout its values starting from thefrench notion of “brotherhood” in the economy,also out of somenecessities linkedwithmoney asapotentialsourceofethicalrenewalinthefinancialworld.LaNefisamemberiftheISB.www.lanef.com

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Marco Morganti (BancaProssima, Italy), CEO andfounder of Banca Prossima,holds a degree in RenaissancePhilology and has worked invarious roles, mainly in thepublishingindustry,forover10years.Since2003,hehasbeeninchargeoftheBank&SocietyLab in Intesa Sanpaolo. In June

2006,Morganti startedworkingon the ideaof thefirstbankinEuropecompletelydedicatedtononprofitorganisations: Banca Prossima of Intesa SanpaoloGroup,whichbeganitsoperationsinFebruary2008.riccarda.zezza@intesasanpaolo.com

Banca Prossima‘s perspective on values in banking(Monday 15:30)

InNovember 2007, Intesa Sanpaolo created BancaProssima as the first European bank exclusivelydedicatedtothenonprofitsector,suchascharities,religious organizations, cooperatives, settling 120million euro in equity for its start up. Two anda half years later, Banca Prossima counts 9.500customers,foratotalof1,2millioneuroin lendinganddeposits.The bank has the specific object of “fostering thecreation of the Common Good through traditionaland specialised banking tools”, and its activity isstructuredalongfourmainstrategicdirectives:

1. increase the customer satisfaction for currentlyserved organisations (and gain new customers)throughtailor-madeproductsandservicesdistributedby dedicated professionals with experience asvolunteers:theRelationshipManagers;2. its Fund for the Development of the SocialEnterprise, fedbyat leasthalfof thebank’sprofits(allofthemforthefirst10years),whichbringsaboutmutualityacrossallclientorganisationsandenableslending towards borrowers or projects that wouldotherwisebepricedoutofcredit;3.externalguidanceandassessmentviatheSolidarityandDevelopmentCommittee,astatutorycommitteewhich contributes to the design of the operationstrategyandassessmentoftheeffectivenessfortheFundforDevelopmentoftheSocialEnterprise;4. a credit rating model for social enterpriseswhich takes into account both the legal and fiscalpeculiaritiesof thesebusinessesandcomplieswithBasel2criteria.Theeffectivenessof thecredit ratingmodelandofthefundhasresultedinalowpercentageofbadloans(0.5percentversus5.5percentthatistheaverageinItaly).www.bancaprossima.com

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Charity Bank‘s perspective on values in banking. Can some banks really be different? (Monday 15:30)

Drawingonthethemeofadifferentbankforpeoplewho want a different world, Malcolm Hayday willuse the short experience of Charity Bank to showhowdisenchantmentwith themainstreambankingsector has allowed Charity Bank to grow by beingtruetoitsvalues.Thesepermeatethebankandarereflected not only in thewayweworkwith saversandborrowers.CharityBankisamemberiftheISB.www.charitybank.org

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Andreas Neukirch

James Niven

Andreas Neukirch (Member oftheBoardofGLSBank,Germany)isborn in1960 inDüsseldorf /Germany.Afterapprenticeshipinbankingandstudiesofbusinessadministration at the universityinCologne(Dipl.Kfm.)hehadexecutivefunctionsindifferententerprisesofthecooperativefinancial system. Since 2002memberoftheboardofthe

GLS Bank with responsibilities in the followingdomains: human resources, bank-wide control,lending,paymenttransactions, IT-Orgaandaudit.Furthermore responsible for affiliated companieswithintheGLSgroupandthereforememberoftheexecutive board of the GLS Beteiligungs AG andGLSEnergieAG.Prioritiesinprojectsforrenewableenergies. Engagement in the internationalcollaborationofethic-ecologicalorientedbanksbythemembershipintheboardofINAISE(International

AssociationofInvestorsintheSocialEconomy)andinthesupervisoryboardoftheISB(InstituteforSocialBanking).AndreasNeukirchishonorarymemberoftheboardofacharity-alliance(Caritas)withit´shomecareestablishment(CaritasAlten-undKrankenhilfe).Especiallyhisengagementinprojectsdealingwithdifferent formsof cross-generational living andthecommunallivingisreflectedinassistingsuchinitiatives.Inhisfreetimeheisapassionatelong-distance- runner. He is married, has three adultchildrenandlivesinLippstadt.andreas.neukirch@gls.de

GLS Bank‘s perspective on values in banking(Monday 15:30)

GLSBank,foundedin1974,isthefirstecologicallyandsociallyorientedbankinEurope.Itnowadaysbringstogethermorethan80,000customersand,in2009,hasabalancesheetof1,4Bn.Euors.GLSBankisamemberofINAISE,theGABVandtheISB.www.gls.de

James Niven (Global Alliancefor Banking on Values, UK) isProgramme Manager for theGlobal Alliance for Banking onValues (www.gabv.org) andHeadofPublicAffairsatTriodosBank(www.triodos.com).Jameshas fifteen years experiencecommunicating the work ofvalues-driven organisations,fromtheBritishCouncil inNew

Zealand toVoluntary ServiceOverseas and theUNCapital Development Fund. For the last eight he’sworkedatTriodosBankmovingtotheNetherlands,and the bank’s international department, in 2009.The Global Alliance for Banking on Values is anindependent network of banks using finance todeliver sustainable development for unservedpeople,communitiesandtheenvironment.james.niven@gabv.org

Values in Banking; An international perspective from the Global Alliance for Banking on Values(Monday 15:30)

Values-driven banking has enjoyed increasingattentioninrecentyears.Yet,despiteitscompellingsuccesses, arguably its impact remains relativelylimited. The Global Alliance for Banking on Values(GABV) is a network that aims to grow sustainablebanking substantially. Against this background wewillexplorewherethisyoungorganisationhascomefrom and where it plans to go. In the process wewill share how its members apply the values theypromote,andwhytheybelieveitmatters.www.gabv.org

Edy Walker (Member of theExecutive Board AlternativeBank, Switzerland) is a certifiedbanking expert. After twentyyears of practical experience inseveralbankshestartedtoworkattheABSasanexpertincreditmanagement in 1998. He wasresponsibleforthesetupofthecreditadministrationandcreditrisk management and thus

contributedsignificantlytothedevelopmentoftheABS.WalkeralsorepresentedtheemployeesintheABSAdvisoryBoard.Since2005he isamemberoftheexecutivemanagement. InthisfunctionhewasresponsibleforthedesignofABS‘ethicalinvestmentbranch.Edy Walker is also the executive director of theInnovation Fund Association. The Innovation FundAssociation ismainly fundedby subsidies from theABS and its shareholders. It finances sustainablepioneerprojects.Edy.Walker@abs.ch

Alternative Bank Switzerland‘s view on values in banking(Monday 15:30)

