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ILO 8.7 Accelerator Lab training

Detention of foreign fishing vessel in South Africa follows ILO training on forced labour

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

An ILO research report on the contribution of SSE to social innovation in Africa is now available in English and French

ILO/ITU/AU Joint Programme

Call for Participants: Youth Advisory Group on Digital Jobs

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The ILO receives an award during Free State Provincial EPWP Summit Awards Ceremony

Extended Public Works Programme

ILO, Governments of South Africa and Switzerland launch “Productivity Ecosystems For Decent Work” Programme

The Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme identifies root causes of low productivity and decent work deficits and develops capacity and ownership of local and national actors to address them.

ILO, Governments of South Africa and Switzerland launch new Programme

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work

G7 Leaders’ Communiqué

ILO welcomes commitments in G7 leaders’ communiqué

New commitments by the G7 Leaders, covering gender equality, tackling inflation, climate change, and support for a just transition to a sustainable and inclusive future, have been welcomed by the ILO.

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ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence

In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender...

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Global Conference in South Africa to tackle rising child labour

ILO and partners launch report into the Social and Solidarity in Economy in South Africa

The results of a South African study conducted during consultations for the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy process, was launched by the ILO on the 28th March 2022 together with the South African government’s Department of Trade Industry...

Confirming the values, principles and activities of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in South Africa

Research into the social and solidarity economy in South Africa has highlighted the diverse scope of work done by these units in the country’s poorest districts.

Discussing the process followed in developing the Social and Solidarity Economy policy in South Africa

On the 23rd March, the ILO, together with partners the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Government of Flanders, launched a report benchmarking the process followed in developing the...

A Global scan of the impact of Employment Programmes on post-COVID-19 Recovery

Summary of speech given at the Limpopo 2022 EPWP Summit

Benchmarking the social and solidarity economy policy process in South Africa against international good practice

The development of a social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy in South Africa was initiated in 2017, with the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding between the ILO, the then Economic Development Department (now Department of Trade Industry and...

The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in Pact for Impact’s event on Social and Solidarity Economy

The Chair of the UNTFSSE and the ILO’s Enterprises Department Director, Mr Vic van Vuuren, spoke at the Pact for Impact event “For an International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” on 4th March 2022.

South African government goes live with its website on the Social and Solidarity Economy Policy process

The website features the work that was undertaken in developing the social and solidarity economy policy in the country between 2017-2021, with support from the ILO.

ILO presents on the SSE to the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC)

The ILO made two presentations on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) at the 48th ARLAC Governing Council meeting for Ministers responsible for Labour/Employment/Manpower issues in Anglophone Africa and Ministerial High-Level Symposium on...

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 4: SSE and South-South and triangular cooperation