Hands Together (castellers), Xavi Talleda (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Members and observers discussed and agreed upon the current action plan of UNTFSSE during its third technical symposium held in virtually in December 2021. The action plan 2022-2024 identifies three priority areas and a number of support activities.
Joint Projects
The Task Force aims to ensure coordination of SSE related activities at the international level, and in collaboration with civil society. During the UNTFSSE technical symposia and meetings, members and observers identify potential areas for partnerships and joint projects. In this way, the Task Force coordinates UN and civil society efforts.
Publications
The UNTFSSE publishes documents jointly written by its members and observers. The first Task Force position paper argues that the post-2015 development agenda should pay more attention to the potential of social and solidarity economy (SSE). We illustrate this potential by examining the role of SSE in selected issue areas which, we believe, are central to the challenge of socially sustainable development in the 21st century. The position paper is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The second position paper of the Task Force reviews the role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and calls for a more enabling environment and policy framework for the SSE (available in English and Spanish).
For more information on publications of the UNTFSSE and of its members and observers, please click here. For publications of the SSE Knowledge Hub for the SDGs, please click here.
Events
The work of the Task Force takes various forms. The members and observers often participate in and organize events related to SSE. The Task Force also regularly hosts side-events during relevant UN processes and civil society conferences. Those activities help raise the visibility of the role that SSE organizations play in sustainable development. You can find more information about events here.
Meetings
The secretariat of the Task Force holds meetings every two months. Members and observers attend the meetings either in person, via video conferencing facilities or by telephone. Members and observers are based in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The Task Force has also formed working groups tasked with specific issues, such as fundraising for the Task Force or building a UN-civil society dialogue on SSE.
Periodically the UNTFSSE organizes technical symposiums in order to discuss vision and action plan.
You can find more information about the UNTFSSE meetings here.