TheAlternativeBankSchweizAG (ABS) isasavingsand loanbankwith an alternativebusinessmodel.The bank is a leading supplier of ecological andsocial bank products in Switzerland. Sustainabilityandethicprinciplesarethetoppriority.Thebank...thesocietalmission,tolivesocialrespect,ecologicalresponsibilityandhonesttransparency.SiegibtsichdengesellschaftspolitschenAuftrag,sozialenRespekt,ökologischeVerantwortungundehrlicheTransparenzzu leben. For 20 years now it has been growingorganically,theheadquarterbeinginOltenbutalsohaving branches in Lausanne, Zurich, Geneva andBellinzona. The ABS belongs to 4‘500 shareholdersandhas24‘000customers.Thetotalassetsamounton about 675Mio. €, 80%being invested as loansin the real economy. The demand for respectablesocially and ecologically compatible products andservices is growing. The ABSwants to answer thisdemandwith innovativeproductsandservicesthatsupport social and ecological economic activity. Toperform those services, ABS aims for cooperationswithnationalandeuropeancorporationsandbanksthatsharethevalueorientationofABS.www.abs.ch

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Lars Pehrson

Pehrson, Lars (CEO MerkurBank,Denmark)Born1958,CEOandcofounder(1982)ofMerkurCooperative Bank, Denmark.Vice President of INAISE,International Association ofInvestorsintheSocialEconomy.Merkur Cooperative Bank isDenmark‘s leading social bank

withmorethan16,000clients.Mail:lp@merkur.dk

Merkur Bank‘s view on values in banking(Monday 15:30)

Merkurtakesthesocietalapproachseriousandasks:Whatwillbetheimplicationsforthebank‘sbusinessmodel?www.merkur.dk

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Julian Kühn

Julian Kühn(ManagingDirector,Institute for Social Bankingand Board member of the GLSTreuhand, Germany), 53 yearsold, has been working in thearea of Social Banking since1978. Over several years hewas boardmember of the GLSBank and the GLS Treuhand inBochum, Germany. Since 1992he has been coordinating the

educational offers of the international movementofSocialBanks.HeisfounderandExecutiveDirectorof the Institute for Social Banking – Education andResearch.Mail:julian.kuehn@social-banking.org

An introduction to the different qualities of money(Tuesday 09:30)

Money is not a unitary „thing“. Depending on thepeoplewhouseitandhowtheyuseit,moneychangesits particular qualities: e. g. with buying, grantingloans, investing or donating. Dealing consciouslyin a differenciatedwaywith these qualities, in thefirstplace facilitates the fundingofdiversesocietalchallenges as fair trade, investments in sustainableproduction and services or the generation ofnew ideas and competences within research andeducation. My assumption is thus, that a holisiticand sustainable approachof Social Banksneeds todevelopandofferbankservicesthatcorrespondtothesevariousqualitiesofmoney.www.social-banking.org

Antje Tönnis

Antje Tönnis (Head ofCommunications,GLSTreuhand,GER) holds a Master’s degreein Geography and a Ph.D inGeosciences. Her researchand work focuses on forestpolicy, feminist geography,gift economy and commons.Over several years she heldvarious executive positionswithin the party „Bündnis 90

–dieGrünen“inGermany.Forsomeyearsnowsheis the communicationsmanager atGLS Treuhand/Bochum,acharitableassociationthatoffersservicestoaffluentpeoplewhowanttogivemoney.Foundedin1961,GLSTreuhandhas290members,allofwhichare charitableorganizations. In2009,a totalof6.5millioneurowasspentfundingprojects.Mail:antje.toennis@gls.d

Financing change through giving – an integral part of social banking(Tuesday 12:15)

Socialbankingdrawsapictureofaneweconomy,ofthesocietywewanttolivein,wherepeopleandtheenvironmentaremoreimportantthanprofit.Givingisacentralpartofthatnewpictureandsocialbanksshould provide consultation and services both forthepeoplewhowant togivemoneyand for thosecharitable initiativeswhoare inneedof funds.Theeconomic and social importance of giving will beexplainedandGLSTreuhand isusedasanexampleforafinancialorganisationwithexperienceindonorcounseling, and competence in the establishmentandmaintenanceofendowments, foundationsandlegacies.www.gls-treuhand.de

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Afternoon Topic: Micro-Finance

Microfinance re-evaluated(Tuesday 15:00)

SincemicrofinancewasdevelopedinBangladeshinthe1970sbyprofessorYunus,agreatdealofenergyhas been spent on debatingwhethermicrofinancedoes, or does not, reach the poor, have a positiveimpact on them, orwhether it can be sustainable.However, the more relevant question that shouldfocusourattention is the „how“,not „whether“ornotmicrofinancereachesthepoor,butrather„how“canweuseitasatooltoreachthem;„how“itshouldbedesignedtoservepoorpeoplebesttobebetteroff.Microfinanceisalotmorethansimplythedeliveryofsmall loans. In Addition,microfinance stakeholderstoday followverycontrastingobjectives.Toagreatdeal, this is because their institutional purposesare not the same (combating poverty? reducingunemployment?creatingbusinesses?implementinga specific lending technique? developing a localcommunity?...) but also because the priorities inreaching these goals differ (financing the poor?creating sustainable MFIs? developing diverse and

dynamicsectors?...).Thesedifferencesinobjectivesbecome even more contrasting when comparingmicrofinance in transition economies withmicrofinanceinwelfarestatesandsaturatedmarkets(isitactuallyneeded?).In thissessionwewillmeetpeople thatwill telluswhatpurposeitisthattheyattempttofulfilinthefieldofmicrofinanceandhowthey,ortheirorganisations,have decided to approach this. Ulrike Lohr fromOikocredit, aworldwide cooperative society, activein71developingandemergingmarketcountrieswillexplainOikocredit‘smissionandvaluesandthewaytheycollaboratewith localpartners.Oikocredithasimplemented a social performance managementsystem in order to measure and ensure positivechangeinthelivesofitsclients.MarkusHeidenreichfromGLSBankwillillustratehowGLSBankdesignedandstartedabrandnewmicrocreditprogram,whichis intended to support foundersofnewbusinessesandselfemployedpeopleandwhichissupportedbytheGermanGovernment.GLSBankisafastgrowingGermanbankwithaverystrongfocusonsustainablebanking.

