The EoF BOARD is the team that coordinates the activities promoted by the organizing committee, the scientific committee and that supports the work of the Villages and territorial initiatives. Here you will find the main proposals, open to our community but also to all those souls who feel close to the spirit of EoF.
The 12 “EoF Villages” represent the working sessions of the participants on key topics of the economy of today and tomorrow. This is the place of crossroads and paths, dialogue and confrontation, questions and perspectives, reflections and proposals.
The EoF BOARD is the team that coordinates the activities promoted by the organizing committee, the scientific committee and that supports the work of the Villages and territorial initiatives. Here you will find the main proposals, open to our community but also to all those souls who feel close to the spirit of EoF.
What’s going on locally, what was born from the meetings and after the November event, particular stories of a territory, perspectives, requests, best practices, projects, work-in-progress initiatives, shared paths and local proposals for today & tomorrow’s new economy.
Living The Economy of Francesco events are proposals inspired by The Economy of Francesco life. These are initiatives organized at the regional or local level (in presence or online) in the form of workshops, laboratories, study seminars, conferences, round tables, calls for action and much more.
MEET THE PEOPLE
“Your universities, your businesses and your organizations are workshops of hope for creating new ways of understanding the economy and progress, for combating the culture of waste, for giving voice to those who have none and for proposing new styles of life.” (Letter of the Holy Father May 1, 2019 – “to Young Economists and Entrepreneurs Worldwide”)
The EoF community is mainly made up of stories. Young entrepreneurs, researchers and changemakers building pieces of a different present and future, every day.
GABRIELE
Meet Gabriele Costa B. Garcia, lawyer turned changemaker, who left her career to dedicate herself to tackling violence and inequality through peace and human rights education. Her organization, Think Twice Brasil, has impacted over 12.000 people globally with innovative initiatives such as the School of Changers and programs promoting the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda.
FINAL STATEMENT and COMMON COMMITMENT
The work and commitment of the EoF young people has resulted in a declaration, which expresses in 12 points both a personal commitment and an appeal to citizens, institutions, and companies all over the world. At the end of the November 2020 event, 12 young people from 12 countries representing the 12 EoF villages read the Final Statement and Common Commitment EoF.
Do you want to join the EoF community and participate in the 2022 event?
EoF is an international movement of young economists, entrepreneurs and change-makers engaged in a process of inclusive dialogue and young, vibrant, global change, moving towards a new economy.
By filling out the form below you can apply to join the EoF community and participate in this year’s event in Assisi, September 22-24. Join and be part of it.
WHAT’S ON
EDUCATION IS POWERFUL, AND EXTREMISTS KNOW IT
Education is the way to create lifelong opportunities, to generate peace, and to break the cycles of poverty and bigotry.
In carcere si entra in punta di piedi
In carcere si entra in punta di piedi. Per alcuni di noi è la prima volta: gli occhi cercano di superare la distanza delle grate, una accanto all’altra, da fuori sono tutte uguali. Nelle mani abbiamo un dono. È quasi Natale, vogliamo stare un po’ con loro. I nostri amici di Bollate.
Women and the art of speech
A live-streamed reading marathon, from 7 to 9 p.m., in which young people each read for half an hour and in different languages, the famous oriental tales One Thousand and One Nights.
Le grandi sfide di Economy of Francesco
Economy of Francesco: una chiamata a creare una nuova economia per generare cambiamenti strutturali e sociali seguendo precise parole chiave: spogliazione, vita interiore e poveri