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Strengthening women’s cooperatives: The experience of SEWA Cooperative Federation
This report aims to explore the challenges and opportunities for cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy entities in empowering women workers in the informal economy, with a specific focus on the experience of the SEWA Cooperative...
Colombia: An assessment summary
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Colombia
Lebanon: An assessment summary
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Lebanon
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Occupied Palestinian Territory
Study Report Business Case for Employer Supported Child Care in Egypt: Childcare Models for Scaling up
This study is the result of a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Social Solidarity, UNICEF and the ILO to provide an evidence- based business case for the provision of worker childcare services in the Egyptian private sector.
Providing Childcare for Workers Boosts their Productivity: Study Results
A Business Case for Employer Supported Child Care in Egypt: Case Studies
These case studies aim at collecting and documenting these experiences from different companies and identify elements of success, challenges, and approaches in dealing with this issue.
Advancing the 2030 Agenda through the Social and Solidarity Economy
The social and solidarity economy (SSE) is a dynamic force for change that is key to realizing the paradigm shift called for in the 2030 Agenda. This Position Paper of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy...
Social and solidarity economy: Social innovation catalyst in Africa?
The report illustrates and characterizes the social innovation processes carried out by Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) in five African countries (South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia). By analysing practical...
Cooperatives and the World of Work No. 16 - Legal Compendium on the Social and Solidarity Economy
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...
Cooperatives and the World of Work No. 15 - Partnerships between trade unions and the social and solidarity economy to support informal...
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...
Social Protection & Cooperatives Spotlight - 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...
South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: Alignment of the policy with national, regional and international frameworks
Social economy
South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: An evaluation of the policy development process
Social Economy
South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: A study of its characteristics and conditions
Social Economy
Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia
This brochure provides an overview of the second phase of the project “Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia” which aims to enhance the understanding on the SSE in Asia and the Pacific region and provide technical support to...
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia Towards an Enabling Policy Environment
This conclusion brief is part of the series “Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia” that presents the SSE landscape for six countries in Asia, policy challenges and preliminary pathways for strengthening SSE in the region. The...
ILO COOP eNewsUpdate
Every month, the ILO COOP eNewsletter highlights recent news and developments on cooperatives by the ILO and partners.
An ILO initiative on advancing the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives
The ‘Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives’ were adopted at the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in October 2018, which were then approved by the Governing Body of the ILO in March 2019. The guidelines are a...
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Setting the scene
This introductory brief is part of the series “Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia” that presents the SSE landscape for six countries in Asia, policy challenges and preliminary pathways for strengthening SSE in the region....