Christophe Guene

Guene, Christophe(Co-Founderof SoFi, Belgium) I am aneconomist dedicated to thedevelopment of “domesticatedmonies” and social finance inits most varied forms (micro-finance,eco-banking,communityfinance, mutual banking, etc).I amactive in thedevelopmentofsectorstrategiesandpoliciesfor micro-finance and social

banking,both inEuropeand inAfrica,especially in

post-conflict areas and transition economies. I amalsoatrainerinmicro-financetechniques,helpingforinstancestartingmicro-financeinstitutionsfindtheirspecificapproach,andhaveformerlypracticedmicro-financeinEuropeforbank-excludedentrepreneurs.Iworkedwith INAISE(thefirst internationalnetworkofethicalandsocialbanks)andamaco-founderofSOFI, a not-for-profit association of professionalssimilarlydedicated to thedesignoffinance for thecommongood.cguene@sofi.be

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Leonardo Becchetti

Leonardo Becchetti (Prof. ofEconomics, University of Rome“TorVergata”,Italy)isborn31stJuly1965.HeisfullprofessorofEconomics at the University ofRomeTorVergata, holds a PhdatOxfordUniversity,aMSc.atLondon School of Economicsand is President of the EthicalCommittee of Banca PopolareEtica He teaches Finance and

Development economics in the Phd program andEconomicsprinciplesintheundergraduateprogramofhisFacultyandofferscoursesofmicrofinanceandfair trade in several other Universities. LeonardoBecchettiisauthorofabout300works,whichinclude11 edited books, 64 publications on internationaljournals, 52 publications on Italian journals, 73chapters of books and severalworking papers. Hiscurrent research interests are on impact analysisof development projects, microfinance, fair trade,economicsofhappiness,experimentaleconomics.

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The economic relevance of Social Banking(Tuesday 18:15)

Noonedeniesthatmacroeconomics,institutionalreformsandinfrastructuresarefundamentaltopromoteeconomicdevelopmentandsocialcohesion.Inthetraditionalwesterndemocraciesgrassrootvoiceonthisissuewasmainlylimitedtotheparticipationtopoliticallifeand,formostpeople,participationislimitedtotheelectoralvote.However,globalintegrationofmarketeconomies,theweaknessofinternationalinstitutionswhicharenotdirectlyelectedandthelackofglobalgovernancerulesaimedtoaddresstheissuesofglobalpublicgoodsismakingalwaysmoreobviousthataneconomicsystemmaynotworkbyjustwaitingforsuch“topdown”interventions.Inadditiontoit,alongstandingtraditionofparticipatedactionofnongovernmentalorganisationshasoftendemonstrated that local community organisations,

Lohr, Ulrike (Oikocredit,Germany) Ulrike has beenworking in the field of sociallyand ecologically responsibleinvestment for variousorganisations, including theinternational NGO networkBankTrack and imug, aGermanSRI-research institute. In

Oikocredit, she works with volunteers for theWest German Support Association. Oikocredit, aninternationalcooperativesociety,isoneoftheworld’slargestsourcesofprivatefundingtothemicrofinancesector. Ulrike holds a degree in Regional Studiesof Latin America from the University of Cologne,Germany.Mail:ulohr@oikocredit.org

Heidenreich, Markus(GLSBank,Germany) Im a rooted in theso called „Ruhr Area“ (Essen,Bochum),whereIwasbornin1976andwhere Iwent touniversity.Before, during and after mystudies (Economics & BusinessAdministration)Iwasemployedat several banks, includingDeutsche Bank, Commerzbankand KfW and lived in several

Germanandforeigncities(i.a.Düsseldorf,Frankfurt,NewYork,Johannesburg).Mymainactivitiesinthese

bankswererelatedto„Macro-finance“,whichmeanshugefinancingsforinternationaltopcompanies.Butfinally and by chance I detected a very interestingvacancyfor„Micro-finance“atGLSBankinBochum-awayoffinancingfoundersofnewbusinessesandself-employedpersons-inabank,thatactsfromanecologicalandsociallypointofviewas responsibleasabankcando.Thismeantmulti-facetedworkingonthefundamentalsofoureconomy,locatedinmynative area. So I decided to joinGLS Bank startingfromJanuary1st,2010.markus.heidenreich@gls.de

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Lothar Lochmaier

Lothar Lochmaier(IndependentWriter, Germany), born 1959in South Germany near lake ofconstance. Economic writer,Journalist and Blogger - he isspecialised intopicsarounden-ergy,managementandinforma-tion technology. Author of theBook„DieBanksindwir“-Chan-cen und Perspektiven von So-cialBanking“. Inhis frequently

updatedweblogwww.commonbanking.comheana-lysesnewtrendsinourbankingsystembeyondclas-sicalmarketperceptions.lochmaier@gmx.de

Social Banking 2.0 - the future of Finance?(Wednesday 09:30)

QuestionsandDiscussion:Theinternetchangesinafundamentalwaythecha-racterofSocialBanking.BanksarenotanymoretheMasteroftheUniverse.Thecustomer isableto in-fluence the whole value chain, already happeningthroughautonomousfinancialcommunitiesandso-ciallendingplatforms.Whatcouldabanklooseandwin,allowingmoretransparencyandparticipationofthecustomer?Whatwillbethefutureofthefinan-cialsector,influencedstepbystepthroughavirtualeconomy?Whatarethechallengesandbenefitsforgreen banks, connectingwith a decentralised “realtimeeconomy”?

which are closer to social problems and arecomposedbymotivatedmembers,maytacklemoreeffectivelysocialandenvironmentalproblems.Suchorganisations have proven that they can do betterthanthemolochsoftraditionalwelfaresystemswhichoftendealanonymouslywithbeneficiariesprovidingscarce contribution to the many times mentionedimmaterialfactors(trust,selfesteem,dignity)whichwe showed tobe so important inpromoting socialinclusion.Thesearethereasonswhyqualityandeffectivenessof intervention in social and environmental issuesin the futurewill crucially depend also onbottom-upparticipationaswellasonthesynergiesbetweenparticipation of the civil society and local, nationalgovernmentsandregulatoryauthorities.We present Social Banking as main example ofthis approachwhich has developed successful andsustainablemodels of creation of economic, social

andenvironmental value. This is only oneexamplefor a more general principle that will inspire newhistorical realisations which we still do not see atthehorizontoday.Theprincipleis,thattheultimatemastersofthepresenteconomicsystemareneitherthegovernmentsnorlargecorporations.Bothofthemcruciallydependonthevoteofcitizens,consumersandinvestors.Thisimpliesthatwecannotcomplainwhenweseesomethingthatwedonotlikesincetheultimateresponsibilityforachangeisonusandonourdecisionsonthemarket.Theexistenceofapotentialdoesnotmeanthatwealreadyhavereachedit,norisitaguaranteethatwewilldefinitelybethereonedayinthefuture.Itonlyremindsusofanincredibleopportunitytosolveglobalimbalances with simple everyday life choices. Wegenerallycomplainaboutthechangeswewouldliketoseeinpoliticsandeconomicswithoutbeingawarethatwemaybethemainactorsofthatchange.

