News on Social and Solidarity Economy

November 2023

  1. Raising awareness on the cooperative model among coffee farmers in Lao PDR

    28 November 2023

    Facilitators were trained on the cooperative model including its principles, values, structure, function and related legislation and policies to then train 400 coffee producers in villages of Dak Cheung district in Lao PDR.

  2. ILO at COP28: Events on sustainable enterprises, financing and just transition

    24 November 2023

  3. Global Joint Workshop on Statistics of Cooperatives and Social and Solidarity Economy

  4. ILO COOP participates in the side event on Women Social Economy Leaders at the Social Economy Conference in Spain

    21 November 2023

    The side event took place in Donostia/San Sebastian at the Social Economy Conference for Europe under the Spanish Presidency on 14 November 2023.

  5. Interview with Ekaterina Dimitrova, Project Manager, Monnaie Léman, Geneva, Switzerland

    20 November 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 during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and soli-darity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Ekaterina Dimi-trova, Project Manager, Monnaie Léman, Geneva, Switzerland.

  6. UNTFSSE receives award for supporting Member States adopt a UNGA resolution on the SSE

    20 November 2023

    UNTFSSE Co-chair Chantal Line Carpentier from UNCTAD attended the Catalyst 2030 Awards for systemic change ceremony on Wednesday 8 November at Spencer House in London.

  7. ILO highlights the relevance of ILO and UN Resolutions on the social and solidarity economy at a European Congress in San Sebastián

    14 November 2023

    ILO Assistant Director-General for Jobs and Social Protection, Mia Seppo, intervened in the high-level panel on the "Plan of Action on Social Economy and the UN Resolution on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE): tools for scaling up the Social Economy", stressing the role of the social economy in promoting more inclusive growth.

October 2023

  1. Interview with Marie-Josée Paquette General Director of the Quebec Council of Co-operation and Mutualism (CQCM)

    27 October 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 during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Marie-Josée Paquette General Director of the Quebec Council of Co-operation and Mutualism (CQCM) in Quebec.

  2. Interview with Yvon Poirier, Special advisor on advocacy and governance at the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)

    20 October 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, the ILO interviewed Yvon Poirier, who has assumed different roles in the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS) over the last two decades.

  3. Interview with Beatrice Alain, General Director of the Chantier de l'économie sociale in Quebec

    18 October 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 during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Beatrice Alain, General Director of the Chantier de l'économie sociale in Quebec.