News on Social and Solidarity Economy

March 2022

  1. 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.

January 2022

  1. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy – High-level panel 2: Partnerships for inclusive and sustainable development: SSE ecosystems beyond COVID-19 crisis

    31 January 2022

  2. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 4: Financial mechanisms for innovative SSE ecosystems

    10 January 2022

December 2021

  1. ILO Director-General was a keynote speaker at the 33rd World Cooperative Congress

    16 December 2021

    Joining online at the World Cooperative Congress, Mr Ryder noted that a human-centred recovery requires recognition of cooperatives as critical social and economic actors to build more resilient communities, and to strengthen local economies.

  2. The relationship between cooperatives and the wider SSE was explored during two events around the World Cooperative Congress

    16 December 2021

  3. The relationship between workers’ organizations and cooperatives explored at the World Cooperative Congress

    16 December 2021

  4. 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.

November 2021

  1. A set of papers on “Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems” is now available from the ILO

    26 November 2021

    The social and solidarity economy (SSE) is receiving increased attention for its role in addressing a variety of economic and social challenges, ranging from the future of work to the provision of social services. The social and economic problems around the global COVID-19 pandemic have brought into focus the need to strengthen the SSE to support the recovery process, along with the public and private sector.

October 2021

  1. ILO country briefs from the Social and Solidarity Economy project in Asia

    28 October 2021

  2. Sung Ho Kim, International Cooperation Department, KFCC

    28 October 2021

    “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 Sung Ho Kim from the International Cooperation Department at KFCC.