We took this opportunity to present the work of the INSP!R network and the mutualist identity card project.
Bart Verstraeten, Director-General of WSM, recounted the history of the INSP!R network to all AIM members at a festive cocktail party on the first evening of the General Meeting. This was an opportunity to exchange views with delegates from mutualist organizations on the challenges of social protection and the importance of the social movement.
The following day, at a workshop dedicated to mutualist innovations, Jean-Pierre Descan, Director of the International Department of Christian Mutuality, presented the results of the INSP !R thematic working group on health mutuals. The mutualist principles of solidarity, not-for-profit, democracy, social movement, autonomy and health actor were reaffirmed and illustrated. The whole approach was also explained, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between mutualist partners.
The mutual health identity card tool received a great deal of attention and generated interest in the need to raise awareness of the values of mutual societies and their various possible fields of action beyond health insurance.
This is an important step in the dissemination of the mutualist identity card, as IAM now wants to think about how to add value to this work. The General Meeting of Christian Mutualities of Belgium on November 23, 2024 also enthusiastically welcomed the presentation of this project.
To discover the identity card of a health mutual : What's a mutual health insurance ? | INSP!R
