SOL Project

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{{Short description|French complementary currency project}}

The SOL Project is an innovative French complementary currency designed to promote a "solidarity economy". The project is being financed by the European Commission and pilot tested in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Île-de-France and Brittany.

SOL was initiated by Patrick Viveret and Dominique Picard and has received praise from president Jacques Chirac.{{cite web | title=Europe's Move To 'Complementary Currencies' | work=OhmyNews (June 06, 2004) | url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=3&no=200116&rel_no=1 | author=Yasuyuki Hirota |accessdate=1 August 2006 }} Supporters who believe that SOL will raise the standard of living for low income participants while building local economies.