Resources on cooperative, social and solidarity economy

  1. ILO holds three kick-off briefing sessions for the project on Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia

    29 November 2022

    The three country briefing sessions for Mongolia, Cambodia, and Thailand were held to introduce the Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia project to the ILO Constituents and social and solidarity economy (SSE) partners. The participants included representatives from governments, employers’, and workers’ organizations, SSE institutions, and other relevant stakeholders.

  2. Call for proposals – Consultancy to undertake a Cooperative Needs Assessment and National Cooperative Policy development in Dominica

    13 October 2022

  3. Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on the social and solidarity landscape in Vietnam

    28 June 2022

  4. Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on the social and solidarity landscape in Mongolia

    28 June 2022

  5. Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on the social and solidarity landscape in Laos

    28 June 2022

  6. Call for expression of interest – national consultant for producing a mapping study on the social and solidarity landscape in Cambodia

    28 June 2022

  7. Terms of Reference National consultant for producing a mapping study on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Cambodia

    27 June 2022

  8. Cooperatives and the World of Work No. 16 - Legal Compendium on the Social and Solidarity Economy

    03 June 2022

    A shared understanding of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) is emerging from the development of legislation and statistical frameworks on the SSE. Since the turn of the century, legislation on the SSE has been adopted in more than 20 countries. Based on a review of the legal acts, this brief presents and synthesizes the values, principles, organizational forms and policy measures that are subsumed under the SSE.

  9. Cooperatives and the World of Work No. 15 - Partnerships between trade unions and the social and solidarity economy to support informal economy workers

    13 May 2022

    This brief documents partnerships between trade unions and the social and the solidarity economy in support of informal economy workers. It is based on a research study that involved a literature review, and an examination of selected partnerships through the development of country case studies in Brazil, Colombia, Kenya and South Africa, and validation of findings with organizations of informal economy workers.

  10. Social Protection & Cooperatives Spotlight - Mobilizing social and solidarity economy units towards universal social protection

    29 April 2022

    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.).