Entrepreneurial initiatives, companies with values, B-Corps and social entities will meet at the 'Laukariz Econgreso'.

From November 28 to December 1, local and international speakers will share concerns and challenges of the future in 'Laukariz Ekosistema', a space dedicated to Entrepreneurship with Impact, Business Cooperation and Sustainable Human Development.

'Laukariz Ekosistema' will begin its activity in a healthy space located in the natural environment of Bizkaia, where volunteers and professionals will share and energize the business world and its values, business health and the planet, sustainable human development.

On November 28, 29, 30 and December 1, this healthy space configured as a 'Green & Social Hub' will open its doors to host the 'Laukariz Ekongreso', proposing thirty activities around the Impact Economies and their influence on the creation, growth, consolidation and projection of businesses, companies, social and environmental challenges.

Valuable information, opportunities, ideas, aid, challenges, alliances, resources, materials, financing... Local and international speakers will share experiences and present 'proposals for the Common Good' in different workshops, round tables, presentations, dynamics and other activities, which seek to promote cooperation between companies, organizations and professionals; all of them will meet at this 'Meeting of Meetings' promoted by Negobide Círculo Empresarial and the B-Corp Norte Community, with the support of the EOI - Escuela de Organización Industrial.

Thursday 28

The biologist, professor and researcher at the CSIC, Fernando Valladares, a scientific communicator and disseminator specialising in the environmental and climate crisis, will open the first of the Meetings dedicated to the Green Economy, 'low in carbon, efficient in resources and socially inclusive'

The Blue Economy will address the role of rivers and seas; "a crucial link between the climate system, society and the environment". It will be followed by the Red and Yellow Economies: 'responsible consumption of goods and services' and 'efficient and effective innovation, science and technology for society', respectively.

The Thursday session will conclude by addressing the so-called Orange Economy, which will have Javier Cortés as facilitator of this space dedicated to the 'transformation of ideas into goods and services of a cultural and intellectual nature'. An economist with extensive experience in public institutions and private organizations, Cortés works as an international consultant specializing in corporate sustainability and multi-stakeholder alliances for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

Friday 29

'Equality, Equity and Inclusion, female empowerment and creation of sustainable communities' will begin the second of the working days in Economía Violeta that will bring together representatives of various social entities in this field who will probably also participate later in the convened Economía TEAL with the purpose of 'reinventing organizations to reinvent the world in which we live'.

"The New Longevity". Future Scenarios: "We cannot achieve what we cannot imagine..." is the screen with which Silver Economy will start, a discussion on the context and dynamics of the tables that will work on the specific challenges posed by the New Longevity.

The Golden Economy and the Renaissance Economy will close this Friday session to highlight 'organisations at the service of society' and the need to reflect and understand the nature of the 'transition and transformation of the present and the future' that we are experiencing in this "Change of Era, not Era of Changes".

Saturday 30th and Sunday 1st

The intense work programme will continue throughout the weekend, including workshops such as those given by José Almansa, entrepreneur and creator of the Grasshopper Methodology, and Anastasia Grishko, co-author of the Oxígeno methodology, specialising in the training of soft skills and meta-skills

Experiences from other regions and countries, such as the 'European Bison Reserve', or the 'Safe Food concept' that will travel to Laukariz from Slovakia, will add interest to this Congress, which will also be the first meeting of the 'IDG Hub Mungia Territories with ALMA', a global initiative that brings people together around the 'Internal Development Goals'; the 'Inner Development Goals' to promote the achievement of the SDGs.

Mindfulness, forest baths and walks in the environment to collect waste that will become art, a dynamic 'Mural of the Earth', production of essences and perfumes, music, dance, wine and coffee tastings, gastronomy and games for families with children... are some of the proposals that will complement this Econgress that seeks to add energy, generate synergies and multiply results aimed at economic and social development.

+info: www.laukariz.eus/ekongreso/