News on Social and Solidarity Economy

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Malaysia launches new social entrepreneurship development framework

29 April 2022

The newly launched Social Entrepreneurship Action Framework 2030 provides a new national direction for the development of social entrepreneurship in Malaysia.
ILO and partners launch report into the Social and Solidarity in Economy in South Africa

01 April 2022

The results of a South African study conducted during consultations for the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy process, was launched by the ILO on the 28th March 2022 together with the South African government’s Department of Trade Industry and Competition, the Industrial Development Corporation and the Government of Flanders.

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”.

The ILO and the JCA organize a joint webinar on the social and solidarity economy in Japan

20 December 2021

On 16 December, 2021, ILO Office for Japan and the Japan Cooperative Alliance (JCA) co-hosted an online webinar, "TSUNAGARU by the Social and Solidarity Economy”.
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.

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