A number of major national and international consumer organisations, bankers’ associations, welfare organisations and public interest groups supported the Conferences. Repeated requests to the European Commission in the last three years have failed. But this will not interrupt the continuity of these events. It will bring together research and practice as an international meeting point in social finance. Participants can expect to learn much about financial products, social effects, ethical issues, banking structures and supervision from different countries in the world.

Examples of Supporting Organisations and National Organisers:

• ADOC, Roma
• AG-SBV Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schuldnerberatung der Verbände, Köln (Rotes Kreuz, Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Caritas, Diakonie, DPWV)
• ALTROCONSUMO, Milano
• Arbeiterkammer Wien, Verein für Konsumenteninformation
• Asociación de Usuarios de Bancos, Cajas y Seguros, Zaragoza
• Associacao Portuguesa de Direito do Consumo, Coimbra
• Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo de Lisboa
• Church Action on Poverty/Debt on our Doorstep, London
• Consumer Affairs Council, Malta
• Credal, Bruxelles
• DECO – Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor
• DOOD - Debt on our Doorstep, London
• EKPIZO Consumers Association "Quality of Life", Athens
• European Debt Net, Dublin
• Finansol, Paris
• Finnish Consumer Agency, Helsinki
• institut für finanzdienstleistungen, Hamburg
• Institut National de la Consommation, Paris
• International Association of Consumer Law, Toronto
• International Consumer Research Institute, Lubljana
• MicFin, Paris
• Money Advice and Budgeting Services, Dublin
• National Community Reinvestment Coalition, NCRC, Washington D.C.
• Nederlandse Verenigung voor Volkskrediet (VVK)
• New Economics Foundation, London
• Observatoire de Crédit et d’Endettement, Charleroi
• Observatório do Endividamento dos Consumidores, Coimbra
• Reeseau de Financement Alternatif, Bruxelles
• Test-Achat, Bruxelles
• UFC/Que Choisir, Paris
• Universita degli Studi di Trento
• University of Zaragoza
• Verbraucherzentrale Hamburg
• Verbraucherzentrale Sachsen
• Verbraucherzentralen Bundesverband, Berlin
• VuR, Verbraucher und Recht, Hamburg
• Zentrum für Europäische Rechtspolitik, Bremen