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The conference aimed to highlight the co-operative sector contribution to economic development by means of analysing its identifying characteristics, its territorial service mission, the differences between this sector and that of commercial credit, its relationship between alternative and philanthropic funding (finances solidaires). It also strived to pose questions on the validity of the co-operative credit model compared with other existing models in the banking sector, as well as on the challenges which the sector must face to find a balance between economic efficiency and its social mission, and between its dimension of proximity and its position on the intrnational markets