Convers-azioni
ConversAzioni
In 2021, the Viso A Viso Community Cooperative, together with Confcooperative Cuneo, conceived and organized ConversAzioni #1 – the Piedmont Festival of Cooperatives and Community Enterprises. The idea was born out of the need to connect organizations, places, and enterprises, giving them the opportunity to get to know one another, reflect together, and explore the possibility of building collaborative pathways.
The second edition of the festival, Convers.Azioni #2 – Places of Transformation, took on a regional dimension, being promoted directly by Confcooperative Habitat Piemonte, with the support of the national federation and various actors within the Confcooperative network. The Festival hosted dialogue among local experiences and enterprises, institutional and political representatives, organizations, experts, and professionals.
ConversAzioni #3 continues to aim at building a shared space for connection among diverse enterprises and cultures—an essential foundation for strategic, supra-regional action. The specific theme of the 2024 Festival is sustainability, understood in its threefold meaning: environmental, economic, and cultural.
Starting in 2024, the Festival includes the ConversAzioni School, featuring workshops led by experts and spaces for sharing practices.
The 2025 edition of ConversAzioni, titled “Beyond Inclusion. Toward a New Civic Vocabulary for Living in Italy,” will take place from November 6 to 8 in Ostana.
With the strategic role of enterprises and institutions capable of generating social and economic transformation remaining at the core, the event will be enriched by stories and experiences from community cooperatives in Italy and abroad. A new addition to ConversAzioni #4 is the DopoFestival, which will take place from the afternoon of Saturday, November 8, through Sunday, November 9—a unique opportunity for participants to explore the local area, learn about its history, and spark the emergence of new ideas.
ConversAzioni
#4
Festival of Community Enterprises and Cooperatives
November 6–8, 2025 – Ostana (Cn)
Lou Pourtoun, Civic and Cultural Center – Sant’Antonio Hamlet
November 8–9, 2025 – DopoFestival
Beyond Inclusion
Toward a New Civic Vocabulary for Living in Italy
Program
Thursday, November 6, 2025
16.00 Welcome reception for participants of the ConversAzioni 2025 School
19.00 Welcome aperitif and presentation of the School
20.30 Dinner at the Merenderia Alpina, Lou Pourtoun Cultural Center
Friday, November 7, 2025
8.30 Breakfast and participant welcome
9.30 Festival opening
10.00 Introduction to the event
Alberto Anselmo, President of Confcooperative Habitat Piemonte
Laura Cantarella, Viso A Viso Community Cooperative
10.15 Institutional greetings
Giacomo Lombardo Mayor of Ostana
Emanuele Vaudano, President of the Unione Montana dei Comuni del Monviso
Mario Sacco, President of Confcooperative Piemonte Sud
10.30 Civil Economy: Innovation through Community Cooperation
Giovanni Vetritto, Advisor to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers*
Maurizio Gardini, National President of Confcooperative
Alessandro Maggioni, National President of Confcooperative Habitat
Marco Gallo, Regional Councillor for Mountain Development and Promotion, Inner Areas, and LEADER Programs – Piedmont Region
Irene Bongiovanni, President of Confcooperative Culture, Tourism, and Sport
Gianluca Vignale, Regional Councillor for Development and Cohesion Funds – Piedmont Region
Fabiola Di Loreto, National Director of Confcooperative
Franco Gilardi, President of Assopiemonte Leader
Introduced and moderated by Stefano Arduini, Editor-in-Chief of VITA
13.00 Closing remarks
Followed by a walk with packed lunch
15.00 ConversAzioni School
Institutional Greetings
Jacopo Suppo, Vice President of ANCI Piemonte and
Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Turin
Luca Robaldo, President of the Province of Cuneo
Inner Areas: Inclusive Territories?
Presentation of the book “Lands That Are Not Mine. A Counter-Geography in 111 Maps” by Matteo Meschiari.
Discussion with the author, Laura Cantarella and Andrea Fenoglio – Viso A Viso
Curated by BAO – Biblioteca Aperta di Ostana
Participation Tools
Tiziana Ciampolini – Expert in Transformative Innovation
Luigi Vallome – Weco Eco Community Manager
Care Ecosystems
Caterina Orsenigo – Journalist
Tobias Luthe – Monviso Institute
Introduced and moderated by Duccio Facchini, Editor-in-Chief of Altreconomia
20.30 Dinner
21.30 Evening of dancing & mulled wine
Conversing in Ostana
Starting at 4:00 PM, those who wish may take part in the DopoFestival, which will continue until Sunday, November 9.
November 8–9, 2025 – Ostana (Cn)
Lou Pourtoun, Civic and Cultural Center – Sant’Antonio Hamlet
Program
Film ScreeningZSaturday, November 8, 2025
8.30 Breakfast
9:30 Institutional Greetings
Jacopo Suppo, Vice President of ANCI Piemonte and
Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Turin
Luca Robaldo, President of the Province of Cuneo
10.00 Communicating Inclusion: Experiences, Tools, and Projects
Anna Manca, President of Confcooperative Liguria
Marco Fiorito, Coordinator of Sbalzi culturali – Stranaidea Social Cooperative
Carmine Guanci, Director of the Peppino Vismara Foundation
Stefano Caon, Department of Environment, Energy and Territory – Mountain Development Division, Piedmont Region
Luigi Gili, Observatory on Quality and Workers’ Rights
Introduced and moderated by Laura Cantarella, Viso A Viso Community Cooperative
11.30 Beyond Inclusion: Toward a New Civic Vocabulary for Living in Italy
Presentation of the report “10 Years of Cooperation in Inner Areas”
by Dennis Maseri, Member of the Presidency of Confcooperative Piemonte
Valerio Pellirossi, National Director of Confcooperative Habitat
Maria Pianezzola, Director of GAL Terre Occitane
Debora Aurino, Regional Department of Competitiveness – Cooperatives Division, Piedmont Region
Antonio De Rossi, Polytechnic University of Turin
Introduced and moderated by Luca Facta, Secretary of Confcooperative Habitat Piemonte
13.00 Closing of the Festival and the ConversAzioni School
Followed by lunch with the residents of Ostana through the village streets
Starting from 4:00 PM, those who wish may take part in the DopoFestival, continuing through Sunday, November 9.
15.00 “King Lear”, presented by the Piccolo Teatro di Ostana –
a community theatre workshop led by Giulietta De Bernardi
20.00 Dinner
21.30 Film Screening “The Red House,” directed by Francesco Catarinolo
in collaboration with the National Mountain Museum. Introduction by Marco Ribetti and Veronica Lisino
Sunday, November 9, 2025
8.30 Breakfast
10.00 Outdoor experience
12.30 Final aperitif at the merenderia
Where to eat
and sleep in Ostana?