Artificial intelligence or cooperative intelligence?
Creating a third digital path together
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NEC ESS 2025
Under the banner “Numérique en Commun[s]” (Digital Commons), and organized by the Social Good Accelerator, the NEC ESS is an annual event dedicated to promoting the digital social and solidarity economy.
This year’s theme is: “Artificial intelligence or cooperative intelligence? Creating a third digital path together.”
The SoGA is in high demand this year on the subject of AI. Is it poison or medicine for the SSE? What if cooperative intelligence were the key to maintaining the ecosystem that holds social cohesion together in France? What balance can be found? What method of democratic dialogue, mutualization, and collective “test and learn” should be adopted to embrace AI without distorting the missions or damaging the resources of the SSE? Through our conferences, the presentation of concrete tools, and practical workshops, we will explore these issues in concrete terms with stakeholders representing the various digital sectors of general interest.
At the heart of our dynamic is a fruitful dialogue between researchers and practitioners, professional and statutory branches of the SSE, as well as the SSE, public actors, and companies in the sector.
Conferences and networking
Wednesday 26th November 2025
1-5 pm – Workshop:
Freeing SSE organizations from GAFAM.
5-8 pm – A two-part conference:
- AI and civil society: citizen vigilance or democratic opportunity?
- AI and the social and solidarity economy: poison or remedy? Should we make the shift, and under what conditions?
8-10 pm – Cocktail & networking
Will follow a networking session with a cocktail dinner, the opportunity for you to meet SSE professionals, exchange ideas and maybe build links for future collaborations?
Workshop day
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Attend our NEC ESS workshop day on November 27, 2025 in Paris, dedicated to deepening your knowledge and skills about AI in social economy. Punctuated by time of exchange and networking, this day will propose a series of practical workshops covering various themes:
Voice (Advocacy)
This focus area explores how to give voice to digital inclusion and the digital social and solidarity economy in public debate. It combines monitoring, political intelligence, and advocacy to guide decisions and promote digital access for all.
Learn (Skills)
This area focuses on strengthening digital and AI skills for SSE actors. It covers support, the design of essential services, and practical workshops to improve the user experience.
Connect (Inter-knowledge)
This focus promotes encounters and cooperation between actors in the digital social and solidarity economy, around commons, cooperatives, and digital and environmental transition initiatives. It enables the sharing of experiences, projects, and best practices.
Registration to the NEC ESS
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