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Axel Schmidt

Axel Schmidt (GLS Bank,Germany) is a Senior ProjectManageratGLSBeteiligungsAG,responsibleforrenewableenergyprojectsandclimateprotectionproductdevelopment.Before that, he worked as aSpecialist for Commodities &EnergywithReuters.Since1989,GLSBeteiligungsAGhaspioneeredthedevelopment

and administration of sustainable closed-endinvestmentcompanies,mostlyengagedinrenewableenergy generation. GLS Beteiligungs AG is a 100%

subsidiary of GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG, the firstsocial and ecological bank worldwide when it wasestablishedin1974.Mail:axel.schmidt@gls.de

The Value of Sustainability in Social Banking(Wednesday 17:30)

Inrecentyears,theterm„sustainability“hasbecomeanomnipresentbuzzword.Nevertheless,itisacorevalue for social banks. It is an integral part of ourmission statements, in our dailywork and possiblyinournon-financialreporting.Whatisitthatsetsusapartfromtherest?

Olaf Weber

Dr. Olaf Weber (AssociateProf.,Export Development Chairin Environmental Finance,UniversityofWaterloo,Canada;President of the SupervisoryBoardof the Institute forSocialBanking) holds the ExportDevelopment Canada Chairin Environmental Finance atthe School of Environment,Enterprise and Development,

University of Waterloo. He was member of theboardoftheAlternativeBankofSwitzerlandandofthe Institute forSocialBankingand ismanagementpartner at GOE, consultants for risk and decisionmakinginZurich,Switzerland.From1993until2005he was researcher and head of the sustainablebanking group at the Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology Zurich. Hismain research activities areenvironmental and sustainability risk managementand sustainability impact measurement in bankingandtherelationbetweensustainabilityandfinancialperformanceoffirms.oweber@uwaterloo.ca

Measuring the non-monetary (social and/or ecological) impact of banks: The value of „Labels“ and „Ratings“(Wednesday 18:00)

Whatisthegoalofmeasuringthesocialandecologicalimpacts of banks? As those impacts are relative,and social banks are mainly banks and no charityorganizations,itmainlymakessensetomeasurethesocio-ecologicalimpactsofbanksandtheirproductsandservices inrelationtothecapital investedwithan impact. Furthermore, the measurement shouldbedoneinawaythatmakes iteasyandaccessiblefor clients of social banks to calculate the socio-ecologicalimpacttheyachievewithacertain.Clientsand other stakeholder should be able to calculatethesocio-ecological impactofthecapitaltheyhaveinvested at a certain bank or in a certain product.Only if those measures are transparent there is afair investmentdecisionpossible.Thus for loansallimpacts,socialandecological,shouldbetransparentforallprojectsorenterprisesthatareborrowersofbanks.Reportingonlyaboutpositiveimpactsshouldbepracticed.Furthermore,socialbanksshouldreportabout the relation between capital invested withsocio-ecologicalimpactvs.capital“parked”atotherfinancial institutions because it cannot be investedin socio-ecological projects. Additionally socialbanksshouldusemeasuresthatarecomparabletoconventionalbanks toallowfora fairmeasuringofthesocio-ecologicalimpact.

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Rosl Veltmeijer (Head ofResearch, Triodos Bank,Netherlands) is Head ofSustainabilityResearchatTriodosBank. She started at Triodos in2001,startingasaSustainabilityResearcherandsinceearly2002inhercurrentposition.Prior toTriodos sheworked for 9 yearsat the Dutch Credit InsuranceCompany as underwriter, sales

respresentative,accountmanager,customerservicemanagerandprojectmanager.Shehasabachelor‘sdegree in Business Economics and is currently astudentattheIntegratedMastersProgrammeSocialBankingandSocialFinance.TriodosBankisaDutch

bankwith office in theUK, Belgium,Germany andSpain. Our aim is to exlusively finance companiesandprojects that add cultural valueand thatbringbenefittopeopleandtheenvironment.Rosl.Veltmeijer@triodos.nl

Sense and Nonsense of Engagement(Wednesday 18:30)

There is a lot of debate on shareholder rights andresponsibilities.What are shareholder trends, howimportant is it that shareholders excercise theirrightsandwhatinstrumentsareavailable.Whatarethecriteria/valuesTriodosappliestotheinvestmentprocess, what is the experience of Triodos withpushing the sustainability agenda, what dilemma‘sdoes Triodos face and what is the added value ofratingsareintheengagementprocess.

Els Verhagen

Els Verhagen (Triodos Bank,HR Manager) is the Head ofInternational HR at TriodosBank since 2007. She studiedIndustrial Engineering,Management, Marketing andCulturalAnthropology.Herworkexperiencestemsfrompositionsas as a Senior Consultant,Manager and OrganizationalDevelopment Manager at a

globalconsultingfirm,asFinancial&LogisticsDirectorataglobalcareproductscompany,andasaLogisticsManager in a global pharmaceutical/care productscompany.From2004to2005Els tookasabbatical,duringwhichshetaughtEnglishtodisabledwomeninGhanaandworkedasacounselorintheNetherlandstakingcareofrefugees.TriodosBankwasawardedasthe„MostSustainableBankoftheYear2009“bytheFinancialTimes.human.resources@triodos.nl

Value driven Human Resources Management” and „Competences of Social Bankers - views from the HR perspective of a Social Bank(Thursday 09:30)

Whataretheimplicationofbeingasocial,ethicalorsustainablebankfortheco-workers?Doweneedacertaintypeofco-workers,wherecanwefindthemandhowcanweselectthem.AndwhatdoesitmeanforHumanResources inourbanks:areourpolicieswith regard to remuneration, ways of working,developmentandtrainingdifferentfrommainstreamornot?InthismorningIwillgiveyouTriodos’viewonHumanResources in a social, ethical, sustainable bank.Whatareourcharacteristicsandalsowhatare thechallengesandpitfalls.After the presentation and discussion you will begiventheopportunitytoworkonthisinsmallgroupsinacreativeway:howdoyousee“theperfectsocialbanker”.

