In less than two months Seville will witness the opening of the 27th International Congress of CIRIEC, the leading forum on the public, social and cooperative economy that will be held from 22 to 24 September this year in the capital of Andalusia, organised by CIRIEC-Spain with the assistance of CEPES-Andalusia and sponsorship from a number of public and private organisations. H.M. King Juan Carlos of Spain is the Honorary Chairman of the Congress, with its theme of "Innovation and Management: The responses of public, social and co-operative economy enterprises to major challenges". The Nobel Economics Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz will give a lecture on the opening day of the 27th International Congress of CIRIEC,