Social and Solidarity Economy

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Social and Solidarity Economy

Recent global economic and political instability has served to underline the shortcomings of our current development system and further confirm the necessity for an alternate or complementary development paradigm. The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is a viable solution to re-balancing economic, social and environmental objectives.

Highlights

  1. Resolution concerning decent work and the social and solidarity economy

    Resolution adopted at the 110th International Labour Conference of the ILO, 2022.

Latest News

  1. ILO COOP eNewsUpdate

    03 October 2022

  2. The Social and Solidarity Economy as an agent of social innovation in Africa

    03 October 2022

  3. The global advisory committee of the ILO’s initiative on statistics of cooperatives holds its kick-off meeting

    28 September 2022

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Projects

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    Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia

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    Joint COOP/Social Finance research initiative on Social and solidarity economy and social innovation in Africa

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    JEUN’ESS: Promotion of Social and Solidarity Economy and Creation of Decent Jobs for Tunisian Youth

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    Land and Rights – Paths to Social and Solidarity Economy in Palestine

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