Putting it all into practice

Professor Stefano Zamagni (Prof. of Political Economicsat the Faculty of Economics ofthe University of Bologna andAdjunctProfessorofInternationalPolitical Economy at the JohnsHopkins University, BolognaCenter,Italy)wasbornin1943inRimini,Italy.HegraduatedfromCatholic University in Milan in1966andfrom1969to1973he

spentaresearchperiodinOxfordatLinacreCollege.OnOctober13,1968hemarriedVeraNegri,andthecouplehastwodaughters,GiuliaandElenaandfourgrandchildren. In 1966 Professor Zamagni becameanAssistantLecturerattheCatholicUniversity.From

1973 to 1979 hewas a Professor at theUniversityof Parma. Since 1979, Professor Zamagni has beenaProfessorattheUniversityofBologna.Additionalcareer-relatedactivities inwhichProfessorZamagnihas been involved include serving as a VisitingProfessorattheUniversityofBocconi(Milan)from1985to2007,andasanAdjunctProfessoratJohnsHopkinsUniversity(BolognaCenter)since1983.HehasbeenDirectorof theDepartmentofEconomicsat the University of Bologna from 1985 to 1993.Moreover,hewasDeanoftheFacultyofEconomicsfrom1993 to 1996, and aVisiting Professor at theStateVictoriaBankofDeakinUniversityinAustralia.Professor Zamagni is the author of several books.For his fine accomplishments, Professor Zamagnihas been honored a number of times. Amongst

Mirjam Fochler was born in1986 in Munich, Germany.She co-founded the RegionalCurrency„Chiemgauer“in2002,started her studies in BusinessEconomics at the UniversityWitten/Herdecke in 2008 andworksat the Institute forSocialBanking since summer 2009,where she primarily supportstheorganisationoftheSummer

School 2010. Her interests are holistic approachesof economics, systemic coaching/consulting, familyenterprises and innovative leadership resp. theinfluence of „integrative“ leadership on businessperformance.mirjam.fochler@googlemail.com

Pathfinder: Putting it all into pratice - on an individual level (Thursday 15:30) (WorkshopI)

„Andnow?Aftera4dayslearningjourneyofintensivecontentandinput,inthisworkshopyouwillfindoutyourown„areaofimpact“.Employingwhathasbeendiscussedinthepreviousdays:Whataretheconcretenextstepsinyourlifeto promote a more fair and transparent bankingand financial system? Having in mind that changehappensonthreelevels-systemic,organisationalandindividual- andthateverthingdependsonchoicesof individuals in their respectivepositions,wewillfocusonyourverypersonal/individual possibilitiestocontribute to this change.Both inyourpersonalandinyourprofessional„areaofimpact“.The workshop will be held byMirjam Fochler andKatharinaBeck(seeabove).

Change Management: Putting it all into practice - on an organisational level(Thursday 15:30) (WorkshopII)

Thesecondworkshopwillinspireyoutowardschangemanagementonanorganisationallevel.This workshop will be held by Chris Seeley (seeabove).

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others hewas named theMcDonnel DistinguishedScholarinHelsinkiin1992,andaPaulHarrisFellowbyRotary International in1995.Asbefitsamanofthis standing, Professor Zamagniwas amemberofthe Executive Committee of International EconomyAssociation(1989-1999)andtheSteeringCommitteeofPontificalAcademyofSocialSciences.Since1991he isamemberof thePontificalCouncilon JusticeandPeace.HeisaFellowoftheAcademyofSciencesofMilan, theAcademyof Sciences of Bologna andtheAcademyofSciencesofModena.Fellowof theNew York Academyof Sciences,New York. HewasPresidentofICMCfrom1999to2007(anNGObasedinGenevadealingwithmigrantandrefugeeissues)and fellowof “HumanDevelopmentandCapability

Association”(HarvardUniversity).Hewasappointed(2007)Presidentof the ItalianCommission forNonProfitsector,Milan.Heisamemberofthescientificcommittee of various economic journals andreviews.stefano.zamagni@unibo.it

The possibility and necessity of Social Stock Exchange(Thursday 19:00)

WhatisaSocialStockExchangeandwhyisitpossibletoday, to create such an institution? Why is itnecessarybothforthenonprofitsectorandfortheprofitsector,todevelopSocialStockExchanges?

Paul Dembinski

Paul H. Dembinski (Prof. atUniversityofFribourg,DirectorofTheObservatoiredelaFinance,Switzerland), economist andpolitical scientist by training,is Professor at University ofFribourg where he teachesInternational Competition andStrategy.He is also a founding-partnerofEco’Diagnostic(1989)a Geneva-based independent

economicresearchinstituteworkingforbothpublicand private clients. He is also the initiator andDirector of Foundation of the Observatoire de la

Finance (1996) www.obsfin.ch. The mission of theObservatoiredelaFinanceistopromoteawarenessof ethical concerns in financial activities and thefinancialsector.PaulH.DembinskiisthefounderandeditorofthebilingualjournalentitledFinance&theCommonGood/BienCommun(1998).dembinski@obsfin.ch

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Silke Helfrich (IndependentWriter, Germany; Editor of“Wem gehört die Welt?:Zur Wiederentdeckung derGemeingüter”)studiedphilology(french/portoguese) at theKarl-Marx-University Leipzig,Germany. In 1990 she startedto focus her activities on LatinAmerica and developmentpolitics. Between 1999 and

2007, she was in charge of the regional bureauof the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Central America,MexicoandCuba.Currently,sheworksasfreelancejournalistandexpertforeducationalquestions.Sheruns the German Commonsblog: „Fundsachen vonder Allmendewiese“ and is co-editor of the newsportal www.gemeingueter.de. In cooperation withinternationalexpertsoncommons,shefoundedtheinitiative„CommonsStrategies“,thatwantstobringthediscussionaboutcommonsoutintothepublic.Silke.Helfrich@gmx.de

Introduction to Commons - and first steps to apply the concept to banking and finance(Friday 09:30)

Thecrisisofeconomy,ecologyandfairnessdemandsfor a fundamental change. Everywhere new ideasand initiatives are growing. Rethinking is worth itandrewarded.It’snotanaccident,thatthepoliticalscientist Elinor Ostrom won the nobel price foreconomics in 2009. She is a mastermind of theeconomyofcommons.Commonsarethebasementofourprosperity–evenmoredirectlythanmoney.Thecurrentcrisessharpenourconsciousnessfortheexistenceandthemeaningofcommons.SilkeHelfrichwill provide insights into themoderndebateoncommons.Shewillshow,what„thetragedyofthecommons“isandhowacommons-basedwayofproductionandlivingcanlooklike.Thedirectlinkto finance is obvious, money being the mirror ofour economic system. But ideas and initiatives aregrowing...thedebateon„money-commons“haslongbegun...www.commonsblog.deThis speech and workshop will be held by SilkeHelfrichandAntjeTönnis(seeabove).

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Brief DescriptionTheWorldCafeisamethodwhichmakesuseofaninformalcafe

forparticipantstoexploreanissuebydiscussinginsmalltablegroups.Discussionisheldinmultipleroundsof20-30minutes.Theeventisconcluded

withaplenary.

