News on Social and Solidarity Economy

February 2022

  1. The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 38th regular meeting

    28 February 2022

    The 38th UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 24 February 2022.

January 2022

  1. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 6: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals: SSE as trigger of Local Economic Development

    12 January 2022

  2. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation

    10 January 2022

October 2021

  1. The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 37th regular meeting

    22 October 2021

    The 37th UNTFSSE meeting was virtually held on 21 October 2021 and brought together almost 50 participants from seven UN member organizations (ILO, UNRISD, UNDESA, UNDP, UNCTAD, ESCAP) and OECD, thirteen observer organizations (CIRIEC, EURICSE, Catalyst2030, EMES, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, Social Economy Europe, SSE International Forum, RIPESS, CSEND, EESC and ICA) and two resource persons.

July 2021

  1. The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 36th regular meeting

    30 July 2021

    The 36th UNTFSSE meeting was virtually held on 27 July 2021 and brought together 35 participants from four UN member organizations (ILO, UNRISD, UNDESA, UNDP-ART), twelve observer organizations (CIRIEC, EURICSE, Catalyst2030, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, Social Economy Europe, SSE International Forum, RIPESS, CSEND, EESC and ICA) and two resource persons.

June 2021

  1. ILC Daily Show features questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy

    30 June 2021

    During the 2021 International Labour Conference, the ILO hosted a virtual Daily show, which featured questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy on June 17, 2021.

  2. ILO COOP participates in the first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture

    30 June 2021

    The first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture on “Post pandemic community - regeneration through co-operative multi agency partnerships” took place virtually on June 12, 2021.

  3. Members and observers of the United Nations Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) co-organized a session at the Vth World Forum on Local Economic Development

    29 June 2021

    UNDP, GSEF, UNRISD, ILO, and the UNTFSSE held virtually a session on “Integrated territorial systems for Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE): building a framework for analysis and planning’’ on 1 June 2021

  4. The PAJESS project participates in a session of the Vth World Forum on Local Economic Development

    29 June 2021

    Mr. Tarek Mahjoub, Regional Director of Vocational Training and Employment at the Ariana Governorate in Tunisia shared the experience of the PAJESS project during the session "Integrated territorial systems for the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE): building a framework for analysis and planning".

  5. UNTFSSE participates in the European Social Economy Summit (EUSES)

    09 June 2021

    The Chair of the UNTFSSE and Director of ILO Enterprises Department, Mr. Vic van Vuuren, participated and spoke on the first day ofthe European Social Economy Summit (EUSES) broadcasted from Mannheim on 26-27 May 2020.