Social and Solidarity Economy

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    On International Day of Cooperatives Guy Ryder highlights how cooperatives prioritise people and decent work and contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Social and Solidarity Economy

Recent global economic and political instability has served to underline the shortcomings of our current development system and further confirm the necessity for an alternate or complementary development paradigm. The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is a viable solution to re-balancing economic, social and environmental objectives.

Highlights

  1. Decent work and the social and solidarity economy

    Report prepared for discussion at the 110th International Labour Conference of the ILO.

Latest News

  1. ILO Director-General statement: Cooperatives help build a better world

    01 July 2022

  2. ILO COOP eNewsUpdate

    30 June 2022

  3. © Esneyder Gutiérrez Cardona 2022
    Our cooperative has dignified the work of waste pickers

    30 June 2022

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Projects

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    Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia

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    Joint COOP/Social Finance research initiative on Social and solidarity economy and social innovation in Africa

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    JEUN’ESS: Promotion of Social and Solidarity Economy and Creation of Decent Jobs for Tunisian Youth

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    Land and Rights – Paths to Social and Solidarity Economy in Palestine

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