DescriptionTheWorldCafeisacreativeprocesssetinacafesetting.Theeventeithertakesplaceina

actualcafeorelsetheroomissetuptoresembleoneasmuchaspossible:participantsaresea-tedaroundsmalltableswithtableclothsandtea,coffeeandotherbeverages.Thecafeambianceallowsforamorerelaxedandopenconversationtotakeplace.Oftenparticipantsareprovidedwithpensandareencouragedtodrawandrecordtheirconversationsonthepapertableclothstocapturefreeflowingideasastheyemerge.Participantsdiscusstheissueathandaroundtheirtableandatregularintervalstheymovetoanewtable.Oneparticipant(thetablehost)remainsandsummarisesthepreviousconversationtothenewlyarrivedparticipants.Bymovingparticipantsaroundtheroomtheconversationsateachtablearecross-fer-tilisedwithideasfromothertables.Attheendoftheprocessthemainideasaresummarisedinaplenarysessionandfollow-uppossibilitiesarediscussed.Thechoiceofquestion(s)forthecafeconversationiscrucialforthesuccessoftheevent.Ingeneralitisusefultophrasethequestionsinapositiveformatandinanopenendedformattoallowaconstructivediscussion.Ifparticipantsdonotfindthequestionsfordiscussioninspiringtheeventisunlikelytobesuccessful,itcanthereforebegoodtodevelopthequestiontogetherwithsomeoftheintendedpartici-pants.

Used ForTheWorldCafehasbeenusedinmanydifferentsettings.Itisgoodatgeneratingideas,sharingknowledge,stimulateinnovativethinking,andexploringactioninreallifesituations.TheinformalandeepconversationsthattheWorldCafeencouragescanleadtoimprovedre-lationshipsbetweenparticipantsandbetweenwidergroups.TheWorldCafeprovidesanapproachthatfacilitatesauthenticconversationsaboutmeaningfulquestionsandmakesthecollectiveknowledgeofgroupsaccessible.Itwasdevelopped

outofastrategicdialogueaboutthefutureoftheageofknowledge,thathadbeeninitiatedmorethentenyearsagobyJuanitaBrown

andDavidIsaacsfromtheUS

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Moderation:ChrisSeeley(seeabove)

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Open Space Methodology

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Openspace technology (alsoknownasopenspacedialogue)hasbeenusedfortwodecadesasamethodforfacilitatingdialogueamongpeoplekeentofocusonanissuethatisimportantforthem,butforwhichtheway forward is unclear. The approach is basedonthetheoriesofcomplexity,self-organisationandopensystems.Openspacetechnologysessionscanbelessthanonedaylongorcontinueforuptofivedays.Thenumberof participants can be small or big. They typicallyconclude with a written report, often producedbeforethefinalsession,andfrequentlyhavefollow-up communication activities between participants,suchasblogs,emaillists,andsoon.

Thefacilitatorofanopenspacetechnologysessioninvites people to participate—people who arethoughttobepassionateaboutthetopicandwillingtoworkcollaborativelywithothersonit.Noagendaisprepared;instead,justanoticeastothetopicorissuetobeworkedon.

Thekeyelementsofthesettingareoneormorecirclesofchairs,withcirclesbeingseenasthe‘fundamentalgeometryofhumancommunication’.Thefacilitatorprovidesawelcomeandoutlinesthepurposeof theactivity: the themesor issues tobeaddressed. The four principles of the process areexplained:•whoevercomesistherightpeople• whatever happens is the only thing that couldhave•wheneveritstartsistherighttime•whenit’sover,it’sover

The single law, the ‘Law of Two Feet’ (or the Lawof Mobility) is explained: ‘If, during the course ofthe gathering, any person finds him or herself ina situation where they are neither learning norcontributing,theymustusetheirtwofeetandgotosomemoreproductiveplace’.The‘finaladmonition’presentedis‘bepreparedtobesurprised’.Thefacilitatorthenaskspeopletocometothecentreofthecircle,introducethemselvesandtelleveryoneelseofoneaspectofthesession’sthemeaboutwhichtheyarepassionate.Thepersonrecordsthisaspectonalargesheetofpaperalongwiththeirnameandasuggestedtimeandplacefordiscussingtheissue,beforeattachingthesheettothewall.Inthisway,afirst-draftagendaevolves.Whenalltheissuesfordiscussionhavebeenposted,participantssignupforthegroupswithwhichtheywish to be involved. At this stage, topics can becombined.Oncethisstepiscompleted,thefacilitatorannounces that sheorhe isdeparting, inviting thegroupstogettowork.Theparticipantsthengatherin circles around designated topics. As discussionends,peoplemovetothenextgroupofinterest,andthis process is repeated throughout the assignedperiod.Thegroupsdonothavefacilitators;theyrunthemselves.Agroupparticipanttakesnotesoneachsession. At the end all groups come together andpresent their results, ideas orwhatever developedduringthesessions.ThemethodwasdevelopedbyHarrisonOwen.

http://epress.anu.edu.au/dialogue_methods/mobile_devices/ch03s08.html

About Social Sculpture

At the Summer School, we work with a SocialSculptureteam.Youmighthaveaskedyourself,whatthisisabout.SeewhattheOxfordSocialSculptureResearchUnitwritesaboutit:

The territory

SocialsculptureisafieldoftransformationItisaplaceofquestions.Socialsculptureisaterritorywhereinnerandouterworkco-incide.Itemphasisestheroleofimaginationintransformativesocialprocessandthecentralityofalternativemodesofthought.Social sculpture is concerned with exploringstrategies, methods and principles that enable ustosee,understandandactimaginativelytoshapeahumaneandecologicallyviableworld.

It is about:

•perceivinginterrelationships•joinedupthinkingandpractice•enablingconnectiveunderstanding.

JosephBeuys‘‚expandedconceptionofart‘Thefieldofsocialsculpturederivesinpartfromthework of JosephBeuys,whoproposed and stressedtheneedforanexpandedconceptionofartinwhichevery human being - in their inherent freedom,creativityandtransformativepower- ispotentiallyanartist.ComingtoknowourfreedomIn this field our work connects the problems andchallenges we face with the inner perspectives,valuesandhabitsthatcreatethem.Despite the fact that we are all affected by theconditionsthatsurroundus-manyofwhichwehavecreated-fromasocialsculptureperspectiveweareinherentlyfreetochangethings.Byacknowledgingthisfreedomweseethat‚anotherworldispossible‘nomatterhowhugethetasks.Andasweworktowardssomethingbetter,wecreatethemeans to shape a more humane and sustainable‚sculpture‘.

http://www.social-sculpture.org/the-territory.htm

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Social ClowningWithChrisSeeleyandRobertMcNeerwehavetwoSocial Clowns with us. We are very much lookingforwardtoheartheirviewsontheprogramme.

Four functions of the social clown…(or, the nature of the court gesture…)

1 Memory CatalystByembodyingnew information in emotion, image,andplay,theclownhelpschannelitfromfragileshort-termintellecttoamorerobust,grounded,embodiedmemory space. The clown disregards the linearsequenceoftheinformationasitwaspresentedbythelecturerandmixesuptheimageryinwayswhichreflectthewayswerememberinformationasanon-linearwholeexperience.

