Resources on cooperatives

  1. ILO co-organizes an international conference on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

    27 June 2019

    The ILO co-organizes an international conference aimed at examining the role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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

    09 May 2019

    The project aims at contributing to the respect of economic and social rights for the Palestinian population.

  3. Research Project on "Financial mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems"

    20 April 2018

    Supported by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, this project aims at fostering a better understanding of the global ecosystems, i.e. the relations and interactions between a number of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) stakeholders favouring SSE, and the financial mechanism that supports and consolidate them.

  4. Public policies for social and solidarity economy: Assessing progress in seven countries

    13 October 2017

    This particular study is a comparative analysis of seven ILO case studies. In the first part, an overview of the public policies for social and solidarity economy in Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, the Philippines, South Africa, the Republic of Korea and Italy is presented. The second part offers a comparative perspective of public policy for social and solidarity economy in terms of key instruments, achievements and limitations. Different pathways are identified and four specific challenges related to state capacity, policy coherence, participation and sustainability are examined.

  5. The 9th edition of the ILO Social and Solidarity Economy Academy in Luxembourg

    06 October 2017

    The 9th edition of the ILO SSE Academy took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg from 25-29 September 2017. Over 120 participants from more than 30 countries participated in this Academy which focused on the Future of Work and exchanged experiences, best practices and challenges.

  6. Social and Solidarity Economy and the Future of Work

    05 September 2017

    This publication presents the main theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on the features and role of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations, specifically on its potential to create and preserve decent work. The publication also underlines the SSE’s capacity to create jobs in emerging sectors, for example in the silver economy, and to contribute to the formalization of the informal economy. Lastly, the policy implications of these various changes, and how they can support the growth and development of SSE in the future of work are addressed.

  7. Public policies for the social and solidarity economy: Towards a favourable environment The case of the Republic of Korea

    21 June 2017

  8. Public policies for the Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards an enabling environment. The case of South Africa

    24 March 2017

  9. The 8th Edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy

  10. Social and Solidarity Economy

    02 March 2017

    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.