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Latest news from the ILO on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy: April 2022

The Office Report on “Decent Work and the social and solidarity economy”, that will be discussed during the 110th International Labour Conference, is now available in Arabic, Chinese and Russian

In addition to English, French, German and Spanish, the Report of the Office on “Decent work and the Social and Solidarity Economy” is now available in Arabic, Chinese, and Russian. The report will form the basis, along with a set of points for discussion, for the general discussion at the committee on decent work and the SSE during 110th International Labour Conference. Additional languages including Hindi, Indonesian Bahasa, Italian, Japanese, Mongolian, Portuguese, Tagalog and Turkish will follow shortly.

News Highlights for April 2022

Region specific presentations of the Office Report on “Decent work and the Social and Solidarity Economy” are now available

Region specific presentations of the Office Report on “Decent work and the Social and Solidarity Economy” are available for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Arab States, and Europe and Central Asia. More

Establishing agro-cooperatives in Sudan to empower farmers

To improve the income levels and resilience of host and refugee community farmers in Sudan, ILO PROSPECTS is supporting the development of agro-cooperatives through training and peer support. More

Dairy cooperatives in Mozambique benefit from ILO training tools

In strengthening dairy cooperatives in Mozambique, Coopermondo has been using the ILO tools Think.Coop and Start.Coop in the framework of the SALsA project. More

Malaysia launches new social entrepreneurship development framework

The newly launched Social Entrepreneurship Action Framework 2030 provides a new national direction for the development of social entrepreneurship in Malaysia. More

The ILO joined Cooperatives of the Americas to mark the 20th anniversary of Recommendation 193 and to share highlights of the discussion on decent work and the social and solidarity economy at the 110th International Labor Conference

During the session, cooperative leaders from the Americas reflected on the relevance of Recommendation 193 to advance the values of cooperativism in the region. They also considered what the upcoming general discussion on decent work and the social and solidarity economy that will take place at the 110th International Labour Conference mean for the cooperative movement in the region and globally. More

ILO Voices

Good Coffee. Safe Lives. ILO Voices shares the story of a young woman coffee farmer and the president of a coffee cooperative in Veracruz, Mexico

Voices is the International Labour Organization’s multimedia storytelling platform that highlights first-person stories of people at the heart of the world of work. This Voices edition tells the story of Briseida Venegas Ramos a young Mexican woman coffee farmer from the Ixhuatlán coffee community in Veracruz. She is the president of an agricultural cooperative - the Cooperativa Campesinos en Lucha Agraria of the Vida AC organization. More

Call for Expressions of Interest

Call for expression of interest – national consultants for producing a mapping study on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia

As part of the second phase of the project on strengthening the SSE in Asia, the ILO is looking for national consultants with subject and language expertise to undertake a mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy landscape in six countries in Asia. Details relating to the expected deliverables are available in the calls for Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam. The deadline to submit expressions of interest is May 13, 2022. More

Resources from the ILO

ILO NATLEX now features legislation and policies on the social and solidarity economy

The social and solidarity economy is now available as a subject in the ILO’s database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation (NATLEX) featuring texts of adopted policies and legislation. More

ILO Spotlight Brief on “Mobilizing social and solidarity economy units towards universal social protection”

This ILO Spotlight brief is jointly developed by the Social Protection Department and the Cooperatives Unit in the Enterprises Department. It focuses on mobilizing social and solidarity economy units towards universal social protection. The brief builds on the related section of the Office Report on “Decent work and the social and solidarity economy” prepared for general discussion at the International Labour Conference 110th Session, 2022 (paras 73 et seq.). More

Noteworthy Resources

Characterization of the UNTFSSE Knowledge Hub: 2019 repository about the relationship between Social and Solidarity Economy and the Sustainable Development Goals

This report assesses the articles that were selected for presentation at the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) and United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD) Conference on “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What is the role of the Social and Solidarity Economy?” that took place between June 25th and 26th, 2019. Many of the articles focused on how SSE organizations implemented the SDGs. The assessment notes that the gathering of these articles can serve as a reference in design of public policies, to apply research with a more scientific nature and to exchange knowledge among. More

Policy brief on making the most of the social economy’s contribution to the circular economy

Produced by the OECD and the European Commission, the brief highlights the potential of the social economy to support circular activities and related business models. It identifies policy orientations that build on the complementarities of the social and circular economies. It to help the social economy support circularity and drive a green and inclusive transition. More

OECD Designing Legal Frameworks for Social Enterprises: Practical Guidance for Policy Makers

Based on consultations with more than 80 experts, policy makers and stakeholders from 10 European countries, this manual explains the rationale behind legal frameworks for social enterprises, identifies the critical factors for legal framework design and recommends actions to ensure legislation fully meets the needs of social enterprises. It lays out the fundamental steps related to the life cycle of legal frameworks and provides options that policy makers can use in the design and implementation process. More

Calendar

5 - 6 May

	ILO/FES Africa Regional Conference on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy

5 - 6 May

	Social economy, the future of Europe in Strasburg

9 May - 24 June

	My.COOP - Managing your agricultural cooperative \| ITCILO Languages: English and Spanish

13-15 June

	33rd CIRIEC CONGRESS: New global dynamics in the post-Covid era: challenges for the public, social and cooperative economy

20 - 23 June

	8th EMES International Training School - The key role of social enterprises and the social and solidarity economy in post-pandemic societies

2 July

	Cooperatives Build a Better World: 2022 International Day of Cooperatives

31 July

	Call for Papers - Farmers’ Organizations and Sustainable Development – submission deadline: 31 July 2022

17-19 OCTOBER

	10th Edition of the Mont-Blanc Meetings on the Social and Solidarity Economy: Local to International Solutions in a Changing World

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