2 Celebratory EvocationThrough the playful imaging of (often subtle,unspoken) present energies, the clown celebratesthe unique qualities which each, and all of theparticipantscarry.Bywitnessingandembodyingthisenergy,theclownbringsacelebratoryquality.Thisisnottobeconfusedwithasuperficialising,‘cheerup’energy.Throughhercapacitytotransposeimage,theclowncanenter,witnessandechowithdignityandrespect,veryintimateandsolemnspaces.

3 Medium for UnspokenRobsays:“Ipreferthisexpressiontothe‘corrective’attitude,inwhichtheclown(gentlyornot)pointsoutourfoibles.Ithinktheclown,ifanything,celebratesourfoibles.Onesimpleexample:theclownisoftenconfused,alittlelost.Thisgivesbodytothenaturalconfusionthatpeoplehavewhenthey’reconfrontedwithnewideas,oftenverydenselystructured,ofteninanewenvironment.Theetiquetteofconferencesdictates that we ignore this, but the clown, byrevellinginit,givesusthepermissiontorealisethatitisallalittleconfusing.Theerotic/infantileisinitswaysacred.Thesacredandseriousarenotthesamething.Here,forme,theclownisnotacorrective,butamediumasinséance.”

4 LeaveningThroughdissolving theboundariesbetweenwho is“audience”andwhois“performer”,theclownsgivepermissionforandbringplaytotheeventparticipants.Thisgeneratesawarmlightnesstotheproceedingsand conferenceatmospherewhichextendsbeyond

the improvisations into the liminal, corridor spacesof the event. Contact ismade. It becomes unclearwho is “acting”andwho is “watching”.Theclownsaeratetheevent,likeleaveningdoughtomakegoodbread.

For a more detailed overview, please check theSummerSchoolgroupatsocial-banking.ning.com

Your Contribution to the Summer School!TheSummer School is supposed tobean inspiringevent that keeps staying in yourmemory and thatmarks an initial point where thoughts, groups,initiatives etc. develop which contribute to thechangetowardsavalue-basedbankingandfinance.We want you to use the Summer School as muchas possible tomeet people and build networks, tointroduce, discuss and develop your real requestsand concerns and to have a really goodweek thatbringsalotoffun!Pleasefeelfreetoofferyourskillsandcompetenceswheneveryouthink,theymightbeofhelp.

UsetheOpenSpacesessionstoofferacoursedealingwithyourownorthemostimportantsubjecttoyouandfindpeoplewhowanttojoinyou.Bringyourinstrument,yourrunningshoes,youryogamat, other sportive materials, juggling balls, yourfavouritebooks,yourbrushandeasel,yourcamera,adiary...whateveryoulikeandwhateveryouthinkwillcontributetoagoodandcreativeatmosphereandtomakingthisSummerSchoolaspecialexperience.UsetheopportunityofhavingtheISBteamaroundyou – talk to them about the MA Social Banking,about other ISB-projects and training offers, aboutyourideasofandfortheInstitute,aboutyourwishesandexpectations...

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Literature

•BankTrack,MindtheGap:„Benchmarkingcreditpoliciesofinternationalbanks“,July2007.(MindthegapIIwillprobablybepublishedinJanuary2010,follow-upatwww.banktrack.org)•Becchetti/Borzaga:TheEconomicsofSocialResponsibility–TheWorldofSocialEnterprises“,May2010•Beck:„Valuesinthebankingindustry“,ISBSeriesNo.5,publishedin„Sozialimpulse“,March2010•Beck/Kaeufer/Vandemeulebroucke:„NetworkingSocialFinance“,June2010•Benedikter:„SocialBankingandSocialFinance:EuropeanAnswerstotheEconomicCrisis“•Boyle:„TheLittleMoneyBook“,2003.•DeClerck:„EthicalBanking“,2009.•ForumfortheFuture:„RethinkingCapital“,Juni2009.•Guene/Mayo:„BankingandSocialCohesion:AlternativeResponsestoaGlobalMarket“,December2001•Helfrich:„WemgehörtdieWelt?ZurWiederentdeckungderGemeingüter“,March2009•Lochmaier:„DieBanksindwir:ChancenundPerspektivenvonSocialBanking“,May2010•NewEconomicsFoundation:„TheEcologyofFinance“,November2009.•Remer/Weber:„SocialBanksandtheFutureofSustainableFinance“,willbepublishedinNovember2010•Scheire/Maertelaere,imAuftragderGlobalAllianceforBankingonValues:„ReportBankingtomakeadifference“,Juni2009.•Strandberg:„BestPracticesinSustainableFinance“,Juni2005.•Thielemann:SystemError:WarumderfreieMarktzurUnfreiheitführt“,December2009•Weber:„BioKapital–DieVersoehnungvonOekonomie,NaturundMenschlichkeit“,October2008

We’resorrythatsomeoftheliteratureisonlyavailableinGermanbutwefounditimportanttomentionit.FurtherlinksofinterestingwebsitesandsomeofthearticlesmentionedaboveareavailableatNINGinthe„Reading“-group.Averydetailedlistofreferencesisavailableatourwebsite(www.social-banking.org)inthemaster’ssection.

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The Venue: FortheSummerSchool2010wechoseabeautifulvenue:VillalaStella.ItislocatedinthehillsneartoFlorence.Here,mostoftheannouncedpro-grammeaswellasthemealsandotheractivitiesoftheweekwilltakeplace.VillalaStella,ViaIacoponedaTodi12,50133Flo-rence,ItalyWebsite:www.villalastella.it

ArrivalThevenuecaneasilybereachedbycaraswellasbypublictransportfromthePiazzaSanMarconeartothetrainstationSantaMariaNovella,Florencedowntown.FortravelerscomingfromEurope:thereareseveralgoodnight-trainoptionsfromvariousbigEuropeancities.Pleasecheckthispossibilitybeforetakingtheplane!TheairportinPisaisoftenthebetter(cheaper)optionthanFlorenceairportwhenarrivingbyplane.GoodNightTrainsforexampleleavefromMunichviaVerona,Bologna,FirenzetoRoma.

DirectionsBytrainArrivingatthemainstationSantaMariaNovellainFlorence,yourbusno.7withdirectionS.Domenico/FiesoleisleavingfromPiazzaSanMarco(thebus-stopisnamed„LaPira“),whichiseasilytoreachbyfootfromthetrainstation(about13minutes,seemapbelow).Leavethebusatthe12thbusstop„ViaSanDomenico7“(becareful–the9thstopisalsocalled„ViaSanDomenico“butyouhavetostayinthebusanothertwostops!).CrossthemainstreetandfollowthelittlestreetViaIacoponedaTodiuphilltonr.12,VillalaStella.Thejourneytakesabout20minutes.

