With its microcredit groups, cooperatives of peasant farmers, fishermen, craftsmen, small tradesmen, its support groups, health services, education and training… a community-based economy provides proof that it is possible to ally economics, solidarity and the common good. It means that the economy is not strictly restricted to the market, the pursuit of financial profit and its unacceptable consequences: exploitation of poverty, brutal relocation, speculation on food and natural resources. Solidarity economy helps to develop accessible public services, close to communities and clearly run in line with the general interest. The development of this type of economy is a matter of civic democracy throughout the world.