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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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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Francesca Ottolenghi, Chief of International Relations, EU Policies, International Development Cooperation and Internationalization Office, and Chief of Sustainability and Cooperation Office Legacoop in Italy
15 February 2022
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work. On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Francesca Ottolenghi who is the Chief of International Relations, EU Policies, International Development Cooperation and Internationalization Office of Legacoop in Italy. She is also Legacoop’s Chief of Sustainability and Cooperation Office.
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12th Academy on the Social and Solidarity Economy - Closing Session
31 January 2022
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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 3: SSE, decent work agenda and the future of work
21 January 2022
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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 2: Towards an inclusive and gender-transformative SSE: a thinking lab
21 January 2022
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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 4: Financial mechanisms for innovative SSE ecosystems
10 January 2022
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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 7: SSE as tool for social cohesion, peace and resilience
10 January 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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ILO presents new initiative on statistics of cooperatives at the ICA Cooperative Research Conference
03 December 2021
The ILO presented an initiative on Implementing the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives at the 2021 ICA Cooperative Research Conference.
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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE
29 November 2021
The electives of the SSE Academy were designed for practitioners from around the world to share and discuss practices, ideas and models for SSE action in specific fields. The first elective 1 took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It focused on the promotion of fundamental principles and rights at work in the Social and Solidarity Economy. It was available for participants in English, French and Spanish.