ByplaneFlorenceairportThereareseveraloptionstogettothemainstationSantaMariaNovella,Florencedowntown:

Takethebusnr.62fromtheairport,directionmainstationSantaMariaNovella.YoucanalsotaketheATAF-bus,whichisacheaperpossibility.ItLeavesevery25to30minutesbet-ween6:30amand11:30pm.Phone:(0800)424500or(0800)373760.Ticketsareavailableatthebaratthedepartureterminal.Taxi:takesabout30minutesandcosts17€.Phone:(055)4242/4499.

PisaairportYoucantakeorthetrainorthebus(booking:www.terravision.eu)fromPisaairporttothemainstationSantaMariaNovella.Fromthemainstationfol-lowthedescriptionabove.

BycarLeavethehighwayatFirenzeSudandfollowthesi-gnsindirectionFiesole.Afterabout5kmthestreet(ViaSanDomenico)beginsgoinguphill.FollowthestreetanotherkmuphillandthenturntoyourleftonthelittlestreetViaJacoponedaTodiuphill.FindthevenueVillalaStellaatnr.12.Pleasenote:TheancientinnercityofFlorenceisacar-freearea(„zonaatrafficolimitato“).WithoutaspecialpermissioncarsarenotallowedwithinthisareafromMondaytoFridaybetween7:30amand7:30pmandonSaturdaysbetween7:30amand6pm.Signsmarktheareaandcamerascontrolwhethercarsarepermittedtoenterornot.Touristswhohavebookedhotelswithinthisareacanapplyforatemporarypermission(2hoursmax.)attheirhotel.Thecarhastobeparkedoutofthearea.Pleasenotethatwhite-markedparkingsarereser-vedfornatives.

HowtogettoVillalaStellafrom..

HotelAlbion:HotelAlbionisneartothecentralstationSantaMa-riaNovella(600m).Themapbelow(CentralStationSantaMariaNovella

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HotelUngherese:HotelUnghereseisneartoVillalaStella(1,7km).Thebusno.7stopsat„PiazzaEdison“whichisabout200metersfromthehotel.Take3stopsandleaveat„ViaSanDomenicoNo.7“.Thenfollowthedescriptionabove.

Public TransportThebuslineno.7:

Thebuslineno.7startsatPiazzaSanMarco,thestopiscalled„LaPira“.Thebusleavesevery15mi-nutes(duringthewholeweek),thelastoneleavesat00:40am.Thestopsare:1LaPira,2Venezia–HoteldelaPlace,3Libertà–Mazzoni,4LucaGiordano–Jani-vitzPubblicita,5Mille,6MulinoBiondi,7Volta1,8Ferraris,9Edison(HotelUngherese),10DiSanDo-menico,11Frullino,ForeseDonati,12DiSanDome-nico7(VILLALASTELLA),...,20Fiesole–VinandroOsteria.Busprices:Standardone-wayticket:1,20€(70minutes)Daypass:5€Multi-ride(Quattrocorse):4,50€(4times70mi-nutes)3days-ticket(bigliettotregiorni):12€Ticktescanbeboughtatbarsor„Tabacchi“

Taxi:

It’salmostimpossibletostopataxi.Youcaneit-hercalloneorgotooneofthetaxi-places:Mainstation,Parterre,PiazzadellaLibertà,PiazzadellaRepubblica,PiazzaSanMarco,PiazzaSantaMariaNovella,PiazzaSantaTrìnita,PiazzaFerrucciundPortaRomana.Taxiprices:Basicrate:3,20€(calledtaxi:5,10€)Nighttariff:5,16€Weekendandholidays:4,03€Womengeta„night-discount“whenthey’reoutalone(askforsconto!)

Good to knowOpeninghours

Banks:Mon-Fr8.20am-1.20pmand2.45-3.45pm.Shops:09.30am-1pmand3.30pm-8pm.Bigsuper-marketsandstoresnormallydon’tcloseduringnoontime.GroceriesarenormallyclosedonWed-nesdayandSaturdayafternoons.SomeshopsareevenopenonSundays.PricesEspresso:0,90€GlassofWine:2€GlassofWater:0,50€Icecream:1,70€/2balls

Weather:

FlorenceinJulyisrealmidsummer:muchsunandheatandlittlerain.Temperaturesareabout30(ormore)degreesduringthedayandabout18degreesinthenight.Organicmeals:

Breakfastwillbeservedatyourhotel.Lunch,dinnerandcoffeebreaksaswellasthebarintheeveningwilltakeplaceatVillalaStellamostofthetime(onTuesdayandThursday,dinnerwillbeservedatFlo-rencedowntownwherethespeechesandactivitiestakeplace).Wetriedtoorganiseorganicfoodforthewholeweekandsucceededinmostofthecases.ThecookatVillalaStellawillpreparetypicalItaliancuisine–healreadycreatedadeliciousvegetarianmenu.

What to bring:Asitisgoingtobeveryhot,bring•lightclothes•openshoes•sunscreen•sunglasses•sunhat

ThelandscapearoundVillalaStellaisbeautiful,invitingtowalksonmildsummerevenings.Soitmightbegoodtobringalsoclosedshoes.

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Afterfivedaysofintensivelearning,meetinganddeveloping,everybodywillgohometoherorhisplaceandbringalltheseexperienceswithher/him.Ourhopeis,thattheideasandactivitiesoftheSummerSchoolwillspreadtoeachofthisplacesandcreatelittleareasofchangeintheeverydaylifesofpeoplearoundtheworld.

WewanttoencourageyoutousetheISBSocialBankingandFinanceNetworktostayintouchwitheachotherandtounderstanditasakindof„neverendingSummerSchool“.

WeareverymuchlookingforwardtohearingabouteverythingthatdevelopsoutoftheSummerSchool:Arethereanynewprojectsandinitiatives?

Whathaschangedpersonally?AnynewdevelopmentsintheareaofSocialBankingandFinance?

Save the date: Summer School 2011 in Canterbury, UK

From3to8July2011,the4thInternationalSummerSchoolonSocialBankingwilltakeplaceinCanterbury,UK.Wearemorethanhappytoco-operatewithCharityBank(www.charitybank.org)inthisproject.In2011,wewilldigdeeperintotheessentialquestionsaroundmoney:Whatdoweactuallydowithmoney?Wheredoesitgo?(Doesitgosomewherewithoutourknowledge?)Howisitregulated?Whoaretheactorsinthemonetarysystem?Howismoneyrelatedtothegrowthimperative?Theworkingtitlefor2011is:“Money rules the world – who rules the money?”.

Pleasefindmoreinformationatwww.social-banking.org/en/summer-school/summer-school-2011,oraskKatharinaBeckformoreinformation.Youcanalsofindaone-pagerontheSummerSchool2011inyourconferencepackage.

Wewouldbeveryhappytowelcomeyouthereagainorifyouspreadthewordamongstyourfriendsandcolleagues.

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