Resources on cooperatives

  1. EU action plan on social economy is launched with references to the work of the ILO and the UNTFSSE

    31 March 2022

    On 9 December 2021, after a process of consultation with citizens and stakeholders, the European Commission (EC) published the Social Economy Action Plan « Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the social economy”.

  2. South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: A study of its characteristics and conditions

    28 March 2022

    Social Economy

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

    28 March 2022

    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.

  4. Final evaluation of the Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia Project

    18 March 2022

    The final evaluation report summarizes key findings, conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations from the “Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia” project.

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

    25 February 2022

    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 February 16, 2022.

  6. Call for a consultant to develop a communication strategy on the SSE and support its implementation

    25 February 2022

  7. Call for expression of interest – International consultant for producing a mapping study on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia

    01 February 2022

    As part of the second phase of the project on strengthening SSE policy in Asia, the ILO is looking for a consultant with subject and language expertise to undertake a regional comparative study on mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy landscape in six countries in Asia. Details relating to the expected deliverables are available in the call. The deadline to submit expressions of interest is February 18, 2022. The email should be sent to coop@ilo.org copying ahnh@ilo.org with “Consultancy on Mapping the SSE in Asia” as the subject line.

  8. Call for expression of interest – international consultant for producing a mapping study on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia

    01 February 2022

  9. An online interactive report of the 12th Edition of the 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy is launched

    21 January 2022

  10. The report on “Assessment of the needs of social economy units and identification of priority value chains for the creation of decent jobs in Cameroon” has been released

    17 December 2021

    The Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA) of Cameroon and the ILO conducted a study on evaluation of the potential of the Social Economy in Cameroon.