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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.

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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation

10 January 2022

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UNTFSSE participates in the relaunch of the Pact for Impact Alliance

27 April 2021

The Chair of the UNTFSSE and Director of the Enterprises Department, Mr. Vic Van Vuuren, participated in the re-launch of the Pact for Impact Alliance virtually held on 15 April 2020.

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Joint COOP/Social Finance research initiative on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and social innovation in Africa

25 January 2021

The ILO’s Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and Social Finance Programme (Social Finance) recently launched a research project on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and social innovation in Africa funded by the French Government.

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ILO COOP Chiefs across time

03 November 2020

This page provides bibliographies of the chiefs and heads of the ILO's Cooperatives Unit since its establishment in 1920.

ILO COOP 100 Interview

ILO COOP 100 Interview with Jean-Louis Bancel, President of Coop France and Cooperatives Europe, and Vice President for Europe for the International Cooperative Alliance

23 September 2020

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.

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ILO and UNTFSSE participate in the first meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration under the Spanish Presidency

01 June 2020

Representatives from the EU member states confirmed their commitment to promote the social economy and discussed the importance of social economy organizations in COVID-19 recovery measures.

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ILO participates in the Forum on Cooperative Platforms in Paris

30 October 2019

A representative from ILO Cooperatives Unit participated in a panel on positive externalities that can be brought by emerging cooperative platforms.

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ILO and UNTFSSE participation in the First Pact for Impact Summit

16 July 2019

Two officials from the COOP Unit, Ms. Simel Esim and Ms. Valentina Verze, and the Director of the Enterprises Department, Mr. Vic Van Vuuren, participated in the first edition of Pact for Impact in Paris on 10-11 July, 2019.

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ILO shares its work on social economy in the Maghreb at the 11th Convergences World Forum

27 September 2018

ILO Algiers Office Director Mr Mohamed Ali Deyahi presented good practices and lessons learned from ILO engagement with the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in the Maghreb at an international forum in Paris.