ADDES

Alternate Name

Association pour le Développement des Données sur l’Économie Sociale

Relevance

ADDES is the most ancient and important learned association on social economy in France. It is at the origin of the first statistical data on this field, in addition of a multidisciplinary academic community in France.

Address/URL

5 rue Las Cases, 75,007 Paris, FRANCE.

URL: http://www.addes.asso.fr/

Introduction

ADDES was created with a double objective: to improve and disseminate the knowledge of social economy organizations, especially by giving them a greater visibility in the official statistics, and to promote this set of organizations in the public sphere and the public at large.

Brief History

ADDES was founded in 1982 by an informal group of statisticians and academics, rapidly joined by employees of cooperatives, mutual societies, and associations eager to give more acknowledgement to the economic and social role of these organizations. In 1983, a first conference was organized,...