CIRIEC (International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy) is a non-governmental international scientific organization. About / A propos o Currently CIRIEC has 13 national sections in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Venezuela + 3 collective members. o Its objectives are to undertake and promote the collection of information, scientific research, and the publication of works on economic sectors and activities oriented towards the service of the general and collective interest: • action by the State and the local and regional public authorities in economic fields (economic policy, regulation); • public utilities; • public and mixed enterprises at the national, regional and municipal levels; • the so-called “social economy” (not-for-profit economy, cooperatives, mutuals, and non-profit organizations); etc. In these fields CIRIEC seeks to offer opportunities for mutual enrichment to practitioners and academics and to develop international action and reflection. o CIRIEC leads an international network of more than 150 scientists active in public, social and cooperative economy. o Scientific journal: CIRIEC publishes an international scientific journal, the Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics / Annales de l’économie publique, sociale et cooperative, published on a quarterly basis by Wiley-Blackwell, with as Editor Marco Marini (University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy). The objective of the Annals is the publication of high quality theoretical and empirical articles providing information of interest for academics and experts.