All news: social and solidarity economy

ILO provides a platform for policy dialogue to accelerate the development of social enterprises in Malaysia

The webinar provided a policy platform to explore ways to strengthen the social enterprise ecosystem in Malaysia, including an overview of global, regional and national trends, presentation of the recently launched Malaysia Social Entrepreneurship...

ILC Conclusions on decent work and the SSE

UNTFSSE special meeting on operationalizing the action plan 2022-2024

The UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy organized a virtual meeting to discuss recent milestones and future joint work.

ILO-EU Relations

ILO and European Commission reaffirm mutual partnership at 16th High Level meeting

International organizations and policymakers affirmed the historic momentum around the Social and Solidarity Economy

A High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) side-event held on July 5th discussed the role of the social and solidarity economy in building back better and promoting sustainable development.

ILC General Discussion on social and solidarity economy and ILO cooperative statistics initiative featured at the Social Economy Fair in...

The outcomes of the general discussion at the 110th International Labour Conference on Decent Work and Social and Solidarity Economy and the ILO’s cooperative statistics initiative were featured at the Social Economy Week that took place in...

Cooperatives

The Occupied Palestinian Territory joins the global community in celebrating International Day of Cooperatives

The definition of the social and solidarity economy adopted at the International Labour Conference, receives international accolades

The 110th International Labour Conference adopted a Resolution and Conclusions concerning decent work and the social and solidarity economy (SSE).

ILO holds an orientation session on the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives

During the two day orientation session, organized by ILO COOP Unit and the STATISTICS Department, ILO staff, partners and representatives from national advisory committees for the five country case studies discussed the best way forward in...

Conclusions on decent work and the social and solidarity economy adopted at the 110th International Labour Conference

The tripartite ILO Constituents deliberated for ten days to reach the Conclusions on decent work and the social and solidarity economy.

110th International Labour Conference

International Labour Conference closes with “remarkable harvest of achievements”

The Director-General told delegates that the 110th International Labour Conference had made history with its work on safety and health, apprenticeships, and labour standards, among other areas.

ILO Voices | Social and solidarity economy

Our cooperative has dignified the work of waste pickers

Twenty-two years ago, Martha Elena Iglesias helped found a waster picker cooperative in Colombia called Planeta Verde. Over time, the cooperative has transformed how the local community views waste pickers and a sense of solidarity has developed...

110th International Labour Conference

Those who resort to war deny social justice, says ILO Director-General

“The rule of law must prevail” declares ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, at the opening session of the 110th International Labour Conference.

The ILO COOP Manager discusses appraising evidence on social and solidarity economy with ILO Constituents

The session took place on May 19 at an ILO workshop on evidence-based policy making for decent work with the participation of 34 Constituents from 23 countries.

Materials on “Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” now available from the ILO

Towards a Solidarity Future: The Gathering of Cooperative Societies for Development in Mali

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Melih Toprak and Fatih Polattimur, Trade Experts at the Turkish Ministry of Trade

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this...

ILO and UNTFSSE participate at Catalysing Change Week 2022

The Director of the Enterprises Department of the ILO and Chair of the UN Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE), Mr Vic Van Vuuren has participated in the Catalysing Change Week 2022, an international event to unlock and...

The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 39th regular meeting

The 39th UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 11 May 2022. It brought together 45 participants from six member organizations (ILO, UNRISD, UNDESA, UNCTAD, ESCAP and OECD), twelve observer organizations (CIRIEC, EMES, EURICSE, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid...

Exchanges with the international cooperative movement on the ILO’s Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation and the ILC discussion on...

On May 13, 2022 the International Cooperative Alliance organized an event that brought together cooperators and the ILO to reflect on the outcomes of the 33rd World Cooperative Congress, the relevance of the ILO’s Promotion of Cooperatives...