News on Social and Solidarity Economy
March 2023
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Technical Officer on Cooperatives and SSE Development
13 March 2023
February 2023
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ILC resolution concerning decent work and the social and solidarity economy discussed at an event organized by INGOs
27 February 2023
The webinar was organized by INSP!R, WSM, WIEGO, RIPESS and IYCW, with the participation of the ILO, to discuss future opportunities and challenges for the social and solidarity economy following the Resolution concerning decent work and SSE that was adopted at the 110th International Labour Conference.
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Interview with Akkanut Wantanasombut – founder of community-based social and solidarity economy platform
23 February 2023
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths in the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Akkanut Wantanasombut, researcher at the Institute of Asia Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and founder of “Tamsang-Tamsong”, a community-based social and solidarity economy platform.
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Member States, international organizations and civil society organizations call for international recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy’s contribution to the attainment of Agenda 2030
23 February 2023
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The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 3rd meeting
21 February 2023
National researchers from Italy, Türkiye, Korea, Costa Rica and Tanzania have presented an analysis of the statistics in their countries on cooperatives. They also provided comparisons to the international guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives.
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ILO COOP sends a video message to the LegaCoop Emilia-Romagna Congress on cooperative identity
20 February 2023
The LegaCoop Emilia-Romagna Congress focusing on “Enterprise of the Future” took place on February 16, 2023 in Bologna with national and regional representatives from Legacoop.
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ILO holds second regional advisory committee to share updates on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia project
14 February 2023
The project’s national researchers and regional advisory committee members exchanged around the progress of the research on the social and solidarity economy in Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Vietnam on 6 February 2023.
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Youssef Fennira Chief Technical Advisor, Responsible for Enterprises/SSE Cluster and Youth focal point, ILO Tunisia
14 February 2023
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
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Younis Sbeih, National Project Officer on Cooperatives for the Cooperative Support Programme (CSP), ILO Ramallah
01 February 2023
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
January 2023
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ILO DG joins public and private sector and social and solidarity economy leaders at a panel in Davos on Unlocking the Social Economy
31 January 2023
The panellists discussed the role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in advancing decent work and sustainable development.