3. Clear rules and consistency in the application of those rules, because by not respecting the rules can derive enormous damage to the reputation of the entire movement of solidarity groups( resale, smuggling, illegal trade on the public spaces, cheating consumers by selling conventional products under the eco-label, etc.).
At the second meeting, which took place on 29 and 30 November 2014 in Praprot( GorskiKotar), the differences have culminated and the participants decided to vote for the acceptance of the decisions and rules( also including directives defined in Dalj). View the lack of a system for the acceptance of the decisions and of a system for the functioning of the network, having the aim to coordinate the EPGs. After Praprot, there occurred the split of the groups’ Šijana, Rojc, Osijek and Visnjan from the Ethic Purchasing Groups, to become Ecological Solidarity Groups( ESG). The mentioned solidarity groups have also brought a common regulation that regulates the functioning of the ESGs – Ecological Solidarity Groups and of the ESMs- Ecological Solidarity Markets.
At the meeting-workshop of EPGs and ESGs, which occurred in January 2015, it was tried to find points in common between the two kinds of groups. Moreover, a common name: Solidarity Groups( SG), as a condition for the creation of a common network- the Network of solidarity Groups, which can take part both members of the EPGs and members of the ESGs, as well as members of other similar models, such as the RIS( RazmjenaiSolidarnost- Exchange and solidarity) started in Bjelovar and Varazdin.
For the ESGs, it has been of fundamental importance the definition of clear and precise rules. This to differentiate themselves from the various groups that work on the interests and principles of various types and with diverse systems such as web shop( as with the Zagreb group " Plac ") or simpler Facebook groups that unite people that together order product of any type and origin. What is most important of all within the ESGs is to agree the production in advance, and thereby encourage local production, the expansion of awareness on environmental protection, ecological production, the creation of solidly relationships, the sense of community and thus the enrichment of the local society as a whole.
One purpose of the ESGs is to spread the idea through the formation of new groups in new places and in new local communities, to create the basic premises for the development of new producers, helping the formation of such groups through mentoring. The idea is, in
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