12th Edition of the Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy
The 12th edition of the ILO Global Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy focused on: “Building back better: the role of social and solidarity economy in a human-centred and planet sensitive recovery”. The Academy took place between the 15th and 26th of November 2021, online, with 200 participants from all over the world.


The biographies of speakers and chairs can be consulted here: eng - fr - es - pt.
The organising team can be discovered here: eng - fr - es - pt.
To find out more about the sessions (including description, recordings, presentations, etc.) see below:
WEEK 1 (15-19 November 2021)
Official openingHigh level panel 1: A human-centred recovery – impacts of and responses on the COVID-19 crisis
Plenary session 1: Social and Solidarity Economy: an overview, values and principles
Plenary Session 2: SSE main trends in the different regions and recent development on SSE policies
Plenary Session 3: SSE, decent work agenda and the Future of Work
Interactive Session: Study visits SSE Portugal (I)
Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE
Elective 2: Towards an inclusive and gender-transformative SSE: a thinking lab
Elective 3: SSE, just transition to climate-neutral and circular economy: innovative ways of production and consumption
Elective 4: SSE and South-South and triangular cooperation
WEEK 2 (22-26 November 2021)
Plenary session 4: Financial mechanisms for innovative SSE ecosystemsPlenary Session 5: The importance of statistical instruments in measuring the role of the SSE
Plenary Session 6: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SSE as trigger of Local Economic Development
Interactive Session: Study visits SSE Portugal (II)
Marketplace - Networking with other Academy participants
High level panel 2: Partnerships for an inclusive and sustainable development: SSE ecosystems beyond COVID-19 crisis
Elective 5: SSE and formalization of the informal economy (including worker buyouts)
Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation
Elective 7: SSE as tool for social cohesion, peace and resilience (focus on refugees and IDPs)
Elective 8: SSE: Youth, education and new skills
Official Closure
You can find more information at: Academy on Social and Solidarity economy (12th edition) | ITCILO and on the SSE Collective Brain.