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Latest news from the ILO on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy: August 2021

Registration is now open for the 12th edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) and Cooperative António Sérgio for Social Economy (CASES) of Portugal, are co-organising the 12th edition of the Academy on SSE titled “Building back better: the role of the Social and Solidarity Economy in a people-centred and planet-sensitive recovery”. The first ever virtual Academy on SSE will take place from 15 to 26 November 2021 in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.

News Highlights for August 2021

Training of Trainers Workshop on cooperative development for the elimination of child labour conducted in Mali

ILO’s Cooperatives Unit and its FUNDAMENTALS Branch joined forces to organize a TOT workshop on cooperative development for the elimination of child labour in Mali in select supply chains. More

ILO COOP holds follow up activities as part of the first phase of the project on Strengthen Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) policy in Asia

The ILO’s Cooperatives Unit is undertaking a number of follow-up activities, such as producing a series of eight policy briefs, a project video and a website to disseminate the key outputs from the first phase of the project to relevant stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific region and beyond. More

ILO COOP Manager answers questions from HomeNet International on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

During the webinar that was organized by HomeNet International, ILO COOP Manager answered questions on the definition and components of SSE, the relevance of SSE as a framework, its relation to public and private sectors, and the upcoming general discussion at ILC 2022 on the topic. More

Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Knowledge Base

The project aims to contribute towards creating an enabling legal and policy framework that could enhance the visibility and raise awareness about the contribution of SSE towards achieving inclusive and sustainable development and decent work. The project consists of two components: i) SSE research and capacity building in Asia with a focus on six countries, and ii) implementing the cooperative statistics guidelines. More

ILO and the UNTFSSE will participate in the OECD event “The Social and Solidarity Economy: From the Margins to the Mainstream”

The high-level virtual conference "The Social and Solidarity Economy: From the Margins to the Mainstream" will be the first international conference part of the OECD Global Action. It will take place virtually from 13 to 16 September 2021, from 13:00 to 16:00 CEST with the participation of ILO and UNTFSSE. More

Three research papers on SSE statistics have been released by the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

The UNTFSSE Knowledge Hub project “Opportunities and Challenges of Statistics on SSE” has the goal to enrich discussions around statistics on the social and solidarity economy (SSE) both within and beyond the UN system. In this framework, three research papers on SSE statistics have been released and are now available. They aim at supporting stakeholders to deepen their understanding of the methodologies on SSE and policymakers to establish and improve SSE statistical systems. More

Video

Exploring Social and Solidarity Economy’s (SSE) Development in Asia

There is growing interest in the SSE globally, yet the understanding on the definition, size, scale, impact, limitations and potential of the SSE is in early stages of development in Asia and the Pacific region. In order to contribute towards bridging the gap, the ILO has embarked on a two-year project on Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia. In its first phase the project aimed to: raise awareness on the SSE; and convene relevant stakeholders together to advance the SSE policy in in six countries in Asia - Republic of Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines. This video provides a brief overview of what SSE is in general and highlights key elements of its development in Asia and the Pacific region. To learn more, please visit ILO COOP.

Noteworthy Resources

Sharing Like We Mean It: Working Co-operatively in the Cultural and Tech Sectors

This research report is based on a survey of more than 100 cooperatives in Canada, the UK, and the US. It offers a snapshot of the cooperative landscape in creative industries, explores what cooperative work can look like in practice, and features profiles of several worker cooperatives. More

Events (Please check event websites for the latest updates/changes)

30 AUGUST - 6 DECEMBER, 2021

	Platform Cooperatives Now: Mondragon University Online Course

2-3 SEPTEMBER 2021

	Convergences the 3Zero (Exclusion, Carbon, Poverty) World Forum, Paris, France

8 SEPTEMBER 2021

	Iberian Summit on the Social Economy: MoU Signing between Portugal and Spain

8-10 SEPTEMBER 2021

	8th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy, San José, Costa Rica

13-16 SEPTEMBER 2021

	The Social and Solidarity Economy: From the Margins to the Mainstream

1-2 OCTOBER 2021

	Decent Work & Democracy: Interactive workshop on Union Co-ops

4-8 OCTOBER 2021

	5th Global Social Economy Forum GSEF2021 Mexico City

1-3 DECEMBER 2021

	ICA World Cooperative Congress, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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